Molybdenum Statistics and Information

Molybdenum (Mo) is a refractory metallic element used principally as an alloying agent in steel, cast iron, and superalloys to enhance hardenability, strength, toughness, and wear and corrosion resistance.   To achieve desired metallurgical properties, molybdenum, primarily in the form of molybdic oxide or ferromolybdenum, is frequently used in combination with or added to chromium, manganese, niobium, nickel, tungsten, or other alloy metals.   The versatility of molybdenum in enhancing a variety of alloy properties has ensured it a significant role in contemporary industrial technology, which increasingly requires materials that are serviceable under high stress, expanded temperature ranges, and highly corrosive environments.   Moreover, molybdenum finds significant usage as a refractory metal in numerous chemical applications, including catalysts, lubricants, and pigments.   Few of molybdenum's uses have acceptable substitutes.

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Monthly Publications

Mineral Industry Surveys

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• U.S Production of Selected Mineral Commodities (Quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys)

Annual Publications

Mineral Commodity Summaries

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Minerals Yearbook

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• Archive
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• Recycling-Metals

Special Publications

• Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, and Steel Commodity Price Influences
  Open-File Report 2007-1257
• Flow Studies for Recycling Metal Commodities in the United States
  C-1196-A-M
• Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
  Data Series 140
  • Molybdenum
• Metal Prices in the United States through 2010
  Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188
• Molybdenum - A Key Component of Metal Alloys 
  Fact Sheet 2009-3106
• U.S. Mineral Dependence-Statistical Compilation of U.S. and World Mineral Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1990-2010
  Open-File Report 2013-1184