United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

736 Mining and Mineral Products
No. 1319. N i c k e l — S u m m a r y : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[Quantities In thousands of abort tone. Excludes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, except for Imports and exports. See also
H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, aeries M 231-234J
ITEM 1960 1965 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1 9 8 1 ,
prel.
Mine production........................................ 14 16 16 18 17 17 16 14 14 15 IS 12
Plant production: Primary 1........................ 14 14 16 14 14 14 14 13 11 12 11 10
Secondary2..................... 27 51 49 66 65 42 47 45 44 57 40 (NA)
imports (est. nickel content)....................... 103 163 156 190 221 161 18B 195 240 177 109 200
Exports (gross weight)................ ............. 54 21 31 22 30 30 47 39 36 51 57 47
17? 156 198
Slocks (consumer), Dec. 31...................... 11 14 25 28 45 35 32 19 20 2 0 15 2 3
Price par pound 8(dollars)......................... .74 .79 1.33 1.53 2.01 2.20 2.20 2.41 2.10 1.93 3.20 3,45
World production, est................................ 353 468 693 783 849 890 073 913 723 749 821 772
NA Not available. ‘From domestic ores. ’ Includes nickel recovered from Iron and steel scrap. 3Peak price quoted
U.S. buyers by International Nickel Co., Inc., for electrolytic nickel, U.S. duty Included, f.o.b. Port Colbome, Ontario.
No. 1320. Tin— Sum m ary: i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[In thousands of short tons, except price. See headnote, table 1319, for exclusions]
ITEM 1960 1965 1970 1874 1875 1976 1977 1978 1979 I960 1981,
prel.
Production: Domestic smelters........................... . (n) 3.4 (D) 6.7 7.2 6.3 7.4 6.5 5.1 3.3 2.2
Secondary sources............................ .............. 24.7 28.1 22.4 21.1 17.5 18.1 20.4 23.3 23.7 20.6 17.0
Imports for consumption:
Metal................................................................ 44.3 45.7 56.7 44.3 48.9 49.7 52.7 51.6 53.3 50.7 50.6
Ore (tin content)................................................ 15.8 4.7 5.2 6.6 7.1 6.3 7.4 4.3 5.0 .9 .3
1.0 3.2 5.0 9.5 4.0 2.6 6.0 5J>
Price of Straits tin at N.Y., avg. cents per lb.1___ 101 178 174 396 340 380 535 630 754 846 733
Consumption......................................................... 90 9 4 03 7 3 62 69 67 66 69 62 60
World mine production, est................................... 202 225 256 257 245 241 254 266 271 272 278
0 Withheld to avoid disclosure of Individual company date. 'See footnote 4, table 1276.
No. 1 3 2 1 . T u n g s t e n C o n c e n t r a t e — S u m m a r y : 1 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series M 226-226, for related data]
ITEM Unit 1960 1965 1970 1976 1976 1977 1976 1979 I960
1981,
p r e l
Production:
Concentrates (60% WOa basis)1....... 1,000 sh. ton.... 7.0 7,9 10.1 5.8 6.1 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.? 6.2
Mil. lb............... 6.7 7.6 9.3 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.9 6.6 7.8
Shipments from mines:
Mil. dol............. 9.8 13.0 23.8 29.1 37.3 55.1 56.7 55.8 50.6
1.40 1.72 2.55 5.30 6.35 9.15 8.22 5.40 8.36 7.96
Mil. lb............... 5.2 3.5 1.3 6.9 5.6 6.8 39.1 311.4 M l 4 *11.8
Mil. lb............... 11.6 13.9 16.7 14.0 16.1 17.1 18.8 21.6 20.4 21.7
Mil, lb,...,........ 5.5 1.8 2.2 2.5 1,2 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.7
World production 3................................ Mil. lb............... 66.7 59.6 71.4 84.5 90.9 90.5 102.7 107.3 114.1 10B.4
'A short ton of 60% tungsten trioxide (WO,) contains 951.72 pounds of tungsten. ’ Tungsten content. ’ Imports for
consumption.
Source of tables 1319-1321: U.S. Bureau of Mines, M in e ra ls Y e a rbo o k .
No. 1 3 2 2 . U r a n iu m — S u m m a r y : I 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[See table 1009. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series M 266-267]
ITEM Unit 1960 1965 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 198 1
8.0 4.4 3.3 7.0 7.0 8.6 10.3 14.3 15.0 16.7 13.7
Mil. lb............... 37,6 20.8 25.6 24.8 24.0 27.0 31.8 37.6 31.4 40.0 31.2
I960 252.0 438.0 628.0 812.0 749.0 1,228.0 1,208.0
Production, concentrate *.... 1,000 sh. ton... 17.6 10.4 12.9 11.5 11.6 12.7 14.9 18.5 18.7 21.8 19.2
Imports, concentrate14...... 1,000 sh. ton... 10.0 4.0 - - .7 1.8 2.8 2.6 1.5 1.8 3.3
World production118........... 1,000 sh. ton... 41.6 20.4 24.2 24.0 24.8 29.0 37.5 44.1 49,4 57.1 57.2
- Represents zero. NA N o t a v a ila b le . ‘ R e c e ip ts a t m ills . *U 90 ,. 9 B a s e d o n average p ric e fo r d e liv e ry c o m m itments
during the year. 4 Mainly for enrichment and export of enriched uranium product, 1965-76; thereafter, for domestic
consumption only. ’ Excludes Communist countries.
Source: U .S . D e p t ol Energy, S tatistical Data o f The Uranium industry, 1982, 1980 A nnual R eport to Congress, v ol. II.. and
OECD, Uranium Resources, Production and Demand, February 1982.