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TABLE 21
COPPER:WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
 
Country   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Armenia, primarye 6,700 7,500 7,500 9,800 3 8,818 3
Australia, primary 458,000 e 435,000 443,000 410,000 377,000 3
Austria, secondary 64,932 75,000 88,000 90,000 90,000
Belgium, secondary 125,900 117,500 107,000 99,200 114,600 3
Bolivia, primary -- -- 441 r -- --
Botswana, primary4 21,590 25,292 21,195 26,700 26,700
Brazil, primary 189,651   173,378   208,020   199,043 r 220,000 p
Bulgaria:
Primary 181,000 215,300 227,100 240,100 245,000
Secondarye 15,000   16,000   7,000   5,000   5,000  
Total 196,000   231,300   234,100   245,100   250,000  
Canada:
Primary 513,934 430,116 446,209 r 441,325 r 484,675 3
Secondary 24,761   26,789   29,962   30,000   36,000  
Total 538,695 456,905 476,171 r 471,325 r 521,000
Chile, primary 1,438,700   1,542,400   1,517,600   1,558,100   1,565,400 p, 3
China:e
Primary 1,180,000 1,380,000 1,500,000 1,700,000 1,810,000
Secondary 310,000   350,000   440,000   540,000   700,000  
Total 1,490,000 1,730,000 1,940,000 2,240,000 2,510,000
Congo (Kinshasa), primary, electrowon 10,000   8,000   20,000   10,000   10,000  
Finland:
Primary 160,900 176,400 168,600 170,000 170,000
Secondarye 2,000   2,000   2,000   2,000   2,000  
Total 162,900   178,400   170,600   172,000   172,000  
Germany:
Primary 295,100 288,800 278,600 257,200 273,800 3
Secondary 283,100   306,600   262,600   251,400   266,300 3
Total 578,200   595,400   541,200   508,600   540,100 3
India:
Primary 385,400 391,000 401,000 486,600 610,000
Secondarye -- -- -- 38,000 15,000
Total 385,400   391,000   401,000   524,600   625,000  
Indonesia, undifferentiated 211,200 247,400 211,600 275,000 201,200 3
Iran, undifferentiated5 171,591   168,613   184,814   227,000 r 244,000  
Japan:
Primary 1,317,291 1,343,353 1,270,495 1,319,247 1,409,087 3
Secondary 182,069   172,724   194,927   198,516   219,203 3
Total 1,499,360 1,516,077 1,465,422 1,517,763 1,628,290 3
Kazakhstan, undifferentiated 446,200 431,930 445,200 426,000 r 426,000
Korea, North, primary and secondarye 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Korea, Republic of:                    
Primary 380,000 410,000 392,500 r 436,600 r 449,200 3
Secondary 50,000 50,000 50,000 49,900 r 34,800 3
Total   430,000   460,000   442,500 r 486,500 r 484,000 3
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 21--Continued
COPPER:WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
Country   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Mexico:
Primary 260,700 r 220,100 r 271,000 r 301,200 r 260,200 p
Secondarye 5,000   5,000   5,000   5,000   5,000  
Total 265,700 r 225,100 r 276,000 r 306,200 r 265,000
Namibia, primary6, 7 26,703 26,036 24,704 r 23,300 22,000
Oman, primarye 25,000 18,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
Pakistan, primary -- 3,000 15,000 15,000 20,000
Peru, primary 396,400 r 376,100 r 377,800 381,600 381,300 3
Philippines, primary 165,800   227,900   217,300   201,300   239,600 3
Poland:  
Primary 511,000 560,000 545,000 550,000 530,000
Secondarye 39,400   24,100   25,000   25,000   20,000  
Total 550,400   584,100   570,000   575,000   550,000  
Romania:
Primary 8,871 4,493 61 3,000 r 3,000
Secondarye 2,000   500   500 r 500 r 500  
Total   10,871   4,993   561 r 3,500 r 3,500  
Russia:e
Primary 660,000 670,000 662,000 686,000 712,000
Secondary 200,000   170,000   257,000   272,000   290,000  
Total 860,000   840,000   919,000   958,000   1,000,000  
Serbia and Montenegro:e, 7
Primary 36,000 14,000 12,000 16,300 28,900
Secondary 6,700   3,600   1,100   6,000   9,800  
Total 42,700 17,600 13,100 22,300 38,700
Slovakia, secondary 8,100 58,000 13,300 15,500 22,000
South Africa, primary 116,996   112,025   89,300 e 100,000   94,000  
Spain:
Primary 281,300 276,300 210,200 278,600 263,100 3
Secondarye 16,700   14,000   14,100   5,000   600  
Total 298,000   290,300   224,300   283,600   264,000  
Sweden:e
Primary 188,000 185,000 206,000 r 192,000 190,000
Secondary 35,000   30,000   30,000   30,000   30,000  
Total 223,000   215,000   236,000 r 222,000   220,000  
Thailand:
Primarye -- -- 17,700 28,600 1,000
Secondarye -- -- 1,900 2,000 --
Total --   --   19,600   30,600   1,000 e
Turkey, undifferentiated8 32,550 30,400 e 11,500 9,000 12,000
United States, undifferentiated 683,000 539,000 542,000 523,000 501,000 3
Uzbekistan, undifferentiatede 75,000 75,000 94,000 r 105,000 r 110,000
Zambia, primary:                    
Electrowon 60,000 50,000 60,000 50,000 50,000
Other 311,400   200,000   220,000   220,000 240,000  
Total   371,400   250,000   280,000   270,000   290,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 21--Continued
COPPER:WORLD SMELTER PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
Country   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Grand total 12,600,000 r 12,700,000 12,900,000 r 13,600,000 r 14,100,000
Of which
Primary:
Electrowon 70,000 58,000 80,000 60,000 60,000
Other 9,520,000 r 9,710,000 r 9,780,000 r 10,300,000 r 10,700,000
Secondary 1,370,000 r 1,420,000 r 1,530,000 r 1,670,000 r 1,860,000
Undifferentiated   1,630,000   1,510,000   1,500,000 r 1,580,000 r 1,510,000  
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 maybe
derived from ore, concentrates, copper precipitate or matte (primary), and/or scrap (secondary). To the extent possible, primary and secondary output of
each country are shown separately.In some cases, total smelter production is officially reported, but the distribution between primary and secondary has
beenestimated. Table includes data available through July 15, 2007.
3Reported figure.
4Copper content of nickel-copper matte exported to Norway for refining.
5Data are for year beginning March 21 of that stated.Secondary production is estimated to be about 5% of total.
6Includes 8,000 to 10,000 metric tons per year for 2002-06 produced from imported toll concentrates.
7In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. Mineral production data for 2006,
however, still reflect the unified country.
8Secondary production is estimated to be about one-third of total.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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