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    • Wed Sep 19th 08:37 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Titanium Metals Is Going Down
      Do you still dream about "a screeching halt" and "slackening demand from China and the commercial aviation industry" and other unrealistic fantasies?

      I have bad news for you.



      Boeing Raises 20-Year Forecast for China Plane Demand

      Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co., the biggest supplier of airplanes to China, raised its 20-year market forecast for the country by 21 percent as Chinese air travel expands at the fastest pace worldwide.
      www.bloomberg.com/apps...
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    • Fri Sep 14th 21:43 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why I'm Not Buying Allegheny Technologies, Titanium Metals, or RTI International Metals, Just Yet
      "Introducing the Trend 1000" Video

      www.rolls-royce.com/ci...
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    • Fri Sep 14th 21:15 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why I'm Not Buying Allegheny Technologies, Titanium Metals, or RTI International Metals, Just Yet
      A380 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Use 11 Tons of Titanium

      The engines alone (Rolls-Royce Trent 900) of the Airbus A380 use about 11 tons of titanium.

      www.rolls-royce.com/ci...

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      The engines alone (Rolls-Royce Trent 1000) of the Boeing 787 use about 6 tons of titanium.

      www.rolls-royce.com/ci...



      TIE agreement with Rolls Royce to supply titanium for:

      Trent 900(R) for A380
      Trent 1000(R) for B787
      Trent 1000(R) for 350XWB


      Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET") (NYSE: TIE) announced today that it has entered into a new, long-term titanium supply agreement with Rolls Royce plc and certain of its affiliates ("Rolls-Royce&quo... The agreement, effective as of January 1, 2007, provides for TIMET's supply of titanium products to Rolls-Royce for gas turbine engine production through 2016. Total revenues over the term of the contract are estimated to be in excess of $2 billion. TIMET will continue to be the primary supplier of Rolls-Royce's titanium requirements for its gas turbine engines.

      Steven L. Watson, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of TIMET, noted, "This new agreement extends our longstanding strategic relationship with Rolls-Royce to each company's world-wide affiliates, reflecting the global nature of our companies' operations. We believe this new agreement also further solidifies TIMET's industry-leading position on hollow fan blade titanium components for aircraft engines and provides opportunities to grow with Rolls-Royce in the development of engine programs for the latest generation of twin-aisle aircraft such as the Trent 900(R) for the Airbus A380 and the Trent 1000(R) for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and offers potential growth in future programs such as the Airbus 350XWB."

      www.timet.com/fi_cc/Pr...
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