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| TABLE 15 | |||||||||||
| ZINC:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION (ZINC CONTENT OF CONCENTRATE AND DIRECT SHIPPING ORE UNLESS NOTED), BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, zinc content of concentrate and direct shipping ore, unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | ||||||
| Algeria� | 8,576 | � | 2,796 | 231 | 4,463 | 5,000 | |||||
| Argentina | 37,325 | � | 29,839 | 27,220 | 30,227 | r | 30,300 | � | |||
| Australia | 1,469,000 | r | 1,479,000 | r | 1,334,000 | r | 1,367,000 | r | 1,380,000 | 3 | |
| Bolivia | 141,558 | � | 144,985 | 145,906 | 158,582 | 175,000 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae� | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Brazil | 136,339 | � | 152,822 | 158,962 | 171,434 | r | 176,000 | ||||
| Bulgariae� | 14,900 | � | 12,000 | � | 15,500 | r | 17,500 | r | 17,300 | ||
| Burma | 138 | 4 | 127 | 4 | 196 | 4 | 78 | r, 4 | 100 | ||
| Canada | 916,220 | r | 788,063 | r | 791,373 | r | 666,654 | r | 710,000 | p | |
| Chile� | 36,161 | � | 33,051 | 27,635 | 28,841 | r, 4 | 31,725 | 3 | |||
| China�� | 1,550,000 | 2,030,000 | 2,390,000 | 2,550,000 | r | 2,600,000 | |||||
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 828 | r | -- | 5,067 | r | 15,000 | r, e | 15,000 | |||
| Ecuadore | -- | r | -- | r | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Finland | 35,000 | 39,000 | 37,000 | 41,000 | 35,700 | 3 | |||||
| Georgiae | 400 | � | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | |||||
| Greece | 33,000 | � | 3,000 | � | -- | � | -- | � | 13,800 | 3 | |
| Honduras | 46,339 | 43,766 | 41,413 | 42,698 | 37,646 | 3 | |||||
| Indiae | 234,300 | 306,400 | 347,100 | r | 477,200 | r | 420,800 | 3 | |||
| Irane | 120,000 | � | 110,000 | 121,000 | 125,000 | 130,000 | |||||
| Ireland | 252,700 | � | 419,000 | � | 438,000 | 429,000 | � | 425,700 | 3 | ||
| Japan | 42,851 | 44,574 | � | 47,781 | 41,452 | 7,169 | 3 | ||||
| Kazakhstan� | 390,000 | 395,000 | � | 360,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | |||||
| Korea, Northe | 60,000 | � | 60,000 | � | 62,000 | 67,000 | 67,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 99 | � | -- | e | 14 | r | 80 | r | 80 | ||
| Macedonia�� | 10,000 | 4,000 | -- | -- | 21,700 | ||||||
| Mexico | 446,104 | 413,991 | 426,360 | r | 476,307 | r | 480,000 | � | |||
| Mongolia | -- | -- | -- | 11,400 | 50,450 | 3 | |||||
| Morocco | 90,487 | 69,200 | 74,600 | 75,000 | � | 73,000 | � | ||||
| Namibia | 42,685 | 60,500 | 5 | 66,028 | �4, 5�� | 68,000 | r, e, 5 | 68,000 | 5 | ||
| Peru | 1,232,997 | r | 1,372,790 | � | 1,209,006 | � | 1,201,671 | 1,201,794 | 3 | ||
| Poland | 152,200 | � | 153,900 | 140,300 | 117,200 | 135,600 | 3 | ||||
| Portugal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,505 | 3 | |||||
| Romania | 21,200 | � | 22,081 | 23,599 | r | 13,784 | r | 9,600 | |||
| Russiae� | 130,000 | 3 | 159,000 | � | 179,000 | 180,000 | 190,000 | ||||
| Saudi Arabiae�� | 3,000 | � | 3,000 | � | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||
| Serbia and Montenegro6 � | 6,900 | � | 2,200 | r, e | 1,300 | r | 900 | r | 1,100 | ||
| South Africa | 64,580 | 41,400 | 32,310 | 32,112 | 34,444 | p | |||||
| Spain | 69,926 | r | 15,100 | r, e | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Sweden | 148,600 | 188,000 | 199,000 | 216,000 | 192,400 | 3 | |||||
| Thailand�� | 33,600 | r | 37,100 | r, e | 43,400 | r | 42,570 | 45,000 | |||
| Tunisia | 35,692 | � | 36,000 | r, e | 29,011 | r | 15,889 | r | -- | ||
| Turkey | 43,000 | � | 40,000 | � | 39,000 | � | 48,000 | 50,000 | |||
| United States | 784,000 | r | 768,000 | � | 739,000 | � | 748,000 | 727,000 | 3 | ||
| Vietname | 42,000 | 45,000 | 40,000 | r | 48,000 | r | 48,000 | ||||
| Total | 8,880,000 | r | 9,520,000 | r | 9,590,000 | r | 9,930,000 | r | 10,000,000 | � | |
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.� �� | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through July 1, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Data are for fiscal year ending March 31 of the following year. | |||||||||||
| 5Does not include ores sent to solvent extraction-electrowinning plant. | |||||||||||
| 6In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. Mineral production data for 2006, however, | |||||||||||
| still reflect the unified country. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program