钛金属公司(Timet)今年将继续保持其实际最大的海绵钛产能，但熔炼作业大幅下降。 Timet公司近日宣布，该公司不打算减少其所属的亨得森(Henderson)工厂的海绵钛产量，因为该厂目前是美国钛金属纯净原材料的惟一来源。 Timet公司过去曾一度是海绵钛的最大购买者，而2002年计划 Titanium Metals (Timet) will continue to maintain its largest actual production capacity of titanium sponge this year, but its melting operations have dropped significantly. Timet recently announced that the company does not intend to reduce its production of sponge titanium at its Henderson plant, which is currently the only source of pure titanium metal in the United States. Timet was once the largest purchaser of titanium sponge in the past, and plans for 2002