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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