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SALIENT U.S. KYANITE AND RELATED MATERIALS STATISTICS1
 
      2007   2008   2009   2010   2011  
Production- - - -
Kyanite:
- Quantity metric tons   118,000 2 97,200 3 71,000 4 93,000 5 98,000 -6, e-
- Value thousands   $30,000   $26,000   $21,000   $28,000   $29,000 e
Synthetic mullite:e
- Quantity metric tons   40,000   40,000   40,000   40,000   40,000
- Value thousands   $10,000   $10,000   $10,000   $12,000   $12,000  
Exports:7
- Quantity metric tons   35,700   36,100   25,800   37,900   38,100
- Value8 thousands   $8,650   $10,400   $7,510   $11,300   $11,600  
Imports for consumption:7, 9
- Quantity metric tons   1,760   5,580   4,880   2,180   5,390
- Value9 thousands   $646   $1,930   $2,060   $938   $2,230  
Consumption, apparent10 metric tons   124,000   107,000   90,100   97,200   102,000 e
World, productione, 11 do.   475,000   408,000   331,000   389,000   434,000  
eEstimate. do. Ditto.---------
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
2Source: Lassetter, W.L., Jr., 2008, Kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite and mullite: Mining Engineering, v. 60, no. 6-
June, p. 44-45.
3Source: Lassetter, W.L., Jr., 2009, Sillimanite minerals: Mining Engineering, v. 61, no. 6, June, p. 68-69.
4Source: Lassetter, W.L., Jr., 2010, Sillimanite minerals: Mining Engineering, v. 62, no. 6, June, p. 74-76.
5Source: Lassetter, W.L., Jr., 2011, Sillimanite minerals: Mining Engineering, v. 63, no. 6, June, p. 96-98.
6Source: Lassetter, W.L., Jr., 2012, Sillimanite minerals: Mining Engineering, v. 64, no. 6, June, p. 88-90.
7Source: U.S. Census Bureau data for kyanite concentrate using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
code 2508.50.0000.
-8Free alongside ship (f.a.s.) value.
9Customs value.
10Includes kyanite and synthetic mullite production+imports-exports.
11In addition to the countries in table 6, a number of other countries produce kyanite and related materials, but output
is not reported quantitatively, so these total world output levels are a minimum.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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