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| TABLE 13 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINUM, PRIMARY: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011e | ||||||
| Argentina | 271 | 394 | 410 | 412 | r | 440 | |||||
| Australia | 1,957 | 1,974 | 1,943 | 1,928 | 1,945 | 3 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 39 | 40 | -- | r | -- | r | 4 | ||||
| Bahrain | 865 | 872 | 848 | 851 | r | 881 | 3 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina4 | 122 | 123 | e | 96 | 118 | e | 131 | 3 | |||
| Brazil | 1,655 | 1,661 | 1,536 | 1,536 | 1,440 | 3 | |||||
| Cameroon | 87 | 91 | 73 | 76 | 69 | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 3,083 | 3,120 | 3,030 | 2,963 | 2,984 | 3 | |||||
| Chinae | 12,600 | 13,200 | 12,900 | 16,200 | 18,100 | ||||||
| Egypt | 258 | 260 | 265 | 266 | e | 265 | |||||
| France | 428 | 389 | 345 | 356 | 334 | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 551 | 606 | 292 | 402 | r | 433 | 3 | ||||
| Ghana | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35 | ||||||
| Greece | 166 | 160 | 130 | 130 | e | 132 | |||||
| Iceland5 | 398 | 787 | 785 | 780 | e | 800 | |||||
| India6 | 1,028 | r | 1,402 | r | 1,598 | r | 1,607 | r | 1,667 | 3 | |
| Indonesia6 | 242 | 243 | 250 | 252 | e | 255 | |||||
| Irane | 216 | 248 | 250 | 270 | r | 300 | |||||
| Italy | 183 | 180 | e | 171 | 168 | e | 168 | ||||
| Japan7 | 57 | r | 59 | r | 39 | r | 54 | r | 56 | ||
| Kazakhstan | -- | 106 | 127 | 227 | 249 | ||||||
| Montenegro | 124 | 107 | 64 | 80 | e | 80 | |||||
| Mozambique | 564 | 536 | 545 | 557 | 562 | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 301 | 301 | e | 300 | 300 | e | 300 | ||||
| New Zealand | 353 | 316 | 271 | 344 | 357 | ||||||
| Nigeria | -- | 11 | 13 | 21 | 18 | ||||||
| Norway | 1,357 | 1,358 | 1,130 | 1,060 | r | 1,070 | |||||
| Oman | -- | 49 | 351 | 367 | 375 | 3 | |||||
| Poland8 | 54 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Qatar | -- | -- | 10 | 190 | e | 390 | |||||
| Romania9 | 283 | 265 | 201 | 241 | r | 261 | 3 | ||||
| Russia | 3,955 | 4,190 | 3,815 | 3,947 | 3,992 | 3 | |||||
| Slovakia6 | 160 | 163 | 150 | 163 | e | 165 | |||||
| Slovenia4 | 111 | 83 | 35 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| South Africa | 899 | 811 | 809 | 807 | 809 | 3 | |||||
| Spain | 408 | 408 | e | 360 | 340 | e | 365 | ||||
| Sweden | 98 | 112 | 70 | 93 | 111 | 3 | |||||
| Tajikistan | 419 | 339 | 359 | 349 | 355 | ||||||
| Turkeye | 65 | 65 | 35 | 60 | 60 | ||||||
| Ukraine9 | 113 | 113 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 890 | 948 | 1,010 | 1,400 | e | 1,800 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 365 | 326 | 253 | 186 | 213 | 3 | |||||
| United States | 2,554 | 2,658 | 1,727 | 1,726 | 1,986 | 3 | |||||
| Venezuelae | 610 | 610 | 410 | 335 | 355 | ||||||
| --- Total | 37,900 | r | 39,700 | r | 37,100 | r | 41,200 | r | 44,400 | ||
| eEstimated. 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- | |||||||||||
| as that of any metal produced from either returned scrap of remelted material.- 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, the definition is provided in this table by a footnote. Table includes data available through- | |||||||||||
| May 14, 2012. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Primary ingot plus secondary ingot. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 13-Continued | |||||||||||
| ALUMINUM, PRIMARY: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| 5Ingot and rolling billet production. | |||||||||||
| 6Primary ingot. | |||||||||||
| 7Excludes high purity aluminum containing 99.995% or more as follows, in metric tons: 2007-50,777; 2008-52,000; 2009-33,000; 2010- | |||||||||||
| 49,000 (revised); and 2011-50,000 (estimated). | |||||||||||
| 8Primary unalloyed ingot plus secondary unalloyed ingot. | |||||||||||
| 9Primary unalloyed metal plus primary alloyed metal, thus including weight of alloying material. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
