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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
| ALUMINA: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
| Australia | 16,313 | 16,382 | 16,529 | 16,700 | 4 | 17,704 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 95 | 91 | 180 | 232 | r | 315 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 50 | 4 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | |||||
| Brazil | 3,445 | 3,962 | 5,111 | 5,315 | r | 5,320 | p | ||||
| Canada | 1,036 | 1,125 | 1,109 | 1,170 | 1,214 | ||||||
| Chinae | 4,650 | 5,450 | 6,110 | 6,990 | r, 4 | 8,610 | |||||
| Francee | 150 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
| Germanye | 715 | r | 720 | 830 | 835 | r, 4 | 840 | ||||
| Greece | 679 | 750 | 750 | 750 | e | 750 | e | ||||
| Guinea | 644 | r | 724 | r | 738 | r | 779 | r | 780 | e | |
| Hungarye | 300 | 294 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Indiae | 2,400 | 2,800 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,700 | ||||||
| Iran | -- | 101 | r | 102 | r | 137 | r | 150 | e | ||
| Irelande | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||
| Italye | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 3,542 | 3,631 | 3,844 | 4,023 | 4,086 | ||||||
| Japan5 | 331 | 333 | 363 | r | 340 | e | 330 | e | |||
| Kazakhstan | 1,231 | 1,386 | 1,419 | 1,468 | 1,505 | ||||||
| Romania | 319 | 361 | 333 | 350 | e | 350 | e | ||||
| Russia | 3,046 | 3,131 | 3,230 | 3,269 | 3,259 | ||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 201 | 237 | 225 | 245 | r | 235 | |||||
| Slovakiae | 110 | 112 | 132 | 130 | 135 | ||||||
| Sloveniae | 34 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Spaine, 6 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||
| Surinamee | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,004 | r, 4 | 2,039 | r, 4 | 1,950 | ||||
| Turkey | 146 | 152 | 162 | 170 | e | 170 | e | ||||
| Ukraine | 1,343 | 1,351 | 1,434 | 1,563 | 1,632 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 84 | 74 | -- | -- | e | -- | e | ||||
| United States | 4,340 | 4,340 | 4,860 | 5,350 | 5,220 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 1,833 | 1,901 | 1,882 | r | 1,900 | e | 1,920 | p | |||
| Total | 51,600 | 54,200 | 57,100 | 59,500 | r | 62,400 | |||||
| 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, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 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: 2001 | |||||||||||
| 739,000 (revised); 2002724,000 (revised); 2003740,000; 2004730,000 (estimated); and 2005740,000 (estimated). | |||||||||||
| 6Hydrate. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program