CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 81 



Trends in Minerals Consumption 81 



Commodity Prices 83 



State of the Mining Industry 85 



Ferroalloys 86 



National Defense Stockpile 87 



Substitution, Conservation, and Recycling . 88 



Major Seabed Mineral Commodities 89 



Cobalt 89 



Chromium 90 



Manganese 94 



Nickel 95 



Copper 97 



Zinc 99 



Gold 100 



Platinum-Group Metals 102 



Titanium (Ilmenite and Rutile) 104 



Phosphate Rock (Phosphorite) 107 



Sand and Gravel Ill 



Garnet 112 



Monazite 112 



Zircon 112 



Box 



Box P^ge 

 3-A. Government Sources of Information 

 and Units of Measure Used in This 

 Report 82 



Figures 



Figure No. Page 

 3-1. Actual and Projected Consumption of 

 Selected Minerals in the Market- 

 Economy Countries 82 



3-2. Price Trends for Selected Seabed 



Mineral Commodities 84 



3-3. Cobalt Prices, 1920-85 85 



3-4. U.S. Ferrochromium and Chromite 



Ore Imports 87 



3-5. Percentage of Manganese Imported 

 Into the United States as 

 Ferromangcuiese, 1973-86 94 



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3-6. World Titanium Pigment 



Manufacturing Capacity 105 



3-7. Major World Exporters of Phosphate 

 Rock Since 1975, With Projections to 

 1995 108 



Tables 



Table No. Page 



3-1. Major U.S. Strategic Materials 

 Contained in the National Defense 



Stockpile 88 



3-2. Forecast of U.S. and World Cobalt 



Demand in 2000 90 



3-3. 1986 National Defense Chromium 



Stockpile Goals and Inventories 91 



3-4. Forecasts for U.S. Chromium 



Demand in 2000 93 



3-5. Status of Manganese in the National 



Defense StockpUe— 1986 95 



3-6. Forecast for U.S. and World 



Manganese Demand in 2000 96 



3-7. Forecast of U.S. and World Nickel 



Demand in 2000 97 



3-8. U.S. and World Copper Demand 



in 2000 99 



3-9. Forecast of U.S. and World Zinc 



Demand in 2000 100 



3-10. Platinum-Group Metals in the 



Nationjil Defense Stockpile 102 



3-11. Forecast of Demand for Platinum- 

 Group Metals in 2000 103 



3-12. U.S. Titanium Reserves and Reserve 



'Base 105 



3-13. Forecast for U.S. Titanium Demand 



in 2000 106 



3-14. World and U.S. Phosphate Rock 



Production 108 



3-15. World Phosphate Rock Reserves and 



Reserve Base 109 



3-16. Forecasts of U.S. and World 



Phosphate Rock Demand in 2000 110 



