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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type3, 4, 5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | 2005e | ||||||
| Albania, electric furnace, ferrochromium | 11,900 | 22,100 | 37,800 | 47,700 | r, 6 | 35,780 | 6 | ||||
| Argentina, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicone | 2,740 | 6 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,700 | |||||
| Silicomanganesee | 5,150 | 6 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | |||||
| Silicon metale | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
| Other7 | 9,925 | 17,289 | 15,000 | e | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||||
| Total | 25,815 | 32,989 | 30,700 | e | 30,700 | 30,700 | |||||
| Australia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 115,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | 120,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 135,000 | 135,000 | 135,000 | 135,000 | 140,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Total | 280,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 295,000 | ||||||
| Austria, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferronickel | 3,700 | r | 2,500 | r | 3,700 | r | 750 | r | 1,000 | ||
| Other | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Total | 7,700 | r | 6,500 | r | 7,700 | r | 4,750 | r | 5,000 | ||
| Bhutan, electric furnace, ferrosilicone | 16,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 200 | 200 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Brazil, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium8 | 110,468 | 164,140 | r | 204,339 | 216,277 | r, 6 | 185,533 | p, 6 | |||
| Ferrochromiumsilicon | 5,899 | 10,522 | 10,500 | 11,560 | r, 6 | 11,600 | p, 6 | ||||
| Ferromanganese | 276,000 | r | 339,000 | r | 438,000 | r | 508,000 | r | 510,000 | p | |
| Ferronickel | 17,966 | 19,874 | 19,378 | r | 20,338 | r, 6 | 21,200 | p | |||
| Ferrosilicon | 159,345 | 145,910 | 146,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 180,235 | 182,731 | 180,200 | 180,000 | r | 108,200 | p, 6 | ||||
| Silicon metal | 112,123 | 133,390 | 133,400 | 133,400 | 133,400 | p, 6 | |||||
| Othere | 79,750 | 87,398 | 86,400 | 86,400 | 86,500 | p | |||||
| Total | 941,786 | r | 1,082,965 | r | 1,218,217 | r | 1,301,975 | r, 6 | 1,202,433 | p, 6 | |
| Bulgaria, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
| Other | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | ||
| Total | 18,000 | r | 18,000 | r | 18,000 | r | 18,000 | r | 18,000 | ||
| Canada, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 56,000 | 56,000 | 56,000 | 56,000 | 56,000 | ||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Total | 87,000 | 87,000 | 87,000 | 87,000 | 87,000 | ||||||
| Chile, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 2,213 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Ferromolybdenum | 1,740 | r | 3,160 | r | 4,070 | r | 5,760 | r | 5,800 | ||
| Total | 3,953 | r | 3,160 | r | 4,070 | r | 5,760 | r | 5,800 | ||
| China:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 500,000 | 500,000 | 550,000 | 590,000 | r | 600,000 | |||||
| Other | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 310,000 | 330,000 | 500,000 | 640,000 | r | 750,000 | |||||
| Ferromanganese | 670,000 | 490,000 | 700,000 | 1,120,000 | r | 1,100,000 | |||||
| Ferromolybdenum | 37,700 | 29,600 | 60,000 | r | 70,000 | r | 60,000 | ||||
| Ferrosilicon | 1,320,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,200,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,800,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 6�Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type3, 4, 5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | 2005e | ||||||
| China�Continued:e | |||||||||||
| Electric furnace�Continued: | |||||||||||
| Silicomanganese | 1,170,000 | 1,580,000 | 1,800,000 | 2,600,000 | 3,800,000 | ||||||
| Other | 392,000 | 310,000 | 461,000 | 800,000 | 1,400,000 | ||||||
| Total | 4,500,000 | 4,840,000 | 6,370,000 | r | 8,920,000 | r | 10,600,000 | ||||
| Colombia, electric furnace, ferronickel | 91,475 | 111,952 | 111,324 | 113,647 | r, 6 | 123,000 | |||||
| Croatia, electric furnace, ferrochromiume | 361 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Czech Republic, electric furnace, othere | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic, electric furnace, ferronickel | 60,654 | 58,101 | r | 69,628 | r | 75,763 | r, 6 | 75,800 | |||
| Egypt, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
| Total | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | 85,000 | ||||||
