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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||
| MICA:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | 2005e | 2006e | ||||||
| Argentina, all grades | 1,770 | 1,894 | 2,158 | r, 4 | 4,104 | r | 4,000 | ||||
| Brazile | 4,000 | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | |||
| Canadae | 17,500 | 17,500 | 17,500 | 17,500 | 17,500 | ||||||
| Francee | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| India: | |||||||||||
| Crudee | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,700 | ||||||
| Scrap and waste | 2,000 | 2,000 | e | 2,100 | r | 2,100 | 2,200 | ||||
| Total | 3,500 | 3,600 | e | 3,700 | r | 3,700 | 3,900 | ||||
| Iran5 | 2,845 | 5,500 | r | 7,032 | 4 | 7,000 | 7,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of, all grades | 29,870 | 33,645 | 59,238 | 4 | 36,623 | r, 4 | 37,000 | ||||
| Madagascar, phlogopite | 102 | r | 70 | e | 70 | 70 | 70 | ||||
| Malaysia | 3,669 | 3,609 | 3,544 | 4 | 4,542 | r, 4 | 4,000 | ||||
| Mexico, all grades | 456 | 506 | 424 | 120 | r | 125 | |||||
| Norway, flakee | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 26,000 | ||||||
| Russiae | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Serbia and Montenegroe, 6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
| South Africa, ground and scrap | 821 | 1,003 | 285 | r, 4 | 924 | r, 4 | 880 | ||||
| Spain | 11,786 | r | 11,800 | r | 7,825 | r | 8,000 | r | 8,000 | ||
| Sri Lanka, scrap | 1,161 | 1,674 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,800 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 6,595 | 3,237 | 2,979 | 4 | 8,608 | 4 | 8,000 | 4 | |||
| United States, scrap and flake7 | 81,100 | 78,600 | 99,200 | 4 | 78,100 | 4 | 110,000 | 4 | |||
| Grand total | 278,000 | r | 279,000 | r | 322,000 | r | 288,000 | r | 342,000 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 30, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, China, Pakistan, Romania, and Sweden are known to produce mica, but available information | |||||||||||
| is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 6In 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. | |||||||||||
| 7Excludes, if any, U.S. production of low-quality sercite and sheet mica. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program