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BENTONITE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE AND USE 1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    2009   2010
  Quantity   Value   Quantity   Value
Type:  
Nonswelling 116 8,140 123 9,320
Swelling 3,530 198,000 4,510 252,000
Total 3,650   207,000   4,630   261,000
Use:
Domestic:
Pet waste absorbents 925 e NA 967 e, 2 NA
Adhesives 9 NA 8 NA
Animal feed 60 NA 71 NA
Drilling mud 587 NA 1,020 2 NA
Filler and extender applications3 69 NA 104 NA
Foundry sand 443 e NA 423 e, 2 NA
Pelletizing (iron ore) 445 e NA 595 e, 2 NA
Waterproofing and sealing 102 NA 122 NA
Miscellaneous civil engineering 190 e NA 192 e NA
Miscellaneous4 170   NA   310   NA
Total 3,000 e NA   3,810 e NA
Exports, reported by producers:
Drilling mud 105 e NA 160 e NA
Foundry sand 192 NA 121 2 NA
Other5 349   NA   536   NA
Total 646 e NA   817 e NA
Grand total 3,650   207,000   4,630   261,000
eEstimated.- NA Not available.-            
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2More information can be found in the Consumption section under Bentonite.
3Includes asphalt tiles, asphalt emulsions, cosmetics, fertilizers, ink, medical, miscellaneous fillers and extenders--
applications, paint, paper coating, paper filling, pesticides and related products, pharmaceuticals, and plastics.
4Includes ceramics, chemical manufacturing, clarifying and decolorizing, heavy-clay products, oil and grease-
absorbents, refractories, and other unknown uses.
5Includes absorbents, fillers and extenders, refractories, pelletizing, and other unknown uses.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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