Table 10.—Comparison of world' and United States production of principal
metals and minerals, 1966-67 
1966 
 World 1 United States 
Mineral —-—— 
 Thousand short tons percent 
 (unless otherwise stated) of world 
1967 ~ 
 
 
World' United States 
—____________ 
 Thouaand short tons percent (unless otherwise stated) of world 
 
Fuels: 
   Carbon black thousand pounds - 4,325,710 2,571,552 59 4,091,593 2,483,840
61 
   Coal: 
       Bituminous 2,096, 599 530,001 25 1,993,184 546,590 27 
       Lignite 807,593 3,881 (2)   803,000 4,410 (2) 
       Pennsylvania anthracite.. 214,760 12,941 6 205,857 12,256 6 
   Coke (excluding breeze): 
      Gashouse 36,382 168 (2)   80,489 163 (2) 
      Oven and beehive 341,166 67,402 20 316,270 64,580 20 
   Natural gas (marketable) millon cubic feet_ 26,415,895 r 17,206,628 65
28,384,043 18,171,387 64. 
   Peat 210,586 ~611 (2~   201,374 NA NA 
   Petroleum(crude) thousandbarrels... 12,015,830 3,027,763 25 12,889,705
3,215,742 25 
Nonmetal,: 
   Asbestos 3,359 126 4 3,198 123 4 
   Barite 4,023 1,007 25 2,447 944 (5) . 
   Cement 6 thousand barrels_ - 2,722,561 1401,771 15 2,686,749 385,848 14

   China clay 12,426 4,385 35 7,484 3,973 (5) 
   Corundum 5   (2~ 
   Diamonds                                         thousand carats... 89,955
                         42,388                    
   Diatomite 1,779 10700 r39 NA e686 NA ~ 
   Feldspar thousand long tons - 1,934 r 655 34 1,598 615 38 0 
   Fluorspar 3,129 253 8 2,365 296 (5) 0 
   Graphite 534 W NA 350 W NA ~ 
   Gypsum 49,629 9,647 019 31,477 9,393 (5) 
   Lime (sold or used by producers) 82,959 18,057 22 68,912 17,974 (5) 
   Magnesite 11,008 W NA 9,947 W NA !~ 
   Mica (including scrap) thousand pounds.. 319,943 0226,267 171 295,678
287,(~26 (3) 
   Nitrogen, agricultural 67 21,300 r 5,711 27 23,400 6,101 26 
   Phosphate rock   -. -  thousand long tons.. 83,215 r 39,044 47 86,969
39,770 46 
   Potash (K2O equivalent) 16,048 3,320 1 21 16,860 3,299 20 
   Pumice8 15,646 3,234 021 9,901 3,474 (5) 
   Pyrites thousand long tons_ 21,134 873 4 ' 21,618 861 4 
   Salt' 120,119 36,474 30 111,304 38,958 35 
   Strontium'                                                           
   8                             NA                    
   Sulfur, elemental thousand long tons.. - 16,465 8,242 50 17,247 8,283
48 
   Talc, pyrophylite, and soapstone 4,031 895 22 4,016 903 22 
   Vermiculite 882 262 69 368 255 69 
Metals, mine basis: 
   Antimony (content of ore and concentrate) short tons_ 68,513 927 1 64,402
892 1 
   Arsenic, white 53 W NA 25 W NA 
   Bauxite thousand long tons... 38,666 1,796 5 41,326 1,654 4 
   Beryllium concentrate.... short tons.. - 3,578 W NA 6,950 NA NA 
   Bismuth thousand pounds.... 6,660 W NA 6,981 W NA 
   Cadmium.. thousand pounds. - 28,707 10,460 0 36 19,403 8,602 (8) 
   Chromite                                                             4,974
                          5,111