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TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||
PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK IN THE UNITED STATES, BY PERIOD1 | ||||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
Mine | ||||||||||||
production, crude ore | Marketable production, beneficiated | |||||||||||
P2O5 | P2O5 | Ending stocks, | ||||||||||
Period- | Rock | content | Rock | content | Value2 | rock | ||||||
2013: | ||||||||||||
January-June | 71,700 | 7,510 | 16,300 | 4,680 | 1,590,000 | 8,770 | ||||||
July-December | 67,200 | 6,950 | 14,900 | 4,250 | 1,250,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
Total | 139,000 | 14,500 | 31,200 | 8,930 | 2,850,000 | XX | ||||||
2014: | ||||||||||||
January-June | 57,100 | 6,090 | 13,000 | 3,680 | 999,000 | 7,940 | ||||||
July-December | 54,700 | 5,970 | 12,300 | 3,430 | 988,000 | 5,880 | ||||||
Total | 112,000 | 12,100 | 25,300 | 7,110 | 1,990,000 | XX | ||||||
XX Not applicable.-- | ||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
2Based on the per ton sold or used values. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices