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TABLE 22
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons)
 
Country�   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
Argentina, secondarye 16,000 � 16,000 � 16,000 � 16,000 � 16,000 �
Australia, primary: � �
Electrowon 96,000 e 67,400 � 58,300 � 50,900 � 52,400 �
Other 449,000 e 416,600 � 439,700 r 418,100 r 387,000 �
Total 545,000 e 484,000 � 498,000 r 469,000 r 439,400 �
Austria, secondarye 65,000   65,100   81,000 r 81,000 r 99,000  
Belgium:e � � � �
Primary3 207,000 � 208,000 � 223,000 � 252,900 4 252,000
Secondary 216,000   215,000 � 174,000 � 130,000 � 138,000  
Total 423,000 423,000 � 397,000 � 382,900 4 390,000
Brazil, primary� 189,651 � 173,378   208,020   199,043 r 200,000 e
Bulgaria:e� � � � �
Primary 38,000 43,000 � 52,300 � 60,500 � 65,500 4
Secondary 3,000   2,000 � 3,000 � 3,000 � 3,000 �
Total 41,000 45,000 � 55,300 � 63,500 � 68,500 �
Burma, electrowon 27,500 � 27,900 e 31,800 � 34,500 r 19,500  
Canada: � � � �
Primary 469,761 r 428,077 495,835 r 484,123 r 464,637
Secondary 24,761   26,789   29,982 r 30,525 r 35,826
Total 494,522 r 454,866   525,817 r 514,648 r 500,463 �
Chile, primary: � � � � � � � � � �
Electrowon 1,602,000 � 1,653,100 � 1,636,300 � 1,584,600 1,691,800 p
Other 1,248,100 � 1,248,800 � 1,200,400   1,239,400   1,119,500 p
Total 2,850,100 � 2,901,900 � 2,836,700   2,824,000   2,811,300 p
China:e � � � � � � � � � �
Primary
�� Electrowon 20,000 10,000 � 10,000 � 15,000 � 20,000 �
�� Other 1,280,000 1,420,000 � 1,580,000 1,850,000 � 2,000,000 �
Secondary 350,000   430,000 � 620,000   750,000 � 1,000,000 �
Total 1,650,000 1,860,000 � 2,210,000 2,615,000 4 3,020,000
Cyprus, electrowon 3,695 � 2,552 � 1,240 -- --
Egypt, secondarye 4,000 � 4,000 � 4,000   4,000   4,000  
Finland:e � � � �
Primary 112,000 120,000 � 117,000 118,000 � 118,000 �
Secondary 15,000   15,000   16,000   16,000 � 16,000 �
Total 127,000   135,000   133,000   134,000 � 134,000 �
Germany:
Primary 327,000 286,653 283,686 293,800 r 312,000 e
Secondary 368,791   310,925   368,956   344,400 r 350,000 e
Total 695,791   597,578   652,642   638,200 r 662,000 e
Hungary, secondarye 10,000   10,000 � 5,000 r 5,000 r --  
India:e
Primary, electrolytic 354,000 � 375,000 � 399,000 497,000 4 629,000 4
Secondary� 20,000   19,000 � 20,000   20,000 � 15,000  
Total 374,000 394,000 � 419,000 517,000 � 644,000 �
Indonesia, primary 192,400 � 223,300 � 210,500   262,900 � 217,600 �
Iran, primary:5
Electrowone 12,000 � 12,000 � 12,000 10,000 r 10,000 �
Other6   131,000   134,632 � 140,000   163,100 � 185,000 e
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 22�Continued
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons)
 
