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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||||
| NICKEL: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of nickel content) | ||||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | |||||||
| Australia, content of concentrate | 188,000 | r | 191,000 | r | 187,000 | r | 189,000 | 185,000 | ||||
| Botswana, content of ore milled | 28,600 | 38,230 | r | 35,163 | r | 39,305 | r | 38,000 | ||||
| Brazil, content of ore | 45,456 | r | 44,928 | r | 51,886 | r | 74,198 | r | 82,492 | p | ||
| Burma, content of oree | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Canada, content of concentrate | 189,297 | 163,244 | 186,694 | 199,932 | r | 233,461 | 3 | |||||
| Chinae | 53,700 | 61,000 | 75,600 | 72,700 | r | 82,100 | ||||||
| Colombia, content of laterite ore | 58,196 | 70,844 | 75,032 | 89,031 | 94,105 | 3 | ||||||
| Cuba, content of oxide, oxide sinter, oxide powder,� | ||||||||||||
| � sulfide, ammoniacal liquor4 | 71,342 | r | 74,018 | r | 71,945 | r | 73,753 | r | 75,000 | |||
| Dominican Republic, content of laterite ore | 38,859 | 45,253 | 46,000 | 53,124 | r | 46,526 | 3 | |||||
| Finland, content of concentrate5 | 3,120 | 3,640 | 3,700 | 3,386 | r | 2,985 | 3 | |||||
| Greece, content of laterite ore | 22,670 | 21,410 | 21,700 | 23,210 | 21,670 | 3 | ||||||
| Indonesia, content of laterite ore | 143,000 | r | 144,000 | r | 136,000 | r | 135,000 | r | 140,000 | |||
| Kazakhstan, content of laterite ore | -- | -- | -- | 193 | 200 | |||||||
| Macedonia, content of ferronickel produced | 5,149 | 5,555 | 5,300 | 8,100 | 10,900 | |||||||
| Morocco, content of nickel sulfate | 109 | 126 | 130 | 199 | r, e | 80 | 3 | |||||
| New Caledonia, content of ore | 99,841 | 112,013 | 119,199 | r | 111,939 | r | 102,986 | 3 | ||||
| Norway, content of concentrate6 | 2,052 | 169 | 181 | 342 | r | 362 | 3 | |||||
| Philippines: | ||||||||||||
| Content of ore | 24,148 | r | 19,537 | 16,973 | 22,555 | 50,637 | 3 | |||||
| Content of concentrate7 | -- | -- | -- | 4,081 | 8,242 | 3 | ||||||
| Russia, content of oree | 310,000 | 300,000 | 315,000 | 315,000 | 320,000 | |||||||
| South Africa, content of concentrate | 38,546 | 40,842 | 39,851 | r | 42,392 | r | 41,599 | p, 3 | ||||
| Spain, content of concentrate | -- | -- | (8) | 5,398 | 6,400 | |||||||
| Turkey, content of laterite ore9 | -- | 640 | 40 | e | 400 | r, e | 1,350 | |||||
| Ukraine, content of laterite oree | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | r | 12,000 | ||||||
| Venezuela, content of laterite ore | 18,600 | 20,700 | 20,468 | 20,000 | e | 20,000 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe, content of concentrate | 8,092 | 9,517 | 9,776 | r | 8,556 | r | 8,825 | 3 | ||||
| Grand total | 1,350,000 | 1,370,000 | 1,420,000 | r | 1,500,000 | r | 1,580,000 | |||||
| Of which: | ||||||||||||
| Content of concentrate | 429,000 | r | 408,000 | r | 427,000 | r | 453,000 | r | 487,000 | |||
| Content of ore and ore milled | 508,000 | r | 515,000 | r | 538,000 | r | 563,000 | r | 594,000 | |||
| Content of laterite ore | 283,000 | r | 305,000 | r | 301,000 | r | 327,000 | r | 336,000 | |||
| Content of ferronickel produced | 5,150 | 5,560 | 5,300 | 8,100 | 10,900 | |||||||
| Content of nickel sulfate | 109 | 126 | 130 | 199 | r | 80 | ||||||
| Content, unspecified and/or undifferentiated | 125,000 | 135,000 | r | 148,000 | 146,000 | r | 157,000 | |||||
| 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, 2007. | ||||||||||||
| 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: 2002�47,797,� | ||||||||||||
| 2003�41,289; 2004�45,914; 2005�39,854; and 2006�40,000 (estimated). | ||||||||||||
| 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 and 2006 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. In 2006, the� | ||||||||||||
| company began shipping laterite ore to the ferronickel smelter of GMM SA Larco in Greece. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program