Table 2.--Yearend rare-earth concentrate prices (Dollars per kilogram rare-earth oxide contained) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bastnasite concentrate, Monazite concentrate, Year 60% rare-earth oxide1/ 55% rare-earth oxide plus thoria ----------------------- ----------------------- Actual 1990 Actual 1990 dollars dollars2/ dollars dollars2/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 -------- 0.77 2.41 0.37 1.16 1971 -------- .77 2.28 .38 1.13 1972 -------- .77 2.18 .35 .99 1973 -------- .77 2.05 .40 1.06 1974 -------- .84 2.05 .42 1.02 1975 -------- 1.10 2.44 .41 .91 1976 -------- 1.21 2.52 .36 .75 1977 -------- 1.59 3.11 .35 .68 1978 -------- 1.72 3.13 .58 1.06 1979 -------- 2.09 3.50 .76 1.27 1980 -------- 2.09 3.21 .81 1.24 1981 -------- 2.25 3.15 .83 1.16 1982 -------- 2.43 3.20 .75 .99 1983 -------- 2.43 3.08 .71 .90 1984 -------- 2.43 2.97 .64 .78 1985 -------- 2.54 3.01 1.09 1.29 1986 -------- 2.54 2.94 1.06 1.22 1987 -------- 2.54 2.85 .90 1.01 1988 -------- 2.54 2.75 1.15 1.25 1989 -------- 2.76 2.87 1.19 1.24 1990 -------- 2.87 2.87 1.19 1.19 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Pricing for standard package quantities. 2/From final 1990 implicit price deflators for gross national product by the Council of Economic Advisors, based on 1982 = 100.