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TABLE 9
COBALT: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2
(Metric tons, cobalt content)
 
Country3   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010e  
Australiae, 4 5,130   4,730   4,780 4,340 r 3,850 5
Botswana6 303 242 337 270 r 325
Brazile 1,100 1,311 5 1,215 5 1,200 1,600
Canada7 7,115 8,692 8,953 3,919 r 4,568 p, 5
Chinae 1,840 6,100 6,630 6,000 6,500
Congo (Kinshasa)e, 8 27,100 25,400 32,300 35,500 47,400
Cuba9 5,602 4,540 3,175 3,500 e 3,600
Finlande 100 115 105 5 27 140
Indonesia10 1,600 1,600 1,300 1,200 1,600
Madagascare -- -- -- -- 700
Moroccoe, 11 2,600 r 1,800 r 1,700 2,200 r 2,200
New Caledonia12 1,629 1,620 869 719 r 1,000
Philippinese 900 1,000 1,200 1,500 2,200
Russiae, 11 6,300 6,300 6,200 6,100 6,200
South Africae 600 600 590 610 1,800
Zambiae, 13 8,000 7,500 7,000 r 4,900 r 5,700
Zimbabwee, 14 110 100 85 74 5 79 5
Total   70,000 r 71,700 r 76,400 r 72,100 r 89,500  
-eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.
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 9, 2011. Figures represent recoverable cobalt content of ores, concentrates, or intermediate products from
cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum, or zinc operations.-
3In addition to the countries listed, Spain and Turkey are known to produce ores that contain cobalt, but information is inadequate to make reliable estimates
of production. Poland produces copper ore containing 1,500 to 5,000 metric tons per year of cobalt, which is not currently recovered. Other copper-, nickel-,
-platinum-, or zinc-producing nations may also produce ores containing cobalt as a byproduct component, but recovery is small or nil.
4Cobalt content of lateritic nickel ore, nickel concentrate, and zinc concentrate originating from Australia. Quantities of cobalt contained in intermediate or
refined metallurgical products produced from Australian and imported ores, in metric tons, were estimated to be as follows: 2006-07-5,500; 2008-5,100;
2009-5,500; and 2010-5,700.
5Reported figure.
6Reported cobalt content of pelletized nickel-copper matte.
7Assay content of cobalt in concentrates produced.-
8Cobalt content of concentrates, tailings, and slags.-
9Determined from reported nickel-cobalt content of sulfide and ammoniacal liquor production.
10Cobalt content of nickel matte plus estimated cobalt in lateritic ore processed in Australia.
11Cobalt content of concentrates.
12Cobalt content of limonitic nickel laterite ores mined. Quantities of cobalt contained in intermediate or refined metallurgical products (cobalt chloride
and cobalt oxide hydroxide) produced from New Caledonian ores exported to Australia and France, in metric tons, were estimated to be as follows: 2006-1,200;
2007-1,400; 2008-1,200; 2009-1,500; and 2010-1,700.
13Cobalt content of concentrates and slags.
14Estimated cobalt content of intermediate products produced in Zimbabwe from nickel and platinum ores mined in Zimbabwe.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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