| Finland, electric furnace, ferrochromium | 236,710 | 248,181 | 250,490 | 264,492 | 6 | 234,881 | 6 | ||||
| France:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace, ferromanganese | 300,000 | 300,000 | 180,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 130,000 | 130,000 | 120,000 | 106,000 | 110,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese9 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 107,000 | 64,000 | 65,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
| Other | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | ||||||
| Total | 720,000 | 720,000 | 647,000 | 410,000 | 415,000 | ||||||
| Georgia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 100 | 6 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Total | 25,100 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Germany, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 19,308 | 20,018 | 18,318 | 24,857 | 6 | 22,672 | 6 | ||||
| Other10 | 52,700 | r | 60,000 | r | 61,700 | r | 55,000 | r | 55,000 | ||
| Total | 72,008 | r | 80,018 | r | 80,018 | r | 79,857 | r, 6 | 77,672 | 6 | |
| Greece, electric furnace, ferronickel | 88,755 | 97,761 | 95,376 | 96,000 | e | 95,000 | |||||
| Hungary, electric furnace:e, 11 | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| Total | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 7,500 | 7,500 | ||||||
| Iceland, electric furnace, ferrosilicon | 111,948 | 120,624 | 117,171 | r | 118,000 | r | 120,000 | ||||
| India, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium12 | 267,395 | 6 | 311,927 | 6 | 468,677 | 6 | 527,100 | 6 | 611,373 | 6 | |
| Ferrochromiumsilicon | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Ferromanganese | 165,000 | 165,000 | 165,000 | 170,000 | 170,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 50,000 | 52,000 | 54,000 | 55,000 | 56,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 150,000 | 150,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 170,000 | ||||||
| Other | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Total | 651,000 | 698,000 | 867,000 | 931,000 | 1,030,000 | ||||||
| Indonesia, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganesee | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Ferronickel | 47,769 | 42,306 | 43,894 | r | 39,538 | r, 6 | 36,690 | 6 | |||
| Silicomanganesee | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Total | 66,769 | 61,306 | 62,894 | r | 58,538 | r, 6 | 52,690 | 6 | |||
| Iran, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 8,430 | 8,000 | r, e | 10,000 | r, e | 7,750 | r, 6 | 8,000 | |||
| Ferrosilicone | 40,000 | 41,700 | 40,297 | r, 6 | 50,150 | r, 6 | 50,000 | ||||
| Total | 48,430 | 49,700 | 50,297 | r | 57,900 | r, 6 | 58,000 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 6�Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type3, 4, 5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | 2005e | ||||||
| Italy, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Other13 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Total | 146,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 | ||||||
| Japan, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium14 | 111,167 | 91,937 | 19,427 | 13,472 | r, 6 | 12,367 | 6 | ||||
| Ferromanganese | 368,293 | 356,717 | 371,831 | 437,389 | r, 6 | 448,616 | 6 | ||||
| Ferronickel | 367,739 | 370,973 | 369,099 | r | 374,213 | r, 6 | 391,074 | 6 | |||
| Silicomanganese | 62,238 | 70,965 | 58,043 | 73,041 | r, 6 | 94,725 | 6 | ||||
| Other15 | 12,940 | 12,352 | 10,007 | 12,822 | r, 6 | 16,436 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 922,377 | 902,944 | 828,407 | r | 910,937 | r, 6 | 963,218 | 6 | |||
| Kazakhstan, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 761,900 | 835,800 | 993,000 | 1,080,993 | r, 6 | 1,156,168 | 6 | ||||
| Ferrochromiumsilicon | 79,800 | 102,200 | 98,130 | 104,800 | r, 6 | 97,870 | 6 | ||||
| Ferromanganese | 5,349 | 2,278 | 1,931 | 2,000 | 2,100 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 145,800 | 127,300 | 127,300 | 103,580 | r, 6 | 104,185 | 6 | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 141,200 | 164,000 | 178,920 | 155,324 | r, 6 | 170,214 | 6 | ||||
| Othere | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Total | 1,143,049 | 1,240,578 | 1,408,281 | 1,455,697 | r, 6 | 1,539,537 | 6 | ||||
| Korea, North, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese10 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Other | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Total | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 143,525 | 137,000 | e | 141,000 | 165,525 | r, 6 | 165,000 | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 101,877 | 94,000 | e | 90,942 | r | 82,917 | r, 6 | 83,000 | |||
