United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Mineral Production— Value— Prices 715
No. 1276. V a l u e o f M in e r a l Pr o d u c t io n , Im p o r t s , a n d Ex p o r t s : 1950 t o 1977
[ I n b illio n s o f d o lla r s . In c lu d e s P u e rto R ic o a n d U .S . o u tlyin g a re a s . 1 9 5 0 p ro d u c tio n d a ta e x c lu d e A la s k a a n d H a w a ii. S e e a ls o
H isto rica l S tatistics, C olonial Times to 1970, s e rie s M 1 3 - 1 4 , M 2 0 , M 3 0 , a n d M 3 8 - 5 3 )
M I N E R A L 1 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 5 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7
C u r r e n t dollars:
P ro d u c tio n , t o ta l.................................................... 11.9 15.9 18.0 21 . 5 29.6 32.2 36.8 55.1 62.3 6 9 . 2 73.1
F u e ls 2 ... 8.7 10.8 12.1 14.0 20.1 22.1 25.0 40.9 47.5 5 2 . 5 5 6 . 2
M e ta ls .... 1.4 2.1 2.0 2.5 3.9 3.6 4.4 5.5 5.2 6.1 5.2
N o n m e ta ls ............................................................. 1.8 3.1 3.9 5.0 5 .6 6.5 7.4 0.7 9.6 1 0 . 6 11.7
Im p o rts , to tal 1.9 3.0 3.5 3.6 4.8 6.3 9.8 30.1 29.4 3 6 . 7 4 7 . 2
F u e ls a ... .6 1.1 1.7 2.2 3.0 4.7 8.1 27.1 26.4 3 3 . 9 4 4 . 2
M e ta ls .... 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.6 1 .5
N o n m e ta ls .3 .3 .3 .4 .6 .6 .8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5
E x p o rts , to ta l (NA) 1.7 1.9 1.4 2.1 1.9 2.3 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.4
F u e ls * ... (NA) 1.1 .8 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.7 3.4 4.4 4.1 4.2
M e ta ls .... .2 .5 .9 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .4 .4 .5
N o n m e ta ls .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 .2 .3 .5 .7 .6 .7
C o n s t a n t ( 1 9 6 7 ) dollars:
P ro d u c tio n , t o ta l.................................................... 19.4 22 . 8 22 . 9 2 5 . 6 29.7 29.6 31.7 43.4 44.7 4 6 . 6 (NA)
F u e ls 2 ... 15.8 17.1 16.8 17.9 21.1 21.1 22.4 34.3 36.7 3 8 .0 (NA)
M e ta ls ..., 1.8 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.6 2. 9 2.7
N o n m e ta fs 1.8 3.3 3.8 5.1 5.6 6 .8 6.2 6.1 5.4 5 .7 e .o
N A N o t a v a ila b le . 'T h r o u g h 1 9 6 5 , u ra n iu m in c lu d e d w ith m e ta ls ; th e re a fte r, w ith fu e ls , JS o u rce: U .S . E n e rg y In fo rm a tio n
A d m in is tra tio n , An nual R eport to Congress, v o l. II.
S o u rc e : E x c e p t a s n o te d , U .S . B u re a u o f M in e s , M inerals Yearbook.
No. 1277. M in e r a l Pr o d u c t io n a n d C o n s u m p t io n — A n n u a l Av e r a g e V a l u e in Co n s t a n t (1972)
D o l l a r s : 1950 t o 1977
[ In m illio n s o f 1 9 7 2 d o lla r s . E s tim a te s c o v e r o v e r 9 5 p e rc e n t o f U .S . p ro d u c tio n a n d c o n s u m p tio n ]
P R O D U C T I O N
C O N S U M P T I O N
P E R I O D
T o ta l
m in ­
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F u e ls
M e ta l­
lic
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N o n -
m e ta llic
o re s
T o ta l
m ine
ra ls 1
F u e ls
M e ­
ta llic
o re s
N o n -
m e ta llic
o re s
1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 4 ................................................... 1 8 , 2 7 2
1 3 , 8 1 4
2 , 2 6 6
6 7 7
19,958
13,985
3, 6 3 1
7 5 2
1 9 5 5 - 1 9 5 9 ................................................... 2 0 , 5 8 6
1 9 6 0 - 1 9 0 4 ................................................... 2 2 , 3 9 6
1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 9 ................................................... 2 6 , 9 7 9
1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 4 ................................................... 2 9 , 8 6 0
1 6 7 5 - 1 9 7 7 ................................................... 2 8 , 2 8 6
1 5 , 3 0 3
1 6 , 3 6 7
1 9 , 8 7 9
2 2 , 0 1 2
2 0 , 7 7 6
2 , 3 6 3
2,551
2 , 8 2 2
3 , 1 8 8
2 , 8 9 7
6 2 5
9 7 9
1,363
1,511
1,652
2 2 , 9 8 8
2 5 , 6 4 3
3 2 , 1 5 0
3 7 , 5 5 6
3 8 , 7 5 2
16 , 1 5 5
18,288
2 2 , 4 8 7
27, 2 2 0
2 8 , 7 3 2
3 , 7 2 0
3 , 6 7 6
5 , 0 9 9
5 , 3 3 8
5 , 0 5 5
9 1 4
1 , 0 6 6
1,511
1 , 7 2 2
1, 8 9 6
1 In c lu d e s c o n s tru c tio n m a te ria l.
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s a n d U .S . B u re a u o f M in e s : Raw M aterials in the United States Economy 1900-1977,
T e c h n ic a l P a p e r 4 7 .
