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The Center conducts analyses of and develops information on minerals-related issues, including minerals conservation, sustainability, availability, materials flow, and the economic health of the U.S. minerals industry.

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Historical and Time Series Data

Graph from Zeolites 2016 chapter showing increasing production trend with fluctuations since 1975

A compilation of data on mineral production, imports, exports, stocks, reported and apparent consumption publications.

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A subset of our monthly, quarterly, and annual publications

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Fact Sheets - Short introductions to mineral commodities, materials flow, and supply chain topics

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September 14, 2015

A Crosswalk of Mineral Commodity End Uses and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

This crosswalk is based on the premise that there is a connection between the way mineral commodities are used and how this use is reflected in the economy. Raw mineral commodities are the basic materials from which goods, finished products, or intermediate materials are manufactured or made. Mineral commodities are vital to the development of the U.S. economy and they impact nearly every industri

Authors

James J. Barry, Grecia R. Matos, W. David Menzie

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

September 1, 2015

Mineral Resource of the Month: Bromine

Bromine, along with mercury, is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature. Bromine is a highly volatile and corrosive reddish-brown liquid that evaporates easily and converts to a metal at extreme pressures — above about 540,000 times atmospheric pressure. Bromine occurs in seawater, evaporitic (salt) lakes and underground brines associated with petroleum deposits.

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Emily Schnebele

National Minerals Information Center

July 31, 2015

Industrial Diamond, 2014

No abstract available.

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Donald W. Olson

National Minerals Information Center

July 31, 2015

Frac sand in the United States: a geological and industry overview

A new mineral rush is underway in the upper Midwest of the United States, especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota, for deposits of high-quality frac sand that the mining industry calls “Northern White” sand or “Ottawa” sand. Frac sand is a specialized type of sand that is added to fracking fluids that are injected into unconventional oil and gas wells during hydraulic fracturing (fracking or hydrofr

Authors

Mary Ellen Benson, Anna B. Wilson, Donald I. Bleiwas

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, National Minerals Information Center

July 1, 2015