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SHIPMENTS OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE BY U.S. COMPANIES, BY END USE1
         
Quantity Value
End use   (metric tons)   (thousands)
2009:
Anodes W W
Cloth and fibers (low modulus) W $165,000
Crucibles and vessels, refractories W W
Electric motor brushes and machined shapes W W
Electrodes 80,900 W
High-modulus fibers W W
Unmachined graphite shapes 8,680 91,300
Synthetic graphite powder and scrap2 W W
Other W   W
Total 118,000   998,000
2010:
Anodes W W
Cloth and fibers (low modulus) W 195,000
Crucibles and vessels, refractories W W
Electric motor brushes and machined shapes W W
Electrodes 92,100 W
High-modulus fibers W W
Unmachined graphite shapes 7,430 96,900
Synthetic graphite powder and scrap2 W W
Other W   W
Total   134,000   1,070,000
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Total.-
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
2Includes lubricants (alone/in greases), steelmaking carbon raisers, additives in
metallurgy, and other powder data.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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