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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||||
| NICKEL: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained nickel) | |||||||||||
| Country and products2 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Albania, laterite oree | 790 | 3,700 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||||||
| Australia, ores and concentrate3 | 185,000 | 184,900 | 199,200 | 165,000 | 170,000 | e | |||||
| Botswana, ore millede | 38,000 | 27,600 | 28,940 | 4 | 28,595 | 4 | 28,000 | ||||
| Brazil, ore | 82,492 | 58,317 | 67,116 | r | 41,059 | r | 108,983 | p | |||
| Burma, oree | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Canada, concentrate | 232,948 | 254,915 | 259,651 | 136,594 | 158,376 | p | |||||
| Chinae | 82,100 | 67,000 | 79,500 | r | 84,800 | r | 80,000 | ||||
| Colombia, laterite ore | 94,105 | 75,864 | r | 64,200 | r | 79,900 | r, e | 76,200 | e | ||
| Cuba, oxide, oxide sinter, oxide powder, sulfide, | |||||||||||
| ammoniacal liquor5 | 73,371 | 73,934 | 67,265 | 70,000 | r, e | 71,000 | e | ||||
| Dominican Republic, laterite ore | 47,516 | 47,125 | 31,300 | 500 | r | -- | |||||
| Finland, concentrate6 | 2,985 | 3,465 | r | 4,303 | 4,400 | e | 4,000 | e | |||
| Greece, laterite ore | 21,670 | 21,190 | 18,646 | r | 10,203 | r | 16,345 | p | |||
| Indonesia, laterite oree | 157,200 | r, 4 | 229,200 | r, 4 | 219,300 | r | 202,800 | 235,800 | |||
| Kazakhstan, laterite oree | 200 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| Kosovo, laterite ore | -- | 1,820 | 3,660 | 7 | 10,500 | r, 7 | 9,080 | 7 | |||
| Macedonia, ferronickel produced8 | 10,942 | 15,321 | 15,026 | 12,000 | r | 14,000 | e | ||||
| Madagascar, laterite ore | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,100 | e | |||||
| Morocco, nickel sulfatee | 80 | 4 | 80 | r | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| New Caledonia, ore | 102,986 | 125,364 | 102,583 | 92,570 | r | 129,983 | |||||
| Norway, concentrate | 362 | r | 246 | r | 377 | 336 | r | 350 | |||
| Philippines: | |||||||||||
| Ore | 56,463 | r | 81,288 | r | 70,082 | 122,709 | r | 153,679 | |||
| Concentrate9 | 8,242 | 10,079 | 10,562 | 17,035 | 19,312 | ||||||
| Total | 64,705 | r | 91,367 | r | 80,644 | 139,744 | r | 172,991 | |||
| Russia, marketable mine production: | |||||||||||
| Laterite ore10 | 37,758 | r | 45,687 | r | 36,804 | r | 32,298 | r | 41,184 | ||
| Sulfide concentrate11 | 239,231 | 234,083 | 229,765 | r | 229,493 | 228,093 | |||||
| Total | 276,989 | r | 279,770 | r | 266,569 | r | 261,791 | r | 269,277 | ||
| South Africa, concentrate | 41,599 | 37,917 | 31,675 | 34,605 | r | 39,960 | |||||
| Spain, concentrate | 6,398 | 6,772 | 8,136 | 8,029 | 6,296 | ||||||
| Turkey, laterite oree, 12 | 1,500 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Ukraine, laterite oree | 12,000 | 12,000 | 8,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Venezuela, laterite ore | 21,200 | 18,900 | 13,000 | 13,200 | 11,400 | ||||||
| Zambia, concentrate13 | -- | -- | 751 | 280 | r, e | 2,809 | |||||
| Zimbabwe, concentrate | 8,825 | 8,582 | 6,354 | 4,858 | r | 6,200 | |||||
| Grand total | 1,570,000 | 1,650,000 | r | 1,580,000 | r | 1,410,000 | r | 1,620,000 | |||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Concentrate14 | 541,000 | 556,000 | 552,000 | 436,000 | 465,000 | ||||||
| Ore and ore milled | 280,000 | r | 293,000 | r | 269,000 | r | 285,000 | r | 421,000 | ||
| Laterite ore | 394,000 | 456,000 | r | 399,000 | r | 353,000 | r | 396,000 | |||
| Ferronickel produced | 10,900 | 15,300 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 14,000 | e | |||||
| Nickel sulfatee | 80 | 4 | 80 | r | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Unspecified and (or) undifferentiated | 340,000 | 326,000 | 346,000 | r | 320,000 | r | 321,000 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Insofar as possible, this table represents recoverable mine production of nickel. Where actual mine output is not available, data related to | |||||||||||
| -a more highly processed form have been used to provide an indication of the magnitude of mine output and this is noted. North Korea- | |||||||||||
| may have an active nickel mine, but information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output. Table includes data available through- | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2012. | |||||||||||
| 3Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) data for mines in Western Australia and Tasmania. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 10-Continued | |||||||||||
| NICKEL: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||
| 5The Government of Cuba reports figures of nickel-cobalt content of granular and powder oxide, oxide sinter, and sulfide production. The | |||||||||||
| cobalt content of reported nickel-cobalt production was determined to be 1.2% for granular and powdered oxide, 1.2% for oxide sinter,- | |||||||||||
| 7.6% for sulfide precipitate, and 33% for leach ammoniacal precipitate. The remainder of reported figures represents the nickel content. | |||||||||||
| 6The gross weight of concentrates processed in Finland from domestic ores was, in metric tons, as follows: 2006-40,474; 2007-44,824;- | |||||||||||
| 2008-43,038; 2009-43,000 (estimated); and 2010-40,800 (estimated). | |||||||||||
| 7On February 17, 2008, the Kosovo Assembly declared independence from Serbia.- | |||||||||||
| 8Cunico Resources Group extracts nickel ore from its open pit Rzanovo Mine and transports the ore by conveyor to its FeNi Industries- | |||||||||||
| pyrometallurgical facility in Kavadarci. At the Kavadarci plant, the Rzanovo ore is blended with higher grade imported ores from- | |||||||||||
| Albania, Indonesia, New Caledonia, and Turkey to optimize production. | |||||||||||
| 9Nickel content of concentrate produced at Rio Tuba in 2006-10 by Coral Bay Nickel Corp. | |||||||||||
| 10Nickel content of ore mined in the Ural Mountains region. | |||||||||||
| 11Nickel content of concentrate produced on the Kola and Taimyr Peninsulas. | |||||||||||
| 12European Nickel PLC began shipping laterite ore from the Caldag Mine to the ferronickel smelter of Larco General Mining and- | |||||||||||
| Metallurgical Company S.A. in Greece in 2006. | |||||||||||
| 13Albidon Limited concentrates were shipped to Jinchuan, China. First production was in June 2008. Anticipated specifications for- | |||||||||||
| concentrates are 13% nickel and 0.7% cobalt. Concentrate production comes from company quarterly reports. | |||||||||||
| 14Includes -Russia, sulfide concentrate.- | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
