Review of the Sale of Chromite from the Defense Production Act Stockpile
LCD-77-404
Published: Dec 10, 1976. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 1976.
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The sale of metallurgical grade chromite from the stockpile at Nye, Montana, was investigated. The chromite was low-grade ore mined between 1953 and 1962 at about $35.21 a ton and sold in 1974 for an average of $7.65 a ton.
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