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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||||
| COBALT:- WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, cobalt content) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Australia, metal powder and oxide hydroxidee | 3,700 | 3,680 | 3,620 | 4,050 | 4,120 | ||||||
| Belgium, metal powder, oxide, hydroxide3 | 2,840 | 2,825 | 3,020 | 2,150 | 2,600 | ||||||
| Brazil, metal | 902 | 1,148 | 994 | 1,012 | 1,369 | ||||||
| Canada, metal, metal powder, oxide | 5,198 | 5,620 | 5,637 | 4,918 | 4,650 | p | |||||
| China, metal, metal powder, oxide, saltse, 4 | 12,700 | 13,200 | 18,200 | 23,100 | 32,900 | ||||||
| Congo (Kinshasa), metal5 | 550 | 606 | 1,049 | 2,950 | 4,182 | ||||||
| Finland, metal powder and salts6 | 8,582 | 9,173 | 9,645 | 8,962 | 9,413 | ||||||
| France, chloride | 256 | 305 | 311 | 368 | 302 | ||||||
| India, metal and salts | 1,184 | 980 | 858 | 1,001 | 1,187 | ||||||
| Japan, metal | 920 | 1,084 | 1,071 | 1,332 | 1,935 | ||||||
| Morocco, metal and oxide | 1,405 | 1,591 | 1,711 | 1,600 | 1,545 | ||||||
| Norway, metal | 4,927 | 3,939 | 3,719 | 3,510 | 3,208 | ||||||
| Russia, unspecifiede, 7 | 5,000 | 3,800 | 2,500 | 2,350 | 2,460 | ||||||
| South Africa, metal powder and sulfate | 267 | 307 | 244 | 238 | 833 | ||||||
| Uganda, metal | 674 | 698 | 663 | 673 | 624 | ||||||
| Zambia, metal | 4,665 | 4,335 | 4,049 | r | 1,506 | r | 5,026 | ||||
| Total | 53,800 | 53,300 | 57,300 | r | 59,700 | r | 76,400 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 24, 2011. Figures represent cobalt refined from ores, concentrates, or intermediate products and do not include | |||||||||||
| production of downstream products from refined cobalt. | |||||||||||
| 3Production reported by n.v. Umicore s.a.; includes production from China that is not otherwise included in this table. | |||||||||||
| 4Production from domestic and imported ores and concentrates; excludes production by n.v. Umicore s.a. that is included under Belgium. | |||||||||||
| 5Excludes production of cobalt in alloys, carbonate, hydroxide and other materials that would require further refining. | |||||||||||
| 6Production for 2006-08 reported by the Geological Survey of Finland; production for 2009-10 reported by OM Group Inc. | |||||||||||
| 7Production reportedly includes metal, oxide, and salts; other forms may also have been produced. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
