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TABLE 7
MANGANESE ORE:WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
 
�� Mn content,
Country3   percentagee, 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 contente   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 contente   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 contente   20-30 440 580 570 540 550
Mexico:11
Gross weight 245 320 377 369 r 370 e
Mn content   36-37r 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 contente   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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