钛残料紧俏、价高而影响到海绵钛的价格上涨。 一位贸易商说，多数熔炼炉可以使用残料与海绵钛的混合料，如果残料市场继续短缺就不得不采用大量海绵钛。大部分用户已签订了年度海绵钛合同，一旦钛残料无法供应，贸易商将很有可能进入现货市场。２０００年底一些海绵钛生产厂家 Titanium residue is tight and the price is high, which affects the price of titanium sponge. A trader said that most smelting furnaces can use a mixture of residual material and titanium sponge, and if the residual material market continues to be short, they have to use a lot of sponge titanium. Most users have signed annual sponge titanium contracts. Once titanium residue is unavailable, traders will likely enter the spot market. Some sponge titanium manufacturers by the end of 2000