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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||
| SOUTH CAROLINA KAOLIN SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS, BY USE1 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | |||||||
| Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| Production2 | 256 | r | 20,600 | r | 257 | 21,800 | ||
| Use: | ||||||||
| Ceramics3 | 52 | r | NA | 107 | NA | |||
| Rubber | 57 | r | NA | 109 | NA | |||
| Other4 | 146 | r | NA | 41 | NA | |||
| Total | 256 | r | 20,600 | r | 257 | 21,800 | ||
| rRevised. NA Not available.- | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Includes airfloat, unprocessed, and calcined kaolin. | ||||||||
| 3Includes catalysts (oil-refining), fiberglass, roofing granules, and sanitaryware. | ||||||||
| 4Includes adhesives, animal feed, brick (common), floor and wall tile, paint, paper coating, plastics, portland cement,- | ||||||||
| and refractories.- | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices