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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | 2006e | ||||||
| Algeria, pozzolane | 451,000 | 500,000 | 508,000 | 494,000 | 4 | 500,000 | |||||
| Argentina, pumice | 3,070 | 3,531 | 9,188 | 9,969 | r, 4 | 10,000 | |||||
| Austria, trasse | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Burkina Fasoe | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Cameroon, pozzolane | 620,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||||||
| Chile, pumice and pozzolan | 826,407 | 1,242,094 | 1,535,228 | 1,620,099 | 4 | 1,620,000 | |||||
| Costa Ricae | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
| Croatia, volcanic tuffe | 41,000 | 29,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Dominica, pumice and volcanic ashe | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Ecuador: | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 519,090 | 190,747 | 612,256 | r | 540,318 | r, 4 | 540,000 | ||||
| Pumice | 130,459 | r | 88,830 | r | 183,119 | r | 107,178 | r, 4 | 100,000 | ||
| El Salvador, pozzolan | 279,389 | 294,871 | 222,826 | 230,000 | r | 230,000 | |||||
| Eritrea, pumice | 212 | 50 | 439 | 440 | 4 | 450 | |||||
| Ethiopia5 | 210,000 | e | 218,676 | 270,994 | 255,334 | r, 4 | 255,622 | 4 | |||
| France, pozzolan and lapillie | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | ||||||
| Germany, pumice, marketablee | 43,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Greece: | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 1,291,198 | 1,383,546 | 1,400,000 | e | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | |||||
| Pumicee | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | ||||||
| Guadeloupe, pumicee | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | ||||||
| Guatemala, pumice | 377,403 | 273,933 | 226,459 | 88,729 | r, 4 | 90,000 | |||||
| Honduras, pozzolane | 190,000 | 190,000 | 190,000 | 190,000 | 190,000 | ||||||
| Iceland: | |||||||||||
| Pumice | 56,478 | 50,193 | 50,000 | e | 50,000 | 105,000 | |||||
| Scoriae | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Iran | 1,181,543 | 1,228,388 | r | 1,536,448 | r | 1,500,000 | r | 1,600,000 | |||
| Italy:e | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||
| Pumice and pumiceous lapilli | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||||||
| Macedonia, volcanic tuffe | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Martinique, pumicee | 130,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 203,700 | 173,400 | r | 280,950 | r | 245,080 | r, 4 | 250,000 | |||
| Saudi Arabia, pozzolane | 152,000 | r | 162,000 | r | 320,000 | r | 372,000 | r | 400,000 | ||
| Serbia and Montenegro, volcanic tuffe, 6 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Slovenia, volcanic tuffe | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Spain, including Canary Islands | 701,528 | r | 711,898 | r | 896,296 | r | 900,000 | r | 900,000 | ||
| Syria, volcanic tuffe | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | ||||||
| Tanzania, pozzolanic materials | 52,000 | 105,910 | 152,679 | 163,499 | r, 4 | 170,000 | |||||
| Turkey | 820,347 | 895,616 | 1,035,975 | 1,000,000 | 900,000 | ||||||
| Uganda, pozzolanic materials | 12,388 | 65,587 | 134,644 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||||
| United States, pumice, sold and used by producers | 956,000 | 870,000 | 1,491,015 | 1,270,000 | 4 | 1,540,000 | 4, 7 | ||||
| Grand total | 16,300,000 | r | 16,500,000 | r | 18,900,000 | r | 18,400,000 | r | 18,800,000 | ||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Pumice | 2,760,000 | 2,480,000 | r | 3,150,000 | r | 2,710,000 | r | 3,030,000 | 7 | ||
| Pozzolan | 7,570,000 | r | 7,490,000 | r | 8,140,000 | r | 8,130,000 | r | 8,170,000 | ||
| Trass and scoria | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Volcanic tuff | 881,000 | 869,000 | 870,000 | 870,000 | 870,000 | ||||||
| Unspecified | 5,110,000 | r | 5,640,000 | r | 6,720,000 | r | 6,690,000 | r | 6,690,000 | ||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 4�Continued | |||||||||||
| PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through April 24, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Pumice and related materials also are produced in a number of other countries, including China, Japan, Mexico, and the� | |||||||||||
| Commonwealth of Independent States, but available information is inadequate for the formulation of reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Data are for year ending July 7 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 6In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared their independence from each other and disolved their union. Mineral production | |||||||||||
| data for 2006, however, still reflect the unified country. | |||||||||||
| 7Correction posted December 20, 2007. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program