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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| Albania, electric furnace, ferrochromium | 7,556 | 23,233 | 28,694 | 24,018 | r | 24,692 | 3 | ||||
| Argentina, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 11,300 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 6,644 | 3 | 10,900 | 3 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||
| Total | 17,900 | 21,900 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | ||||||
| Armenia, electric furnace, ferromolybdenum | 5,144 | 5,126 | 5,525 | 5,836 | r | 6,619 | 3 | ||||
| Australia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 87,000 | 138,000 | r | 146,000 | 102,000 | 230,000 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 74,000 | 131,000 | 130,000 | 96,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
| Total | 161,000 | r | 269,000 | r | 276,000 | r | 198,000 | r | 430,000 | ||
| Austria, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferronickel, including ferronickel molybdenume | 1,750 | 1,500 | 1,750 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Other | 586,250 | 635,500 | 648,250 | 648,000 | r | 648,000 | |||||
| Totale | 588,000 | 637,000 | 650,000 | 650,000 | r | 650,000 | |||||
| Bahrain, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 5,700 | 5,600 | 35,300 | 35,000 | r | 35,000 | |||||
| Ferrosilicon | 6,500 | 3,700 | 3,000 | 3,000 | e | 3,000 | |||||
| Total | 12,200 | 9,300 | 38,300 | 38,000 | r, e | 38,000 | |||||
| Bhutan, electric furnace, ferrosilicon, exports | 90,798 | 97,528 | 79,804 | r | 82,091 | r | 82,978 | 3 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, electric furnace, ferrosilicon, net exportse | 470 | 870 | 1,800 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Brazil, electric furnace:5 | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium6 | 131,048 | 277,114 | 145,122 | 165,532 | r | 164,500 | 3 | ||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 11,506 | r | 16,020 | r | 8,378 | r | 9,556 | r | 10,200 | 3 | |
| Ferromanganese4 | 154,000 | r | 305,808 | r | 295,923 | r | 334,926 | r | 330,100 | 3 | |
| Ferronickel | 37,708 | 33,860 | 67,000 | 135,400 | 149,000 | 3 | |||||
| Ferroniobium (ferrocolumbium) | 34,746 | r | 52,588 | r | 81,350 | 76,609 | r | 70,538 | 3 | ||
| Ferrosilicone | 145,000 | 145,000 | 145,000 | 145,000 | 147,000 | ||||||
| Ferrotitanium | 482 | 806 | 59 | 105 | 105 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 178,600 | r | 179,000 | r | 179,000 | r | 179,000 | r | 179,000 | ||
| Other | 25,865 | r | 32,897 | r | 34,462 | r | 33,449 | r | 33,500 | ||
| Totale | 719,000 | r | 1,040,000 | r | 956,000 | r | 1,080,000 | r | 1,080,000 | ||
| Bulgaria, electric furnace, ferrosilicon | 3,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Burma, electric furnace, ferronickel | -- | -- | -- | -- | 27,000 | 3 | |||||
| Canada, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferroniobium (ferrocolumbium) | 6,561 | r | 6,695 | r | 7,018 | r | 7,132 | r | 7,974 | 3 | |
| Ferrosilicon | 25,820 | 36,786 | 31,039 | 31,979 | 38,817 | 3 | |||||
| Ferrovanadiume | 900 | 900 | 900 | 800 | 800 | ||||||
| Totale | 33,300 | r | 44,400 | r | 39,000 | r | 39,900 | r | 47,600 | ||
| Chile, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromiume | 11 | 184 | 35 | 67 | 70 | ||||||
| Ferromolybdenum | 10,820 | 12,485 | 17,177 | 15,451 | r | 15,500 | |||||
| Totale | 10,800 | 12,700 | 17,200 | 15,500 | 15,600 | ||||||
| China:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 350,000 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 300,000 | r | 300,000 | |||||
| Other | 30,000 | 30,000 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 1,810,000 | 2,400,000 | 2,700,000 | 3,040,000 | r | 3,200,000 | |||||
| Ferromanganese | 2,070,000 | 2,300,000 | 2,600,000 | 3,020,000 | r | 3,300,000 | |||||
| Ferromolybdenum | 90,000 | 90,000 | 53,000 | 180,000 | r | 200,000 | |||||
| Ferronickel and high‐nickel pig iron7 | 600,000 | 900,000 | 1,280,000 | 1,400,000 | 2,510,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 5,100,000 | 5,300,000 | 5,400,000 | 5,760,000 | r | 6,000,000 | |||||