No. 1278. S e l e c t e d M in e r a l P r o d u c t s — A v e r a g e Pr ic e s : i9 6 0 t o 1981
[E x c lu d e s A la s k a a n d H a w a ii, e x c e p t a s n o te d . S e e H isto rical S tatistics, Colonial Times to 1970, s e rie s M 9 6 , M 1 3 9 . M 2 0 9 , M
2 4 6 , a n d M 2 6 2 , fo r b itu m in o u s c o a l, c ru d e p e tro le u m , iro n o re , le a d , a n d a lu m in u m , resp ectively]
Y E A R L Y
A V E R A G E O R
YEAR
Iro n
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( c e n t s /
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C o p p e r,
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p e r lb.)
P la tin
u m
g ro u p
m e t­
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(d o l./
tro y
oz.)
G o ld
(d o l./
fin e
o z.)
S ilv e r
( d o l./
fin e
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L e a d
(N e w
Y o rk )
(c e n ts
p e r lb.)
T in
(N e w
Y o r k ) 4
(c e n ts
p e r lb.)
Z in c 8
(cen ts
p e r lb .)
A lum i­
nu m ,
d elive
re d 6
(cen ts
p e r lb.)
S ulfur,
c r u d e 7
(d o l./
long
to n )
B itu m i­
n o u s
c o a l 8
( d o l./
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C ru d e
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(d o U
bbl.)
1 9 6 0 ........ (NA) 32 . 5 8 3 3 5 . 0 0 .91 11.9 101.4 13.0 26.0 23.13 4 . 6 9 2. 8 8
1 9 6 5 ....... 25 . 2 35.4 100 35 . 0 0 1.29 16.0 178.2 14.5 24.5 22.47 4 . 4 4 2. 8 6
1 9 7 0 ........ 2 6 . 6 58 . 2 1 3 3 36,41 1.77 15.6 174.2 15.3 28.7 23.14 6 . 2 6 3.18
1 9 7 1 ........ 2 8 .0 5 2 .0 1 2 1 4 1 . 2 5 1.55 13.9 167.3 16.1 29.0 17.47 7 . 0 7 3. 3 9
1 9 7 2 ........ 2 8 .0 5 1 .2 1 2 1 5 8 . 6 0 1.69 15.0 177.5 17.8 26.3 17.03 7 . 6 6 3 . 3 9
1 9 7 3 ........ 2 9 .4 5 9 .5 1 5 0 97.81 2.56 16.3 2 2 7 . 6 20.7 25.3 17.84 8 . 5 3 3 . 8 9
1 9 7 4 ........ 4 0 . 6 7 7 . 3 1 6 1 1 5 9 . 7 4 4.71 2 2 . 5 39 6 . 3 36.0 34.1 26.88 1 5 . 7 5 6 . 8 7
1 9 7 5 ........ 47 . 2 6 4 . 2 1 6 4 1 6 1 . 4 9 4 . 4 2 2 1 . 5 3 3 9 . 8 39 . 0 39.8 45.63 1 9 . 2 3 7 . 6 7
1 9 7 6 ........ 53.1 69 . 6 1 6 2 1 2 5 . 3 2 4. 3 5 23.1 3 7 9 . 8 37.1 44.5 46 . 4 5 1 9 . 4 3 8 . 1 9
1 0 7 7 ........ 55 . 5 66 . 8 1 6 2 148.31 4. 6 2 30.7 53 4 . 6 34.4 51.6 45.09 1 9 . 6 2 8 . 5 7
1 0 7 8 ........ 60.9 66 . 5 2 3 7 1 9 3 . 5 5 5.40 3 3 . 7 62 9 . 6 31.0 54.0 *4 5 . 1 7 2 1 . 7 8 9 . 0 0
1 9 7 9 ........ 67.8 93 . 3 3 5 2 3 0 7 . 5 0 11.09 52.6 753.9 37.3 61.0 *55.75 2 3 . 6 5 1 2 . 6 4
1 9 8 0 ........ 73.7 1 0 2 . 4 4 3 9 6 1 2 . 5 6 20 . 6 3 42.5 846.0 37.4 71.6 *89.06 2 4 . 5 7 2 1 . 1 9
1 9 8 1 , p re l...... 80.5 65.1 4 7 5 4 5 9 . 6 4 10 . 5 2 36.5 733,1 44.6 76.0 *1 1 1 . 4 8 2 6 . 0 0 3 1 . 7 7
N A N o t a v a ila b le . 1 L o w e r G r e a t L a k e s p o rts . P ric e a s o f e n d o f y e a r p e r long to n unit of contained iron, n a tu ra l, delivered
ra il o r v e s s e l. L a k e S u p e rio r o r e . 2 D o m e s tic m a rk e t. sA v e ra g e a n n u a l p ro d u c e r p ric e s . 4S traits tin th ro u g h 1 9 7 5 ;
th e re a fte r, c o m p o s ite p ric e . * P r im e w e s te rn . B e g in n in g 1 9 7 1 , d e liv e re d p ric e . 6 9 9 . 5 p e rc e n t prim ary a lu m in u m in g o t
’ F .O .B . w o rk s . 8 A v e r a g e v a lu e a t t h e p o in t o f p ro d u c tio n ; in c lu d e s A la s k a . S o u rc e : U .S . E n e rg y In fo rm a tio n A d m in is tra tio n ,
Annual Report to Congress, v o l. II, a n d M onthly Energy Review. 8 P e r m etric to n .
Source: 1 9 6 0 -1 9 7 4 com piled from M etals Week (copyright); Producer Prices and Price indexes (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics),
Minerals Yearbook and M ineral Comm odity Summaries (U.S. Bureau of Mines); thereafter, except as noted, M inerals Yearbook.