Row Perlite

Perlite Mined, Processed, and Expanded

By Global Earth Regeneration Published August 19, 2018 Resources

TABLE 1
PERLITE MINED, PROCESSED, AND EXPANDED IN THE UNITED STATES¹
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
			2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Perlite mined²			524	304	529	469	471
Processed crude perlite:
Sold to expanders:
Quantity			337	263	319	300	321
Value			16,400	13,100	16,500	16,600	17,100
Average value dollars per metric ton			49	50	52	55	53
Used at own plants to make expanded perlite:
Quantity			98	85	95	120	75
Value			4,450	4,000	5,090	6,990	3,400
Average value dollars per metric ton			46	47	54	58	45
Total, sold and used:
Quantity			434	348	414	420	396
Value			20,800	17,100	21,600	23,600	20,500
Average value dollars per metric ton			48	49	52	56	52
Expanded perlite:
Production, quantity			554	450	472	477	460
Sold or used:
Quantity			548	439	471	475	458
Value			153,000	132,000	143,000	144,000^r	142,000
Average value dollars per metric ton			279	302	304	302^r	310
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average value; may not add to totals shown.
²Crude ore mined and stockpiled for processing.
^*Correction posted March 10, 2014.

TABLE 2
EXPANDED PERLITE PRODUCED AND SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE¹
	2011				2012
		Sold or used				Sold or used
State	Production, quantity (metric tons)	Quantity (metric tons)	Value (thsnds)	Average value²(dollars permetric ton)	Production, quantity (metric tons)	Quantity (metric tons)	Value (thsnds)	Average value²(dollars per metric ton)
California	26,300	25,900	$10,100	388	24,600	24,500	$9,730	397
Florida	25,500	25,400	7,900	310	23,700	23,600	7,460	315
Michigan	28,700	28,600	7,150	250	26,900	26,900	6,860	255
Nevada	13,200	31,100	5,850	446	14,600	14,500	6,520	449
Pennsylvania	41,000	41,000	9,390	229	49,000	48,900	10,400	212
Other³	342,000	323,000	103,000^r	320^r	321,000	319,000	101,000	316
Total or average	477,000	475,000	144,000^r	302^r	460,000	458,000	142,000	310
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Average value is based on unrounded data and is rounded to the nearest dollar.
³Includes Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

TABLE 3
EXPANDED PERLITE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE¹

		2011						2012
						Average						Average
						value²						value²
		Quantity		Value		(dollars per		Quantity		Value		(dollars per
Use		(metric tons)		(thousands)		metric ton)		(metric tons)		(thousands)		metric ton)
Concrete aggregate		3,550		$1,350		380		3,870		$1,590		412
Fillers		72,100		30,900		429		66,500		28,400		427
Filter aid		46,200		19,800		429		45,700		20,200		443
Formed products³		251,000		48,000	^r	192	^r	226,000		41,400		183
High-temperature insulation		5,690		1,480		260		5,770		1,550		268
Horticultural aggregate		64,800		29,600		457		64,400		30,300		471
Low-temperature insulation		1,930		1,160		601		1,130		644		572
Masonry- and cavity-fill insulation		1,530		704		461		2,340		1,100		469
Plaster aggregate		3,290		1,110		338		11,500		4,910		425
Other⁴		1,740		492		282		1,320		404		306
Unspecified⁵		23,800		9,030		380		29,000		11,200		385
Total or average		475,000		144,000	^r	302	^r	458,000		142,000		310
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Average value is based on unrounded data and is rounded to the nearest dollar.
³Includes acoustic ceiling panels, pipe insulation, roof insulation board, and unspecified formed products.
⁴Includes absorbents, laundries, paint texturizers, and other miscellaneous uses.
⁵Estimated and reported data with specific use unknown.

TABLE 4
PERLITE: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^1, ²

(Metric tons)

Country³		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012
Armenia		35,000		35,000		35,000		35,000		35,000
Australia⁴		6,500	^r	6,500		7,000		7,000		6,000
Georgia		45,000		45,000		45,000		45,000		45,000
Greece⁵		1,100,000	^r	862,935	^{r, 6}	760,000	^r	800,000	^r	800,000
Hungary⁴		67,000		82,000	^r	71,000	^r	70,000	^r	70,000
Iran		600,000	^r	753,183	^{r, 6}	547,618	^{r, 6}	500,000	^r	500,000
Italy		60,000		60,000		60,000		60,000		60,000
Japan		230,000		220,000		210,000		200,000	^r	200,000
Mexico⁴		43,180	⁶	51,395	⁶	31,779	⁶	30,750	^{r, 6}	31,000
Philippines		4,593	⁶	4,606	⁶	4,756	⁶	6,272	^{r, 6}	6,300
Slovakia		25,000		25,000		25,000		20,000	^r	25,000
South Africa		400		400		400		400		400
Turkey⁴		551,266	^{r, 6}	522,832	^{r, 6}	545,585	^{r, 6}	702,673	^{r, 6}	800,000
United States^{6, 7}		434,000		348,000		414,000		420,000		396,000
Zimbabwe		3,000		3,000		1,000	^r	1,000	^r	1,000
Total		3,210,000	^r	3,020,000	^r	2,760,000	^r	2,900,000	^r	2,980,000
^rRevised.
¹World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Unless otherwise stated, figures represent processed ore output. Table contains data available through July 2, 2013.
³In addition to the countries listed, Djibouti started perlite production in 2009, and Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Iceland,
Morocco, Mozambique, and Russia are thought to have produced perlite, but output is not reported, and available information
is inadequate to estimate output.
⁴Crude ore.
⁵Crude perlite screened and sold.
⁶Reported figure.
⁷Processed ore sold and used by producers.

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