Mining Engineering, June 1st, 2003
Lime production is the largest chemical use for limestone and dolomite. The term "lime" refers to high-calcium and dolomitic quicklime, their hydroxide forms and dead-burned dolomite. This review restricts itself to a discussion of the U.S. lime industry.
Production and consumption
In 2002, U.S. lime production was about 17.9 Mt (19.7 st), a decrease of 1 Mt (1.1 million st) from 2001. Production was valued at about $1.12 billion. Commercial sales of lime totaled 16.5 Mt (18.2 million st). Captive production was 1.38 Mt (1.52 million st). U.S. consumption was about 18 Mt (20 million st). Mos...
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