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Elemental boron is a
metalloid with limited
commercial applications.
The main applications were
as a doping agent in the
manufacture of
semiconductors and as an
ignition source in automobile
safety airbags.

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• Boron combines with oxygen and other elements to
form boric acid, or inorganic salts called borates.
• Boron compounds, chiefly borates, are
commercially important; therefore, boron products
are priced and sold based on their boric oxide
(B2O3) content, varying by ore and compound and
by the absence or presence of calcium and sodium.
• The four borate minerals—colemanite, kernite,
tincal, and ulexite—account for 90% of the borate
minerals used by industry worldwide. Although
borates were used in more than 300 applications,
more than three-quarters of world consumption was
used in ceramics, detergents, fertilizers, and glass

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• China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
and the Netherlands are the
countries that imported the largest
quantities of refined borates from
the United States in 2019.
• Because China has low-grade boron
reserves and demand for boron is
anticipated to rise in that country,
imports to China from Chile, Russia,
Turkey, and the United States were
expected to remain steady during
the next several years.

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• Continued investment in new borate
refineries and the continued rise in
demand were expected to fuel growth in
world production for the next few years.
• Two Australia-based mine developers
confirmed that production of high-quality
boron products is possible from their
projects in California and Nevada.
• These companies have the potential to
become substantial boron producers
when they are fully developed.
• Both companies expect production to
begin in 2021, with construction
beginning at one site by late 2019.

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• The substitution of other materials for
boron is possible in detergents, enamels,
insulation, and soaps. Sodium
percarbonate can replace borates in
detergents and requires lower
temperatures to undergo hydrolysis,
which is an environmental consideration.
• Some enamels can use other glass-
producing substances, such as
phosphates. Insulation substitutes
include cellulose, foams, and mineral
wools. In soaps, sodium and potassium
salts of fatty acids can act as cleaning
and emulsifying agents.

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Boron was the most widely used
fertilizer micronutrient, applied
primarily to promote fruit and seed
production. Boron fertilizers were
mostly sourced from borax, boric acid,
and calcium borate owing to their high
water solubility; thus, boron fertilizers
can be delivered through sprays or
water for irrigation.

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• Ceramics were the second-
ranked application for borates
after glass, accounting for
10% of world consumption.
• Borates play an important
role in ceramic glazes and
enamels, increasing chemical,
thermal, and wear resistance

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• The use of borates in detergents and
soaps represented the fourth-ranked
market, accounting for an estimated
5% of world consumption.
• Borates were incorporated into
laundry detergents, soaps, and other
cleaning products because they can
be used as alkaline buffers, enzyme
stabilizers, oxygen-based bleaching
agents, and water softeners.

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The principal market for borates in 2017 was
glass, representing approximately 50% of global
borate consumption. Boron is used as an additive
in glass to reduce thermal expansion; to improve
strength, chemical resistance, and durability; and
to provide resistance against vibration, high
temperature, and thermal shock
Borosilicate refers to glass with boric oxide
content between 5% and 30%. The boron in
borosilicate imparts many valuable properties to
the glass, such as increased mechanical strength,
lower coefficient of thermal expansion, and
greater resistance to chemical attack and thermal
shock
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Many applications

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