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Minerals Yearbook
Author: United States Geographical Survey, Bureau of Mines
 

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The Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication that reviews the mineral and material industries of the United States and foreign countries. The Yearbook contains statistical data on materials and minerals and information on economic and technical trends and development. This information provides background for interpreting that performance. The Minerals Yearbook currently comes in three volumes:

Volume I, Metals and Minerals, contains chapters about virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy. 

Volume II, Area Reports: Domestic, contains a chapter on the mineral industry of each of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the Administered Islands. 

Volume III, Area Reports: International, is published as four separate reports. These regional reports contain the latest available minerals data on more than 180 foreign countries and discuss the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations and the United States. Each report begins with an overview of the region’s mineral industries during the year and continues with individual country chapters. 

The yearbook was initially published the year following the year discussed; however, by 2024, the publication of the yearbook is seven years behind.