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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
| NICKEL: WORLD PRODUCTION OF INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of nickel content) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Matte: | |||||||||||
| Australia3 | 25,762 | 38,216 | 32,256 | 44,536 | 39,561 | p | |||||
| Botswana | 23,896 | 27,400 | 22,292 | 28,214 | r | 29,400 | p | ||||
| Brazil4 | 6,274 | 5,950 | 6,708 | 6,005 | r | 5,416 | p | ||||
| Canada5 | 53,135 | r | 49,185 | r | 61,115 | r | 59,722 | r | 60,000 | e | |
| China, exports6 | -- | 4,530 | 20 | 26 | 758 | ||||||
| Indonesia7 | 59,500 | 70,200 | 72,200 | r | 76,400 | 71,700 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 11,217 | 10,857 | 12,164 | r | 12,838 | 13,655 | |||||
| Russia8 | 7,783 | 3,866 | 599 | 700 | r | 1,300 | |||||
| Total | 188,000 | r | 210,000 | r | 207,000 | r | 228,000 | r | 222,000 | ||
| Other, Cuba:9 | |||||||||||
| Sulfide precipitate | 30,858 | 29,620 | r | 30,999 | r | 32,354 | r | 32,400 | e | ||
| Ammoniacal liquor precipitate | 1,746 | 2,116 | r | 2,121 | r | 2,278 | r | 2,300 | e | ||
| Total | 32,604 | 31,736 | r | 33,120 | r | 34,632 | r | 34,700 | e | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through August 3, 2007. Data represent nickel content of matte and other intermediate� | |||||||||||
| materials produced for export. | |||||||||||
| 2World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 3Total matte production on a contained nickel basis, in metric tons, was as follows: 2002�91,574; 2003�107,000;� | |||||||||||
| 2004�108,000 (estimated); 2005�96,000; and 2006�95,000. Figures exclude toll-refined material. | |||||||||||
| 4Represents the output of the Fortaleza smelter. All of the Fortaleza matte is being shipped to Finland for further processing. | |||||||||||
| 5Nickel content of reported exports. Matte from the Falconbridge smelter of Falconbridge Limited typically assays 55%� | |||||||||||
| nickel. Xstrata plc acquired the smelter at Falconbridge on November 1, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 6Chinese exports were estimated to have a nickel content of 63%. Total matte production on a contained nickel basis, in� | |||||||||||
| metric tons, was estimated as follows: 2002�59,200; 2003�69,300; 2004�74,000; 2005�115,000 (revised); and� | |||||||||||
| 2006�95,000. | |||||||||||
| 7Represents the nickel output of the Soroako smelter. The Soroako matte, which also contains cobalt, is being shipped to� | |||||||||||
| Japan for further processing. | |||||||||||
| 8Russian figures reported primarily for exports to China from 2002 to 2004. Sources: International Nickel Study Group;� | |||||||||||
| United Nations Statistics Division. | |||||||||||
| 9Corrected for coproduct cobalt. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program