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| TABLE 21 | |||||||||||
| COPPER: WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Armenia, primary | 8,791 | 6,954 | 6,480 | 6,858 | 7,500 | ||||||
| Australia, primary | 377,000 | 399,000 | 449,000 | 422,000 | 410,000 | ||||||
| Austria, secondary | 65,900 | 80,200 | 94,200 | 90,800 | 92,200 | p | |||||
| Belgium, secondary | 114,600 | 115,000 | e | 124,500 | 114,400 | 118,600 | |||||
| Botswana, primary3 | 24,255 | 19,996 | 23,146 | 24,382 | 24,000 | e | |||||
| Brazil: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 179,700 | 178,367 | 184,400 | r | 176,000 | 176,400 | |||||
| Secondarye | 40,000 | 40,000 | 39,100 | r | 31,000 | 47,700 | |||||
| Total | 219,700 | 218,367 | 223,500 | r | 207,000 | 224,100 | |||||
| Bulgaria: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 217,000 | 217,600 | 257,100 | 256,200 | 265,000 | ||||||
| Secondarye | 24,000 | 11,500 | 21,200 | 20,000 | 19,600 | ||||||
| Total | 241,000 | 229,100 | 278,300 | 276,200 | 284,600 | ||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 484,675 | 470,713 | 443,798 | 316,510 | 318,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 35,826 | 46,101 | 41,777 | 29,733 | 31,800 | ||||||
| Total | 520,501 | 516,814 | 485,575 | 346,243 | 349,800 | ||||||
| Chile, primary | 1,565,400 | 1,514,300 | 1,369,200 | 1,522,300 | 1,559,800 | ||||||
| China:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 1,920,000 | 2,110,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,700,000 | r | 2,800,000 | |||||
| Secondary | 700,000 | 800,000 | 870,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,300,000 | ||||||
| Total | 2,620,000 | 2,910,000 | 3,370,000 | 3,800,000 | r | 4,100,000 | |||||
| Congo (Kinshasa), primary, electrowon | 10,000 | e | 1,800 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Finland: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 162,300 | 141,000 | 172,354 | 137,710 | 149,000 | e | |||||
| Secondarye | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Total | 164,300 | 143,000 | 174,354 | 139,710 | 151,000 | e | |||||
| Germany: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 273,800 | 270,200 | 295,000 | 286,300 | r | 378,700 | |||||
| Secondary | 266,300 | 273,400 | 293,300 | 247,500 | r | 212,400 | |||||
| Total | 540,100 | 543,600 | 588,300 | 533,800 | r | 591,100 | |||||
| India: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 610,000 | 700,000 | 651,000 | 705,100 | 654,000 | ||||||
| Secondarye | 15,000 | 15,000 | 11,000 | 10,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Total | 625,000 | 715,000 | 662,000 | 715,100 | 656,000 | ||||||
| Indonesia, primary | 201,200 | 277,100 | 253,300 | 295,900 | 276,800 | ||||||
| Iran:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 177,000 | 180,000 | 180,000 | 193,000 | 190,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 65,000 | 70,000 | 68,000 | 67,000 | 90,000 | ||||||
| Total | 242,000 | 250,000 | 248,000 | 260,000 | 280,000 | ||||||
| Japan: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 1,409,087 | 1,367,310 | 1,366,310 | 1,297,943 | 1,382,700 | ||||||
| Secondary | 219,203 | 245,208 | 259,060 | 243,859 | 260,200 | ||||||
| Total | 1,628,290 | 1,612,518 | 1,625,370 | 1,541,802 | 1,642,900 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan, undifferentiated | 426,200 | r | 392,834 | 392,575 | 369,000 | 370,900 | |||||
| Korea, North, undifferentiatede | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 21-Continued | |||||||||||
| COPPER: WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of: | |||||||||||
| Primarye | 450,000 | 470,000 | 502,000 | r | 455,000 | 476,000 | |||||
| Secondarye | 35,000 | r | 45,000 | 42,000 | r | 44,000 | 65,000 | ||||
| Total | 485,000 | r | 515,000 | 544,000 | r | 499,000 | 541,000 | ||||
| Mexico: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 260,200 | 222,600 | 200,200 | 153,700 | 153,000 | e | |||||
| Secondarye | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Total | 265,200 | 227,600 | 205,200 | 158,700 | 158,000 | e | |||||
| Namibia, primarye, 4 | 22,000 | 21,000 | 16,271 | 5 | 21,500 | r, 5 | 20,000 | ||||
| Oman, primary | 20,710 | 13,940 | 11,906 | 12,000 | e | 14,000 | |||||
