TABLE 2
U.S. GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE GOALS AND YEAREND STOCKS
OF NATURAL GRAPHITE IN 1993, BY TYPE
-              (Metric tons)


National
Type                                        Goal               stockpile
inventory
Madagascar crystalline flake                                         (1)
             15,156
Sri Lanka amorphous lump                                          5,715 
              4,934
Crystalline, other than Madagascar and Sri Lanka                     (1)
              1,754
Nonstockpile-grade, all types                                        (1)
                846
This commodity no longer has a goal.
Source: Defense National Stockpile Center, Inventory of Stockpile Materials
as of Dec. 31, 1993.


TABLE 3
PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE IN 1993


Company
Amoco Performance Products Co.
BASF Structural Materials Inc.
Carbone of America
Fiber Materials, Inc.
Fiber Technology Corp.
Fortafil Fibers Inc.
BF Goodrich Co., Engineered Systems Div.,
Super-Temp Operations
Grafil Inc.
Hercules Inc.
HITCO Materials Group, British Petroleum Co.Ltd.
Minerals Technology, Inc.; Specialty Minerals Corp.
National Electrical Carbon Co.
NAC Carbon Products, Inc.
Polycarbon, Inc.
Showa Denko Carbon Inc.


Plant location
Greenville, SC
Rock Hill, SC
St. Marys, PA
Biddeford, ME
Provo, UT
Rockwood, TN


Santa Fe Springs, CA
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
Gardena, CA
Easton, PA
Fostoria, OH
Punxsutawney, PA
Valencia, CA
Ridgeville, SC


Product'
Cloth, high-modulus fibers.
High-modulus fibers.
Motor brushes; unmachined shapes; other.
Other.


High-modulus fibers.


Other.
High-modulus fibers.
Do.


Cloth.
Other.
Unmachined shapes; high-modulus fibers.
Other.
Cloth.
Electrodes; other.


SIGRI Great Lakes Carbon Corp.
Do.                                                    Hickman, KY      
            Anodes; crucibles; electrodes; unmachined shapes;
other.
Do.                                                    Morganton, NC    
               Do.
Do.                                                    Niagara Falls, NY
               Do.
Do.                                                    Ozark, AR        
               Do.
Superior Graphite Co.                                     Russellville, AR
             Electrodes.
Do.                                                    Hopkinsville, KY 
            Other.
Textron Specialty Materials                                Lowell, MA   
               High-modulus fibers.
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.; Graphite Specialties     Niagara Falls,
NY            Anodes; crucibles; motor brushes; electrodes;
unmachined shapes; refractories; other.
Do.                                                    St. Marys, PA    
               Do.
The Carborundum Co., Metallics Systems Div.                Sanborn, NY  
               Unmachined shapes.
UCAR Carbon Company, Inc.                                  Clarksburg, WV
              Anodes; electrodes; unmachined shapes; other.
Do.                                                    Clarksville, TN  
               Do.
Do.                                                    Columbia, TN     
               Do.
Zoltek Corp.                                               St. Charles, MO
             High-modulus fibers.
'Cloth includes low-modulus fibers; motor brushes include machined shapes;
crucibles include vessels.


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