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Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 09 Jun, 2026
Momentus' On-Orbit Titanium Tank: Why Pressure Parts Need a Retention Evidence File
Momentus' on-orbit titanium tank update shows why pressure-boundary titanium buyers need material, route, inspection and release evidence.
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 07 Jun, 2026
Alleima's Tube Mill 2026: Why Titanium Tube Buyers Need a Service-Envelope Evidence File
Alleima's Tube Mill 2026 shows why titanium tube buyers need service-envelope evidence tying grade, route, inspection and equipment risk.
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 28 May, 2026
New Stainless Steel Challenges PEM Titanium Bipolar Plates? The Real Moat on the Titanium Foil Side: 0.005–1.0 mm × 350–680 mm Full Spec Plus Coating Ecosystem
ScienceDaily disclosed in May that a new super-stainless steel can approach titanium's corrosion resistance in seawater electrolysis, with structural cost at about 53% of the current titanium route…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 07 May, 2026
Avantium's Titanium Weld Repairs Show Why Chemical Plants Need a Fabrication Evidence Chain
Avantium's April 30 titanium weld repair update at the FDCA Flagship Plant shows why chemical plant buyers need weld procedure, cleanliness, inspection and commissioning evidence — not just…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 03 May, 2026
PEM Titanium Bipolar Plate Coating Wars: Why Brush-Sinter Hasn't Been Killed by PVD
Umicore's double-sided PVD platinum line is live and the iridium catalyst market is compounding at 32.5% CAGR. Looks like PVD takes the field. But brush coating + sintering has actually expanded its…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 03 May, 2026
Titanium Foil vs Composite Bipolar Plate: The 2026 Spring Route War and Why 0.02 mm Wide Coil Is the Real Moat
Fraunhofer FEP's titanium-coated composite plate dropped in April, TiCoB moved into customer trials, and Umicore fired up a double-sided PVD platinum line. Looks like a triple punch against titanium…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 30 Apr, 2026
Gulf Desalination's Titanium Tube Exposure: The Equipment Bill Behind 60 M m³/Day of Drinking Water
GCC states run 45 M m³/day of desalination capacity, scaling to 60 M by 2027. Saudi Arabia's Ras Al Khair has run titanium MSF tubes for 17 years without a single replacement. Geopolitical tension…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 28 Apr, 2026
Guyana Subsea Titanium Order: How $63.5M Reprices 25-Year Service Life
Hunting won a $63.5M ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO titanium stress joint order on April 7. The real signal is not the dollar number — it is that subsea titanium's 25-year life-cycle math just walked back…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 22 Apr, 2026
Grade 2 Titanium: Why the Chemical Industry Depends on It
Grade 2 CP titanium accounts for over 80% of titanium orders in chemical processing. This article breaks down Gr.2's irreplaceability across corrosion resistance, weldability, and total cost — with a…
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 12 Apr, 2026
Middle East Desalination Boom: What $250B Means for Titanium Tubes
$250 billion in new desalination capacity across the Middle East. 42% of systems use titanium heat exchangers. From Baoji, we analyze what this means for Grade 2 and Grade 12 titanium tube supply.
Chemical and Energy
By Jason/ On 11 Apr, 2026
Why a 60 kg Titanium Order Is Harder Than a Six-Tonne One
Hunting just landed $94.6M in deepwater titanium orders. But the real supply chain pain lives in small-batch Grade 5 (Ti-6Al-4V) billets for subsea hardware no major mill wants to run. From Baoji, we…