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Table 28 Energy, minerals and mining (thousands of metric tonnes)

Year Electricity (GWh) Coal Gypsum shipments Cement production1 Lime shipments Salt and brine shipments (tonnes) Potash production (tonnes)
Utility generation Industry generation Deliveries to the US Total available Production Exports          
222421 222426 222437 222441 187 198 3440 29505576 3441 3445 3442
1948 .. .. .. .. 16,739 .. 2,916 2,225 956 672 ..
1949 .. .. .. .. 17,346 .. 2,735 2,534 924 679 ..
1950 47,623 .. .. 48,979 17,359 .. 3,325 2,648 1,020 779 ..
1951 53,527 .. .. 55,054 16,859 .. 3,450 2,719 1,126 875 ..
1952 57,190 .. .. 59,311 15,945 .. 3,255 2,925 1,067 882 ..
1953 61,213 .. .. 63,242 14,424 .. 3,483 3,559 1,115 866 ..
1954 64,233 .. .. 66,546 13,528 .. 3,584 3,592 1,102 880 ..
1955 70,266 .. .. 72,018 13,445 .. 4,234 3,999 1,207 1,129 ..
1956 75,007 .. .. 76,813 13,530 .. 4,440 4,635 1,176 1,443 ..
1957 71,388 18,859 .. 86,252 11,962 .. 4,151 5,670 1,250 1,607 ..
1958 75,533 21,214 .. 92,916 10,601 .. 3,596 5,733 1,448 2,155 ..
1959 82,540 21,317 .. 99,782 9,641 .. 5,335 5,693 1,530 2,985 ..
1960 88,983 25,057 .. 108,908 9,989 .. 4,722 5,311 1,388 3,007 ..
1961 89,059 24,159 .. 110,432 9,434 .. 4,478 5,479 1,284 2,945 ..
1962 91,641 25,360 .. 115,744 9,331 .. 4,836 6,206 1,292 3,301 ..
1963 95,641 25,908 .. 120,806 9,595 .. 5,409 6,313 1,346 3,377 ..
1964 102,477 31,817 .. 133,082 10,269 .. 5,770 7,108 1,398 3,618 ..
1965 110,064 33,098 .. 143,172 10,513 .. 5,718 7,666 1,470 4,159 1,335
1966 122,799 34,585 .. 156,119 10,332 .. 5,421 8,328 1,427 3,746 1,979
1967 132,814 31,972 .. 164,863 10,339 .. 4,549 7,282 1,264 4,532 2,389
1968 143,204 32,169 .. 175,845 9,970 .. 5,378 7,237 1,271 4,413 2,576
1969 156,737 33,275 .. 188,649 9,682 .. 5,782 7,203 1,440 4,199 3,161
1970 171,265 32,434 .. 201,298 15,064 .. 5,733 7,271 1,515 4,919 3,108
1971 183,199 31,929 .. 211,500 16,723 .. 6,081 8,319 1,392 5,061 3,558
1972 204,373 33,254 .. 229,692 18,789 .. 7,349 9,092 1,450 4,902 3,495
1973 227,189 35,081 .. 248,013 20,470 .. 7,610 10,053 1,666 5,047 4,454
1974 240,712 38,241 .. 266,244 21,267 .. 7,226 10,639 1,814 5,447 5,776
1975 237,966 34,692 .. 265,382 25,258 .. 5,746 9,739 1,545 5,123 4,726
1976 264,035 29,329 .. 284,214 25,476 .. 6,003 9,899 1,760 5,994 5,215
1977 279,804 36,976 19,883 299,588 28,519 12,324 7,231 9,935 1,808 6,039 5,764
1978 297,207 38,438 21,592 316,151 30,476 13,634 8,074 10,402 1,691 6,452 6,344
1979 316,914 35,332 31,378 322,660 33,200 13,660 8,099 11,456 .. 6,881 7,074
1980 328,407 38,270 30,181 339,436 36,688 15,279 7,285 10,349 2,220 7,226 7,225
1981 340,173 38,358 35,372 344,656 40,082 15,843 7,025 10,151 2,555 7,239 6,549
1982 339,256 37,229 34,226 345,115 42,811 16,002 5,986 8,381 2,197 7,930 5,309
1983 357,423 38,042 38,410 359,813 44,906 17,010 7,507 7,814 2,232 8,602 6,294
1984 387,243 37,609 41,436 385,761 57,401 25,136 7,775 8,660 2,266 10,235 7,527
1985 408,643 37,769 43,016 406,089 60,681 26,707 7,761 9,581 2,269 10,085 6,661
1986 418,436 37,384 38,934 421,842 56,508 25,810 8,802 10,379 2,244 10,740 6,753
1987 445,383 36,725 47,427 438,152 61,212 26,740 9,095 11,881 2,330 10,129 7,668
1988 450,942 38,104 34,029 461,322 70,607 31,731 9,513 11,927 2,518 10,687 8,154
1989 443,767 38,385 22,089 472,787 70,475 32,741 8,195 11,746 2,552 11,158 7,014
1990 426,047 40,015 18,128 465,712 68,454 31,009 7,977 11,083 2,341 11,191 7,345
1991 449,460 40,385 24,614 471,514 71,134 34,190 6,729 9,383 2,375 11,871 7,087
1992 461,714 39,810 31,549 476,450 65,614 28,177 7,293 8,612 2,384 11,088 7,040
1993 469,118 42,159 34,848 483,798 69,037 28,302 7,564 9,284 2,379 10,993 6,880
1994 490,147 43,340 51,012 490,755 72,792 31,746 8,586 10,457 2,449 12,244 8,517
1995 493,749 43,327 43,321 501,183 74,981 33,993 8,055 10,600 2,462 10,957 8,855
1996 509,260 42,628 43,875 514,224 75,854 34,459 8,201 11,003 2,402 12,248 8,120
1997 509,960 44,480 45,267 518,547 78,763 36,530 8,628 11,790 2,476 13,497 9,235
1998 500,373 43,547 42,317 516,615 75,209 34,183 8,307 12,168 2,461 13,034 8,884
1999 511,541 46,552 42,915 529,668 72,494 33,541 9,347 12,643 2,565 12,686 8,475
2000 537,232 46,142 49,774 547,313 69,164 32,083 8,572 12,753 2,525 12,164 9,033
2001 521,255 44,502 40,165 543,503 70,355 30,376 7,820 12,793 2,212 13,725 8,237
2002 532,404 46,325 36,203 559,077 66,608 26,813 8,810 13,081 2,248 12,736 8,361
2003 518,390 45,829 31,389 557,630 62,139 28,320 8,380 13,418 2,221 13,718 9,229
2004 522,563 48,729 34,042 560,250 66,307 27,347 9,204 13,863 2,386 14,096 10,332
2005 550,908 46,340 43,624 573,106 67,557 27,370 8,569 14,179 2,289 13,463 10,140
2006 538,253 46,845 41,310 567,915 66,002 28,241 9,036 14,335 2,189 14,460 8,518
2007 560,320 42,862 49,796 573,735 69,362 30,863 7,583 15,078 2,133 11,968 11,112