Mineral Commodity Summaries

The following topics are currently covered by the MineralCommodity Summaries: domestic production and uses; U.S. salientstatistics; recycling; import sources; tariff; depletionallowance; government stockpile; events, trends, and issues;world production, reserves, and reserve base; world resources;and substitutes.

Tags: AY = Antarctica, Abrasives, Alumina, Aluminum, Antimony, All tags... Arsenic, Asbestos, Barite, Bauxite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Bromine, Cadmium, Cement, Cesium, Chromium, Clays, Cobalt, Columbium, Consumption, Copper, Diamond, Diatomite, Exports, Feldspar, Fluorspar, Gallium, Garnet, Gemstones, Germanium, Gold, Graphite, Gypsum, Hafnium, Helium, Ilmenite, Imports, Indium, Industrial, Iodine, Iron, Iron and steel scrap, Iron and steel slag, Iron ore, Kyanite, LD10 = North America, LD20 = Central America, LD30 = South America, LD40 = Europe, LD50 = Africa, LD60 = Australia and New Zealand, LD70 = Asia, LD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East, LD90 = Southeast Asia, Lead, Lime, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Metals, Mica, Minerals, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Nitrogen, Peat, Perlite, Phosphate rock, Platinum-group metals, Potash, Production, Pumice, Quartz, Rare-earths, Rhenium, Rubidium, Rutile, Salt, Sand and gravel, Scandium, Selenium, Silicon, Silver, Soda ash, Sodium sulfate, Statistics, Steel, Stocks, Stone, Strontium, Sulfur, Talc, Tantalum, Tellurium, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Trade, Tungsten, Vanadium, Vermiculite, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium, business and economics, datasets, geoscientificInformation, mineral deposit areas, mineral resources, Fewer tags

Immobilization of Alliinase on porous aluminum oxide

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Alliinase, Alumina, Anapore filter, Bioengineering Abstracts, Biological membranes, All tags... Biotechnology, Pore size, Porosity, Scanning electron microscopy, W4 801.2 Biochemistry; W4 804.2 Inorganic Compounds; W4 461., Fewer tags

Nonelectrostatic surface complexation model for lead sorption on soils and mineral surfaces

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Adsorption, Alumina, Complexation, EE 483.1 Soils and Soil Mechanics; EE 454.2 Environmental Im, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, All tags... Lead, Mathematical models, Minerals, Nonelectrostatic surface complexation model, Silica, Soil remediation, Stoichiometry, Fewer tags

Parameter study of the formation of C-F gases during anode effect in aluminium reduction cells

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Alumina, Aluminum reduction cells, Anode effect, Anode gas, Anode surface, All tags... Calculations, Carbon tetrachloride, Dicarbonhexafluoride, Dilute duct gas, EE 541.1 Aluminum; EE 802.1 Chemical Plants and Equipment; E, Electrolysis, Electrolytic cells, Energy utilization, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Extraction, Global warming, Greenhouse gases, Industrial emissions, Mass spectrometry, Prebake cells, Soderberg cells, Statistical methods, Surfaces, Fewer tags

Fouling of ceramic membranes by albumins under dynamic filtration conditions

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Adsorption, Alumina, Bioengineering Abstracts, Biotechnology, Bovine serum albumin, All tags... Ceramic products, Deposition, Fouling, Human serum albumin, Membranes, Neutron scattering, Proteins, Small angle neutron scattering (SANS), W4 802.3 Chemical Operations; W4 812.1 Ceramics; W4 804.1 Or, pH effects, Fewer tags

Stuijts Memorial Lecture 1997: Ceramic science and technology facing changing paradigms

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Alumina, Combustion, EE 812.1 Ceramics; EE 901.3 Engineering Research; EE 912.2 M, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Environmental protection, All tags... Just in time production, Reaction bonded aluminum oxide (RBAO) method, Research and development management, Silicon carbide, Sustainable development, Technological forecasting, Fewer tags

Mineral Operations of Latin America and Canada

This data set consists of records for over 900 mineral facilities in Latin America and Canada. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, smelters, or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. Records include attributes such as commodity, country, location, company name, facility type and capacity if applicable, and generalized coordinates. The data were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2003 and 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbooks (Latin America and Candada volume), data to be published in the 2005 Minerals Yearbook Latin America and Canada Volume, minerals statistics and information from the USGS minerals...

