SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CONTRAN CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FRWY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TITANIUM METALS CORP [ TIE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/11/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $.01 par value	10/11/2007		J(1)	V	800,000	D	(1)	882,568	I	by NL(2)
Common Stock, $.01 par value	10/11/2007		J(1)	V	800,000	A	(1)	826,959	I	by Valhi(3)
Common Stock, $.01 par value								566,529	I	by NL EMS(4)
Common Stock, $.01 par value								50,195,169	I	by Valhi Holding Company(5)
Common Stock, $.01 par value								209,857	I	by CDCT(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CONTRAN CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FRWY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* VALHI INC /DE/ (Last) (First) (Middle) THREE LINCOLN CENTER 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NATIONAL CITY LINES INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DIXIE RICE AGRICULTURE CORP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 PASQUIERE ST (Street) GUEYDAN LA 70542 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAND CO INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 402 CANAL ST (Street) HOUMA LA 70360 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NOA INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* VALHI GROUP INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* VALHI HOLDING CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMMONS HAROLD C (Last) (First) (Middle) THREE LINCOLN CENTRE 5430 LBJ FREEWAY STE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240-2697 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Simmons Annette C (Last) (First) (Middle) 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. In reliance on Rule 16a-13 promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Contran Corporation is filing this statement to report that on October 11, 2007, NL Industries, Inc. sold 800,000 shares of common stock par value $0.01 per share, of the issuer to Valhi, Inc. at a purchase price of $33.50 per share. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationships among the persons joining in this filing.

2. Directly held by NL Industries, Inc. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

3. Directly held by Valhi, Inc. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

4. Directly held by NL Environmental Management Services, Inc. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

5. Directly held by Valhi Holding Company. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

6. Directly held by the Contran Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Trust. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

Remarks:

Harold C. Simmons, Annette C. Simmons and The Annette Simmons Grandchildren's Trust directly own 5,127,974 shares, 343,675 shares and 17,432 shares, respectively, of the issuer's common stock. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons each disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of the issuer's common stock that he or she does not directly hold. See the Additional Information filed as Exhibit 99 to this statement for a description of the relationship of the trust to the persons joining in this filing and for a description of the relationship among the persons joining in this filing.

	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Contran Corporation	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Valhi, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for National City Lines, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Dixie Rice Agricultural Corporation, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Southwest Louisiana Land Company, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for NOA, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Valhi Group, Inc.	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Secretary, for Valhi Holding Company	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Attorney-in-fact, for Harold C. Simmons	10/15/2007
	A. Andrew R. Louis, Attorney-in-fact, for Annette C. Simmons	10/15/2007
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