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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� | |||||||||||
| been� estimated. 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