International Tungsten
Industry Association

The International Tungsten Industry Association is an extensive source of information about tungsten, its properties and uses.  You can also download ITIA publications and find suppliers for different tungsten products.

ITIA was formally inaugurated in Brussels in February 1988 and is registered as a not-for-profit trade association with scientific purposes under Belgian law.

Members of ITIA, from 17 countries, include mining companies, processors/consumers and trading companies. Any company involved in tungsten may join, subject to fulfilling the requirements laid down by the ITIA Charter. 

Annual General Meetings

These events, at which the worldwide tungsten industry gathers and at which a variety of industry and general papers is presented, are open to members and non-members.  For details, click here.

Copies of papers at the 2009 AGM can be purchased for US$1,300.  To view titles of the papers, click here.

Tungsten Brochure, 2009

Essential reading ....  A brand new Tungsten Brochure has been published by ITIA.  This one is 134 pages compared with 33 pages of the 1997 version  and contains fascinating text about the Past, the Present and the Future of Tungsten and a rich compendium of illustrations.  Each Brochure contains an electronic version in the form of a CD.

For a free copy, contact the Secretariat at info@itia.info and remember to provide your postal address.

Annual Statistical Review of Supply and Demand to End 2008

The annual statistical review of supply and demand by the Secretary-General may be purchased from ITIA by non-members for US$1,300.  Click to see list of tables contained in the Report.