SIC 1475 Phosphate Rock

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SIC 1475
PHOSPHATE ROCK

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, drying, calcining, sintering (heating without melting), or otherwise preparing phosphate rock, including apatite.

NAICS Code(s)

212392 (Phosphate Rock Mining)

In 2003, nine U.S. firms in four states mined phosphate rock ore, compared to 20 firms in 1997. In 2003 mines produced an estimated 33.3 million metric tons of phosphate rock, with a value of $895 million f.o.b. mine. The United States is the world's leading producer and consumer of phosphate rock, over 90 percent of which is used to produce chemical fertilizers and animal feed supplements. In 2003, it accounted for about one-fourth of total global production, down from one-third in the late 1990s. The states of Florida and North Carolina produced 85 percent of the total U.S. phosphate rock output, with Idaho and Utah contributing the rest. After growing for seven consecutive years in the late 1990s, phosphate rock production in the United States...

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