The effect of high-energy milling on the phase transformation and carbothermal reduction was examined using an oxide mixture, TiO 2 -WO 3 -NiO-C, with a process to synthesize (Ti,W)C cermets. Due to the high energy involved in the mill raw, anatase TiO 2 transformed first to TiO 2 -II and then to rutile, while WO 3 transformed to a high-pressure WO 3 -HP and hexagonal WO 3 phase. The co-existence of WO 3 and TiO 2 enhanced the formation of a nano-crystalline or amorphous phase. The (Ti,W)C phase was formed mainly at 1150 C from TiC and WC formed in the early stages. These results were further examined using XRD, the Rietveld method and mass spectroscopy.