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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||||
| NICKEL:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained nickel) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | ||||||
| Australia, content of concentrate | 205,000 | 207,800 | 210,000 | 178,100 | 189,000 | 3 | |||||
| Botswana, content of ore milled | 26,714 | 28,600 | 32,740 | 32,980 | 28,000 | ||||||
| Brazil, content of ore | 45,456 | 44,928 | 45,160 | 45,200 | e | 52,000 | p, 3 | ||||
| Burma, content of oree | 10 | r | 10 | r | 10 | r | 10 | r | 10 | ||
| Canada, content of concentrate | 194,058 | 189,297 | 163,244 | 186,694 | r | 198,369 | p, 3 | ||||
| Chinae | 51,500 | 53,700 | 61,000 | 75,600 | r | 77,000 | |||||
| Colombia, content of laterite ore | 52,962 | 58,196 | 70,844 | 75,032 | 89,031 | 3 | |||||
| Cuba, content of oxide, oxide sinter, oxide powder, sulfide, ammoniacal | 72,585 | 71,355 | r | 67,306 | r | 71,933 | r | 72,000 | |||
| Dominican Republic, content of laterite ore | 39,120 | 38,859 | 45,253 | r | 46,000 | r | 46,000 | ||||
| Finland, content of concentrate5 | 2,600 | r | 3,120 | r | 3,640 | r | 3,700 | r | 3,400 | ||
| Greece, content of laterite ore | 20,830 | 22,670 | 21,410 | 21,700 | 23,210 | 3 | |||||
| Indonesia, content of laterite ore | 102,000 | 123,000 | 143,000 | 133,000 | 160,000 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan, content of laterite ore | -- | -- | -- | -- | 193 | 3 | |||||
| Macedonia, content of ferronickel produced | 2,970 | e | 5,149 | 5,555 | 5,300 | r | 8,100 | 3 | |||
| Morocco, content of nickel sulfate | 151 | 109 | 126 | 130 | r | 130 | |||||
| New Caledonia, content of ore | 117,734 | 99,841 | 112,013 | 118,279 | 111,900 | 3 | |||||
| Norway, content of concentrate6 | 2,529 | 2,052 | 169 | 181 | 150 | ||||||
| Philippines: | |||||||||||
| Content of ore | 27,359 | 26,532 | 19,537 | 16,973 | 22,555 | p, 3 | |||||
| Content of concentrate7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,081 | p, 3 | |||||
| Russia, content of oree | 320,000 | 310,000 | r | 300,000 | r | 315,000 | 315,000 | ||||
| South Africa, content of concentrate | 36,443 | 38,546 | 40,842 | 39,853 | r | 42,497 | p, 3 | ||||
| Spain, content of concentrate | -- | -- | -- | (8) | 5,398 | 3 | |||||
| Turkey, content of laterite ore9 | -- | -- | 640 | 40 | r, e | 1,000 | |||||
| Ukraine, content of laterite oree | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Venezuela, content of laterite ore | 13,600 | 18,600 | 20,700 | 20,468 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe, content of concentrate | 10,120 | 8,092 | 9,517 | 9,520 | 9,500 | ||||||
| Grand total | ####### | r | ####### | ####### | r | ####### | r | ####### | |||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Content of concentrate | 451,000 | r | 449,000 | r | 427,000 | r | 418,000 | r | 452,000 | ||
| Content of ore and ore milled | 537,000 | 510,000 | r | 509,000 | r | 528,000 | 529,000 | ||||
| Content of laterite ore | 230,000 | 263,000 | 304,000 | 298,000 | r | 341,000 | |||||
| Content of ferronickel produced | 2,970 | 5,150 | 5,560 | 5,300 | r | 8,100 | |||||
| Content of nickel sulfate | 151 | 109 | 126 | 130 | r | 130 | |||||
| Content, unspecified and/or undifferentiated | 124,000 | 125,000 | 128,000 | r | 148,000 | r | 149,000 | ||||
| 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 parenthetically. North Korea may have an active nickel mine, | |||||||||||
| but information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output. Table includes data available through August 3, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4The Government of Cuba reports plant production on a contained nickel plus cobalt basis. The tonnages shown in this table for Cuba have been adjusted | |||||||||||
| downward to correct for the cobalt. The cobalt content was determined to be 1.16% for granular and powdered oxide, 1.21% for oxide sinter, 7.56% for sulfide | |||||||||||
| precipitate, and 33% for leach ammoniacal precipitate. | |||||||||||
| 5The gross weight of concentrates processed in Finland from domestic ores was, as follows, in metric tons: 2001�27,610; 2002�47,797; 2003�41,289;� | |||||||||||
| 2004�45,914; and 2005�39,854. | |||||||||||
| 6A/S Nikkel Og Olivin halted mining operations in October 2002.� Outokumpu Oyj sold its 70% interest in the Norwegian mining company to Boliden AB on | |||||||||||
| December 30, 2003. | |||||||||||
| 7Nickel content of concentrate produced at Rio Tuba in 2005 by Coral Bay Nickel Corp. | |||||||||||
| 8The Aguablanca operation of Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd. was commissioned in December 2004. | |||||||||||
| 9European Nickel PLC began large scale heap�leaching trials at its Caldag laterite operation in October 2004. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program