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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||||
| NICKEL: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of nickel content) | |||||||||||
| Country | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||
| Australia, content of concentrate | 119,600 | r | 166,500 | r | 205,000 | r | 207,800 | r | 210,000 | ||
| Botswana, content of ore milled | 37,605 | r | 38,420 | r | 26,714 | r | 28,600 | r | 32,740 | ||
| Brazil, content of ore | 41,522 | 45,317 | 47,097 | 45,029 | 45,000 | e | |||||
| Burma, content of ore | 76 | 40 | 40 | e | 30 | e | 30 | e | |||
| Canada, content of concentrate | 186,236 | 190,793 | 194,058 | 189,297 | r | 162,756 | p | ||||
| Chinae | 49,500 | 50,300 | 51,500 | 53,700 | r | 60,000 | |||||
| Colombia, content of laterite ore | 39,274 | 58,927 | 52,962 | 58,196 | 70,844 | ||||||
| Cuba, content of oxide, oxide sinter, oxide powder, sulfide, and ammoniacal liquor3 | 64,308 | r | 68,064 | r | 72,585 | r | 71,342 | r | 74,018 | p | |
| Dominican Republic, content of laterite ore | 39,997 | 39,943 | 39,120 | 38,859 | 45,400 | e | |||||
| Finland, content of concentrate | 70 | 3,347 | 2,200 | 2,500 | 2,700 | ||||||
| Greece, content of laterite ore | 16,050 | 19,535 | 20,830 | 22,670 | 21,410 | ||||||
| Indonesia, content of laterite ore | 89,111 | 98,200 | 102,000 | 123,000 | r | 143,000 | |||||
| Kazakhstan, content of laterite oree, 4 | -- | 30 | 3,200 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Macedonia, content of ferronickel produced | 1,900 | e | -- | 2,970 | r, e | 5,149 | r | 5,555 | p | ||
| Morocco, content of nickel sulfate | -- | 84 | 151 | 109 | 126 | ||||||
| New Caledonia, content of ore | 110,062 | 128,789 | 117,554 | 99,650 | 111,895 | ||||||
| Norway, content of concentrate5 | 2,965 | 2,538 | 2,529 | 1,700 | -- | ||||||
| Philippines, content of ore | 20,689 | 17,388 | 27,359 | 26,532 | 21,150 | ||||||
| Russia, content of oree | 300,000 | 315,000 | 325,000 | 310,000 | 315,000 | ||||||
| South Africa, content of concentrate | 36,202 | 36,616 | 36,443 | 38,546 | 40,842 | ||||||
| Turkey, content of laterite ore | -- | -- | -- | -- | 640 | ||||||
| Ukraine, content of laterite oree | -- | -- | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Venezuela, content of laterite ore | -- | 2,540 | 13,600 | 18,600 | r | 20,700 | |||||
| Zimbabwe, content of concentrate | 11,164 | 8,160 | 10,120 | 8,092 | 9,517 | ||||||
| Grand total | 1,170,000 | r | 1,290,000 | r | 1,350,000 | r | 1,350,000 | r | 1,400,000 | ||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Content of concentrate | 356,000 | 408,000 | r | 450,000 | r | 448,000 | r | 426,000 | |||
| Content of ore and ore milled | 510,000 | r | 545,000 | r | 544,000 | r | 510,000 | r | 526,000 | ||
| Content of laterite ore | 184,000 | 219,000 | 233,000 | 266,000 | r | 307,000 | |||||
| Content of ferronickel produced | 1,900 | -- | 2,970 | r | 5,150 | r | 5,560 | ||||
| Content of nickel sulfate | -- | 84 | 151 | 109 | 126 | ||||||
| Content, unspecified and/or undifferentiated | 114,000 | r | 118,000 | 124,000 | 125,000 | r | 134,000 | ||||
| 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 July 29, 2004. | |||||||||||
| 3The 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. | |||||||||||
| 4Mining operations in Aqtobe Province ship laterite ore north to metallurgical plants in the Russian part of the Ural Mountains. | |||||||||||
| 5A/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. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program