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| TABLE 11 | |||||||||||
| MOLYBDENUM:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained molybdenum) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | ||||||
| Armenia | 2,763 | 2,950 | e | 3,000 | e | 3,900 | r� | 4,080 | |||
| Canada | 9,092 | 9,519 | 7,935 | 7,842 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Chile | 33,374 | 41,883 | 48,041 | 43,278 | 44,912 | 4 | |||||
| Chinae | 31,000 | 38,500 | 40,000 | 43,900 | 59,800 | ||||||
| Irane | 2,200 | 1,800 | 2,476 | r, 4 | 2,500 | r, 4 | 2,600 | ||||
| Kazakhstan� | 230 | 230 | e | 230 | 250 | 400 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstane | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||
| Mexico | 3,524 | 3,730 | 4,246 | 2,519 | r | 6,159 | 4 | ||||
| Mongolia� | 1,793 | 1,141 | 1,188 | 1,404 | r | 1,300 | |||||
| Peru | 9,561 | 14,246 | 17,325 | 17,209 | 16,737 | 4 | |||||
| Russiae | 2,900 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,300 | ||||||
| United States | 33,500 | 41,500 | 58,000 | 59,800 | 57,000 | 4 | |||||
| Uzbekistane | 500 | 500 | 575 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Total | 131,000 | 159,000 | 186,000 | 187,000 | r | 209,000 | |||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 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 July 13, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, North Korea, Romania, and Turkey are thought to produce molybdenum, but output is not reported� | |||||||||||
| quantitatively, and available general information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels.� | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program