| Titanium mill products are produced from the drawing, forging,  and rolling of titanium ingot or slab into products of various sizes and  shapes. Allied Titanium offers a wide variety of mill products that include pipe  and tube, plate, rod and bar, sheet and wire. Titanium, with a high  strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance, is becoming more widely used  by the general public.
 
 In the early 1900s, titanium minerals were primarily used in  steelmaking for railways and as an arc stabilizer in electric lamps. Although  little data is available, domestic consumption of titanium minerals prior to  1920 was less than 2,000 metric tons per year. In 2000, domestic consumption of  titanium minerals was about 1.42 million tons. About 95% of titanium mineral  concentrates produced are used in TiO2 (titanium dioxide) pigments, while the  remainder is used in welding rod coatings and to manufacture metals, carbides,  and chemicals.
 
 While titanium mill products are not a new item on the  market, affordable titanium mill products have been a hard item to find. With  new smelting techniques and mining technologies available, the cost of titanium  mill products is going down. Ti-6Al-4V (grade 5) titanium mill products have  over 3 times the yield strength of mild steel, making it ideal for producing  all manner of items.
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