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TABLE 2
PUBLISHED YEAREND PRICES OF ZIRCONIUM AND HAINIUM MATERIALS


Specification of material                                            1992
                1993
Zircon:
Domestic, standard-grade, f.o.b. Starke, FL, bulk, per short ton'       
                               $265.00              $265.00
Domestic, 75 % minimum quantity zircon and aluminum silicates, Starke, FL,
bulk, per short ton'          242.00               242.00
Domestic, premium-grade zircon, Starke, FL, bulk, per short ton'        
                                294.00               294.00
Imported sand, ceramic application, f.o.b., bulk, per metric tone       
                       $190.00- 210.00       $210.00- 220.00
imported sand, refractory application, f.o.b., bulk, per metric ton'    
                        190.00 - 210.00      210.00 - 220.00
Imported sand, foundry sand application, f.o.b., bulk, per metric ton'  
                        190.00 - 210.00       190.00 - 210.00
Baddeleyite, imported concentrate: 3
96% to 98% ZrO2, minus 100-mesh, c.i.f. Atlantic ports, per pound       
                            .50 -  .75                  XX
98% to 99% ZrO., minus 100-mesh, c.i.f. Atlantic ports, per pound       
                                   XX            .75 -   .85
99 % + ZrO%, minus 325-mesh, c.i.f. Atlantic ports, per pound           
                           1.16 - 1.40          1.00 - 1.13
Zirconium oxide:'
Powder, commercial-grade, drums, 2,000-pound minimum, per pound         
                           3.00 - 6.60          3.00 - 6.60
Electronic, same basis, per pound                                       
                           3.50- 8.00           3.50- 8.00
Insulating, stabilized, 3250 F, same basis, per pound                   
                           3.35 - 4.00          3.35 - 4.00
Insulating, unstabilized, 325f F, same basis, per pound                 
                           3.35 - 4.00          3.35 - 4.00
Dense, stabilized, 300f F, same basis, per pound                        
                                  3.60                 3.60
Zirconium oxychloride: Crystal, cartons, 5-ton lots, from works, per pound'
                            .91-  1.04           .91-   1.04
Zirconium acetate solution:'
25 % ZrO2, drums, cariots, 15-ton minimum, from works, per pound        
                                   .97                  NA
22% ZrO2, same basis, per pound                                         
                                   .78                  NA
Zirconium hydride: Electronic-grade, powder, drums, 100-pound lots, from
works, per pound 4              .31 -  .75                 NA
Zirconium:5
Powder, per pound                                                       
                         75.00- 150.00        75.00- 150.00
Sponge, per pound                                                       
                          9.00 - 12.00          9.00 - 12.00
Sheets, strip, bars, per pound                                          
                         20.00- 50.00          20.00- 50.00
Hafnium: Sponge, per pound'                                             
                            75.00- 95.00          75.00- 95.00
NA Not available. XX Not applicable.
IL I. du Pontde Nemours &amp; Co. Inc. price list, July 1, 1992, and
July
1, 1993, respectively.
2Industrial Minerals (London). No. 303, Dec. 1992, p. 67; and No. 316, Jan.
1994, p. 71.
'The Applegate Group and American Vermiculite Corp. boddelcyite price lists.
4Chemical Mreig Reporter. V. 242, No. 26, Dec. 28, 1992; v. 244, No. 26,
Dec. 27, 1993.
5American Metal Market. V. 101, No. 1, Jan. 4, 1993, p. 6; and v. 101, No.
233, Dec. 3, 1993, p. 7.


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