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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINA:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Australia | 16,382 | � | 16,529 | � | 16,700 | � | 17,704 | � | 18,312 | ||
| Azerbaijan�� | 91 | � | 180 | � | 232 | 315 | � | 363 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 50 | 50 | � | 50 | 50 | 450 | |||||
| Brazil | 3,962 | � | 5,111 | � | 5,300 | r | 5,300 | r | 5,300 | p | |
| Canada | 1,125 | � | 1,109 | � | 1,170 | � | 1,214 | � | 1,220 | p | |
| Chinae | 5,450 | 6,110 | � | 6,990 | 4 | 8,610 | � | 13,700 | � | ||
| Francee | 150 | 150 | � | 100 | 100 | � | 100 | � | |||
| Germanye | 720 | � | 830 | � | 835 | 4 | 840 | 800 | |||
| Greece�� | 750 | � | 750 | � | 750 | e | 750 | e | 750 | e | |
| Guinea�� | 724 | 738 | 887 | r | 740 | r | 740 | e | |||
| Hungarye | 294 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Indiae | 2,800 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,700 | � | 2,800 | |||||
| Iran | 101 | 102 | 137 | 150 | e | 150 | |||||
| Irelande | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||
| Italy | 1,010 | r | 1,021 | r | 1,064 | r | 1,109 | r | 1,100 | ||
| Jamaica | 3,631 | � | 3,844 | 4,023 | � | 4,086 | � | 4,099 | |||
| Japan5 | 333 | � | 363 | 340 | e | 330 | e | 340 | |||
| Kazakhstan�� | 1,386 | � | 1,419 | � | 1,468 | � | 1,505 | � | 1,515 | ||
| Romania | 361 | � | 333 | � | 560 | r | 689 | r | 670 | ||
| Russia | 3,131 | � | 3,230 | � | 3,269 | � | 3,259 | � | 3,265 | ||
| Serbia and Montenegro6 | 237 | � | 225 | � | 245 | 235 | � | 250 | |||
| Slovakiae | 112 | � | 132 | � | 130 | 135 | 135 | ||||
| Sloveniae | 30 | 30 | � | 30 | 30 | 30 | |||||
| Spaine, 6 | 1,350 | r | 1,380 | r | 1,400 | r | 1,400 | r | 1,400 | ||
| Suriname | 1,900 | e | 2,004 | 2,039 | 1,944 | r | 1,900 | ||||
| Turkey | 152 | � | 162 | � | 170 | e | 113 | r | 150 | ||
| Ukraine� | 1,351 | � | 1,434 | � | 1,563 | 1,632 | � | 1,672 | |||
| United Kingdom� | 74 | � | -- | � | -- | e | -- | e | -- | ||
| United States | 4,340 | � | 4,860 | � | 5,350 | � | 5,220 | � | 4,700 | � | |
| Venezuela | 1,901 | � | 1,882 | 1,900 | e | 1,920 | 1,900 | ||||
| ��� Total� | 55,000 | r | 57,900 | r | 60,700 | r | 63,500 | r | 69,200 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. 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.� | |||||||||||
| 3Table includes data available through July 25, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 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: 2002�724,000;�� | |||||||||||
| 2003�740,000; 2004�730,000 (estimated); 2005�740,000 (estimated); and 2006�750,000. | |||||||||||
| 6In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. Mineral | |||||||||||
| production data for 2006, however, still reflect the unified country. | |||||||||||
| 7Hydrate. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program