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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT MAGNESIUM COMPOUND STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Caustic-calcined and specified magnesias:2 | |||||||||||
| Shipped by producers:3 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 155 | 152 | 155 | 152 | 156 | ||||||
| Value-------------------------------------- | 48,800 | 46,000 | 47,700 | 57,700 | 59,300 | ||||||
| Exports4 | (5) | (5) | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption4 | 111 | 114 | 133 | 151 | 183 | ||||||
| Dead-burned magnesia: | |||||||||||
| Shipped by producers: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Value------------------------------------- | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Exports | 18 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 25 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption- | 384 | 292 | 215 | 241 | 259 | ||||||
| World, production of magnesite | 27,700 | r | 24,200 | 25,400 | r | 29,400 | r, e | 27,700 | e | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Excludes material produced as an intermediate step in the manufacture of other magnesium compounds. | |||||||||||
| 3Includes magnesia used by producers. | |||||||||||
| 4Caustic-calcined magnesia only. | |||||||||||
| 5Less than - unit. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
