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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SALIENT MOLYBDENUM STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained molybdenum) | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||||
| Concentrate: | |||||||||||||||
| Production | 37,583 | 32,300 | 33,500 | 41,500 | 58,000 | 59,800 | |||||||||
| Shipments | 36,965 | 32,300 | 33,600 | 42,000 | 57,900 | 59,900 | |||||||||
| Reported consumption2 | 33,306 | 21,200 | 27,500 | 38,700 | 46,600 | 44,400 | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption | 6,009 | 4,710 | 5,190 | 8,780 | 11,900 | 10,900 | |||||||||
| Stocks, December 31: | |||||||||||||||
| Concentrate, mine and plant | 4,213 | 3,870 | 2,520 | 2,610 | 3,620 | r | 2,120 | ||||||||
| Product producers3 | 5,602 | 4,300 | 2,760 | 2,840 | 3,770 | 3,210 | |||||||||
| Consumers | 898 | r | 1,800 | 1,900 | 2,040 | 2,030 | 2,050 | ||||||||
| Total | 10,713 | 9,970 | 7,180 | 7,480 | 9,420 | r | 7,380 | ||||||||
| Primary products: | |||||||||||||||
| Production | 40,285 | 31,300 | 41,400 | 66,300 | 78,500 | 78,000 | |||||||||
| Shipments | 32,623 | 27,500 | 30,100 | 39,300 | 46,700 | 51,000 | |||||||||
| Reported consumption | 15,759 | 15,300 | 16,400 | 17,400 | 18,900 | 19,100 | |||||||||
| World, mine production | 132,957 | r | 122,000 | 131,000 | 159,000 | 186,000 | r | 185,000 | e | ||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised.� | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Molybdenum concentrates roasted to make molybdenum oxide. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Includes ammonium, calcium, and sodium molybdate; briquets; ferromolybdenum; molybdenum hexacarbonyl; molybdenum metal;� | |||||||||||||||
| molybdenum pentachloride; molybdic acid; pellets; phosphomolybdic disulfide; and technical and purified molybdic oxide. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program