Country�   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
Total 143,000   146,632   152,000   173,100 r 195,000 e
Italy, secondary�� 32,400 � 26,700 e 34,000 32,200 � 36,400 �
Japan: � � �
Primary 1,211,111 � 1,251,728 � 1,188,491 � 1,227,528 � 1,342,350 �
Secondary 189,968 � 178,637 � 191,653 � 167,756 � 189,705 �
Total 1,401,079 � 1,430,365 � 1,380,144 � 1,395,284 � 1,532,055 �
Kazakhstan, primary 453,000 � 432,901 � 445,200 388,000 r 408,000 �
Korea, North, primarye 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 � 15,000 �
Korea, Republic of, undifferentiated 499,116 509,970 495,952 526,566 � 575,492 �
Laos, electrowon --   --   --   30,480 r 60,803  
Mexico, primary: �
Electrowon 69,300 76,399 r 78,108 r 92,675 r 88,000 e
Other 440,100 r 235,000 r 290,200 r 317,700 r 252,000 e
Secondarye 6,000 r 6,000 r 6,000 r 6,000 r 6,000  
Total 515,400 r 317,399 r 374,308 r 416,375 r 346,000 e
Mongolia, electrowon 1,500 � 1,341 � 2,376 2,475 � 2,618 �
Norway, primary6 30,500 e 35,900 � 35,600 38,500 � 38,500 e
Oman, primarye 24,000 � 17,000 � 24,000   24,000 � 24,000 �
Peru, primary:
Electrowon 156,467 171,198 � 167,000 � 165,530 � 173,871 �
Other 346,282   345,848 � 338,308 � 344,862 � 333,839 �
Total 502,749 517,046 � 505,308 � 510,392 � 507,710 �
Philippines, primary 144,315 � 171,152 r 174,628 r 172,000 � 182,000 e
Poland:
Primary 508,674 � 513,600 550,000 r 560,000 r 557,000 �
Secondary 19,146 � 16,000 21,000 17,000 r 20,000 �
Total 527,820 � 529,600   571,000 r 577,000 r 577,000 �
Romania:
Primary 11,453 � 16,739 � 24,526 r 20,739 r 21,000 �
Secondarye 2,000 � 2,000 � 2,000 � 2,000 � 2,000 �
Total 13,453 � 18,739 � 26,526 r 22,739 r 23,000 �
Russia:�
Primary 670,000 e 670,000 e 662,000 � 664,000 � 684,000 �
Secondary 200,000 e 170,000 e 257,000 � 269,000 � 284,000 �
Total 870,000 e 840,000 e 919,000 � 933,000 � 968,000 �
Serbia and Montenegro:7
Primary 35,897 � 14,000 36,000 r 31,300 r 41,400 �
Secondarye 17,000   8,000   7,000   21,000 r 29,000 4
Total 52,897 22,000 43,000 r 52,300 r 70,400 �
South Africa, primary6 119,970   111,400   103,000 r 99,400 r 100,000 e
Spain:
Primary 272,000 r 259,000 r 194,100 r 242,700 r 235,300
Secondarye 67,000 r 64,000 r 64,300 r 66,000 r 64,000
Total�   339,000 r 323,000 r 258,400 r 308,700 r 299,300  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 22�Continued
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons)
 
Country�   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
Sweden:e
Primary 199,000 � 189,000 � 210,000 � 200,000 � 200,000 �
Secondary 25,000 � 25,000 � 25,000 � 22,000 � 22,000 �
Total 224,000 � 214,000 � 235,000 � 222,000 � 222,000 �
Taiwan, secondarye 4,000 � 4,000 � 4,000 � 4,000 � 4,500 �
Thailand, primary -- � -- � 20,000 r 15,000 r 20,000 e
Turkey:e
Primary 39,000 � 40,000 � 45,000 � 90,000 � 100,000 �
Secondary 2,000 � 5,000 � 5,000 � 5,000 � 5,000 �
Total 41,000 � 45,000 � 50,000 � 95,000 � 105,000 �
Ukraine, secondary 10   20   20   20   20  
United States:
Primary:
Electrowon 601,000 � 591,000 � 584,000 � 554,000 � 530,000 �
Other 841,000 � 662,000 � 671,000 � 654,000 � 675,000 �
Secondary 69,900   53,300 � 50,800 � 47,200 � 44,800 �
Total 1,510,000 � 1,310,000 � 1,310,000 � 1,260,000 � 1,250,000 �
Uzbekistan, primarye 75,000 75,000 93,770 r, 4 103,870 r, 4 110,000
Vietnam, primary --   --   --   --   4,800  
Zambia, primary:
Electrowon8 83,700 � 109,000 � 124,000 150,000 200,000 e
Other 253,100 � 240,800 � 286,000 244,000 e 260,000 e
Total 336,800 � 349,800 � 410,000   394,000 e 460,000 e
Zimbabwe, primarye 7,200 r, 4 7,200 r, 4 7,000 r 7,000 r 7,000  
Grand total 15,600,000 r 15,300,000 16,000,000 r 16,600,000 17,400,000
Of which:
Primary: � � � � �
Electrowon 2,670,000 2,720,000 2,710,000 r 2,690,000 r 2,850,000
Other 11,200,000 r 10,900,000 11,300,000 r 11,800,000 r 12,100,000
Secondary   1,730,000   1,670,000 2,010,000 r 2,060,000 r 2,380,000 �
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 refined copper whether produced by pyrometallurgical or electrolytic refining methods and whether derived from�
primary unrefined copper or from scrap. Copper cathode derived from electrowinning processing is also included. Table includes data available through
July 17, 2007.
3Includes reprocessed leach cathode from Congo (Kinshasa).
4Reported figure.
5Data are for Iranian years beginning March 21 of that stated.
6May include secondary.
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.
8Electrowon covers only high-grade electrowon cathodes reported as "finished production leach cathodes."

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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