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| TABLE 11 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINA:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Australia | 16,529 | 16,700 | 17,704 | 18,312 | 18,844 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan�� | 180 | 232 | 315 | 363 | 185 | ||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35 | r | 360 | r | 450 | r | 350 | r, e | 350 | e | |
| Brazil | 5,111 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 6,793 | r | 6,890 | p | ||||
| Canada | 1,109 | 1,170 | 1,214 | 1,220 | 1,220 | e | |||||
| Chinae | 6,110 | 6,990 | 4 | 8,610 | 13,700 | 19,500 | |||||
| Francee | 300 | r� | 300 | r� | 200 | r | 200 | r� | 200 | ||
| Germanye | 830 | 835 | 4 | 830 | r | 850 | r | 850 | |||
| Greece�� | 750 | 4 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | |||||
| Guinea�� | 738 | 887 | 740 | 573 | r | 610 | e | ||||
| Hungarye | 300 | 300 | 270 | r | 270 | r | 270 | ||||
| Indiae | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,900 | ||||||
| Iran | 102 | 137 | 200 | r, e | 250 | r, e | 250 | e | |||
| Irelande | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||
| Italy | 1,064 | r | 1,114 | r | 1,093 | r | 1,159 | r | 1,327 | ||
| Jamaica | 3,844 | 4,023 | 4,086 | 4,099 | 3,941 | ||||||
| Japane, 5 | 363 | 4 | 340 | 330 | 340 | 330 | e | ||||
| Kazakhstan�� | 1,420 | r | 1,468 | 1,505 | 1,515 | 1,556 | |||||
| Montenegro | 240 | r, 6 | 245 | 6 | 235 | 6 | 237 | r | 240 | e | |
| Romania | 333 | 560 | 689 | 622 | r | 23 | 7 | ||||
| Russia | 3,230 | 3,269 | 3,259 | 3,265 | 3,300 | e | |||||
| Slovakiae | 132 | 130 | 135 | 161 | r, 4 | 160 | 4 | ||||
| Sloveniae | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Spaine, 8 | 1,380 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | ||||||
| Suriname | 2,004 | 2,039 | 1,944 | 2,153 | r | 2,200 | e | ||||
| Turkey | 162 | 170 | e | 113 | 150 | 160 | e | ||||
| Ukraine� | 1,434 | 1,563 | 1,632 | 1,672 | 1,700 | e | |||||
| United Kingdom� | 8 | r | 8 | r | 8 | r | 8 | r, 4 | 27 | 4 | |
| United States | 4,860 | 5,350 | 5,220 | 4,700 | 3,900 | e | |||||
| Venezuela | 1,882 | 1,900 | e | 1,920 | 1,892 | r | 1,900 | e | |||
| ��� Total� | 58,100 | r | 61,300 | r | 64,000 | r | 70,900 | r | 76,100 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised.�� | |||||||||||
| 1Figures represent calcined alumina or the total of calcined alumina plus the calcined equivalent of hydrate when available;��� | |||||||||||
| exceptions, if known, are noted.�� | |||||||||||
| 2World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.��� | |||||||||||
| 3Table includes data available through July 25, 2008.�� | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure.�� | |||||||||||
| 5Data presented are for alumina used principally for specialty applications. Information on aluminum hydrate for all uses is��� | |||||||||||
| not adequate to formulate estimates of production levels.� Production of aluminum hydroxide, in metric tons: 2003�740,000;���� | |||||||||||
| 2004�730,000; 2005�740,000; 2006�750,000; and 2007�720,000.�� | |||||||||||
| 6Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence in June 2006 from each other and dissolved their union.�� | |||||||||||
| 7Plant closed January of 2007.�� | |||||||||||
| 8Hydrate.�� | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program