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MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS
Table 10.-Comparison of U.S. beryllium production and
demand, 1963-83, 1990, and 2000
(Short tons of beryllium content)Year
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1990
2000U.S. primary
demand
380
247
298
335
343
324
463
378
415
311
348
209
176
51
67
271
303
321
303
150
279
1370
1540U.S. primary
production
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'Probable forecasts from table 8.
221-year trend.
Currently, domestic production provides a significant portion
of U.S. demand. The U.S. probable primary beryllium demand
in 2000 is forecast at 540 tons. It can be expected that domestic
mineral production will supply material to meet almost all
domestic requirements. Based on a 1983 demand-production
ratio, the estimate of 2000 production data shown in table 10,
would meet the probable but not the high level of demand. Any
deficit will be made up by imports.
Cumulative domestic requirements for primary beryllium dur-
ing 1983-2000 are estimated at 6,900 tons. Domestic resources
can meet this requirement during the forecast period. Any in-
crease in rest-of-world demand for beryllium is expected to be
supplied from nonpegmatitic U.S. resources.
Possible Technological Progress
Improvements in beryllium exploration and mining are ex-
pected to help maintain adequate supplies of beryllium minerals.
An increasing effort probably will be made to beneficiate
nonpegmatite mineral deposits and larger resources of small-
particle-size, low-beryllium-content beryl.
Any large funding of aerospace, nuclear, or other research and
development programs by Government or industry may lead to
further development of beryllium technology. Past beryllium
research has made slow progress and indicates that future work
will require significant expenditures in physical metallurgy and
fabrication areas.REFERENCES
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OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Bureau of Mines publications:
Beryllium. Ch. in Commodity Data Summaries, annual.
Beryllium. Ch. in Minerals Yearbook, annual.
Beryllium. Reported annually in Mineral Industry Surveys.
Other sources:
American Metal Market.
Metals Week.
Engineering and Mining Journal. Monthly.
Mining Engineering. Monthly.
Journal of Metals.
Mining Magazine/Mining Journal (London). Monthly.
World Mining. Monthly.
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