Copper: World Refinery Production, By Country

TABLE 22
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
�
(Metric tons)

Country�	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Argentina, secondary^e	16,000	^�	16,000	^�	16,000	^�	16,000	^�	16,000	^�
Australia, primary:							�		�
Electrowon	102,000	^e	96,000	^e	67,400	^�	58,300	^�	50,900	^�
Other	456,000	^e	449,000	^e	416,600	^�	431,800	^�	420,200	^�
Total	558,000	^e	545,000	^e	484,000	^�	490,100	^�	471,100	^�
Austria, secondary^e	69,000		65,000		65,100	^r	59,000	^{r, 3}	52,000
Belgium:^e			�		�		�		�
Primary⁴	236,000	^�	207,000	^�	208,000	^�	223,000	^�	252,900	³
Secondary	187,000		216,000		215,000	^�	174,000	^�	130,000	^�
Total	423,000		423,000		423,000	^�	397,000	^�	382,900	³
Brazil, primary�	212,243	^�	189,651	^�	173,378	^r	208,020	^r�	210,000	^p
Bulgaria:^e�			�		�		�		�
Primary	29,400	³	38,000		43,000	^�	52,300	^�	60,500	^�
Secondary	5,000		3,000		2,000	^�	3,000	^�	3,000	^�
Total	34,400	^�	41,000		45,000	^�	55,300	^�	63,500	^�
Burma, electrowon	25,800	^�	27,500	^�	27,900	^e	31,800	^�	32,000	^e
Canada:			�		�		�		�
Primary	524,900	^r	469,760	^r	428,077	^r	495,867	^r	483,500	^�
Secondary	42,800	^�	24,761	^�	26,789	^�	31,100		31,800	^�
Total	567,700	^r	494,521	^r	454,866	^r	526,967	^r	515,300	^�
Chile, primary			�	^�	�	^�	�	^�	�	^�
Electrowon	1,538,200	^�	1,602,000	^�	1,653,100	^�	1,636,300	^�	1,584,600	^p
Other	1,344,000	^�	1,248,100	^�	1,248,800	^�	1,200,400	^r	1,239,400	^p
Total	2,882,200	^�	2,850,100	^�	2,901,900	^�	2,836,700	^r	2,824,000	^p
China, primary^e			�	^�	�	^�	�	^�	�	^�
Primary
�� Electrowon	18,000		20,000		10,000	^�	10,000	^�	15,000	^�
�� Other	1,200,000	^�	1,280,000		1,420,000	^�	1,580,000	^r	1,850,000	^�
Secondary	300,000	^�	350,000		430,000	^�	620,000	^r	750,000	^�
Total	1,518,000	³	1,650,000		1,860,000	^�	2,210,000	^r	2,615,000	³
Cyprus, electrowon	5,176	^�	3,695	^�	2,552	^�	1,240		--
Egypt, secondary^e	4,000	^�	4,000	^�	4,000	^�	4,000		4,000
Finland:^e			�		�		�		�
Primary	105,000	^�	112,000	^�	120,000	^�	117,000	^r	118,000	^�
Secondary	15,000		15,000		15,000	^r	16,000	^�	16,000	^�
Total	120,000	^�	127,000	^�	135,000	^r	133,000	^r	134,000	^�
Germany:
Primary	303,000	^r	327,000	^r	286,653	^r	283,686	^r	293,800	^�
Secondary	390,773	^r	368,791	^r	310,925	^r	368,956	^r	344,400	^�
Total	693,773	^r	695,791	^r	597,578	^r	652,642	^r	638,200	^�
Hungary, secondary^e	10,000		10,000		10,000	^�	10,000	^�	10,000	^�
India:^e
Primary, electrolytic	310,000	³	354,000	^�	375,000	^�	399,000	^r	497,000	³
Secondary^�	18,000		20,000		19,000	^�	20,000	^�	20,000	^�
Total	328,000		374,000		394,000	^�	419,000	^r	517,000	^�
Indonesia, primary	212,500	^�	192,400	^�	223,300	^�	210,500	^�	262,900	^�
Iran, primary⁵
Electrowon^e	12,000	^�	12,000	^�	12,000	^�	12,000		12,000
Other⁶	140,000	^r	131,000	^r	134,632	^�	140,000	^r	163,100	^�
Total	152,000	^r	143,000	^r	146,632	^�	152,000	^r	175,100	^�
Italy, secondary��	35,500	^�	32,400	^�	26,700	^e	34,000	^r	32,200	^�
See footnotes at end of table.



TABLE 22�Continued
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
�
(Metric tons)

