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In the manufacture of cast iron, ferrosilicon is used for inoculation of the iron to accelerate graphitization. In arc welding, ferrosilicon can be found in some electrode coatings. Ferrosilicon is used as a source of silicon to reduce metals from their oxides and to deoxidize steel and other ferrous alloys. This prevents the loss of carbon from the molten steel (so called blocking the heat). Ferro Silicon is used in the production of cast iron, as Ferro Silicon can accelerate graphitization. Ferro Silicon replaces the need for ferro manganese, spiegeleisen and calcium silicides in the manufacturing process.

Ferro Titanium is used by stainless steel makers as a stabilizer to prevent chromium carbide forming at grain boundaries and in the production of low carbon steels for sheet production. Ferro Titanium is also used in foundries for addition of titanium to the molten metal imparting excellent strength to it without altering other ratios.Various titanium bearing materials are employed in making Ferro Titanium. Major sources include titanium scrap, titanium sponge, ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile. These materials are either reduced by aluminothermic means or melted in induction furnace with iron to produce ferro titanium of various grades and specifications. Various grades are manufactured, the most common being 20-25% Ti for foundries, 35-40% Ti for welding, 70% Ti for stainless steel production.

Ilmenite is the titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO3. Ilmenite Sand is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. From the commercial perspective, ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium. Most ilmenite is mined for titanium dioxide production. In 2011, about 47% of the titanium dioxide produced worldwide were based on Ilmenite Sand. Finely ground titanium dioxide is a bright white powder widely used as a base pigment in paint, paper and plastics. Ilmenite is ultimately converted into pigment grade titanium dioxide via either the sulfate process or the chloride process. Sulfate process plants must utilize low-vanadium ilmenite, as vanadium is a penalty element. Titanium dioxide pigment can also be produced from higher titanium content feed stocks such as upgraded slag, rutile and leucoxene via a chloride acid process. Sulfate and chloride process pigment tends to be used for lower and higher quality applications respectively, more and more users preferring the chloride process. Ilmenite Sand is also used in coatings for welding electrodes as a substitute for rutile.

Chromite Sand is a naturally occuring spinel consisting primarily of the oxides of chrome and iron.Chromite has certain properties which enable the material to be used in high duty grey iron and steel foundries as core and mould making sand. Its high thermal conductivity gives it good chilling properties, low thermal expansion gives rise to good dimensional stability. Its basicity being close to neutral allows the use of a wide range of resin bonding systems and inorganic binders, it has a high refractoriness and a broad sieve distribution.