| Other | 4,452 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 249,854 | 231,000 | e | 231,942 | r | 248,442 | r, 6 | 248,000 | |||
| Macedonia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferronickel | 10,300 | 17,000 | 19,000 | 18,800 | 28,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Total | 60,300 | 67,000 | 69,000 | 68,800 | 78,000 | ||||||
| Mexico, electric furnace:16 | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 60,014 | 38,532 | 55,903 | 72,471 | 6 | 89,641 | 6 | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 74,290 | 73,263 | 81,223 | 103,206 | 6 | 104,780 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 134,304 | 111,795 | 137,126 | 175,677 | 6 | 194,421 | 6 | ||||
| New Caledonia, electric furnace, ferronickele | 162,000 | 171,000 | 175,000 | 149,000 | 6 | 169,000 | |||||
| Norway, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 82,600 | 6 | 61,100 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Ferromanganese | 240,000 | 240,000 | 245,000 | 245,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 450,000 | 390,000 | 350,000 | 300,000 | 270,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 230,000 | 230,000 | 230,000 | 230,000 | 230,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 100,000 | 105,000 | 100,000 | 105,000 | 105,000 | ||||||
| Other9 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| Total | 1,120,000 | 1,040,000 | 940,000 | 895,000 | 870,000 | ||||||
| Peru, electric furnace, ferrosilicone | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Poland:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace, ferromanganese | 500 | 600 | 1,000 | r | 1,000 | r | 1,000 | ||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 48,600 | 6 | 41,800 | 92,700 | r | 90,000 | r | 90,000 | |||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 6�Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type3, 4, 5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | 2005e | ||||||
| Poland�Continued:e | |||||||||||
| Electric furnace�Continued: | |||||||||||
| Silicomanganese | 20,000 | 6 | 7,500 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | |||
| Silicon metal | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Total | 69,100 | r, 6 | 49,900 | r | 93,700 | r | 91,000 | r | 91,000 | ||
| Romania, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 384 | -- | -- | e | -- | -- | |||||
| Ferrosilicon | 5,823 | -- | -- | e | -- | -- | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 71,921 | 84,720 | r | 141,899 | r | 194,945 | r, 6 | 200,000 | |||
| Total | 78,128 | 84,720 | r | 141,899 | r | 194,945 | r, 6 | 200,000 | |||
| Russia:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 55,000 | 105,000 | 101,000 | 108,000 | 108,000 | ||||||
| Ferrophosphorus | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||||||
| Spiegeleisen | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 210,600 | 6 | 210,000 | 6 | 357,000 | 6 | 454,000 | 578,000 | 6 | ||
| Ferrochromiumsilicon | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Ferronickel17 | 30,000 | 6 | 45,000 | 23,500 | r | 28,700 | r | 24,100 | |||
| Ferrosilicon | 707,100 | 6 | 701,000 | 760,000 | 721,000 | 742,000 | 6 | ||||
| Ferrovanadium | 18,800 | 15,100 | 8,000 | 13,700 | r | 12,880 | 6 | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 124,000 | 127,000 | 83,000 | 143,000 | 145,000 | ||||||
| Silicon metal | 40,000 | 40,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | ||||||
| Other | 16,200 | 14,900 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | ||||||
| Total | 1,220,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,410,000 | r | 1,550,000 | r | 1,690,000 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia, electric furnace, othere | 78,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 85,000 | r | 85,000 | |||||
| Slovakia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 5,968 | 6 | 5,695 | 6 | 1,924 | 6 | 1,784 | 6 | 867 | 6 | |
| Ferromanganese | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Other | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | ||||
| Total | 116,000 | 116,000 | 112,000 | r | 112,000 | r | 111,000 | ||||
| Slovenia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 8,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Other7 | 200 | 200 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 8,200 | 8,200 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| South Africa, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 2,141,000 | 2,351,122 | 2,813,000 | 2,965,000 | r, 6 | 2,581,578 | 6 | ||||