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1166. Mineral Production Value, by Type of Commodity
[In millions of dollars (145,453 represents $145,453,000,000). Value derived by multiplying production times price at the source of production]
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Mineral
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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Mineral production, total
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141,608
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127,769
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127,408
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124,780
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(NA)
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Mineral fuels, total
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108,144
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96,713
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95,469
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93,170
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88,419
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84,783
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106,197
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106,524
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83,601
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Coal, total
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22,415
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21,425
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20,992
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18,782
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20,073
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19,469
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19,691
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19,777
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19,668
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Bituminous 1
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19,014
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17,888
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17,458
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15,081
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16,442
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15,688
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15,875
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16,110
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16,036
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Anthracite
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138
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124
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120
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142
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168
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187
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177
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165
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174
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Natural gas (wellhead ???)
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31,789
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30,389
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32,555
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38,723
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36,391
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30,241
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42,858
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46,098
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39,082
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Petroleum (crude)
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53,801
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44,790
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41,846
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35,625
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31,920
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35,006
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43,561
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40,576
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24,792
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Uranium u<href="#\">\3o<href="#\">\8
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140
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109
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76
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40
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35
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67
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87
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73
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58
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Industrial minerals, total
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21,022
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20,035
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20,600
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21,054
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(NA)
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Asbestos (sales)
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(D)
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(5)
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6
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6
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5
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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Asphalt, related bitumens (native) 2
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3,480
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2,979
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2,800
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2,690
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Barite, primary, sold/used by producers
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16
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21
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20
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19
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19
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10
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15
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16
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15
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Boron minerals, sold/used by producers
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436
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443
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339
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373
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443
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560
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519
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580
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(NA)
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Bromine, sold/used by producers
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173
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167
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125
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123
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155
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186
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150
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198
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227
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Calcium chloride (natural)
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(5)
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(5)
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(D)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Cement:3
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Portland
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3,683
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3,343
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3,555
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3,820
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4,460
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4,920
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5,310
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5,710
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(NA)
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Masonry
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225
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188
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199
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230
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286
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307
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321
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339
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(NA)
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Clays
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1,620
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1,505
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1,470
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1,470
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1,590
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1,730
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1,710
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1,670
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(NA)
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Diatomite
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138
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140
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141
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150
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152
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171
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176
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184
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182
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Feldspar 4
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28
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26
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29
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31
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31
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37
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39
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43
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40
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Fluorspar, finished shipments
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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(5)
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Garnet (abrasive)
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7
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8
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5
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4
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3
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4
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6
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6
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(NA)
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Gemstones (estimate)
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53
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84
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66
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58
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51
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49
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43
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25
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23
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Gypsum, crude
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100
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94
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101
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107
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115
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121
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124
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132
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137
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Helium 6
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113
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175
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187
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189
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199
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196
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193
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206
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(NA)
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Lime, sold/used by producers
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902
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890
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950
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965
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1,020
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1,100
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1,170
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1,200
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(NA)
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Mica, scrap and flake, sold/used by producers
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6
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6
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5
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4
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6
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6
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8
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9
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9
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Peat (sales by producers)
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19
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18
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17
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16.8
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15.3
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17.0
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18.5
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17.5
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(NA)
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Perlite, processed, sold/used by producers
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17
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15
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16
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17
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19
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22
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21
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23
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(NA)
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Phosphate rock (marketable)
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1,075
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1,031
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1,060
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759
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869
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947
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1,060
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1,076
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1,131
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Potash (K<href="#\">\20 equivalent)
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303
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305
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334
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286
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284
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284
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299
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320
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(NA)
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Pumice and pumicite (sales by producers)
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11
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9
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15
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12.0
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11.8
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13.2
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14.8
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16.1
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15
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Salt (common), sold/used by producers
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827
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802
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803
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904
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990
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1,000
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1,060
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993
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(NA)
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Sand and gravel, sold/used by producers
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3,686
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3,658
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3,770
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3,980
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4,230
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4,400
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4,500
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4,778
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(NA)
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Silica, special /7
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(Z)
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(8)
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(8)
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(8)
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(NA)
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1
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1
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Sodium carbonate (natural) (soda ash)
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836
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836
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837
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734
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724
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829
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926
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915
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(NA)
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Sodium sulfate (natural)
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34
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31
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26
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25
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24
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28
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27
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35
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(NA)
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Stone 9
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5,822
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5,396
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5,790
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6,160
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6,840
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6,970
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7,410
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8,295
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(NA)
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Crushed and broken
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5,591
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5,187
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5,590
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5,930
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6,620
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6,740
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7,180
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8,070
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(NA)
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Dimension
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231
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210
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198
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226
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218
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233
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234
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225
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205
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Sulfur: Frasch mines (shipments)
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335
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272
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151
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101
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(4)
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(4)
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(4)
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(4)
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(NA)
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Talc and pyrophyllite, cruderef="#1">1ref="#1">10
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31
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32
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31
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28
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30
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32
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31
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(NA)
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(NA)
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Tripoli
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3
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3
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14
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16
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11
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11
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18
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16
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(NA)
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Vermiculite concentrate
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19
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(D)
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15
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15
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14
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(4)
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(4)
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(4)
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(NA)
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Industrial minerals, undistributed
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504
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538
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525
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455
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531
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725
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820
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803
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(NA)
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Metals, total
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12,442
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11,022
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11,339
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10,557
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11,933
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14,024
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13,015
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13,074
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(NA)
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Antimony ore and concentrate href="#1">1href="#1">1
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(NA)
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Bauxite (dried equivalent)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(NA)
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Copper (recoverable content)
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4,311
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3,931
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4,180
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3,640
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4,430
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5,640
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4,610
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4,580
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(NA)
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Gold (recoverable content)
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3,650
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3,457
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3,660
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3,840
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4,050
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3,950
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4,090
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3,850
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(NA)
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Iron ore (gross weight) href="#1">1\3
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1,741
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1,674
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1,550
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1,380
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1,410
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1,730
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1,770
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1,890
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(NA)
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Lead (recoverable content)
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491
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344
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307
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249
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298
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359
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459
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460
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(NA)
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