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| TABLE 15 | |||||||||||
| TUNGSTEN: WORLD CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, tungsten content) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010e | ||||||
| Australia | 15 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 16 | ||||||
| Austria | 1,153 | 1,117 | 1,122 | 887 | r | 1,000 | |||||
| Bolivia | 868 | 1,107 | 1,148 | 1,023 | 1,204 | 4 | |||||
| Brazil | 525 | 537 | 408 | 208 | r, e | 500 | |||||
| Burma5 | 197 | 183 | 136 | 87 | 90 | ||||||
| Burundi | 238 | 144 | 194 | 150 | r, e | 170 | |||||
| Canada | 1,983 | 2,305 | 2,277 | 1,964 | 420 | 4 | |||||
| Chinae, 6 | 45,000 | 41,000 | 50,000 | 51,000 | 59,000 | ||||||
| Congo (Kinshasa)e, 7 | 500 | 560 | r | 370 | r | 360 | r | 360 | |||
| Korea, Northe, 8 | 930 | 230 | 270 | 100 | 110 | ||||||
| Mongolia | 182 | 245 | 142 | 39 | 20 | ||||||
| Peru9 | 50 | 366 | 456 | 502 | 571 | 4 | |||||
| Portugal | 780 | 846 | 1,238 | r | 1,037 | r | 1,200 | ||||
| Russiae | 2,800 | 3,400 | r | 3,000 | 2,300 | r | 2,800 | ||||
| Rwanda | 1,000 | r | 920 | r | 670 | r | 450 | r | 440 | ||
| Spaine | -- | -- | 150 | 200 | r | 250 | |||||
| Thailande | 303 | 477 | 617 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Uganda | 75 | 86 | 50 | e | 20 | e | 25 | ||||
| United States | -- | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Total | 56,600 | r | 53,500 | r | 62,300 | r | 61,000 | r | 68,800 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 22, 2011. | |||||||||||
| 3Tungsten concentrates are thought to be produced in Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey, and Vietnam, and may be produced from tin-tungsten | |||||||||||
| ores in Kyrgyzstan, but information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of production. Illegal tungsten (wolfram) mining in the- | |||||||||||
| Phuoc Trung Commune of the Bac Ai District, Ninh Thuan Province in Southern Vietnam reportedly was halted by the District- | |||||||||||
| People-s Committee in April 2008. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Includes tungsten content of tin-tungsten concentrate produced by state-owned mining enterprises under the Ministry of Mines. | |||||||||||
| 6Based upon data published in the Yearbook of Nonferrous Metals Industry of China. | |||||||||||
| 7Production estimated based on reported exports from Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu Provinces. | |||||||||||
| 8Production estimated based on Chinese imports. | |||||||||||
| 9Data for 2007-10 based on production reported by Malaga Inc. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
