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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from Titanium
Metals Corporation's Consolidated Financial Statements for the nine months ended
September  30,  1999 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
Consolidated Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> Titanium Metals Corporation
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