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Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity *manufactured abrasives (metallic abrasives, fused aluminum oxide, Aluminum-zirconium oxide, silicon carbide, and boron carbide)*

Manufactured abrasives are made by heating or chemically treating metals or minerals to give them physical properties needed to abrade, clean, etch, grind, polish, scour, or otherwise remove material by rubbing action (as in a grinding wheel) or impact (pressure blasting). Their most important properties are hardness, toughness (rigidity), grain shape and size, character of fracture, and purity (uniformity). Additional considerations include thermal stability, bonding characteristics, cost, and availability. No single property is paramount for any use.

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### **Quarterly Publications**

Mineral Industry Surveys
                            - Manufactured Abrasives    PDF Format:      2024: |  First Quarter  |  **Second Quarter**  |       2023: |  First Quarter  |  Second Quarter  |  Third Quarter  |  Fourth Quarter  |    XLSX Format:      2024: |  First Quarter  |  **Second Quarter**  |       2023: |  First Quarter  |  Second Quarter  |  Third Quarter  |  Fourth Quarter  |

### **Annual Publications**

Mineral Commodity Summaries
                            - Manufactured Abrasives    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
                            - Manufactured Abrasives (See  Silica  for Tripoli and Special Silica)    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  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  **2019** |  2020 tables-only release  |  **2021 tables-only release**  |  **2022 tables-only release**  |
                            - Archive       |  1932-1993  |

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### **Special Publications**

                            - Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States  Data Series 140                               - Abrasives 

### Contacts

#### Donald Olson

##### Mineral Commodity Specialist

National Minerals Information Center

dolson@usgs.gov

703-648-7721