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TABLE 5
CADMIUM:WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons)
 
Country3��   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Algeriae 8 5 -- -- --
Argentina -- 25 39 r 3 r 10
Australia 370 r 350 e 469 r 429 r 400
Belgium 117 -- -- -- --
Brazil4 151 189 187 200 200 p
Bulgaria 345 307 356 319 319
Canada5 1,706 1,759 1,880 1,703 1,710 p
Chinae 2,440 2,710 2,800 3,000 3,000
Finland6 4 -- e -- -- --
France6 63 120 r 120 r 100 r 100
Germany 422 640 640 e 640 e 640 e
India 466 477 489 409 r 453 7
Italy 391 22 -- -- --
Japan 2,444 2,497 2,233 2,297 2,287 7
Kazakhstan 1,300 1,351 1,900 2,000 2,000
Korea, Northe 200 200 200 200 200
Korea, Republic of 1,825 2,175 2,362 2,582 r 3,249 7
Macedoniae 111 75 -- -- --
Mexico8 1,382 1,590 1,594 1,627 r 1,400
Netherlands 485 495 572 575 570
Norway 209 331 260 260 153
Peru 422 529 532 481 416 7
Poland, metal, primary refined 440 375 356 350 356 7
Russiae 950 950 950 1,000 1,100
Ukrainee 25 25 25 25 25
United Kingdom 292 22 -- -- --
United States 1,280 r 1,450 r 1,480 r 1,470 r 700
Total   17,800 r 18,700 r 19,400 r 19,700 r 19,300  
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.
1This table gives unwrought production from ores, concentrates, flue dusts, and other materials of both domestic and imported origin.��
Sources generally do not indicate if secondary metal (recovered from scrap) is included or not; where known, this has been indicated by��
a footnote. Data derived in part from World Metal Statistics (published by World Bureau of Metal Statistics, Ware, United Kingdom) and
from Metal Statistics (published jointly by Metallgesellschaft AG of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and World Bureau of Metal
Statistics). Cadmium is found in ores, concentrates, and/or flue dusts in several other countries, but these materials are exported for
treatment elsewhere to recover cadmium metal; therefore, such output is not reported in this table to avoid double counting. This table
includes data available through May 8, 2007.
2World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3Romania, Thailand, and Uzbekistan may produce primary cadmium metal or oxide, but information is inadequate to make reliable
estimates of output.
4Exports from Anu�rio Mineral Brasileiro (Departamento Nacional de Produ��o Mineral).
5Includes secondary.
6Excludes secondary production from recycled nickel-cadmium batteries.
7Reported figure.
8Excludes significant production of both cadmium oxide and cadmium contained in exported concentrates.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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