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Iodine

January 1, 2006

In descending order, Chile, Japan and the United States have the largest iodine reserves. Chile produces iodine from iodate minerals while Japan and the United States produce it from sodium iodide solutions found in underground iodide solutions. Iodine is also produced from subterranean brines in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenista, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. In 2005, iodine prices increased sharply to US$19 to US$23 then leveled off at US$23 to US$25.

Publication Year 2006
Title Iodine
Authors S.T. Krukowski
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Mining Engineering
Index ID 70030243
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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