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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. ZIRCONIUM STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Zircon: | ||||||||||
| Production: | ||||||||||
| Concentrates | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Milled zircon | 50,800 | - | 64,600 | - | 61,500 | - | 38,400 | - | 46,900 | |
| Exports | 76,300 | 66,200 | 42,100 | 39,600 | 47,400 | |||||
| Imports for consumption2 | 36,200 | 20,000 | 34,400 | 14,400 | 22,900 | |||||
| Consumption, apparent3 | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Stocks, December 31, dealers and consumers4 | 17,600 | 18,000 | 26,600 | NA | NA | |||||
| Zirconium oxide: | ||||||||||
| Production5 | 21,700 | 25,600 | 18,100 | NA | NA | |||||
| Exports6 | 3,340 | 2,400 | 2,970 | 3,050 | 5,630 | |||||
| Imports for consumption6 | 2,820 | 3,740 | 5,060 | 2,810 | 2,920 | |||||
| Consumption, apparent3 | 24,200 | 26,900 | 20,400 | NA | NA | |||||
| Stocks, December 31, dealers and consumers4 | 1,560 | 1,880 | 1,670 | NA | NA | |||||
| Zirconium, unwrought, waste and scrap, other: | ||||||||||
| Exports | 1,880 | 2,160 | 2,670 | 2,300 | 2,060 | |||||
| Imports | 748 | 784 | 1,030 | 977 | 1,160 | |||||
| Ferrozirconium: | ||||||||||
| Exports | 491 | 259 | 316 | 566 | 569 | |||||
| Imports | 196 | 400 | 129 | (7) | 45 | |||||
| Hafnium, unwrought, waste and scrap, other, imports | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes insignificant amounts of baddeleyite. | ||||||||||
| 3Defined as production plus imports for consumption minus exports plus or minus Government shipments. | ||||||||||
| 4Excludes foundries. | ||||||||||
| 5Excludes intermediate oxides associated with metal production. | ||||||||||
| 6Includes germanium oxides and zirconium dioxides. | ||||||||||
| 7Less than - unit. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices