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Panzhihua deposits

Statistics from the China Mining Association showed that Panzhihua's deposits of vanadium and titanium represent 61 and 90 percent respectively of China's total. The city has become the second largest vanadium producers and one of the major titanium products makers in the world.

The city, in Sichuan province, has 76 approved kinds of minerals, of which 39 have been developed.