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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||
| GEORGIA KAOLIN SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS, BY TYPE AND USE1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Type: | |||||||||
| Airfloat | 1,010 | 61,700 | 966 | 61,800 | |||||
| Calcined2 | 1,190 | ##### | 1,180 | ##### | |||||
| Delaminated | 1,010 | ##### | 1,240 | ##### | |||||
| Unprocessed | W | W | �-- | �-- | |||||
| Water washed | 3,970 | ##### | 3,530 | ##### | |||||
| Total | 7,190 | r | ##### | r | 6,920 | ##### | |||
| Use: | |||||||||
| Domestic: | |||||||||
| Ceramics and glass: | |||||||||
| Catalysts (oil-refining) | (3) | NA | 106 | NA | |||||
| Fiberglass | 348 | NA | 359 | NA | |||||
| Roofing granules | (3) | NA | 33 | NA | |||||
| Other4 | 425 | NA | 139 | NA | |||||
| Fillers, extenders, binders: | |||||||||
| Adhesives | 18 | NA | 30 | NA | |||||
| Paint | 423 | NA | 343 | NA | |||||
| Paper coating | 2,310 | NA | 2,400 | NA | |||||
| Paper filling | 574 | NA | 420 | NA | |||||
| Plastic | 139 | NA | 49 | NA | |||||
| Rubber | 206 | NA | 151 | NA | |||||
| Other5 | 180 | NA | 73 | NA | |||||
| Heavy clay products6 | (7) | NA | (7) | NA | |||||
| Refractories8 | 413 | NA | (7) | NA | |||||
| Undistributed9 | 85 | NA | 852 | NA | |||||
| Total | 5,120 | NA | 4,950 | NA | |||||
| Exports: | |||||||||
| Paint | 55 | NA | 74 | NA | |||||
| Paper coating10 | 1,740 | NA | 1,680 | NA | |||||
| Paper filling10 | 121 | NA | 112 | NA | |||||
| Rubber | 14 | NA | 13 | NA | |||||
| Undistributed11 | 135 | NA | 86 | NA | |||||
| Total | 2,070 | NA | 1,970 | NA | |||||
| Grand total | 7,190 | ##### | 6,920 | ##### | |||||
| rRevised. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Includes pigment- and refractory-grade calcined kaolin. | |||||||||
| 3Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Use: Domestic: | |||||||||
| Ceramics and glass: Other."�� | |||||||||
| 4Includes catalysts (oil-refining), electrical porcelain, fine china/dinnerware, pottery, | |||||||||
| miscellaneous ceramics, roofing granules, and sanitaryware. | |||||||||
| 5Includes animal feed, asphalt tile, fertilizers, gypsum products, medical, pharmaceuticals | |||||||||
| and cosmetics, pesticides and related products, textiles, and miscellaneous fillers, | |||||||||
| extenders, and binders. | |||||||||
| 6Includes brick (common and face), portland cement, and miscellaneous clay products. | |||||||||
| 7Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Use: Domestic: | |||||||||
| Undistributed." | |||||||||
| 8Includes firebricks, blocks and shapes, grogs and calcines, high-alumina specialties, kiln | |||||||||
| furniture, and miscellaneous refractories. | |||||||||
| 9Includes absorbents, chemical manufacturing, floor and wall tiles, heavy clay products, | |||||||||
| refractories (2006), waterproofing seals, and other unknown uses. | |||||||||
| 10Some export sales may be included under domestic sales. | |||||||||
| 11Includes adhesives, catalysts (oil-refining), fiberglass, sanitaryware; miscellaneous fillers, | |||||||||
| extenders, and binders; portland cement; and miscellaneous refractories. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program