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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. GOVERNMENT DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES AND INVENTORIES FOR MANGANESE MATERIALS | ||||||||||||
| AS OF YEAREND 20061 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | ||||||||||||
| Physical inventorye | ||||||||||||
| Uncommitted | Sold, | |||||||||||
| Disposal | Stockpile | Nonstockpile | pending | Grand | ||||||||
| Material | authority | grade | grade | Total | shipment | total | ||||||
| Synthetic manganese dioxide | -- | -- | �� -- | -- | 2,610 | 2,610 | ||||||
| Natural battery ore | -- | -- | �� -- | -- | 17,600 | 17,600 | ||||||
| Chemical ore | -- | -- | �� -- | -- | 868 | 868 | ||||||
| Metallurgical ore | 332,000 | -- | 332,000 | 332,000 | 39,800 | 372,000 | ||||||
| High-carbon ferromanganese | 517,000 | 517,000 | �� -- | 517,000 | 35,000 | 552,000 | ||||||
| Electrolytic metal | �� -- | �� -- | �� -- | �� -- | �� -- | �� -- | ||||||
| eEstimated.� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| Source: Defense National Stockpile Center. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program