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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||
| ELEMENTAL-BROMINE-PRODUCING PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006 | |||||||||
| Capacity1 | |||||||||
| Production | (thousand | ||||||||
| State and company | County | Plant | source | metric tons) | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||||
| Albemarle Corporation | Columbia | Magnolia South | Well brines | (2) | |||||
| Do. | do. | Magnolia West | do. | (2) | |||||
| Do. | Union | Satellite plant | do. | 148 | 2 | ||||
| Chemtura Corporation | do. | El Dorado Central | do. | (3) | |||||
| Do. | do. | El Dorado South | do. | 71 | 3 | ||||
| Do. | do. | Marysville West | do. | 36 | |||||
| Do. | do. | Newell | do. | 23 | |||||
| Michigan, The Dow Chemical Company | Mason | Ludington4 | do. | 9 | |||||
| Total | 287 | ||||||||
| 1Actual production capacity is limited by brine availability. | |||||||||
| 2Cumulative capacity of Magnolia South, Magnolia West, and satellite plants. | |||||||||
| 3Cumulative capacity of El Dorado Central and El Dorado South plants. | |||||||||
| 4Bromine produced at this plant was reprocessed in Arkansas. Plant was closed on December 31, 2006. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program