Manganese Ore: World Production, By Country

TABLE 7
MANGANESE ORE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	�� Mn content,
Country³	percentage^{e, 4}	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
Australia:⁵
Gross weight		2,189	^r	2,564	^r	3,431	^r	3,136	^r	4,556
Mn content	37-53	983		1,247		1,570	^r	1,500	^r	2,192
Brazil:⁶
Gross weight		2,529		2,544		3,143		3,200	^r	3,128	^p
Mn content	37-51	1,095		1,286		1,346		1,370	^r	1,370	^p
China:^{e, 7, 8}
Gross weight		4,500		4,600		5,500		7,500	^r	8,000
Mn content	20-30	900		920		1,100		1,500	^r	1,600
Gabon:⁹
Gross weight		1,856		2,000		2,460		2,859	^r	3,000
Mn content^e	45-53	810		873		1,090		1,290		1,350
Ghana:
Gross weight		1,136		1,509		1,597	^r	1,715	^r	1,700	^e
Mn content^e	32-34	363		528	^r	559	^r	600	^r	600
India:¹⁰
Gross weight		1,553	^r	1,650		1,776	^r	2,386	^r	2,003	^p
Mn content	10-54	601	^r	620		630		927	^r	811	^p
Kazakhstan, crude ore:
Gross weight		1,792		2,361		2,318		2,208		2,250
Mn content^e	20-30	440		580		570		540		550
Mexico:¹¹
Gross weight		245		320		377		369	^r	370	^e
Mn content	36-37^r	88		115		136		133	^r	133	^e
South Africa:⁹
Gross weight		3,322		3,501		4,282		4,612		5,213
Mn content	30-48+	1,504		1,585		1,905		2,100		2,300
Ukraine:
Gross weight		2,470		2,591		2,362		2,260		2,400
Mn content^e	30-35	840		880		810		770		820
Other:^{e, 12}
Gross weight		526	^r	529	^r	696	^r	829	^r	750
Mn content	XX	149	^r	144	^r	198	^r	250	^r	213
Total:
Gross weight		22,100	^r	24,200	^r	27,900	^r	31,100	^r	33,400
Mn content	XX	7,770	^r	8,780	^r	9,910	^r	10,980	^r	11,900
^eEstimated. ^pPreliminary. ^rRevised. XX Not applicable.
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 29, 2007.� Data pertain to concentrates or comparable shipping product, except that, in a few instances, the best
data available appear to be for crude ore, possibly after some upgrading.
³In addition to the countries listed, Cuba, Panama, and Sudan may have produced manganese ore and/or manganiferous ore, but available information is
inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels.
⁴May be average content of each year's production rather than for content of typical products.
⁵Metallurgical ore.
⁶Production of beneficiated ore as reported in Mineral Summary, Brasilia, Brazil.
⁷Includes manganiferous ore.
⁸The International Manganese Institute estimated Chinese manganese ore production, in gross weight and Mn content, respectively, to be in metric tons, as
follows: 2004�8,500,000 and 1,700,000; 2005�12,000,000 and 2,400,000; and 2006�11,000,000 and 2,200,000.
⁹Calculated metal content includes allowance for assumed moisture content.� Includes ore and sinter.
¹⁰Reported on a fiscal year-basis. Much of India's production grades below 35% Mn; content averaged 38.3% Mn for fiscal years 2002-03 through 2006-07.
¹¹Mostly oxide nodules; may include smaller quantities of direct-shipping carbonate and oxide ores for metallurgical and battery operations.
¹²Category represents the combined totals of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia,
Iran, Italy (from wastes), Morocco, Namibia, Romania, Russia (crude ore), Thailand, and Turkey.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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