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| TABLE 7� | |||||||||||
| VANADIUM:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained vanadium) | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Production from ores, concentrates, slag:3 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 160 | 4 | 150 | 4 | 100 | -- | r | -- | |||
| China5 | 13,200 | 16,000 | 17,000 | 17,500 | 19,000 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Russia� | 5,800 | 10,900 | 15,100 | 15,100 | 14,500 | ||||||
| South Africa | 27,172 | 4 | 23,302 | 4 | 22,601 | r, 4 | 23,780 | r, 4 | 24,000 | ||
| Total | 47,300 | 51,400 | 55,800 | 57,400 | r | 58,500 | � | ||||
| Ash spent catalysts, Japan | 560 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 560 | ||||||
| Grand total | 47,900 | 51,900 | 56,400 | 57,900 | r | 59,100 | � | ||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero.� | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2In addition to the countries listed, vanadium is also recovered from petroleum residues in Germany and several other European countries, but | |||||||||||
| available information is insufficient to make reliable estimates. Table includes data available through June 1, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Production in this section is credited to the country that was the origin of the vanadiferous raw material. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Estimated 40% of vanadium recovered from vanadiferous slag. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program