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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| DIATOMITE:- ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2- | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||
| Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | r, 3 | 2 | ||
| Argentina | 50 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 62 | r | 62 | ||
| Armenia | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | ||||||
| Australia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Brazil, marketable | 6 | 3 | 4 | r, 3 | 4 | r, 3 | 4 | r, 3 | 4 | p | |
| Chile | 25 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 31 | r, 3 | 31 | ||
| China | 420 | 440 | 440 | 400 | 440 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Independent States5 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Costa Rica | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Czech Republic6 | 19 | 31 | -- | 32 | r | 3 | |||||
| Denmark6 | 230 | 230 | 225 | 225 | 225 | ||||||
| France | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||||||
| Germany | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | ||
| Iceland | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Iran7 | (5) | 2 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||||
| Italy | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Japan | 120 | 115 | 110 | 110 | 100 | ||||||
| Kenya3 | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | r | 3 | ||||
| Macedonia | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Mexico | 63 | 3 | 129 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 92 | r, 3 | 90 | ||
| Mozambique | 1 | 3 | (4) | 3 | (4) | (4) | (4) | ||||
| Peru | 22 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 11 | r | 11 | p | |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Portugal | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (4) | ||||||
| Romania- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Russiae | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 32 | ||||||
| Spain8 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Thailand | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Turkey | 33 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 40 | r | 45 | ||
| United States3, 9 | 687 | 764 | 575 | 595 | 813 | ||||||
| Total | 1,910 | r | 2,090 | r | 1,790 | r | 1,840 | r | 2,060 | ||
| pPreliminary. rRevised. NA Not available. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| Purity and moisture content are generally not reported or estimated. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through March 29, 2012. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | |||||||||||
| 5Information is inadequate for formulation of reliable estimates for individual countries.- | |||||||||||
| 6Data represent -extracted moler- (reported cubic meters times 1.5). Contains about 30% clay. | |||||||||||
| 7Data are for Iranian years beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 8Includes tripoli. | |||||||||||
| 9Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
