TABLE 10 | ||||||||
SOUTH CAROLINA KAOLIN SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS, BY USE1 | ||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
2012 | 2013 | |||||||
Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
Production2 | 256 | r | 20,600 | r | 257 | 21,800 | ||
Use: | ||||||||
Ceramics3 | 52 | r | NA | 107 | NA | |||
Rubber | 57 | r | NA | 109 | NA | |||
Other4 | 146 | r | NA | 41 | NA | |||
Total | 256 | r | 20,600 | r | 257 | 21,800 | ||
rRevised. NA Not available.- | ||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
2Includes airfloat, unprocessed, and calcined kaolin. | ||||||||
3Includes catalysts (oil-refining), fiberglass, roofing granules, and sanitaryware. | ||||||||
4Includes adhesives, animal feed, brick (common), floor and wall tile, paint, paper coating, plastics, portland cement,- | ||||||||
and refractories.- |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices