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TABLE 12
NICKEL:WORLD PRODUCTION OF INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons of contained nickel)
 
Country   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005  
Matte:
Australia3 34,978 25,762 38,216 32,256 r 44,536
Botswana 22,454 23,896 27,400 22,292 20,000 e
Brazil4 10,183 6,274 r 5,950 r 6,708 r 6,710 p
Canadae, 5 48,000 50,000 45,000 58,000 r 60,000
China, exportse, 6 -- -- 4,530 20 26
Indonesia7 62,600 59,500 70,200 72,200 r 76,400
New Caledonia 13,061 11,217 10,857 11,857 12,838
Russia8 -- 7,783 3,866 599 600
Total 191,000   184,000   206,000   204,000 r 221,000  
Other, Cuba:9
Sulfide precipitate 29,914 30,858 30,198 r 31,860 r 32,000 e
Ammoniacal liquor precipitate 1,957 r 1,746 1,502 r 1,842 r 1,900 e
Total   31,871 r 32,604   31,700 r 33,702 r 33,900 e
eEstimated.pPreliminary.rRevised.-- Zero.
1Table includes data available through July 22, 2006. 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:2001�96,550; 2002�91,574; 2003�107,000; 2004�
108,000 (estimated); and 2005�96,000. 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.
5Estimated nickel content of reported exports. Matte from the Falconbridge smelter of Falconbridge Limited typically assays 55% nickel.
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: 2001�59,000; 2002�59,200; 2003�69,300; 2004�74,000 (revised); and 2005�75,000.
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.Source: United Nations Statistics Division.
9Corrected for coproduct cobalt.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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