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TABLE 9
WORLD AND U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED NONFUEL MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
    United States
Percentage
World total �� of
Mineral or product   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2005   world total
Metals:
Aluminum2     24,300   26,100   28,000 r 29,900 r 31,900   2,480   7.8
Antimony metric tons   157,000   114,000 r 115,000 r 129,000 r 139,000   --   --
Arsenic trioxide3 do.   63,000 r 62,500 r 62,400 r 52,700 r 52,500   --   --
Bauxite3, 4, 5     137,000   144,000   153,000 r 160,000 r 169,000   NA   NA
Beryl3 metric tons   2,990   2,540   2,690 r 2,770 r 3,440   2,780   80.8
Bismuth, refinery do.   5,820 r 6,730 r 8,740 r 10,500 r 11,900   --   --
Cadmium, refinery do.   20,000 r 18,000 r 18,500   18,700 r 19,400   1,065   5.5
Chromite3     12,200 r 14,600 r 15,400 r 17,700 r 19,300   --   --
Cobalt, Co content:  
Mine metric tons   44,800 r 50,600 r 50,800 r 57,100 r 57,900   --   --
Refinery do.   38,700 r 40,800 r 43,800   49,100   54,900   --   --
Columbium (niobium)-tantalum concentrates3 do.   76,600   81,200   80,800   67,500 r 67,200   --   --
Copper:  
Mine     13,700   13,700   13,700   14,700 r 15,100   1,140   7.6
Refinery     15,700 r 15,500 r 15,300 r 15,900 r 16,600   1,260   7.6
Gold kilograms   #######   #######   ####### r ####### r #######   256,000   10.4
Iron ore3     ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   54,400   3.5
Iron and steel:  
Direct-reduced iron2     39,000 r 43,700 r 45,300 r 48,000 r 49,200   220   0.4
Pig iron2     585,000   610,000   666,000 r 713,000 r 789,000   37,200   4.7
Raw steel     853,000   906,000   972,000   ####### r #######   93,300   8.3
Lead:  
Mine metric tons   ####### r ####### r #######   #######   #######   426,000   13.0
Refinery do.   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   #######   17.2
Magnesium5 do.   420,000 r 440,000 r 485,000 r 595,000 r 626,000   W   NA
Manganese ore3     20,900   22,200   24,100   27,700 r 29,100   --   --
Mercury5 metric tons   1,500   1,490   1,370 r 1,890 r 1,680   NA   NA
Molybdenum, Mo content do.   133,000 r 122,000 r 131,000 r 159,000 r 185,000   58,000   31.3
Nickel, Ni content:  
Mine do.   #######   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   --   --
Refinery do.   ####### r ####### r #######   ####### r #######   --   --
Platinum-group metals kilograms   410,000 r 430,000 r 465,000 r 492,000 r 515,000   17,200   3.3
Selenium2, 5 do.   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   #######   W   NA
Silver metric tons   18,700 r 18,800 r 18,800 r 19,800 r 20,200   1,230   6.1
Tellurium2, 5 kilograms   109,000   89,300   95,200   124,000 r 119,000   W   NA
Tin:  
Mine metric tons   246,000 r 233,000 r 258,000 r 298,000 r 292,000   --   --
Smelter6 do.   289,000 r 280,000   280,000   309,000   349,000   11,800   3.4
Tungsten, W content do.   50,800 r 66,100 r 68,200 r 69,400 r 70,100   --   --
Zinc:  
Mine do.   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   748,000   7.6
Smelter     9,320 r 9,720 r 9,900 r 10,400 r 10,700   309   2.9
Industrial minerals:
Asbestos metric tons   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   --   --
Barite do.   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   489,000 7 6.2
Boron minerals do.   #######   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   ####### 7 23.4
Bromine thousand kilograms   509,000 r 503,000 r 488,000 r 544,000 r 555,000   226,000 7 40.8
Celesite metric tons   399,000 r 435,000   471,000   457,000 r 494,000   --   --
Cement, hydraulic     ####### r #######   ####### r ####### r #######   100,900 8 4.4
Clays:  
Bentonite     10,400   10,300   10,500 r 11,500 r 11,700   4,710   40.3
Fuller's earth metric tons   #######   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   #######   53.3
Kaolin     44,900 r 43,000 r 44,100 r 44,200 r 44,700   7,800   17.5
Diamond, natural thousand carats   127,000   141,000 r 158,000 r 182,000 r 183,000   --   --
Diatomite metric tons   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   653,000 7 32.3
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 9�Continued
WORLD AND U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED NONFUEL MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
    United States
Percentage
World total �� of
Mineral or product   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2005   world total
Industrial minerals�Continued:                            
Feldspar     11,800 r 12,000 r 12,200 r 12,600 r 12,900   748   5.8
Fluorspar metric tons   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   --   --
Graphite, natural do.   816,000 r 932,000 r 999,000 r ####### r #######   --   --
Gypsum     105,000   107,000 r 110,000 r 112,000 r 118,000   21,100   17.9
Iodine, crude thousand kilograms   20,700   21,000   22,900 r 24,800 r 25,400   1,570   6.2
Lime     121,000   120,000 r 125,000 r 127,000 r 127,000   20,000 7, 8 15.7
Magnesite, crude5     11,100   13,600   14,000   14,700 r 14,300   W   NA
Mica, including scrap and flake9 metric tons   368,000   269,000   271,000 r 319,000 r 294,000   78,100   26.6
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia     105,000   109,000   110,000   117,000   121,000   8,040 10 6.6
Peat     23,200 r 26,200 r 25,200 r 26,400 r 26,400   685   2.6
Perlite metric tons   #######   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   508,000 7 26.1
Phosphate rock3     126,000   135,000   138,000 r 141,000   147,000   36,100   24.5
Potash, K2O equivalent     26,400   26,800 r 28,400   30,400 r 31,100   1,200   3.9
Pumice     15,600 r 16,200 r 16,600 r 17,700 r 17,500   1,270 7 7.2
Salt     214,000 r 212,000 r 218,000 r 229,000 r 238,000   45,200 8 19.0
Sand and gravel, industrial, silica     113,000 r 113,000   115,000 r 117,000 r 118,000   30,600 7 25.9
Soda ash, natural and manufactured     35,700 r 37,200 r 38,400 r 40,300 r 41,900   11,000 11 26.2
Sulfur, all forms     61,400 r 62,600 r 64,200 r 66,000 r 66,000   9,460   14.3
Talc and pyrophyllite12 metric tons   ####### r ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   856,000   10.4
Titanium concentrates:3  
Ilmenite and leucoxene do.   ####### r ####### r ####### r #######   #######   500,000 13 8.6
Rutile5 do.   421,000   446,000   361,000   354,000 r 369,000   (14)   NA
Vermiculite do.   431,000   497,000 r 491,000   516,000 r 527,000   100,000   19.0
rRevised.� NA Not available.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in "World" total.� -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
2Primary.
3Gross weight.
4Individual country figures that are included in the world total represent dried bauxite equivalent of crude ore, but for some countries available data�
are insufficient to permit this adjustment.
5"World total" for years listed does not include U.S. production.
6Includes tin content of alloys made directly from ore.
7Quantity sold or used by producers.
8Includes Puerto Rico.
9Excludes, if any, U.S. production of low-quality sericite and sheet mica.
10Synthetic anhydrous ammonia; excludes coke oven byproduct ammonia.
11U.S. production is natural only.
12Data for the United States exclude proprietary pyrophyllite production.
13Includes rutile to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.� Rounded to one significant digit.
14Included with ilmenite to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in "Total."

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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