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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||
| ANTIMONY: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, antimony content unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||
| Country3� | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | ||||||
| Australiae, 4 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,800 | 5 | 1,900 | � | 1,900 | � | |||
| Bolivia | 2,346 | r | 2,585 | r | 2,633 | r | 5,098 | r | 6,600 | ||
| Canada6 | 173 | 153 | 105 | r | 96 | r | 100 | p | |||
| Chinae | 100,000 | � | 100,000 | � | 125,000 | r | 120,000 | 110,000 | |||
| Guatemala | 4,010 | r | 2,000 | r, e | 2,686 | r | 1,007 | r | 1,000 | ||
| Kyrgyzstane | 150 | � | 40 | � | 20 | 10 | 50 | ||||
| Peru, refinede | 356 | 5 | 356 | 356 | 807 | r, 5 | 810 | p | |||
| Russia, recoverablee | 1,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,500 | ||||||
| South Africa6 | 5,746 | 5,291 | 4,967 | 5,979 | r | 6,000 | |||||
| Tajikistane | 3,000 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Thailand, content of ore and concentrate� | 1 | 38 | 52 | 347 | r | 940 | |||||
| Turkeye | 250 | 650 | 900 | 1,400 | r | 1,400 | � | ||||
| Total | 118,000 | r | 116,000 | r | 144,000 | r | 142,000 | r | 134,000 | � | |
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 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, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 6Antimony content of concentrate. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program