Mineral Commodity Summaries 2003 - Mineral Resources Program ...

TABLE 1.—U.S. MINERAL INDUSTRY TRENDS
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 e
Total mine production: 1
Metals 11,400 9,800 10,100 8,530 7,960
Industrial minerals 28,200 29,300 29,200 29,800 30,000
Coal
Employment:
19,700 18,300 18,000 19,600 19,100
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Coal mining 75 70 64 67 67
Metal mining 38 34 31 27 25
Industrial minerals, except fuels 83 86 86 85 85
Chemicals and allied products 587 583 575 560 550
Stone, clay, and glass products 439 443 457 446 432
Primary metal industries
Average weekly earnings of production workers:
560 547 548 508 454
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Coal mining 857 856 850 892 919
Metal mining 812 813 809 819 814
Industrial minerals, except fuels 681 689 706 734 748
Chemicals and allied products 738 749 771 787 807
Stone, clay, and glass products 591 606 626 654 673
Primary metal industries
e
Estimated.
684 703 737 738 770
1 Million dollars.
2 Thousands of production workers.
3 Dollars.
Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Labor.
TABLE 2.—U.S. MINERAL-RELATED ECONOMIC TRENDS
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 e
Gross domestic product (billion dollars) 8,782 9,274 9,825 10,082 10,400
Industrial production (1997=100):
Total index 106 110 115 111 110
Manufacturing 107 112 117 113 111
Nonmetallic mineral products 105 106 106 107 108
Primary metals: 102 102 99 88 86
Iron and steel 100 100 100 87 89
Aluminum 105 105 99 86 88
Nonferrous metals (except aluminum) 109 101 88 90 78
Chemicals 101 104 106 105 106
Mining: 98 94 96 97 94
Coal 101 100 98 101 95
Oil and gas extraction 98 96 96 98 97
Metals 99 91 90 82 73
Nonmetallic minerals 105 107 107 108 108
Capacity utilization (percent):
Total industry 83 82 83 77 76
Mining: 88 86 89 88 85
Metals 91 84 85 81 73
Nonmetallic minerals 86 86 86 87 87
Housing starts (thousands) 1,620 1,640 1,570 1,600 1,700
Automobile sales (thousands) 1
6,750 6,990 6,840 6,000 6,000
Highway construction, value, put in place (billion dollars) 44 49 50 54 55
e Estimated.
1 Excludes imports.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Reserve Board, Autodata Corp., and U.S. Department of Transportation.
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