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| TABLE 17 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | ||||||
| Algeria | 10,693 | 8,576 | 2,796 | r | 231 | r | 4,463 | 3 | |||
| Argentina | 39,703 | 37,325 | 29,839 | r | 27,220 | r | 28,000 | ||||
| Australia | 1,519,000 | 1,144,000 | r | 1,447,000 | r | 1,298,000 | r | 1,329,000 | 3 | ||
| Bolivia | 145,306 | 141,558 | 144,985 | 145,906 | r | 158,582 | 3 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Brazil | 111,432 | 136,339 | 152,822 | r | 158,962 | r | 160,000 | ||||
| Bulgariae | 12,100 | 14,900 | 12,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||||
| Burma | 467 | 138 | r, 4 | 127 | r, 4 | 196 | r, 4 | 200 | |||
| Canada | 1,012,048 | 923,930 | r | 757,307 | r | 735,698 | r | 755,000 | |||
| Chile | 32,762 | 36,161 | 33,051 | 27,635 | r | 28,000 | |||||
| China | 1,700,000 | 1,550,000 | 2,030,000 | 2,390,000 | r | 2,450,000 | |||||
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 1,014 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | -- | ||||
| Ecuadore | 100 | 100 | 100 | -- | r | -- | |||||
| Finland | 36,253 | 35,000 | r | 39,000 | r | 37,000 | r | 41,000 | 3 | ||
| Georgiae | 200 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | ||||||
| Greece | 31,700 | 33,000 | 3,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Honduras | 48,485 | 46,339 | 43,766 | r | 41,413 | r | 42,698 | 3 | |||
| Indiae | 146,000 | 234,300 | r | 306,400 | r | 341,000 | 446,000 | 3 | |||
| Irane | 120,000 | 120,000 | 110,000 | r | 121,000 | r | 125,000 | ||||
| Ireland | 225,135 | 252,700 | 419,000 | 438,000 | 429,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 44,519 | 42,851 | 44,574 | 47,781 | r | 41,452 | 3 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 344,300 | 390,000 | 395,000 | 360,000 | 400,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Northe | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 62,000 | r | 67,000 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | 5,129 | 99 | -- | e | -- | -- | |||||
| Macedonia | 6,300 | 10,000 | r | 4,000 | r | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | 428,828 | 446,104 | 413,991 | r | 426,330 | r | 470,000 | ||||
| Morocco | 89,339 | 90,487 | r | 69,200 | r | 74,600 | r | 75,000 | |||
| Namibia | 37,622 | 42,685 | 60,500 | r, 5 | 66,028 | r, 4, | 70,000 | ||||
| Peru | 1,056,629 | 1,221,830 | 1,372,790 | 1,209,006 | 1,201,671 | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 152,700 | 152,200 | 153,900 | r | 140,300 | r | 117,200 | 3 | |||
| Romania | 29,786 | 21,200 | 22,081 | r | 18,604 | r | 25,000 | ||||
| Russiae | 124,000 | 130,000 | 3 | 159,000 | 179,000 | 180,000 | |||||
| Saudi Arabiae | 3,300 | 3 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | |||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 5,988 | 6,900 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| South Africa | 61,560 | r | 64,580 | r | 41,400 | r | 32,310 | r | 32,112 | p | |
| Spain | 164,900 | 69,900 | 15,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Sweden | 156,334 | 148,600 | 188,000 | r | 199,000 | r | 216,000 | 3 | |||
| Thailand | 15,300 | 31,000 | r | 43,400 | r | 29,900 | r | 42,570 | 3 | ||
| Tunisia | 37,900 | e | 35,692 | 38,000 | e | 31,000 | 19,000 | ||||
| Turkey | 37,000 | 43,000 | 40,000 | 39,000 | 48,000 | 3 | |||||
| United States | 842,114 | 780,026 | 767,597 | 738,876 | 748,000 | 3 | |||||
| Vietname | 32,000 | r | 42,000 | r | 45,000 | r | 30,000 | r | 32,000 | ||
| Total | 8,928,246 | r | 8,547,220 | r | 9,468,326 | r | 9,459,196 | r | 9,795,148 | ||
| 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, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Data are for fiscal year ending March 31 of the following year. | |||||||||||
| 5Anglo American plc's Skorpion solvent extraction-electrowinning plant started production in 2003. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program