United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

7 3 8 Mining and Mineral Products
No. 1326. Magnesium—Summary: 1970 to 1981
[In thousands of short tons, except as Indicated. Magnesium metal is used primarily in the manufacturing of aircraft,
automotive, and other types o f transportation equipment, material-handling equipment, power tools, and alloying with other metals]
ITEM 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 I960 1981
Production (domestic)....................... 124 137 140 (« 146 151 159 185 200 209 289
Primary ‘....................................... 112 121 122 (D) 120 120 126 149 162 169 143
Secondary (recovered from scrap).. 12 16 18 15 28 31 33 36 37 40 46
Exports............................................ 36 IB 40 46 33 13 28 42 54 57 3 5
Value (mil. dol.)..................... ....... 22.5 11.7 26.2 48.5 48.2 26.9 51.8 75.6 113.8 127.7 90.8
Imports............................ ................ 3 4 3 5 8 15 6 7 5 4 7
Value (mil dol.)...... ........... 2.5 2.6 2.7 5.2 11.5 22.7 8.0 10.1 9.0 8.3 17.6
Consumption.................................... 93 104 116 130 94 104 104 109 109 96 91
For structural products..__............... 23 24 25 28 19 17 20 19 19 17 15
For distributive or sacrificial
purposes................................ 70 60 91 102 75 87 84 90 90 78 76
Alloys (aluminum) 37 43 52 62 47 54. 56 59 61 54 51
Other............. 33 37 39 40 28 33 28 31 29 .24 25
Price per pound (cents) 35 37 36 41-75 82 37-92 96-99 39-101 101-109 107-125 125-134
World production (primary)................... 242 258 266 a143 258 275 284 318 339 360 328
0 Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. beginning 1975, figures are the difference between total North
American production reported by the International Magnesium Association and Canadian production. ’Excludes U.S. production.
No. 1327. C h r o m i t e — S u m m a r y : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 1
(In thousands of short tons, except as Indicated]
ITEM 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Imports for consumption1.............. 1,405 1,056 931 1,102 1,252 1,275 1,293 1,013 1,024 982 898
Value (mil. dol.)...................... 31.8 27.6 21.0 28.5 60.7 70.0 68.7 51.4 55.6 56.5 49.9
South Africa 407 249 303 341 289 436 659 490 353 405 482
Soviet Union 248 434 242 298 349 189 80 157 250 170 111
Philippines, 210 131 190 264 210 166 172 185 194 13B 145
Exports....... 41 20 21 18 139 124 187 23 27 6 71
Reexports.................................,.... 73 57 34 99 45 85 61 29 28 44 67
Consumption, total........................ 1,403 1,140 1,387 1,450 881 1,006 1,000 1,010 1,209 968 879
Metallurgical industry................. 912 727 920 904 532 597 578 534 774 573 501
Refractory Industry..................... 278 224 261 295 183 202 208 237 193 155 139
Chemical industry............ .......... 213 189 206 251 166 207 214 239 242 240 239
Stocks, Deo. 31 (consumer).......... 733 857 597 573 952 1,009 1,338 1,301 907 675 663
World production 1........................ 6,672 6,725 7,381 8,244 9,136 9,362 10,415 10,210 10,676 10,746 10,225
Soulb Africa.............................. 1,573 1,635 1,818 2,089 2,288 2,656 3,372 3,466 3,634 3,783 3,160
Soviet Union............................. 1,930 2,040 2,100 2,150 2,290 2,300 2,400 2,650 2,550 2,700 2,650
Philippines................................. 624 385 640 564 573 475 593 595 613 547 490
’Includes countries not shown separately.
N o . 1 3 2 8 . T i t a n i u m — S u m m a r y : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 1
ITEM , Unit 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
llmanlta concentrate:
Mine shipments............ 1,000 sh. ton....
Mil. Hoi ..........
921 740 804 755 702 618 5 4 2 581 646 594 524
Imports......................... 1,000 sh. ton.... 96 15 70 82 122 168 335 309 184 357 236
Mi. dol............ 2 3 5.7
Consumption................. 1,000 sh. ton.... 972 786 808 852 748 822 867 792 791 849 856
Titanium dioxide
pigments:
Production.................... 1,000 sh. ton.... 655 718 785 787 603 713 687 701 742 727 750
Imports for
consumption.,,....,....... 1,000 sh. ton.... 60 86 60 35 26 68 115 118 105 98 125
Consumption................ 1,000 sh. ton.... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 596 754 785 802 840 753 795
Price, Dec. 31:
Rutile
31 41 44
28 35 44 47 49 51
World production:
llmenite concentrate..... 1,000 ah. ton.... 3,109 2,702 2,983 3,519 3,194 3,490 3,653 3,875 3,820 •4,019 *3,979
Titanium slag............... 1,000 sh. ton.... 853 924 947 936 832 901 765 1,037 842 ‘ 1,343 31,248
Rutile concentrate,
natural3.................... . 1,000 sh. ton.... 460 351 385 398 422 445 401 356 415 •483 %4 21
NA Not available. 'Preliminary. ’Estimated. ’Excludes U.S. production data to avoid disclosing company proprietary
ata.
Source of tables 1326-1328: U.S. Bureau of Mines, M in e ra ls Y e a rbo o k .