Bentonite Production by Country (Metric tons)

Product
Alumina
Aluminum, Primary
Ammonia
Antimony
Arsenic Trioxide
Asbestos
Barite
Bauxite
Bentonite
Beryl
Bismuth
Boron Minerals
Bromine
Cadmium
Celestite
Chromite
Cobalt
Copper
Crude Iodine
Diatomite
Feldspar
Ferrochromium
Ferromanganese And Silicomanganese
Fuller's Earth
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Hydraulic Cement
Indium
Industrial Sand And Gravel (Silica)
Iron Ore
Kaolin
Lead
Lithium Minerals And Brine
Magnesite
Magnesium
Marketable Potash
Mercury
Mica
Molybdenum
Monazite Concentrate
Natural Iron Oxide Pigments
Nickel
Niobium And Tantalum
Peat
Perlite
Pig Iron
Platinum-Group Metals
Pumice And Related Materials
Quicklime And Hydrated Lime, Including Dead-Burned Dolomite
Rare Earths
Raw Steel
Rhenium
Salt
Selenium
Silver
Soda Ash
Synthetic Diamond
Tellurium
Tin
Tungsten
Vanadium
Vermiculite
Wollastonite
Zinc
Zirconium Mineral Concentrates
Graph
Production
Unit of Measure
RankCountryWorld Production, By Country (Metric tons)
1United States4,940,000
2Turkey950,000
3Greece950,000
4Italy470,000
5Mexico450,000
6Japan420,000
7Germany350,000
8Ukraine300,000
9Brazil221,100
10Australia220,000
11Czech Republic220,000
12Bulgaria200,000
13Iran, Islamic Republic Of200,000
14Cyprus150,000
15Spain110,000
16Poland85,000
17Morocco80,400
18Slovakia70,000
19Turkmenistan50,000
20Egypt50,000
21South Africa32,878
22Algeria27,110
23Argentina25,000
24Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of25,000
25Guatemala20,034
26Peru18,500
27Romania18,000
28Pakistan16,000
29Bosnia and Herzegovina15,000
30Croatia13,000
31New Zealand7,800
32Nicaragua6,000
33Indonesia5,000
34Hungary4,444
35Georgia1,800
36Myanmar800
37Armenia750
38Bolivia600
39Zimbabwe500
40Serbia and Montenegro75
41Kenya60

 

Year of Estimate: 2006

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

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