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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||
| SELENIUM: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Kilograms, contained selenium) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | ||||||
| Belgiume | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
| Canada4 | 288,064 | r | 271,073 | r | 107,000 | r | 106,000 | r | 62,000 | p | |
| Chilee | 83,000 | 82,000 | 84,000 | 74,000 | r, e | 75,000 | |||||
| Finland | 49,163 | 61,256 | 62,000 | 62,000 | e | 60,000 | |||||
| Germanye | 661 | r | 1,000 | r | 2,000 | r | 2,500 | r | 2,500 | ||
| Indiae, 5 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 14,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 733,973 | 599,170 | 624,630 | 730,100 | r | 805,600 | 6 | ||||
| Peru | 47,800 | 51,900 | 48,800 | 49,800 | 45,000 | p | |||||
| Philippinese | 45,000 | 48,000 | 68,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | ||||||
| Russiae | 81,000 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||
| Serbiae� | 7,000 | r, 6, 7 | 7,000 | r, 7 | 7,000 | r, 7 | 7,000 | r | 7,000 | ||
| Swedene | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| ��� Total | 1,570,000 | r | 1,440,000 | r | 1,340,000 | r | 1,440,000 | r | 1,470,000 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data have been rounded to 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 May 27, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 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������������������������ | |||||||||||
| of 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 Kingdom has facilities for processing selenium scrap.� | |||||||||||
| 4Excludes selenium intermediates exported for refining. | |||||||||||
| 5Data are for Indian fiscal year beginning April 1 of year stated. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence in June 2006 from each other and dissolved their union. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program