TABLE 2 | |||||||||||
ELEMENTAL-BROMINE-PRODUCING PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2014 | |||||||||||
Capacity1 | |||||||||||
Production | (thousand | ||||||||||
State and company | -- County | Plant | source | metric tons) | |||||||
Arkansas: | |||||||||||
Albemarle Corp. | Columbia | Magnolia South | Well brines | NA | |||||||
Do. | do. | Magnolia West | do. | NA | |||||||
Do. | Union | Satellite plants | do. | NA | |||||||
- Total | 148 | 2 | |||||||||
Chemtura Corp. | do. | El Dorado Central and El Dorado South | do. | 71 | 3 | ||||||
Do. | do. | Marysville West | do. | 59 | |||||||
Grand total | 278 | ||||||||||
Do., do. Ditto. NA Not available. | |||||||||||
1Actual production capacity is limited by brine availability. | |||||||||||
2Total capacity of Magnolia South, Magnolia West, and Satellite plants. | |||||||||||
3Total capacity of El Dorado Central and El Dorado South plants. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices