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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| FERRONIOBIUM (FERROCOLUMBIUM): WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, Nb content) | |||||||||||
| Country2 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012e | ||||||
| Brazil | 53,839 | r | 34,746 | r | 52,588 | r | 53,691 | r | 54,000 | ||
| Canada | 4,383 | r | 4,330 | r | 4,343 | r | 4,632 | r | 4,707 | 3 | |
| Russiae | 53 | r | 52 | r | 53 | r | 53 | r | 53 | ||
| United States | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Total | 58,300 | r | 39,100 | r | 57,000 | r | 58,400 | r | 58,800 | ||
| eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| rRevised. NA Not available.- | |||||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through July 23, 2013. | |||||||||||
| 2In addition to the countries listed, Austria, China, and Germany are thought to have produced ferroniobium- | |||||||||||
| (ferrocolumbium), but production information is inadequate for the formulation of estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
