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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||
| SALIENT SILICON STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||||
| (Contained silicon, unless otherwise noted) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||||||
| Production: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon-------- | thousand metric tons | 146 | 155 | 180 | 139 | 176 | ||||||||
| Silicon metal | do. | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | do. | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||
| Silicon metal | do. | 27 | 28 | 35 | 38 | 65 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | do. | 223 | 208 | 190 | 70 | 157 | ||||||||
| Silicon metal | do. | 146 | 147 | 168 | 113 | 171 | ||||||||
| Apparent consumption: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | do. | 363 | 359 | 352 | 207 | r | 312 | |||||||
| Silicon metal | do. | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Price, average: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon, 50% Si2 | - cents per pound | 62.93 | 73.96 | 115.86 | 76.93 | 109.33 | ||||||||
| Ferrosilicon, 75% Si3 | do. | 54.87 | 65.62 | 108.71 | 68.91 | 97.18 | ||||||||
| Silicon metal4 | do. | 79.29 | 112.69 | 162.29 | 116.37 | 140.05 | ||||||||
| World production, gross weight:-- | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | thousand metric tons | 6,410 | r | 7,310 | r | 7,430 | r | 7,320 | r | 7,890 | ||||
| Silicon metal5 | do. | 1,490 | r | 1,600 | r | 1,680 | r | 1,790 | r | 2,180 | ||||
| rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Ryan-s Notes North American transaction prices based on weekly averages. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Platts Metals Week mean import prices based on monthly averages. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Platts Metals Week dealer import prices based on monthly averages. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Excluding the United States. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices