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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE BERYLLIUM STATISTICS IN 20061 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of beryllium content) | ||||||||||||
| Annual | ||||||||||||
| Stockpile | Disposal� | Materials | Inventory, December 31 | |||||||||
| Material | goal2 | authority3 | Plan4 | Committed5 | Uncommitted | Total | ||||||
| Beryl ore | -- | -- | 145 | 6 | 9 | -- | 9 | |||||
| Beryllium-copper master alloy | -- | 3 | 44 | 6 | -- | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Beryllium metal: | ||||||||||||
| � Hot-pressed powder | 45 | 110 | -- | NA | 156 | 7 | NA | |||||
| � Vacuum-cast | -- | 14 | 36 | NA | 14 | NA | ||||||
| Total | 45 | 123 | 36 | 53 | 169 | 222 | ||||||
| Grand total | 45 | 126 | 225 | 62 | 172 | 234 | ||||||
| NA Not available.� -- Zero.� | ||||||||||||
| 1Data were converted from gross weights reported in short tons; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Goal effective as of December 28, 2001. | ||||||||||||
| 3Total quantity of material that can be disposed. | ||||||||||||
| 4Maximum quantity of material that can be disposed during 12-month period ending September 30, 2006. | ||||||||||||
| 5Material that has been sold but not yet shipped. | ||||||||||||
| 6Actual quantity will be limited to remaining inventory. | ||||||||||||
| 7Held for goal. | ||||||||||||
| Source:� Defense National Stockpile Center. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program