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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||||
| WORLD MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY, | ||||||||||
| DECEMBER 31, 20061, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons, MgO equivalent) | ||||||||||
| Raw material | ||||||||||
| Magnesite | Seawater or brines | |||||||||
| Caustic- | Dead- | Caustic- | Dead- | |||||||
| Country | calcined | burned | calcined | burned | Total | |||||
| Australia | 78 | 110 | -- | -- | 188 | |||||
| Austria | 197 | 268 | -- | -- | 465 | |||||
| Brazil | 83 | 351 | -- | -- | 434 | |||||
| Canada | 50 | -- | -- | -- | 50 | |||||
| China | 275 | 2,940 | -- | 10 | 3,230 | |||||
| France | -- | -- | 30 | -- | 30 | |||||
| Greece | 120 | 100 | -- | -- | 220 | |||||
| India | 20 | 296 | -- | -- | 316 | |||||
| Iran | -- | 30 | -- | -- | 30 | |||||
| Ireland | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 90 | |||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 10 | 60 | 70 | |||||
| Italy | 25 | -- | -- | -- | 25 | |||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 50 | 250 | 300 | |||||
| Jordan | -- | -- | 10 | 50 | 60 | |||||
| Korea, North | -- | 1,100 | -- | -- | 1,100 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 15 | 95 | 110 | |||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 10 | 150 | 160 | |||||
| Poland | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 10 | |||||
| Russia | 100 | 2,400 | -- | -- | 2,500 | |||||
| Serbia | 40 | 160 | -- | -- | 200 | |||||
| Slovakia | -- | 465 | -- | -- | 465 | |||||
| South Africa | 12 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | |||||
| Spain | 145 | 60 | -- | -- | 205 | |||||
| Turkey | 15 | 404 | -- | -- | 419 | |||||
| Ukraine | -- | 120 | 20 | 80 | 220 | |||||
| United States | 140 | -- | 201 | 195 | 536 | |||||
| Total | 1,300 | 8,810 | 346 | 1,020 | 11,500 | |||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes capacity at operating plants, as well as at plants on standby basis. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program