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| TABLE 3 | ||||
| YEAREND PRICES FOR BORON MINERALS AND COMPOUNDS1 | ||||
| (Dollars per metric ton) | ||||
| Price, | Price, | |||
| December 31, | December 31, | |||
| Product | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| Borax, technical, anhydrous, 99%, bulk, carload, works2 | 900-930 | 900-930 | ||
| Borax, technical, anhydrous, 99%, bags, carload, works2 | NA | NA | ||
| Borax, technical, granular, decahydrate, 99%, bags, carload, works2 | 378 | 378 | ||
| Borax, technical, granular, decahydrate, 99.5%, bulk, carload, works3 | 340-380 | 340-380 | ||
| Borax, technical, granular, pentahydrate, 99.5%, bags, carload, works2 | 426 | 426 | ||
| Borax, technical, granular, pentahydrate, 99.5%, bulk, carload, works2 | 400-425 | 400-425 | ||
| Boric acid, technical, granular, 99.9%, bags, carload, works2 | 836 | 836 | ||
| Boric acid, technical, granular, 99.9%, bulk, carload, works2 | NA | NA | ||
| Boric acid, U.S. Borax, Inc. & Chemical Corp., high-purity anhydrous, 99% B2O3, 100-pound-ba | 900-935 | 900-935 | ||
| Colemanite, Turkish, 42% B2O3, ground to a minus 70-mesh, free on board (f.o.b.) railcars, Kings Creek, SC3 | 270-290 | 270-290 | ||
| Ulexite, Lima, 40% B2O3, ground to a minus 6-mesh, f.o.b railcars, Norfolk, VA | 250-300 | 250-300 | ||
| NA Not available. | ||||
| 1U.S. f.o.b. plant or port prices per metric ton of product. Other conditions of final preparation, transportation, quantities, and qualities not stated | ||||
| are subject to negotiation and/or somewhat different price quotations. Values have been rounded to the nearest dollar. | ||||
| 2Source: Chemical Market Reporter, pricelist April 17-23, 2006; pricelist June 18-24, 2007. | ||||
| 3Source: Industrial Minerals, no. 459, December 2005, p. 70; no. 470, November 2006, p. 80. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program