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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| WORLD AND U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED NONFUEL MINERAL COMMODITIES1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| World total | -- of | |||||||||||||||
| Mineral or product | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | world total | |||||||||
| Metals: | ||||||||||||||||
| Alumina, calcined equivalent | 77,200 | r | 85,500 | 91,900 | r | 97,000 | r | 103,000 | 4,390 | 4.3 | ||||||
| Aluminum2 | 37,200 | r | 41,200 | 44,400 | 45,800 | r | 47,600 | e | 1,946 | 4.1 | ||||||
| Antimony, Sb content | metric tons | 158,000 | r | 184,000 | r | 191,000 | r | 180,000 | r | 159,000 | e | -- | -- | |||
| Arsenic trioxidee, 3 | do. | 47,600 | 52,400 | 46,800 | r | 45,700 | r | 45,200 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Bauxite3, 4, 5 | 209,000 | r | 239,000 | r | 260,000 | r | 259,000 | r | 283,000 | e | NA | NA | ||||
| Beryl3 | metric tons | 3,590 | 5,090 | 6,540 | 6,150 | 6,550 | e | 5,910 | 90.2 | |||||||
| Bismuth, refinerye | do. | 14,000 | 16,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | r | 17,000 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Cadmium, refinery5 | do. | 20,800 | r | 23,400 | r | 21,000 | r | 22,300 | r | 22,000 | e | W | NA | |||
| Chromite3 | 19,700 | r | 24,400 | 27,600 | r | 25,600 | e | 28,800 | e | NA | NA | |||||
| Cobalt, Co content: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine | metric tons | 80,200 | r | 107,000 | 108,000 | r | 101,000 | r | 110,000 | e | -- | -- | ||||
| Refinery | do. | 62,100 | r | 79,500 | 82,400 | 78,100 | r | 86,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Copper: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine | 16,000 | 16,100 | r | 16,100 | r | 16,900 | r | 18,300 | 1,250 | 6.8 | ||||||
| Smelter3 | 14,900 | 15,600 | 15,900 | 16,200 | r | 17,100 | 516 | 3.0 | ||||||||
| Refinery | 18,400 | r | 19,100 | 19,700 | 20,200 | r | 21,000 | 1,040 | 5.0 | |||||||
| Gold | metric tons | 2,490 | r | 2,590 | r | 2,630 | r | 2,710 | r | 2,800 | e | 230 | 8.2 | |||
| Indium, refinerye | kilograms | 670,000 | r | 664,000 | r | 723,000 | r | 783,000 | r | 799,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Iron ore3 | 2,220,000 | r | 2,590,000 | 2,930,000 | 2,960,000 | r | 3,160,000 | e | 53,000 | e | 1.7 | |||||
| Iron and steel: | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct-reduced iron2 | 64,800 | r | 69,200 | r | 68,800 | r | 68,200 | r | 66,900 | -- | -- | |||||
| Pig iron2 | 919,000 | 1,040,000 | r | 1,110,000 | r | 1,120,000 | r | 1,180,000 | 30,300 | 2.6 | ||||||
| Raw steel | 1,230,000 | 1,430,000 | 1,520,000 | 1,520,000 | r | 1,620,000 | 86,900 | 5.4 | ||||||||
| Lead: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine, Pb content | 3,870 | r | 4,160 | r | 4,740 | r | 5,250 | r | 5,500 | e | 340 | 6.2 | ||||
| Refinery | 8,850 | r | 9,520 | r | 10,200 | r | 10,400 | r | 10,500 | e | 1,260 | 12.0 | ||||
| Magnesiume, 2, 5 | metric tons | 588,000 | r | 745,000 | r | 755,000 | r | 787,000 | r | 877,000 | W | NA | ||||
| Manganese ore3 | 33,800 | 44,000 | r | 47,000 | r | 47,200 | r | 51,300 | -- | -- | ||||||
| M | metric tons | 1,880 | r | 2,150 | r | 1,850 | r | 1,580 | r | 1,880 | e | NA | 6 | NA | ||
| Molybdenum, Mo content | do. | 221,000 | r | 245,000 | r | 265,000 | r | 258,000 | r | 258,000 | e | 60,700 | 7 | 23.5 | ||
| Nickel, Ni content: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine | 1,410 | r | 1,710 | r | 2,320 | r | 2,410 | r | 2,660 | 4 | 0.2 | |||||
| Refinery | 1,400 | r | 1,470 | r | 1,630 | r | 1,800 | r | 1,990 | -- | -- | |||||
| Niobium (columbium)-tantalum | ||||||||||||||||
| concentrates3 | metric tons | 1,960,000 | r | 1,930,000 | r | 2,220,000 | r | 2,320,000 | r | 2,450,000 | e | -- | -- | |||
| Platinum-group metals: | ||||||||||||||||
| Palladium | kilograms | 195,000 | 208,000 | 216,000 | 206,000 | 203,000 | 12,600 | 6.2 | ||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 9-Continued | ||||||||||||||||
| WORLD AND U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED NONFUEL MINERAL COMMODITIES1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| World total | -- of | |||||||||||||||
