Salient U.S. Rare Earth Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. RARE EARTH STATISTICS¹

		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
Production of rare-earth concentrates, rare-earth oxide (REO) basis^{e, 2, 3}	metric tons	--		--		3,000	^-	5,500	^-	5,400
Exports, REO basis:^e
Compounds:
Cerium compounds	do.	1,350		1,640		996		734		608
Other rare-earth compounds	do.	1,690		3,620		1,830		5,570		3,800
Metals:
Ferrocerium and pyrophoric alloys	do.	3,460		2,010		960		1,420		1,640
Rare-earth metals, scandium, yttrium	do.	1,380	^-	3,030	^-	2,080	^-	1,050	^-	140
Imports for consumption, REO basis:^e-
Compounds:
Cerium compounds	do.	1,770		1,120		1,390		1,110		1,440
Other rare-earth compounds	do.	10,500		6,020		3,400		7,330	^r	9,270
Metals:
Ferrocerium and pyrophoric alloys	do.	131		186		276		313		371
Rare-earth metals, scandium, yttrium	do.	525		468		240		393		348
World production, REO basis	do.	99,500	^r	104,000	^r	105,000	^r	107,000	^r	125,000
Prices, yearend:		-		-		-		-
Bastn-site concentrate, REO basis^e	dollars per kilogram	6.87	^-	NA	^-	NA	^-	NA	^-	NA
Monazite concentrate, REO basis^e	do.	0.87	^-	2.70	^-	2.30	^-	2.00	^-	3.50
Mischmetal, 65% cerium, 35% lanthanum, metal basis⁴	do.	57.00-60.00	^-	47.00-49.00	^-	14.00-16.00	^-	9.00-10.00	^-	9.00-10.00
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. do. Ditto. NA Not available. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Includes only the rare earths derived from bastn-site.
³Source: Molycorp, Inc., 2015, Form 10-K-2014: Greenwood Village, CO, Molycorp Inc., 145 p. (Accessed June 30, 2016, at http://www.molycorp.com/investors.)
⁴Source: Metal-Pages, Kingston, United Kingdom.