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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINA: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
| Australia | 19,948 | 19,956 | 19,399 | 21,357 | 21,528 | ||||||
| Azerbaijane | 164 | r | 10 | r | 6 | r | 15 | r | 200 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 192 | 269 | 262 | 202 | r | 200 | e | ||||
| Brazil | 8,618 | 9,433 | 10,182 | 10,321 | r | 10,200 | e | ||||
| Canada | 1,125 | 1,301 | 1,363 | 1,397 | 1,439 | ||||||
| Chinae | 23,800 | 29,000 | 34,100 | 37,700 | 44,000 | ||||||
| France | 348 | 481 | 524 | 540 | e | 540 | |||||
| Germany | 1,154 | 1,485 | 1,405 | 1,364 | 1,360 | ||||||
| Greece | 719 | 725 | r | 725 | e | 800 | e | 800 | e | ||
| Guinea | 530 | 597 | 574 | 150 | -- | 4 | |||||
| Hungary | 185 | 214 | 250 | r | 170 | r | 200 | e | |||
| India | 3,900 | 3,640 | 3,880 | 4,347 | 4,040 | ||||||
| Irane | 210 | 250 | r | 225 | 225 | 225 | |||||
| Ireland | 1,245 | 1,850 | 1,927 | 1,926 | 1,935 | ||||||
| Italy | 92 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Jamaica | 1,774 | 1,591 | 1,960 | 1,758 | 1,855 | ||||||
| Japane, 5 | 310 | 300 | 280 | 250 | 250 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 1,608 | 1,639 | 1,670 | 1,510 | 1,600 | e | |||||
| Montenegro | 59 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Romania | 44 | 450 | r | 520 | r | 414 | 391 | ||||
| Russia | 2,794 | 2,930 | 2,825 | 2,719 | 2,659 | ||||||
| Spaine | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,400 | ||||||
| Suriname | 1,536 | 1,486 | 1,421 | 1,500 | r, e | 1,300 | |||||
| Turkeye | 100 | r | 160 | 210 | r | 220 | r | 230 | |||
| Ukraine | 1,524 | r | 1,534 | r | 1,601 | r | 1,429 | r | 1,494 | ||
| United States | 2,370 | 3,470 | 3,790 | 4,370 | r | 4,390 | |||||
| Venezuela | 1,376 | 1,244 | 1,266 | 808 | 600 | ||||||
| Vietnam | -- | -- | -- | -- | 115 | ||||||
| Total | 77,200 | r | 85,500 | 91,900 | r | 97,000 | r | 103,000 | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 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.- | |||||||||||
| 3Includes data available through June 15, 2014. | |||||||||||
| 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 was: | |||||||||||
| 2009-710,000; 2010-700,000; 2011-690,000; 2012-650,000; and 2013-690,000 (estimated). | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
