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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT VANADIUM STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained vanadium, unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Production, ore and concentrate, recoverable vanadium2 | 230 | 1,060 | 590 | 106 | r | 591 | |||||
| Consumption, reported | 4,690 | 5,030 | 4,140 | 3,980 | 3,980 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 353 | 1,340 | 2,220 | 4,190 | 3,710 | ||||||
| Vanadium pentoxide (anhydride)- | 1,120 | 4,000 | 2,800 | 1,640 | 2,040 | ||||||
| Other oxides and hydroxides of vanadium- | 25 | 167 | 886 | 905 | 205 | ||||||
| Ash and residues3 | 1,410 | r | 1,010 | r | 1,510 | r | 2,040 | r | 4,190 | ||
| Exports: | |||||||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 672 | 611 | 314 | 337 | 259 | ||||||
| Vanadium pentoxide (anhydride)- | 401 | 140 | 98 | 62 | 77 | ||||||
| Other oxides and hydroxides of vanadium- | 506 | 1,100 | 254 | 287 | 358 | ||||||
| Stocks, end of period: | |||||||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 232 | 181 | 126 | 167 | 140 | ||||||
| Oxide | 5 | 5 | W | W | W | ||||||
| Other4 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 56 | 80 | ||||||
| World, production from ore, concentrate, slage- | 58,800 | 71,700 | 72,100 | r | 74,500 | r | 78,200 | ||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.- | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Energy Fuels Inc. Web site. | |||||||||||
| 3Not from the manufacture of iron and steel. | |||||||||||
| 4Includes vanadium-aluminum alloy, other vanadium alloys, vanadium metal, vanadates, chlorides, and other | |||||||||||
| specialty chemicals. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
