Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth's crust, and is estimated to be about 30 times more abundant than carbon and 100 times more than copper, despite its abundance. It wasn't until ...

Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, yet products based on pure titanium are uncommon because it's expensive to remove the oxygen from titanium ore. Reducing costs would ...

It is essential that the special properties of titanium should be designed in from the initial stages. Titanium should not be merely substituted for another material in an already existing design.

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - The potential for disruptions to Russian commodity supplies has thrown a spotlight on the metal used in the aerospace, marine and auto industries. Titanium minerals are ...