Tags: alumina, aluminum, ammonia, antimony, asbestos, All tags... barite, bauxite, bentonite, bismuth, boron, bullion, carbon black, cement, chromite, chromium, clay, coal, cobalt, columbium, commodity, copper, diamond, dolomite, emerald, ferroalloys, ferronickel, ferrosilicon, fluorspar, gemstone, gold, graphite, gravel, gypsum, iodine, iron, kaolin, lead, lime, limestone, liquified natural gas, lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, metal, methanol, mine, mineral, molybdenum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, nitrates, nitrogen, petroleum:crude, petroleum:refinery products, phosphate, potash, pozzolan, processing plant, quartz, rhenium, salt, sand, silica sand, silver, steel, stone, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, urea, zeolite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Effects of particle polydispersity and shape factor during dust cake loading on air filters

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Aerosols, Alumina, Dust, EE 451.2 Air Pollution Control; EE 451.1 Air Pollution Sourc, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, All tags... Filtration, Mathematical models, Particle size analysis, Polydispersity, Porosity, Pressure drop, Pressure effects, Shape factor, Talc, Fewer tags

Minerals Yearbook (with year and subject commodity or place)

The Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication that reviews themineral industry of the United States and foreign countries. Itcontains statistical data on materials and minerals and includesinformation on economic and technical trends and developments.The yearbook is published in three volumes: Volume I, Metalsand Minerals; Volume II, Area Reports, Domestic; and Volume III,Area Reports, International.Volume I metal and minerals chapters contain an untitledintroduction, a statement on domestic data coverage, and anoutlook section. Optional topics are: legislative andgovernment programs, production, environment, consumption,stocks, transportation, prices, foreign trade, world reviewincluding individual country summaries...

Tags: AY = Antarctica, Abrasives, Alumina, Aluminum, Antimony, All tags... Arsenic, Asbestos, Barite, Bauxite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Bromine, Cadmium, Cement, Cesium, Chromium, Clays, Cobalt, Columbium, Consumption, Copper, Diamond, Diatomite, Exports, Feldspar, Fluorspar, Gallium, Garnet, Gemstones, Germanium, Gold, Graphite, Gypsum, Hafnium, Helium, Ilmenite, Imports, Indium, Industrial, Iodine, Iron, Iron and steel scrap, Iron and steel slag, Iron ore, Kyanite, LD10 = North America, LD20 = Central America, LD30 = South America, LD40 = Europe, LD50 = Africa, LD60 = Australia and New Zealand, LD70 = Asia, LD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East, LD90 = Southeast Asia, Lead, Lime, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Metals, Mica, Minerals, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Nitrogen, Peat, Perlite, Phosphate rock, Platinum-group metals, Potash, Production, Pumice, Quartz, Rare-earths, Rhenium, Rubidium, Rutile, Salt, Sand and gravel, Scandium, Selenium, Silicon, Silver, Soda ash, Sodium sulfate, Statistics, Steel, Stocks, Stone, Strontium, Sulfur, Talc, Tantalum, Tellurium, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Trade, Tungsten, Vanadium, Vermiculite, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium, business and economics, datasets, geoscientificInformation, mineral resources, yearbooks, Fewer tags

Mineral Operations of Africa and the Middle East

This dataset consists of records for over 1,500 mineral facilities in Africa and the Middle East. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, mills , or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. Records include attributes such as commodity, country, site, company name, plant capacity if applicable, and generalized coordinates. The data were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Africa and Middle East volume), minerals statistics and information from the USGS minerals information Web site (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/), and data collected by USGS minerals information country...

Tags: aggregate, alumina, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, All tags... asbestos, barite, bauxite, bentonite, boron, bromine, cadmium, cement, chromium, clay, cobalt, columbium, commodity, copper, crushed stone, diamond, diatomite, dimension stone, ferroalloys, fluorspar, gemstone, germanium, gold, graphite, gypsum, iron, kaolin, lead, lime, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, metal, mica, mine, mineral, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, peat, perlite, phosphate, platinum group metals, potash, processing plant, pyrophyllite, salt, selenium, silicon, silver, soda ash, stone, stone - crushed, stone - dimension, sulfur, talc, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, vermiculite, wollastonite, zeolite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

National Minerals Information Center

The mission of the USGS National Minerals Information Center (formerly the Minerals Information Team) is to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the domestic and international supply of and demand for minerals and mineral materials essential to the U.S. economy and national security. About 90 mineral commodities are covered.The Center's goal is to provide decision makers with the information required to ensure that the Nation has an adequate and dependable supply of minerals and materials to meet its defense and economic needs at acceptable costs related to environment, energy, and economics. In addition to special data releases available through ScienceBase, annual and monthly or quarterly statistical...

