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| TABLE 3 | ||||||
| SHIPMENTS OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE BY U.S. COMPANIES, BY END USE1 | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| End use | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| 2013: | ||||||
| Cloth and fibers (low modulus) | W | W | ||||
| Electrodes | 81,500 | $463,000 | ||||
| Unmachined graphite shapes | 6,140 | 73,500 | ||||
| Other2 | 40,900 | 439,000 | ||||
| Total | 129,000 | 976,000 | ||||
| 2014: | ||||||
| Cloth and fibers (low modulus) | W | W | ||||
| Electrodes | 81,500 | 463,000 | ||||
| Unmachined graphite shapes | 6,190 | 93,200 | ||||
| Other2 | 46,900 | 382,000 | ||||
| Total | 135,000 | 939,000 | ||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Other.- | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | ||||||
| 2Includes anodes, crucibles and vessels, electric motor brushes and machined shapes,- | ||||||
| graphite articles, high-modulus fibers, lubricants (solid or semisolid), refractories, steelmaking | ||||||
| carbon raisers, additives in metallurgy, and other powder data. | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
