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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| ZIRCONIUM MINERAL CONCENTRATES: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| ������������������ Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Australia | 462,000 | 4 | 441,000 | 4 | 427,000 | 4 | 492,000 | r, 4 | 605,000 | 4 | |
| Brazil5 | 27,198 | 4 | 25,263 | 4 | 25,657 | 4 | 26,512 | r, 4 | 30,700 | ||
| China | 50,000 | 140,000 | 160,000 | 170,000 | 180,000 | ||||||
| India | 24,800 | r | 25,400 | r | 26,700 | r | 28,000 | r | 29,000 | ||
| Indonesia | 250 | 500 | r | 2,600 | r | 65,000 | r | 111,000 | |||
| Malaysia | 3,456 | 4 | 6,886 | 4 | 4,954 | 4 | 1,690 | r, 4 | 2,000 | ||
| Russia6 | 6,600 | 5,500 | 6,700 | 7,500 | 7,136 | 4 | |||||
| South Africa7 | 404,000 | 368,000 | 376,000 | 398,000 | 400,000 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Vietnam | 23,000 | r | 39,400 | r | 32,500 | r | 26,100 | r | 25,000 | ||
| Total8 | 1,040,000 | r | 1,090,000 | r | 1,100,000 | r | 1,250,000 | r | 1,420,000 | ||
| pPreliminary.� rRevised.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total.� | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through May 9, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Small amounts of zirconium concentrates were produced in various countries; however, information is not sufficent to estimate output.�� | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Includes production of baddeleyite-caldasite. | |||||||||||
| 6Production of baddeleyite concentrate averaging 98% ZrO2. | |||||||||||
| 7Includes production of byproduct zircon from titanium sands mining from Palabora Mining Co. Ltd.�� | |||||||||||
| 8Does not include U.S. data, which are withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program