A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF TITANIUM FROM TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE BY REDUCTION WITH SODIUM, IN WHICH A PARTIALLY REDUCED MATERIAL PRINCIPALLY CORRESPONDING TO NA2TICL4 IS CONTINUOUSLY FORMED, IS IMPROVED BY CONTINUOUSLY MIXING THE PARTIALLY REDUCED MATERIAL WITH SODIUM AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 200*C. SO AS TO FORM AN INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL CORRESPONDING TO AT LEAST 15% BY WEIGHT NA3TICL4, COMPACTING THE INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL AT A TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN 100*C. TO FORM A CONTINUOUS ROD OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL FURTHER REDUCTION OF THE TITANIUM CHLORIDE CONTENT THEREOF AND CONTINUOUSLY HEATING THE ROD FORMED AT TEMTERATURES ABOUT 800*C. TO COMPLETE REDUCTION OF TITANIUM CHLORIDE COMPONENT THEREOF, TO EFFECT SINTERING OF THE RESULTING TITANIUM METAL, AND TTO SIMULTANEOUSLY MELT THE SALT BY-PRODUCT AND THEREBY FACILITATE SEPARATION AND REMOVAL OF THE SALT FROM THE ROD-SHAPED, SINTERED TITANIUM METAL PRODUCT.