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Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity *antimony*

The natural sulfide of antimony was known and used in Biblical times as medicine and as a cosmetic.  Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white, brittle crystalline solid that exhibits poor electrical and heat conductivity properties.   Commercial forms of antimony are generally ingots, broken pieces, granules, and cast cake.  Other forms are powder, shot, and single crystals.  Estimates of the abundance of antimony in the Earth's crust range from 0.2 to 0.5 parts per million.  Antimony is chalcophile, occurring with sulfur and the heavy metals, lead, copper, and silver.  Over a hundred minerals of antimony are found in nature.  Stibnite (Sb2S3) is the predominant ore mineral of antimony.  The most important use of antimony metal is as a hardener in lead for storage batteries.  The metal also finds applications in solders and other alloys.  Antimony trioxide is the most important of the antimony compounds and is primarily used in flame-retardant formulations.  These flame-retardant applications include such markets as children's clothing, toys, and aircraft and automobile seat covers.

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### **Annual Publications**

Mineral Commodity Summaries
                            - Antimony    PDF Format:       |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  | 2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  **2024**  |
                            - Appendixes

Minerals Yearbook
                            - Antimony    PDF Format:       |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  **2019**  |    XLS Format:       |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |   **2019**  |  2020 tables-only release  |  2021 tables-only release  |  **2022 tables-only release**  |
                            - Archive       |  1932-1993  |

### **Quarterly Publications**

Mineral Industry Surveys
                            - Antimony    PDF Format:      2017: |  First Quarter  |  Second Quarter  |  Third Quarter  |  Fourth Quarter  |      2016: |  Fourth Quarter  |    XLSX Format:      2017: |  First Quarter  |  Second Quarter  |  Third Quarter  |  Fourth Quarter  |      2016: |  Fourth Quarter  |

### **Special Publications**

                            - Antimony Recycling in the United States in 2000  Circular 1196-Q
                            - Critical Mineral Resources of the United States--Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply  Professional Paper 1802                               - Antimony 
                            - Critical Minerals Review 2021
                            - Crosswalk of Mineral Commodity End Uses and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes  Open-File Report 2015-1163
                            - Earth Mapping Resources Initiative  (Earth MRI) -  Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico — Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium
                            - Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States  Data Series 140                               - Antimony 
                            - Metal Prices in the United States through 2010  Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188
                            - Mineral Commodity Profiles: Antimony  OF-03-019
                            - U.S. Mineral Dependence-Statistical Compilation of U.S. and World Mineral Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1990-2010  Open-File Report 2013-1184

### Contacts

#### Kateryna Klochko

##### Mineral Commodity Specialist

National Minerals Information Center

kklochko@usgs.gov

703-648-4977