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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||
| TITANIUM: WORLD PRODUCTION OF MINERAL CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Concentrate type and country� | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Ilmenite and leucoxene:3, 4 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 1,956,000 | � | 2,063,000 | 1,965,000 | r | 2,080,000 | r | 2,367,000 | |||
| Brazil5 | 177,027 | � | 120,160 | 133,000 | 127,142 | r | 130,000 | p | |||
| Chinae | 750,000 | � | 800,000 | 840,000 | 900,000 | 1,000,000 | |||||
| Egypte | 125,000 | 125,000 | � | 125,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | |||||
| Indiae | 460,000 | 500,000 | 520,000 | 550,000 | 580,000 | ||||||
| Kazakhstane | -- | r | 9,300 | r | 11,670 | r | 10,000 | r | 25,000 | ||
| Malaysia | 106,046 | � | 95,148 | 61,471 | 38,196 | r | 35,000 | e | |||
| Norwaye | 750,000 | 840,000 | � | 860,000 | 860,000 | 850,000 | |||||
| Sierra Leone | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13,819 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 512,400 | � | 420,500 | � | 370,000 | e | 375,000 | r, e | 470,000 | ||
| United Statese, 6 | 400,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | � | 500,000 | |||||
| Vietname, 7 | 170,000 | r | 310,000 | r | 550,000 | r | 520,000 | r | 600,000 | ||
| Total8 | 5,400,000 | r | 5,780,000 | r | 5,940,000 | r | 6,090,000 | r | 6,700,000 | � | |
| Rutile:4 | |||||||||||
| Australia� | 218,000 | � | 173,000 | � | 162,000 | 177,000 | 233,000 | ||||
| Brazil5 | 1,878 | � | 2,303 | r | 2,117 | r | 2,069 | r | 2,100 | p | |
| Indiae | 18,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | ||||||
| Sierra Leone | -- | -- | -- | -- | 73,802 | ||||||
| South Africae | 138,000 | � | 108,000 | 110,000 | 115,000 | r | 123,000 | ||||
| Ukrainee | 70,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| United States | (9) | (9) | (9) | (9) | (9) | ||||||
| Total | 446,000 | � | 361,000 | 353,000 | r | 373,000 | r | 511,000 | |||
| Titaniferous slag:e, 10 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 900,000 | 873,000 | � | 863,000 | 860,000 | 930,000 | |||||
| South Africa | 973,000 | 1,010,000 | 1,020,000 | 1,020,000 | 1,230,000 | ||||||
| Total | 1,870,000 | 1,880,000 | 1,880,000 | 1,880,000 | 2,160,000 | ||||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through July 10, 2007.� | |||||||||||
| 3Ilmenite is also produced in Canada and South Africa, but this output is not included here because most of it is duplicative� | |||||||||||
| of output reported under "Titaniferous slag," and the rest is used for purposes other than production of titanium commodities,��� | |||||||||||
| principally steel furnace flux and heavy aggregate.� | |||||||||||
| 4Small amounts of titanium minerals were reportedly produced in various countries; information, however, is inadequate to | |||||||||||
| make reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 5Excludes production of unbeneficiated anatase ore. | |||||||||||
| 6Includes rutile to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. Rounded to one significant digit. | |||||||||||
| 7Estimate based on import statistics from trading partners (primarily China and Japan). | |||||||||||
| 8Includes U.S. production, rounded to one significant digit, of ilmenite, leucoxene, and rutile to avoid disclosing company | |||||||||||
| proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 9Included with ilmenite to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 10Slag is also produced in Norway, Kazakhstan, and Russia, but this output is not included under "Titaniferous slag" to avoid� | |||||||||||
| duplicative reporting. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program