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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||
| SALIENT STRONTIUM STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained strontium and dollars per metric ton unless otherwise noted)2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||||||
| Production, strontium minerals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption:3 | ||||||||||||||
| Strontium compounds | 8,640 | 10,000 | 8,150 | 7,190 | 7,600 | |||||||||
| Strontium minerals | 2,370 | 7,320 | 8,660 | 21,900 | 24,200 | |||||||||
| Exports, carbonate3 | 72 | 18 | 71 | 37 | r | 104 | ||||||||
| Shipments from Government stockpile excesses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Apparent consumption4 | 10,900 | 17,300 | 16,700 | 29,000 | 31,700 | |||||||||
| Price, average value of mineral imports at port | ||||||||||||||
| of exportation | 45 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 50 | |||||||||
| World, production of celestite, gross weight | 325,000 | r | 381,000 | r | 378,000 | r | 351,000 | r | 343,000 | e | ||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||
| 2The strontium content of celestite is 43.88%, which was used to convert units of celestite. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Production plus imports minus exports. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
