Mineral Commodity Summaries

ad val adjustments for Government alloys apparent consumption Appendix applications Australia bauxite beryllium Brazil Canada chemical China Clay columbium compounds concentrates consumed copper countries World total Data in thousand Defined as imports Depletion Allowance deposits Disposal plan FY Disposals FY 1998 dollars Domestic Production estimated exports ferrosilicon Foreign Free Free Government and industry Government Stockpile gravel construction hafnium helium ilmenite import reliance Import Sources Imports for consumption increased industry stock changes Kazakhstan kilograms magnesium materials metal metric tons Mexico mica million tons mineral molybdenum monazite Normal Trade Relations Number Normal Trade percent of apparent plant Recycling Reserve Base rhenium Russia rutile Salient Statistics-United sand and gravel scandium silicon slag soda ash sodium sulfate South Africa Stone crushed Substitutes sulfur tantalum Tariff tellurium thorium thousand metric tons titanium Trade Relations NTR Trends Uncommitted inventory United unless otherwise noted World Mine Production World Resources World total rounded yearend yttrium zirconium