Country�	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Japan:					�		�		�
Primary	1,287,165	^�	1,211,111	^�	1,251,728	^�	1,188,491	^�	1,227,528	^�
Secondary	138,526	^�	189,968	^�	178,637	^�	191,653	^�	167,756	^�
Total	1,425,691	^�	1,401,079	^�	1,430,365	^�	1,380,144	^�	1,395,284	^�
Kazakhstan, primary	425,700	^�	453,000	^�	432,901	^�	445,200	^�	418,833	^�
Korea, North, primary^e	15,000	^r	15,000	^r	15,000	^r	15,000	^r	15,000	^�
Korea, Republic of, undifferentiated	473,252	^r	499,116	^r	509,970	^r	495,952	^r	526,566	^�
Laos, electrowon	--		--		--		--		30,500
Mexico, primary:					�
Electrowon	60,500	^r	69,300	^r	71,000	^r	72,000	^e	75,000	^e
Other	332,500	^r	318,700	^r	249,000	^r	321,000	^r	325,000	^e
Secondary	15,000	^�	35,000		35,000	^�	35,000	^�	35,000
Total^e	408,000	^r	423,000	^r	355,000	^r	428,000	^r	435,000	^�
Mongolia, electrowon	1,476	^�	1,500	^�	1,341	^�	2,376	^r	2,475	^�
Norway, primary⁶	26,700	^�	30,500	^e	35,900	^�	35,600	^�	38,500
Oman, primary^e	24,000	^�	24,000	^�	17,000	^�	24,000	^r	24,000	^�
Peru, primary:							�		.
Electrowon	131,409	^r	156,467	^r	171,198	^�	167,000	^�	165,530	^�
Other	342,502	^r	346,282	^r	345,848	^�	338,308	^�	344,862	^�
Total	473,911	^r	502,749	^r	517,046	^�	505,308	^�	510,392	^�
Philippines, primary	164,530	^�	144,315	^�	171,200	³	175,000	^�	172,000	^�
Poland:									�
Primary	498,451	^�	508,674	^�	513,600	^r	531,100	^r	540,300	^�
Secondary	30,286	^�	19,146	^�	16,000	^r	21,000	^r	20,000	^�
Total	528,737	^�	527,820	^�	529,600	^r	552,100	^r	560,300	^�
Romania:					�				�
Primary	18,500	^�	11,453	^�	16,739	^�	24,383	^�	30,000	^�
Secondary^e	4,000		2,000		2,000	^�	2,000	^�	2,000	^�
Total	22,500	^�	13,453	^�	18,739	^�	26,383	^�	32,000	^�
Russia:�									�
Primary	650,000	^�	670,000	^e	670,000	^e	662,000	^�	664,000	^�
Secondary	244,500	^�	200,000	^e	170,000	^e	257,000	^�	269,000	^�
Total	894,500		870,000	^e	840,000	^e	919,000	^�	933,000	^�
Serbia and Montenegro:�					�
Primary	32,365	^�	35,897	^�	14,000	^r	12,000	^r	23,000	^�
Secondary^e	17,000	^r	17,000	^r	8,000	^r	7,000	^r	7,000	^�
Total	49,365	^r	52,897	^r	22,000	^r	19,000	^r	30,000	^�
South Africa, primary⁶	132,000	^r	119,970	^r	111,400	^r	91,495	^r	97,000
Spain:						^�
Primary	235,100	^�	272,000	^e	259,000	^e	193,200	^�	242,700	^�
Secondary^e	55,600	³	37,000	^�	35,000	^�	35,000	^�	26,300	³
Total�	290,700	^�	309,000	^e	294,000	^e	228,200	^�	269,000	^�
Sweden:^e					�
Primary	179,000	³	199,000	^�	189,000	^�	210,000	^�	200,000	^�
Secondary	25,000		25,000	^�	25,000	^�	25,000	^�	22,000	^�
Total	204,000	³	224,000	^�	214,000	^�	235,000	^�	222,000	^�
Taiwan, secondary^e	4,000		4,000	^�	4,000	^�	4,000	^�	4,000	^�
Thailand, primary	--		--		--		27,200	^r	26,100	^�
Turkey:^e					�
Primary	54,400	^�	39,000	^�	40,000	^�	45,000	^�	90,000	^�
Secondary	4,000	^�	2,000	^�	5,000	^�	5,000	^�	5,000	^�
Total	58,400	^�	41,000	^�	45,000	^�	50,000	^�	95,000	^�
Ukraine, secondary	--		10		20		20		20
See footnotes at end of table.

TABLE 22�Continued
COPPER:� WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
�
(Metric tons)

Country�	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
United States:
Primary:
Electrowon	628,000	^�	601,000	^r	591,000	^�	584,000	^�	554,000	^�
Other	1,000,000	^�	841,000	^�	662,000	^�	671,000	^�	654,000	^�
Secondary	172,000		69,900		53,300	^�	50,800	^�	47,200	^�
Total	1,800,000	^�	1,510,000	^�	1,310,000	^�	1,310,000	^�	1,260,000	^�
Uzbekistan:^e
Primary	80,000	^�	75,000	^�	75,000		105,000	^r	115,000
Secondary	10,000	^�	--	^�	--		--		--
Total	90,000	^�	75,000	^�	75,000		105,000	^r	115,000
Zambia, primary:
Electrowon⁷	79,000	^�	83,700	^�	109,000	^�	124,000	^r	150,000	^e
Other	217,500	^�	253,100	^�	240,800	^�	286,000	^r	244,000	^e
Total	296,500	^�	336,800	^�	349,800	^�	410,000	^r	394,000	^e
Zimbabwe, primary	5,300	^e	2,502	^�	2,767	^�	2,383		2,400	^e
Grand total	15,700,000	^r	15,500,000	^r	15,300,000	^r	15,900,000	^r	16,600,000	^e
Of which:	�
Primary:	�	^�	�	^�	�		�		�
Electrowon	2,600,000	^�	2,670,000	^�	2,720,000	^�	2,700,000	^�	2,670,000	^e
Other	11,300,000	^�	11,100,000	^r	10,900,000	^r	11,200,000	^�	11,900,000	^e
Secondary	1,810,000	^r	1,730,000	^r	1,670,000	^r	2,000,000	^r	2,010,000	^e
^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 22, 2006.
³Reported figure.
⁴Includes reprocessed leach cathode from Congo (Kinshasa).
⁵Data are for Iranian years beginning March 21 of that stated.
⁶May include secondary.
⁷Electrowon covers only high-grade electrowon cathodes reported as "finished production leach cathodes."

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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