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TABLE 15
TUNGSTEN:WORLD CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, tungsten content)
 
Country3   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Australia 7 2 2 2 2 4
Austria 1,377 1,381 1,335 1,280 r 1,300
Bolivia 399 441 403 r 531 r 868 4
Brazil 24 30 262 458 r, p 460
Burma5 83 93 106 166 r 200
Burundi -- 13 8 r 94 r 100
Canada6 2,295 3,636 -- 484 r 2,561 p
Chinae, 7 55,100 55,500 92,200 r 78,800 r 79,000
Congo (Kinshasa)e 100 120 20 180 500
Korea, Northe 600 600 600 600 600
Mongolia 35 40 e 77 78 80
Portugal 693 715 746 816 r 778 4
Russiae 5,300 5,450 5,500 4,400 4,000
Rwanda 153 78 120 e 120 e 120
Thailande 31 208 180 190 r 180
Uganda 16 1 52 36 r 40
Total   66,200 r 68,300 r 102,000 r 88,200 r 90,800  
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- 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 25, 2007.
3Tungsten concentrates are thought to be produced in Nigeria, Peru, and Turkey and may be produced from tin-tungsten ores in
Kyrgyzstan, but information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of production.
4Reported figure.
5Includes tungsten content of tin-tungsten concentrate produced by state-owned mining enterprises under the Ministry of Mines.
6Tungsten content of concentrates shipped.
7Based upon data published in the Yearbook of Nonferrous Metals Industry of China.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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