Download or read book Minerals Yearbook, 2008, V. 1, Metals and Minerals written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data are provided for more than 80 minerals and materials, along with a presentation of survey methods, summary statistics for domestic nonfuel minerals, and trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial minerals industry in the United States.Virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy are discussed. Background information enables analysis of the data, and covers production, consumption, prices, foreign trade, a world review, and an overall outlook.