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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| ZIRCONIUM MINERAL CONCENTRATES: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Australia | 412,000 | 4 | 462,000 | 4 | 441,000 | 4 | 427,000 | r, 4 | 491,000 | 4 | |
| Brazil5 | 20,000 | 27,198 | r, 4 | 25,263 | r, 4 | 25,657 | 4 | 25,700 | p | ||
| China | 35,000 | r | 50,000 | r | 140,000 | r | 160,000 | r | 170,000 | ||
| India | 19,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 250 | 250 | 200 | 200 | 200 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 5,293 | 4 | 3,456 | 4 | 6,886 | 4 | 4,954 | r, 4 | 4,000 | ||
| Russia6 | 6,900 | r | 6,600 | r | 5,500 | r | 6,700 | r | 7,500 | ||
| South Africa7 | 429,000 | r | 404,000 | r | 368,000 | r | 376,000 | r | 398,000 | ||
| Ukraine | 34,300 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Vietnam | 11,000 | 21,000 | r | 39,000 | r | 33,000 | r | 26,000 | |||
| Total8 | 973,000 | r | 1,030,000 | r | 1,080,000 | r | 1,090,000 | r | 1,180,000 | ||
| 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, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Small amounts of zirconium concentrates were procuded 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