Salient Tantalum Statistics

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SALIENT TANTALUM STATISTICS¹

		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
United States:
Exports:
Tantalum ores and concentrates,²-Ta content	metric tons	94		58		65		124		107
Tantalum metal, gross quantity	do.	138		246		443		341		591
Tantalum and tantalum alloy powder, gross quantity	do.	94		134		140		111		146
Imports for consumption:
Mineral ores and concentrates,Ta content	do.	109		9		60		82		200
Tantalum metal and tantalum-bearing alloys,^3-gross quantity	do.	689		1,590		1,800		932		904
Reported consumption, raw materials Ta content	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Apparent consumption, Ta content	do.	473		1,160		1,210		437		260
Price, tantalite,^4-Ta₂O₅ content	dollars per kilogram	89		120		275		239		260
Value,⁵tantalum ores and concentrates, gross quantity	do.	30		32		46		45		68
World, production of niobium-tantalum concentrates, Ta content	metric tons	1,140	^r	923	^r	1,005	^r	1,107	^r	1,208	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Includes natural and synthetic tantalum ore and concentrates.
³Includes unwrought powders, unwrought alloys and metals, waste and scrap, and wrought alloys and metal.
⁴Average annual price per Ta₂O₅ content as reported in Ryan-s Notes.
⁵Weighted average value of imported plus exported materials.