Nonmetallic mineral products industries

Nonmetallic Mineral Products Industry Indexes http //minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/ imii/ (accessed July 11, 2010). The USGS has prepared leading and coincident indexes for the Nonmetallic Mineral Products Industry (NAICS 327). The former name for this industry was the Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Industry (SIC 32) under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC has been replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These indexes are similar to the ones in Metal Industry Indicators. The latest report for these indexes, November 2004, is available in PDF format. Historical data for these new indexes are available back to 1948. See also the section on Statistics for a discussion on the Statistical Compendium (U.S. Bureau of Mines) and the USGS Commodity Statistics and Information. 

Certain minerals may be mined and processed for more than one purpose. For instance, bauxite, on the one hand, can be utilized for making bricks or abrasives and, on the other, is used for the production of aluminum. It is often found that many nonmetallic minerals are associated with metalliferous minerals. As an example mention may be made of galena, the main mineral source of lead, which is found very frequently to be associated with fluorite (CaF2) and barytes (BaS04), both of which are important industrial minerals. 

The 85 X 85 matrix in Table 4.4a contains a wealth of information useful to the chemical professional. Tables 4.6-4.8, which illustrate several important aspects of the sales patterns found in the United States, are typical examples. There is a wide variation among industries in the proportion of total output going to final demand. Some industries (e.g., construction [11 and 12], food and kindred products [14], apparel [18], furniture and fixtures [22 and 23]) sell most of their products directly to final demand. Other industries (e.g., nonmetallic minerals [9 and 10], lumber and wood products [20 and 21], metallic ores mining [5] metal containers [39]) sell practically all their output to intermediate consumers. The CPI and related industries fit mostly in the latter category (Table 4.6). 

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