Vanadium: Estimated World Production, By Country

TABLE 7�
VANADIUM: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Metric tons of contained vanadium)

Country�	2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
Production from ores, concentrates, slag:³	�
Australia	3,060	⁴	160	⁴	150	⁴	100		100
China⁵	13,200	^�	13,200	^�	16,000	^�	17,000		17,500
Kazakhstan	1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000
Russia�	8,000		5,800		10,900		15,100		15,100
South Africa	25,227	⁴	27,172	⁴	23,302	⁴	22,604	^{r, 4}	22,000
Total	50,500	^�	47,300	^�	51,400	^�	55,800	^r	55,700
Production from petroleum residues, ash spent catalysts⁶, Japan	499		560		560		560		560
Grand total	51,000		47,900		51,900		56,400	^r	56,300
^rRevised.�
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, 2007.
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.
⁶Production in this section is credited to the country where the vanadiferous product is extracted; available information is inadequate to permit��
crediting this output back to the country of origin of the vanadiferous raw material.