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| TABLE 2 | ||||||
| -U.S. MAGNESIUM COMPOUND PRODUCERS, BY RAW MATERIAL SOURCE, LOCATION, AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY, IN 20151 | ||||||
| (Metric tons, MgO equivalent) | ||||||
| Raw material source and producing company | Location | Capacity | Products | |||
| Magnesite, Premier Magnesia, LLC | Gabbs, NV | 140,000 | Caustic-calcined magnesia. | |||
| Lake brines: | ||||||
| Compass Minerals International, Inc. | Ogden, UT- | 250,000 | Magnesium chloride and magnesium chloride brines. | |||
| Intrepid Potash, LLC | Wendover, UT | 45,000 | Magnesium chloride brines. | |||
| Well brines, Martin Marietta Magnesia- | Manistee, MI- | 314,000 | Caustic-calcined magnesia, dead-burned magnesia, and | |||
| Specialties, LLC | magnesium hydroxide. | |||||
| Seawater: | ||||||
| South Bay Salt Works | Chula Vista, CA | 3,000 | Magnesium chloride brines. | |||
| SPI Pharma, Inc. | Lewes, DE | 5,000 | Magnesium hydroxide. | |||
| Total | 757,000 | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to total shown. | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
