|
Home > Minerals > Pumice and Pumicite >
| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | ||||||
| Algeria, pozzolane | 500,000 | 508,000 | 494,000 | 4 | 433,190 | r, 4 | 450,000 | ||||
| Argentina, pumice | 3,531 | 9,188 | 15,361 | r | 17,665 | r | 17,500 | ||||
| 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 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||||||
| Chile, pumice and pozzolan | 1,242,094 | 1,535,228 | 1,620,099 | 1,423,144 | r | 1,400,000 | |||||
| Costa Ricae | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
| Croatia, volcanic tuff | 31,281 | r | 23,000 | r | 36,970 | r | 29,589 | r | 30,000 | ||
| Dominica, pumice and volcanic ashe | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Ecuador: | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 190,747 | 612,256 | 540,318 | 700,007 | r | 700,000 | |||||
| Pumice | 88,830 | 183,119 | 107,178 | 8,730 | r | 10,000 | |||||
| El Salvador, pozzolan | 294,871 | 222,826 | 230,000 | 230,000 | e | 220,000 | |||||
| Eritrea, pumice | 50 | 439 | 440 | 450 | e | 450 | |||||
| Ethiopia5 | 218,676 | 270,994 | 255,334 | 255,622 | 260,000 | ||||||
| France, pozzolan and lapillie | 400,000 | r | 400,000 | r | 400,000 | r | 272,000 | r | 250,000 | ||
| Greece:e | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 1,383,546 | 4 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | |||||
| Pumice | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | 850,000 | ||||||
| Guadeloupe, pumicee | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | ||||||
| Guatemala, pumice | 273,933 | 226,459 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||||
| Honduras, pozzolan | 116,724 | r | -- | r | 100,000 | r, e | 100,000 | r, e | 100,000 | ||
| Iceland: | |||||||||||
| Pumice | 50,193 | 50,000 | e | 50,000 | e | 105,000 | 100,000 | ||||
| Scoriae | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Iran | 1,228,388 | 1,536,448 | 1,500,000 | 1,400,000 | r, e | 1,500,000 | |||||
| Italy:e | |||||||||||
| Pozzolan | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||
| Pumice and pumiceous lapilli | 25,000 | r | 27,000 | r | 28,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | ||
| 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 | 173,400 | 280,950 | 245,080 | 303,659 | r | 300,000 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia, pozzolane | 162,000 | 320,000 | 372,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | ||||||
| Serbia, volcanic tuffe | 100,000 | 6 | 100,000 | 6 | 100,000 | 6 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||
| Slovenia, volcanic tuffe | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Spain, including Canary Islands | 711,898 | 553,210 | r | 600,000 | r, e | 600,000 | r, e | 600,000 | |||
| Syria, volcanic tuffe | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | ||||||
| Tanzania, pozzolanic materials | 105,910 | 152,679 | 163,499 | 129,295 | r | 130,000 | |||||
| Turkey | 895,616 | 1,035,975 | 1,000,000 | e | 900,000 | e | 700,000 | ||||
| Uganda, pozzolanic materials | 65,587 | 134,644 | 140,000 | e | 140,000 | e | 140,000 | ||||
| United States, pumice, sold and used by producers | 870,000 | 1,490,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,270,000 | 4 | |||||
| Grand total | 15,800,000 | r | 17,700,000 | r | 17,300,000 | r | 17,200,000 | r | 16,700,000 | ||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Pumice | 2,480,000 | 3,150,000 | 2,630,000 | r | 2,860,000 | r | 2,580,000 | ||||
| Pozzolan | 7,420,000 | r | 7,950,000 | r | 8,040,000 | r | 8,130,000 | r | 8,140,000 | ||
| Trass and scoria | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Volcanic tuff | 871,000 | r | 863,000 | r | 877,000 | r | 870,000 | r | 870,000 | ||
| Unspecified | 5,010,000 | r | 5,760,000 | r | 5,770,000 | r | 5,290,000 | r | 5,150,000 | ||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 4�Continued | |||||||||||
| PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 1, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 6Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence in June 2006 from each other and dissolved their union. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program