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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||
| ANTIMONY: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, antimony content unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||
| Country3� | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | ||||||
| Australiae, 4 | 900 | r | 120 | r | 120 | r | 1,600 | r | 2,000 | ||
| Bolivia | 2,585 | 2,633 | 5,098 | 5,460 | r | 5,500 | |||||
| Canada5 | 153 | 105 | 79 | r | 90 | r | 90 | p | |||
| Chinae | 100,000 | 125,000 | 152,000 | r | 153,000 | r | 150,000 | ||||
| Guatemala | 2,000 | e | 2,686 | 1,007 | -- | r | -- | ||||
| Kyrgyzstane | 40 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 30 | ||||||
| Peru, refinede | 356 | 356 | 807 | 6 | 810 | 810 | |||||
| Russia, recoverablee | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||||||
| South Africa5 | 5,291 | 4,967 | 5,979 | 4,362 | r | 4,400 | |||||
| Tajikistane | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Thailand, content of ore and concentrate� | 38 | 52 | 347 | 936 | r | -- | 6 | ||||
| Turkeye | 650 | 900 | 1,000 | r | 1,300 | r | 1,500 | ||||
| Total | 116,000 | 142,000 | r | 171,000 | r | 173,000 | r | 170,000 | |||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 22, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, antimony may have been produced in Iran, but information is inadequate to estimate output. | |||||||||||
| 4Antimony content of antimony ore and concentrate, lead concentrates, and lead-zinc concentrates. | |||||||||||
| 5Antimony content of concentrate. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program