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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINUM, PRIMARY: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Argentina | 272 | 272 | 271 | r | 273 | r | 273 | e | |||
| Australia | 1,857 | 1,894 | 1,903 | 1,932 | 1,960 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 30 | 32 | r | 32 | r | 39 | ||||
| Bahrain | 532 | 532 | 751 | 872 | 873 | e | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina3 | 113 | 121 | 131 | 136 | r | 144 | |||||
| Brazil | 1,381 | 1,457 | 1,499 | 1,604 | r | 1,610 | p | ||||
| Cameroon | 77 | 86 | 90 | 87 | e | 89 | |||||
| Canada | 2,792 | 2,592 | 2,894 | 3,051 | 3,083 | p | |||||
| Chinae | 5,450 | 6,670 | 7,800 | 9,360 | r | 12,600 | |||||
| Egypt | 195 | 216 | 244 | 252 | 258 | ||||||
| France | 443 | 451 | 442 | 442 | r | 428 | |||||
| Germany | 661 | 668 | 648 | 516 | r | 551 | e | ||||
| Ghana | 16 | -- | e | 13 | 36 | e | 40 | e | |||
| Greece | 165 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 166 | ||||||
| Hungarye | 34 | r, 4 | 34 | r | 31 | r | 34 | r | -- | ||
| Iceland5 | 286 | 271 | 272 | 320 | 398 | ||||||
| India6 | 799 | 862 | 942 | 1,104 | 1,223 | ||||||
| Indonesia6 | 200 | e | 247 | e | 252 | 250 | 242 | ||||
| Iran | 182 | 213 | 220 | e | 205 | r, e | 204 | e | |||
| Italy | 191 | 195 | 193 | r | 194 | 183 | |||||
| Japan7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | e | |||||
| Montenegro | 117 | 8 | 115 | 8 | 117 | 8 | 122 | 120 | e | ||
| Mozambique | 409 | 549 | 555 | 564 | 564 | e | |||||
| Netherlands | 283 | 326 | 325 | 312 | r | 301 | |||||
| New Zealand | 340 | 350 | 351 | 337 | 340 | e | |||||
| Norway | 1,192 | 1,322 | 1,372 | 1,331 | 1,304 | ||||||
| Poland9 | 45 | 46 | 55 | r | 58 | r | 51 | ||||
| Romania10 | 197 | 222 | r | 244 | 258 | 286 | |||||
| Russia | 3,478 | 3,592 | 3,647 | 3,718 | 3,955 | ||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro3 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Slovakia6 | 165 | r | 175 | r | 158 | 180 | r | 161 | |||
| Slovenia3 | 110 | 121 | 139 | 140 | 125 | ||||||
| South Africa | 738 | 866 | 846 | 895 | 899 | ||||||
| Spain | 389 | 398 | 394 | r | 394 | r | 350 | p | |||
| Sweden | 101 | 101 | 102 | 101 | 98 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 44 | 45 | 45 | 12 | r | -- | 4 | ||||
| Tajikistan | 319 | 358 | 380 | 414 | 419 | ||||||
| Turkeye | 63 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | e | |||||
| Ukraine10 | 114 | 113 | 114 | 113 | 113 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 560 | 683 | 722 | e | 789 | r | 890 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 343 | 360 | 369 | 360 | r | 365 | |||||
| United States | 2,703 | 2,516 | 2,481 | 2,284 | 2,554 | p | |||||
| Venezuela | 601 | 624 | 615 | 610 | e | 610 | e | ||||
| ��� Total | 28,000 | 29,900 | 31,900 | 33,900 | r | 37,900 | |||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | |||||||||||
| 2Primary aluminum is defined as "The weight of liquid aluminum as tapped from pots, excluding the weight of any alloying�� | |||||||||||
| materials as well that of any metal produced from either returned scrap or remelted materials."� International reporting | |||||||||||
| practices vary from country to country, some nations conforming to the foregoing definition and others using different� | |||||||||||
| definitions. For those countries for which a different definition is given specifically in the source publication, that | |||||||||||
| definition is provided in this table by footnote. Table includes data available through May 5, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Primary ingot plus secondary ingot. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Ingot and rolling billet production. | |||||||||||
| 6Primary ingot. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 12�Continued | |||||||||||
| ALUMINUM, PRIMARY: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| 7Excludes high purity aluminum containing 99.995% or more as follows, in metric tons: 2003�43,697; 2004�55,402;� | |||||||||||
| 2005�45,413; 2006�49,667; and 2007�55,000 (estimated). | |||||||||||
| 8In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. | |||||||||||
| 9Primary unalloyed ingot plus secondary unalloyed ingot. | |||||||||||
| 10Primary unalloyed metal plus primary alloyed metal, thus including weight of alloying material. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program