TREATMENT OF TITANIUM ORES

摘要

A method of producing titanium, comprising providing an oxide of titanium having a level of impurities of at least 1.0 wt%, reacting the oxide of titanium to form a titanium oxycarbide; and electrolysing the titanium oxycarbide in an electrolyte, with the titanium oxycarbide configured as an anode; and recovering a refined titanium metal from a cathode in the electrolyte.