International Tungsten
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About ITIA

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.

The International Tungsten Industry Association was formally inaugurated in 1988 and is registered under Belgian Law as a not-for-profit trade association with scientific purposes.

The principal aims of the ITIA are defined as follows:

• to promote the use of tungsten and tungsten products
• to co-ordinate the extensive work programme of the ITIA Health, Safety and Environment Committee, including:
  • regulatory and classification issues,
  • monitoring proposed legislation, 
  • developing scientific data on the impact of tungsten on human health and the environment,
  • in response to the EU's legislation "REACH", ITIA has set up a Tungsten Consortium which is open to Association members and non-members alike
• to organise regular meeting fora for the tungsten industry worldwide
• to collate from different sources, comprehensive statistics covering tungsten production, processing, consumption and end-uses and to prepare an annual statistical report for its members
• to collate and circulate on a regular basis information relating to the ITIA's activities and to arrange for publication of a periodic newsletter
• to liaise and exchange information with other metal trade associations.

The current minimum annual subscription is US$8,000 but further contributions are payable based on a system structured so that the subscription reflects the size of a company's tungsten business.  Interested?  For a view of the contents of the Members' Area, click here.  To apply for membership of ITIA, click here for an application form.