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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. KYANITE AND RELATED MINERALS STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||
| Production- | - | - | ||||||||||
| Kyanite: | ||||||||||||
| Quantity (includes calcined kyanite) | metric tons | 93,400 | 2 | 98,200 | 2 | 98,500 | 2 | 100,000 | r, 3 | 110,000 | 3 | |
| Valuee | thousands | $29,000 | $31,000 | $31,000 | $35,000 | $38,000 | ||||||
| Synthetic mullite: | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | |
| Value | thousands | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | |
| Exports of kyanite concentrate:4 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 37,900 | 38,100 | 36,400 | 42,400 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Value5 | thousands | $11,300 | $11,600 | $11,700 | $13,100 | $13,600 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption, all kyanite minerals:4 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 2,180 | 5,390 | 3,260 | 4,120 | r | 4,020 | |||||
| Value6 | thousands | $938 | $2,230 | $1,610 | $1,630 | r | $1,550 | |||||
| Consumption, apparent7 | metric tons | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | |
| World, productione, 8 | do. | 344,000 | r | 357,000 | r | 333,000 | r | 360,000 | r | 400,000 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||
| 2Source: Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, 2015. | ||||||||||||
| 3Production data for 2013 and 2014 were estimated based on worker hours reported to the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine- | ||||||||||||
| Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and other data from the Virginia Department of- Mines, Minerals and Energy. | ||||||||||||
| 4Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
| 5Free alongside ship (f.a.s.) value. | ||||||||||||
| 6Customs value. | ||||||||||||
| 7Includes kyanite and synthetic mullite production plus imports minus exports. | ||||||||||||
| 8A number of countries produce kyanite and related minerals; output for some countries is not reported quantitatively and cannot- | ||||||||||||
| be included in the world total. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
