The U.S. produced $98.2 billion worth of nonfuel minerals in 2022. Nonfuel mineral production is categorized into two main categories by the USGS, metals/metallic minerals and industrial minerals. While $34.7 billion worth of metals were produced in 2022, industrial mineral production value was nearly double at $63.5 billion.
The total value of industrial minerals production was $63.5 billion, a 10% increase from that in 2021. Of this total, $31.4 billion was construction aggregates production (construction sand and gravel and crushed stone). Crushed stone was the leading nonfuel mineral commodity in 2022 with a production value of $21 billion and accounted for 21% of the total value of U.S. nonfuel mineral production.
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In 2022, imports made up more than one-half of the U.S. apparent consumption for 51 nonfuel mineral commodities, and the United States was 100% net import reliant for 15 of those.