Tags: NMIC, abrasives, alumina, aluminum, antimony, All tags... arsenic, asbestos, barite, bauxite, beryllium, bismuth, boron, bromine, cadmium, cement, cesium, chromium, clays, cobalt, construction sand, copper, corundum, critical minerals, crushed stone, diamond, diatomite, dimension stone, explosives, feldspar, ferroalloys, fluorspar, gallium, garnet, gemstones, germanium, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, helium, indium, industrial sand, iodine, iron, iron and steel scrap, iron ore, iron oxide pigments, kyanite, lead, lime, lithium, magnesium, manganese, material flow, materials flow, mercury, mica, mineral commodities, mineral resources, minerals, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, peat, perlite, phosphate rock, platinum group metals, potash, pumice, pyrophyllite, quartz, rare earths, recycling, rhenium, rubidium, salt, sand and gravel, scandium, scrap, selenium, silica, silicon, silver, soda ash, statistics, staurolite, steel, stone, strontium, sulfur, supply chain, sustainability, talc, tantalum, tellurium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, tripoli, tungsten, vanadium, vermiculite, wollastonite, yttrium, zeolites, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Mineral Operations of Africa and the Middle East

This data set consists of records for over 1,500 mineral facilities in Africa and the Middle East. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, mills , or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. Records include attributes such as commodity, country, site, company name, plant capacity if applicable, and generalized coordinates. The data were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Africa and Middle East volume), minerals statistics and information from the USGS minerals information Web site (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/), and data collected by USGS minerals information country...

Tags: Africa, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Benin, All tags... Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cote D'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Geology, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mideast, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, U.A.E., Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, aggregate, alumina, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, asbestos, barite, bauxite, bentonite, boron, bromine, cadmium, cement, chromium, clay, cobalt, columbium, commodity, copper, crushed stone, diamond, diatomite, dimension stone, ferroalloys, fluorspar, gemstone, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, graphite, gypsum, iron, kaolin, lead, lime, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, metal, mica, mine, mineral, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, peat, perlite, phosphate, platinum group metals, potash, processing plant, pyrophyllite, salt, selenium, silicon, silver, soda ash, stone, stone - crushed, stone - dimension, sulfur, talc, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, vermiculite, wollastonite, zeolite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Mineral Industry Surveys (with month, year, and commodity name)

The Mineral Industry Surveys series reports commodityproduction, consumption, stocks, and trade information. Reportsmay also contain price information or report on industrydevelopments.

Tags: AY = Antarctica, Abrasives, Alumina, Aluminum, Antimony, All tags... Arsenic, Asbestos, Barite, Bauxite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Bromine, Cadmium, Cement, Cesium, Chromium, Clays, Cobalt, Columbium, Consumption, Copper, Diamond, Diatomite, Exports, Feldspar, Fluorspar, Gallium, Garnet, Gemstones, Germanium, Gold, Graphite, Gypsum, Hafnium, Helium, Ilmenite, Imports, Indium, Industrial, Iodine, Iron, Iron and steel scrap, Iron and steel slag, Iron ore, Kyanite, LD10 = North America, LD20 = Central America, LD30 = South America, LD40 = Europe, LD50 = Africa, LD60 = Australia and New Zealand, LD70 = Asia, LD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East, LD90 = Southeast Asia, Lead, Lime, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Metals, Mica, Minerals, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Nitrogen, Peat, Perlite, Phosphate rock, Platinum-group metals, Potash, Production, Pumice, Quartz, Rare-earths, Rhenium, Rubidium, Rutile, Salt, Sand and gravel, Scandium, Selenium, Silicon, Silver, Soda ash, Sodium sulfate, Statistics, Steel, Stocks, Stone, Strontium, Sulfur, Talc, Tantalum, Tellurium, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Trade, Tungsten, Vanadium, Vermiculite, Yttrium, Zinc, Zirconium, business and economics, datasets, geoscientificInformation, mineral resources, Fewer tags