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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||
| DIATOMITE: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2- | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||
| Algeria3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Argentina | 61 | 3 | 278 | 3 | 209 | r, 3 | 200 | r | 200 | |
| Armenia | (4) | (4) | (4) | r | -- | -- | ||||
| Australia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Brazil, marketable | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Chile | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 31 | r, 3 | 30 | |
| China | 440 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 46 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 34 | r, 3 | 30 | |
| Denmark5 | 460 | r | 410 | r | 470 | r | 440 | r | 440 | |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| France | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |||||
| Italy | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Japan | 100 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 100 | |||||
| Kenya | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of, diatomaceous earth | 5 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 66 | r | 70 | |||
| Mexico | 84 | 3 | 85 | 87 | 3 | 88 | 3 | 80 | ||
| Mozambique | (4) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Peru | 10 | 94 | 3 | 125 | 151 | r, 3 | 150 | |||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Russia | 33 | 3 | 70 | 70 | 72 | r | 70 | |||
| Spain6 | 54 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 54 | r, 3 | 54 | r | 50 | |
| Thailand | 38 | 3 | 9 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Turkey | 45 | 3 | 86 | 3 | 85 | 3 | 62 | r, 3 | 60 | |
| United States3, 7 | 813 | 735 | 782 | 901 | 832 | |||||
| Total | 2,350 | r | 2,550 | r | 2,640 | r | 2,740 | r | 2,670 | |
| 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. | ||||||||||
| Purity and moisture content are generally not reported or estimated. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through August 30, 2016. | ||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | ||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | ||||||||||
| 5Data represent -extracted moler- (reported cubic meters times 2.3). Danish extracted moler figures, in thousand cubic meters, | ||||||||||
| are as follows: 2011-201; 2012-177; 2013-205; 2014-190; and 2015-192 (estimated). Contains about 30% clay. | ||||||||||
| 6Includes tripoli. | ||||||||||
| 7Sold or used by producers. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