| Pakistan, primarye | 23,600 | 18,200 | 17,800 | 17,500 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Peru, primary | 381,300 | 296,100 | 360,400 | 341,500 | r | 312,968 | |||||
| Philippines, primary | 239,600 | 220,000 | 239,700 | r | 230,100 | 216,200 | |||||
| Poland: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 445,100 | r | 438,100 | 438,600 | 427,800 | r | 452,200 | ||||
| Secondary | 80,000 | 40,000 | 43,900 | 68,800 | 94,300 | ||||||
| Total | 525,100 | r | 478,100 | 482,500 | 496,600 | r | 546,500 | ||||
| Russia:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 635,000 | 650,000 | 630,000 | 580,000 | 590,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 312,000 | 290,000 | 235,000 | 220,000 | 240,000 | ||||||
| Total | 947,000 | 940,000 | 865,000 | 800,000 | 830,000 | ||||||
| Serbia:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 40,000 | 30,200 | 31,900 | 32,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Total | 41,000 | 31,200 | 32,900 | 33,000 | 36,000 | ||||||
| Slovakia, secondary | 22,000 | e | 20,600 | e | 27,500 | 34,200 | 46,500 | ||||
| South Africa, primary | 98,900 | r | 111,900 | r | 94,800 | r | 86,900 | r | 75,900 | ||
| Spain: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 263,100 | 249,400 | 256,900 | 261,000 | 236,000 | ||||||
| Secondarye | 6,482 | 5 | 6,700 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 19,000 | |||||
| Total | 269,582 | 256,100 | 259,900 | 265,000 | 255,000 | ||||||
| Sweden: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 138,800 | 132,500 | 128,500 | 126,000 | 137,000 | ||||||
| Secondarye | 55,000 | 46,500 | 53,800 | 39,600 | 42,000 | ||||||
| Total | 193,800 | 179,000 | 182,300 | 165,600 | 179,000 | ||||||
| Thailand: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 25,300 | r | 11,900 | r | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Secondary | 1,750 | r | 814 | r | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 27,050 | r | 12,714 | r | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Turkey, undifferentiatede, 6 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 35,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| United States, undifferentiated | 501,000 | 617,000 | 574,000 | 597,000 | 601,000 | ||||||
| Uzbekistan, undifferentiatede | 95,000 | 92,000 | 92,000 | 92,000 | 92,000 | ||||||
| Vietnam, primarye | 4,800 | r, 5 | 11,000 | r, 5 | 2,200 | 6,000 | 8,000 | ||||
| Zambia, primary | 290,000 | 224,000 | 232,000 | e | 334,000 | 490,000 | |||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 21-Continued | |||||||||||
| COPPER: WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Grand total: | 14,100,000 | 14,300,000 | 14,700,000 | 14,900,000 | r | 15,600,000 | |||||
| Of which | |||||||||||
| Primary: | |||||||||||
| Electrowon | 10,000 | e | 1,800 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Other | 10,900,000 | r | 11,000,000 | r | 11,300,000 | r | 11,400,000 | r | 11,800,000 | ||
| Secondary | 2,070,000 | r | 2,150,000 | r | 2,240,000 | r | 2,370,000 | r | 2,690,000 | ||
| Undifferentiated | 1,070,000 | r | 1,150,000 | r | 1,110,000 | r | 1,100,000 | r | 1,110,000 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2This table includes total production of smelted copper metal, including low-grade cathode produced by electrowinning methods.- | |||||||||||
| The smelter feed may be derived from ore, concentrates, copper precipitate or matte (primary), and (or) scrap (secondary).- | |||||||||||
| To the extent possible, primary and secondary output of each country is shown separately. In some cases, total smelter production is | |||||||||||
| officially reported, but the distribution between primary and secondary has been estimated. Table includes data available through- | |||||||||||
| July 28, 2011. | |||||||||||
| 3Copper content of nickel-copper matte exported to Norway for refining. | |||||||||||
| 4Includes 8,000 to 10,000 metric tons per year for 2006 produced from imported toll concentrates. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 6Secondary production is estimated to be about one-third of total. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
