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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||
| COBALT: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, cobalt content) | |||||||||||
| Country and form | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
| Australia, metal powder and oxide hydroxidee | 3,620 | 4,050 | 4,120 | 4,720 | 4,860 | ||||||
| Belgium, metal powder, oxide, hydroxide3 | 3,020 | 2,150 | 2,600 | 3,187 | 4,200 | ||||||
| Brazil, metal | 1,215 | 1,012 | 1,369 | 1,614 | r | 1,750 | p | ||||
| Canada, metal, metal powder, oxide | 5,637 | 4,918 | 4,711 | 6,038 | 5,981 | p | |||||
| China, metal, metal powder, oxide, saltse, 4 | 18,200 | 25,500 | 35,900 | 35,000 | 29,800 | ||||||
| Congo (Kinshasa), metal5 | 1,049 | 2,950 | 4,222 | r | 3,103 | r | 3,021 | ||||
| Finland, metal powder and salts6 | 9,645 | 8,970 | r | 9,429 | r | 10,627 | r | 10,562 | |||
| France, chloride | 311 | 368 | 302 | 354 | 326 | ||||||
| India, metal and salts | 858 | 1,001 | 1,187 | 1,299 | 800 | ||||||
| Japan, metal | 1,071 | 1,332 | 1,935 | 2,007 | 2,542 | ||||||
| Madagascar, metal powder | -- | -- | -- | -- | 493 | ||||||
| Morocco, metal and oxide | 1,791 | r | 1,600 | 1,615 | r | 1,788 | 1,314 | ||||
| Norway, metal | 3,719 | 3,510 | 3,208 | 3,067 | 2,969 | ||||||
| Russia, metal | 2,502 | 2,352 | 2,460 | 2,337 | 2,186 | ||||||
| South Africa, metal powder and sulfate | 244 | 238 | 840 | r | 862 | r | 1,102 | ||||
| Uganda, metal | 662 | r | 389 | r | 568 | r | 673 | r | 374 | ||
| Zambia, metal | 4,049 | 1,506 | 5,026 | 5,746 | r | 5,665 | p | ||||
| Total | 57,600 | r | 61,800 | r | 79,500 | r | 82,400 | r | 77,900 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through November 25, 2013. 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. | |||||||||||
| 4Production from domestic and imported ores, concentrates, and intermediate materials; 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 reported by the Geological Survey of Finland. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
