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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| SELENIUM: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Kilograms, contained selenium) | ||||||||||||
| Country3 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011e | |||||||
| Belgiume | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | |||||||
| Canada4 | 144,000 | 156,000 | 173,000 | 97,000 | r, e | 35,000 | p | |||||
| Chilee | 70,000 | 78,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | |||||||
| Finlande | 60,000 | 5 | 64,730 | 5 | 65,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | |||||
| Germanye | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | |||||||
| Indiae, 6 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 16,000 | |||||||
| Japan | 830,400 | r | 785,800 | r | 739,000 | r | 803,600 | r | 630,000 | |||
| Peru | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | r, e | 61,000 | r | 59,000 | r | 59,000 | p | ||
| Philippinese | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | |||||||
| Russiae | 120,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 145,000 | |||||||
| Serbia | 7,500 | e | 16,827 | r | 19,075 | r | 10,592 | r | 10,600 | |||
| Swedene | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| Total | 2,240,000 | r | 2,240,000 | r | 2,240,000 | r | 2,210,000 | r | 1,980,000 | |||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total.- | ||||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data have been rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | ||||||||||||
| 2Insofar as possible, data relate to refinery output only; thus, countries that produced selenium contained in copper ores, copper concentrates, blister- | ||||||||||||
| copper, and (or) refinery residues but did not recover refined selenium from these materials indigenously were excluded to avoid double counting. Table | ||||||||||||
| includes data available through June 7, 2012. | ||||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Australia, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, and Uzbekistan produced refined selenium, but output is not- | ||||||||||||
| reported, and available information is inadequate for formulation of reliable estimates output levels. Australia is known to produce selenium in- | ||||||||||||
| intermediate metallurgical products and has facilities to produce elemental selenium. In addition to having facilities for processing imported anode- | ||||||||||||
| slimes for the recovery of selenium and precious metals, the United States has facilities for processing selenium scrap. | ||||||||||||
| 4Excludes selenium intermediates exported for refining. | ||||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | ||||||||||||
| 6Data are for Indian fiscal year beginning April 1 of year stated. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
