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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| KYANITE AND RELATED MINERALS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country and commodity3 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014e | ||||||
| Australia, kyanitee | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| India: | |||||||||||
| Kyanite | 5,866 | r | 4,537 | 1,816 | r | 1,708 | r | 2,000 | |||
| Sillimanite | 45,010 | 56,601 | r | 47,604 | r | 57,132 | r | 60,000 | |||
| Total | 50,876 | r | 61,138 | r | 49,420 | r | 58,840 | r | 62,000 | ||
| Peru, andalusitee | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 30,000 | ||
| South Africa, andalusite | 189,185 | 186,242 | 163,801 | r | 180,000 | r, e | 200,000 | ||||
| United States, kyanite4 | 93,400 | 5 | 98,200 | 5 | 98,500 | 5 | 100,000 | r, e, 6 | 110,000 | 6 | |
| Grand totale | 344,000 | r | 357,000 | r | 333,000 | r | 360,000 | r | 400,000 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 1Grand totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to- | |||||||||||
| totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through September 16, 2015. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, France produced andalusite and Brazil and China produced kyanite and- | |||||||||||
| related minerals. Output is not reported quantitatively, and no reliable basis is available for estimation of output- | |||||||||||
| levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Does not include synthetic mullite. | |||||||||||
| 5Source: Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, 2014, DMM report TNPR.06-Comparison of- | |||||||||||
| annually reported tonnage data: Charlottesville, VA, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.- | |||||||||||
| (Accessed April 2, 2014, via http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMM/miningdata.shtml). | |||||||||||
| 6Estimated using several prior-years- output as reported to the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and- | |||||||||||
| Energy adjusted based upon changes in worker-hours reported to the U.S. Department of Labor-s Mine- | |||||||||||
| Safety and Health Administration. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
