Since 1989, Alabama has seen a significant rise in the value of its industrial and construction minerals production (figure). Between 2008 and 2013, Alabama was the fourth- leading overall domestic producer of clay and shale, common clay, and kaolin, and the fourteenth-leading overall domestic producer of crushed stone and aggregate. Alabama has also remained a major producer of other industrial resources, including bauxite, cement, chalk, gemstones, dimension stone, iron oxide pigment, lime, marble, mica, salt, sand and gravel, and sulfur. In 2014, Alabama’s nonfuel industrial minerals production was valued at $1.24 billion

Figure: Graph of the Production data and ranking. Click to Expand.

Geologic resource production data is reported annually by the Alabama Department of Labor and can be found on their webpage “Statistical Reports of Minerals Mined in Alabama.” USGS also has production information on their webpage “State Minerals and Statistics Information.” For a list of companies producing nonfuel minerals in the State, as listed in the Minerals in the Economy of Alabama 2008-2013 GSA publication (Information Series 64S), Click Here.