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TABLE 4
PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons)
Country3   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011  
Algeria, pozzolan 570,000 4 490,567 4 328,000 4 236,961 r, 4 300,000
Argentina, pumice 16,200 4 6,500 4 7,020 4 7,582 r, 4 7,000
Burkina Faso 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Cameroon, pozzolan 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Chile, pumice and pozzolan 1,135,771 4 1,063,176 4 919,249 4 824,049 r, 4 850,000
Croatia, volcanic tuff 15,085 4 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Dominica, pumice and volcanic tuff 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Ecuador:
Pozzolan 803,502 r, 4 901,379 r, 4 884,773 r, 4 640,620 r, 4 700,000
Pumice 153,500 4 137,241 r, 4 44,171 r, 4 75,000 r 100,000
El Salvador, pozzolan -- r -- r -- r -- r --
Eritrea, pumice 55 4 60 60 60 60
Ethiopia5 22,000 4 35,000 4 25,000 r, 4 35,000 r, 4 35,000
France, pozzolan and lapilli 250,000 276,000 276,000 276,000 276,000
Greece:
Pozzolan, Santorin earth 1,400,000 1,059,000 4 830,000 900,000 850,000
Pumice 850,000 828,000 4 381,000 380,000 375,000
Guadeloupe, pumice 210,000 210,000 200,000 200,000 210,000
Guatemala, pumice 220,389 4 393,779 4 394,955 4 340,000 r 150,000
Honduras, pozzolan NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Iceland:
Pumice 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Scoria 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Iran 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
Italy:
Pozzolan 4,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
Pumice and pumiceous lapilli 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Jamaica, pozzolan 114,482 4 124,304 4 132,470 4 125,000 125,000
Kosovo, volcanic tuff NA r, 6, 7 39,631 r, 4, 7 51,769 r, 4, 7 52,800 r, 7 52,800 7
Macedonia, volcanic tuff 80,910 4 103,476 4 113,064 4 113,000 113,000
Martinique, pumice 130,000 130,000 130,000 130,000 130,000
New Zealand 354,903 4 174,729 4 159,357 4 118,249 r, 4 120,000
Philippines:
Pumice 1,912 4 2,063 4 2,064 4 2,274 r, 4 2,300
Volcanic tuff 16,490 4 17,570 4 18,830 4 19,166 r, 4 19,500
Saudi Arabia, pozzolan 784,000 4 810,000 800,000 915,000 r, 4 950,000
Serbia, volcanic tuff -- r -- r -- r -- r --
Solvenia, volcanic tuff 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
Spain, including Canary Islands 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Syria, volcanic tuff 810,000 901,000 4 957,639 4 950,000 900,000
Tanzania, pozzolanic materials 184,070 4 260,403 4 171,904 r, 4 45,240 r, 4 45,000
Turkey 3,995,423 4 3,449,773 4 4,322,543 4 4,000,000 4,500,000
Uganda, pozzolanic materials 140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000
United States, pumice, sold and used by producers4 1,270,000   791,000   410,000   390,000   489,000  
Grand total 20,500,000 r 18,300,000 r 17,700,000 r 16,900,000 r 17,400,000
Of which:
Pumice 2,950,000 2,600,000 r 1,670,000 r 1,630,000 r 1,560,000
Pozzolan 8,600,000 r 7,390,000 6,890,000 r 6,600,000 r 6,710,000
Scoria 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Volcanic tuff 962,000 r 1,120,000 r 1,200,000 r 1,190,000 r 1,140,000
Unspecified   7,990,000   7,230,000   7,930,000 r 7,480,000 r 8,010,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 4-Continued
PUMICE AND RELATED MATERIALS: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
rRevised. NA Not available. -- 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 May 5, 2012.
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.
6On February 17, 2008, the Kosovo Assembly declared independence from Serbia. Kosovoʼs data for 2007 are not included in Serbian statistics.
7Converted from reported data, in cubic meters, as follows: 2007-not available; 2008-45,005; 2009-58,788; 2010-60,000 (estimated);-
and 2011-60,000 (estimated).

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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