| Mineral or product | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | world total | |||||||||
| Metals-Continued: | ||||||||||||||||
| Platinum-group metals-Continued: | ||||||||||||||||
| Platinum- | do. | 185,000 | 193,000 | 202,000 | 181,000 | 184,000 | 3,720 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Other platinum-group metals | do. | 69,500 | 71,500 | 72,700 | 36,000 | 67,700 | -- | NA | ||||||||
| Rare earths, REO equivalente | metric tons | 138,000 | r | 131,000 | r | 116,000 | r | 114,000 | r | 109,000 | 5,500 | 5.0 | ||||
| Rhenium | kilograms | 42,700 | r, e | 45,500 | r, e | 48,900 | r, e | 52,900 | r, e | 48,900 | r, e | 7,110 | 14.5 | |||
| Selenium, refinery, Se content2, | metric tons | 2,160 | r | 2,150 | r | 2,170 | r | 2,110 | r | 2,170 | e | W | NA | |||
| Silver | do. | 22,600 | r | 24,100 | r | 24,300 | r | 25,500 | 25,900 | 1,040 | 4.0 | |||||
| Tin: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine | metric tons | 246,000 | r | 267,000 | r | 265,000 | r | 243,000 | 294,000 | e | -- | -- | ||||
| Smelter8 | do. | 331,000 | r | 340,000 | r | 343,000 | r | 328,000 | r | 324,000 | e | 11,100 | p | 3.4 | ||
| Titanium concentrates:3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ilmenite and leucoxene | 5,480 | r | 7,530 | 7,630 | r | 7,800 | 7,890 | 300 | 9 | 3.8 | ||||||
| Rutile5 | metric tons | 577,000 | 734,000 | 808,000 | 795,000 | r | 740,000 | W | NA | |||||||
| Tungsten, W content | do. | 61,200 | 68,400 | r | 73,900 | 76,400 | r | 81,400 | e | NA | NA | |||||
| Vanadium, V content | do. | 58,800 | r, e | 71,700 | r, e | 72,100 | r, e | 74,500 | r, e | 78,200 | e | 591 | 0.8 | |||
| Zinc: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mine, Zn content of concentrate and | ||||||||||||||||
| direct shipping ore | 11,600 | 12,300 | r- | 12,500 | r- | 13,300 | r- | 13,400 | 784 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Smelter | 11,400 | 12,800 | 13,100 | r- | 12,600 | r- | 13,000 | e | 233 | e | 1.8 | |||||
| Zirconium concentrates5 | 1,120 | r | 1,290 | r | 1,680 | r | 1,450 | r, e | 1,510 | e | W | NA | ||||
| Industrial minerals: | ||||||||||||||||
| Asbestos | 2,110 | 2,010 | r | 2,050 | r | 2,010 | r | 2,020 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Barite | 6,660 | r | 7,950 | 7,350 | r | 9,060 | r | 9,110 | e | 723 | 10 | 7.9 | ||||
| Boron minerals5 | 3,600 | 4,120 | 3,780 | 3,230 | e | 3,470 | e | W | NA | |||||||
| Brominee, 5 | metric tons | 301,000 | r | 371,000 | r | 389,000 | r | 370,000 | r | 403,000 | W | NA | ||||
| Cement, hydraulic | 3,050,000 | r, e | 3,290,000 | e | 3,650,000 | e | 3,820,000 | r, e | 4,070,000 | e | 77,415 | 11 | 1.9 | |||
| Clays: | ||||||||||||||||
| Bentonite | 10,200 | r | 11,600 | r | 11,700 | r | 13,000 | r | 12,040 | e | 4,350 | 36.1 | ||||
| Fullerʼs earth | 3,130 | r | 3,200 | r | 2,970 | r | 2,990 | r, e | 3,000 | e | 1,990 | 10 | 66.3 | |||
| Kaolin | 33,500 | r | 34,200 | r | 38,100 | r | 39,200 | r | 40,000 | e | 5,950 | 10 | 14.9 | |||
| Diamond, naturale | thousand carats | 120,000 | 128,000 | 123,000 | 128,000 | 130,000 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Diatomite | 1,830 | r, e | 1,930 | r, e | 2,230 | r, e | 2,460 | r, e | 2,380 | e | 782 | 10 | 32.9 | |||
| Feldspar | 19,200 | r | 21,300 | r | 20,600 | r | 19,800 | r | 19,600 | e | 550 | e, 12 | 2.8 | |||
| Fluorspare | 6,300 | r | 6,940 | r | 6,800 | r | 7,170 | r | 6,770 | -- | -- | |||||
| Graphite, naturale | 746 | r | 1,030 | r | 1,180 | r | 1,170 | 1,110 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Gypsum | 231,000 | r | 226,000 | r | 237,000 | r | 240,000 | r | 244,000 | e | 15,500 | 6.4 | ||||
| Iodine, crudee, 5 | metric tons | 26,500 | r | 25,900 | r | 26,100 | r | 27,900 | r | 31,300 | W | NA | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 9-Continued | ||||||||||||||||
| WORLD AND U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED NONFUEL MINERAL COMMODITIES1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
| World total | -- of | |||||||||||||||
| Mineral or product | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | world total | |||||||||
| Industrial minerals-Continued: | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyanite and related mineralse | do. | 341,000 | r | 399,000 | r | 411,000 | r | 427,000 | r | 464,000 | 110,000 | 23.7 | ||||
