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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||||
| MAGNESIUM:� ESTIMATED PRIMARY WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons)� | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Brazil | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Canada3 | 80,000 | r | 78,000 | r | 54,000 | 50,000 | r | 50,000 | p | ||
| China | 250,000 | � | 340,000 | 442,000 | 470,000 | 534,000 | |||||
| Israel | 26,000 | 26,000 | 28,000 | 27,853 | r, 4 | 24,500 | 4 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 18,000 | 14,000 | 18,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Norway | 10,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Russia3 | 40,000 | 43,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro5 | 1,695 | 4 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,500 | |||||
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2,000 | 2,200 | ||||||
| United States | W | � | W | W | W | � | W | ||||
| ��� Total | 432,000 | r | 509,000 | r | 595,000 | 622,000 | r | 689,000 | |||
| pPreliminary. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in "Total." -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through July 17, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Includes secondary. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5In 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. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program