| Lime | 291,000 | r | 309,000 | r | 323,000 | r | 343,000 | r, e | 353,000 | e | 19,200 | 10, 11 | 5.4 | |||
| Magnesite, crude5 | 18,300 | r | 21,200 | r | 27,300 | r | 23,300 | r, e | 24,800 | e | W | NA | ||||
| Mica, including scrap and flake | metric tons | 1,060,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,090,000 | r | 1,120,000 | e | 48,100 | e, 13 | 4.3 | |||||
| Monazite concentrates3 | do. | 12,000 | r | 15,800 | r | 11,500 | r | 6,780 | r, e | 6,990 | e | -- | -- | |||
| Nitrogen, N content of ammonia | 127,000 | r, e | 133,000 | r, e | 140,000 | r, e | 142,000 | r, e | 144,000 | e | 9,170 | 14 | 6.4 | |||
| Peat | 27,600 | r | 30,700 | r | 29,800 | r, e | 27,500 | r, e | 27,500 | e, 15 | 465 | 16 | 1.7 | |||
| Perlite | metric tons | 2,220,000 | r | 2,130,000 | r | 2,370,000 | r | 2,370,000 | r | 2,490,000 | e | 419,000 | 10 | 16.8 | ||
| Phosphate rock3 | 161,000 | r | 184,000 | 199,000 | r | 217,000 | r | 224,000 | e | 31,200 | 13.9 | |||||
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 20,800 | r | 34,300 | r | 35,900 | r | 33,100 | 34,500 | 960 | 12 | 2.8 | |||||
| Pumice and related materials | 17,100 | r | 16,600 | r | 19,200 | r | 18,400 | r | 18,600 | e | 269 | 10 | 1.4 | |||
| Salt | 265,000 | r | 270,000 | r | 272,000 | 260,000 | r | 262,000 | e | 40,300 | 11 | 15.4 | ||||
| Sand and gravel, industrial, silica | 109,000 | r | 113,000 | r | 126,000 | r | 130,000 | r | 142,000 | e | 62,100 | 10 | 43.7 | |||
| Soda ash, natural and manufactured | 42,100 | r, e | 45,800 | r, e | 48,900 | r, e | 50,700 | r, e | 51,300 | e | 11,500 | 17 | 22.4 | |||
| Sulfur, all forms | 68,300 | r | 68,800 | r | 69,900 | r | 69,200 | r | 70,400 | 9,210 | 6 | 13.1 | ||||
| Talc and pyrophyllite18 | 6,870 | r | 6,830 | r | 6,910 | r, e | 6,810 | r, e | 6,900 | e | 542 | 7.9 | ||||
| Vermiculite | metric tons | 409,000 | 424,000 | r | 412,000 | 374,000 | r, e | 358,000 | e | 100,000 | e, 10, 1 | 27.9 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. do. Ditto. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in -World total.- -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. Summary data from the chapters of the 2013 Minerals Yearbook (MYB) as they were completed and released | ||||||||||||||||
| through December 8, 2015. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Primary. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Gross weight. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Individual country figures that are included in the world total represent dried bauxite equivalent of crude ore, but for some countries available data are | ||||||||||||||||
| insufficient to permit this adjustment. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5-World total- for years listed does not include U.S. production. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6U.S. production is byproduct only. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7Listed in 2013 MYB molybdenum chapter (table 1) as production. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8Includes tin content of alloys made directly from ore. U.S. production is secondary. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9Includes rutile to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. Rounded to one significant digit. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10Quantity sold or used by producers. | ||||||||||||||||
| 11Includes Puerto Rico. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12Datum is rounded to no more than two significant digits. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13Excludes, if any, U.S. production of low-quality sericite and sheet mica. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14Synthetic anhydrous ammonia; excludes coke oven byproduct ammonia. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15Data revised from that reported in the 2013 MYB peat chapter (table 9) as production. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16Horticultural use. | ||||||||||||||||
| 17U.S. production is natural only. | ||||||||||||||||
| 18Excludes U.S. proprietary pyrophyllite production. | ||||||||||||||||
| 19U.S. data rounded to one significant digit metric tons to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