| Ferrotitanium | 300 | 5,600 | 5,000 | -- | r | -- | |||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 7-Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| China:e-Continued | |||||||||||
| Electric furnace:-Continued | |||||||||||
| Silicomanganese | 5,430,000 | 5,840,000 | 6,700,000 | 7,400,000 | r | 7,700,000 | |||||
| Other | 6,620,000 | 7,600,000 | 8,000,000 | 9,200,000 | r | 13,900,000 | |||||
| Total, blast and electric furnaces | 22,100,000 | r | 24,800,000 | r | 27,100,000 | r | 30,300,000 | r | 37,100,000 | ||
| Colombia, electric furnace, ferronickel | 153,628 | 145,239 | 103,371 | 127,509 | 139,000 | 3 | |||||
| Dominican Republic, electric furnace, ferronickel | -- | -- | 34,610 | 38,852 | r | 45,001 | 3 | ||||
| Egypt, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 26,300 | 3 | 20,000 | 3 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||
| Ferrosilicon | 78,000 | 78,000 | 78,000 | 78,000 | 78,000 | ||||||
| Total | 104,000 | 98,000 | 108,000 | 108,000 | 108,000 | ||||||
| Finland, electric furnace, ferrochromium | 123,310 | 283,000 | r | 231,000 | r | 288,000 | r | 434,000 | 3 | ||
| France, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 46,000 | 138,100 | 130,500 | 101,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 22,400 | r | 32,000 | r | 71,500 | r | 63,300 | r | 49,600 | ||
| Silicomanganese4 | 54,100 | 62,400 | 63,400 | 63,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Other | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Total | 137,000 | r | 154,000 | r | 195,000 | r | 186,000 | r | 170,000 | ||
| Georgia, electric furnace:4 | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 1,838 | 8 | 824 | 8 | 195 | r, 8 | -- | -- | |||
| Silicomanganese | 112,016 | 203,464 | 242,746 | 257,421 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Total | 113,854 | 204,288 | 242,941 | r | 257,421 | 250,000 | |||||
| Germany, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromiume | 13,667 | 3 | 18,300 | r | 18,500 | r | 17,800 | r | 17,500 | ||
| Other | 6,336 | 9,200 | 9,985 | r | 8,248 | r | 8,500 | ||||
| Totale | 20,003 | r, 3 | 27,500 | r | 28,500 | r | 26,000 | r | 26,000 | ||
| Greece, electric furnace, ferronickel | 42,423 | 69,596 | 93,905 | 96,435 | 87,100 | ||||||
| Iceland, electric furnace, ferrosilicon | 112,993 | 114,231 | 120,076 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||
| India, electric furnace:e, 9 | |||||||||||
| Ferroaluminum | 7,017 | 3 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,100 | 7,100 | |||||
| Ferroboron | 90 | 3 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 96 | |||||
| Ferrochromium10 | 873,385 | 3 | 850,000 | 890,916 | r, 3 | 1,001,582 | r, 3 | 902,840 | 3 | ||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 10,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 399,100 | 3 | 413,000 | 420,000 | 402,017 | r, 3 | 446,733 | 3 | |||
| Ferromolybdenum | 2,822 | 3 | 3,000 | 3,200 | 3,100 | 3,200 | |||||
| Ferronickel magnesium | 208 | r, 3 | 227 | r | 253 | r | 270 | r | 473 | 3 | |
| Ferrosilicomagnesium | 17,342 | 3 | 17,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 | |||||
| Ferrosilicon | 101,337 | 3 | 115,164 | r, 3 | 127,092 | r, 3 | 130,000 | r | 132,000 | ||
| Ferrosilicozirconium | 120 | 3 | 150 | 170 | 180 | 190 | |||||
| Ferrotitanium | 2,379 | 3 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,500 | |||||
| Ferrotungsten | 150 | 3 | 150 | r, 3 | 225 | r, 3 | 230 | r | 230 | ||
| Ferrovanadium | 1,769 | 3 | 1,800 | 1,850 | 1,900 | 1,950 | |||||
| Silicomanganese3, 4 | 875,500 | 1,170,000 | 1,433,600 | 1,522,600 | 1,418,844 | ||||||
| Total | 2,290,000 | r | 2,590,000 | r | 2,920,000 | r | 3,100,000 | r | 2,950,000 | ||
| Indonesia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | ||||||
| Ferronickel | 62,700 | 93,300 | 98,200 | 91,600 | r | 91,000 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 7,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Total | 81,700 | 113,000 | 118,000 | 114,000 | 113,000 | ||||||
| Italy, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 5,500 | 17,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | e | 18,000 | |||||
| Ferrosilicone | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 17,000 | 22,900 | 24,600 | 42,000 | e | 42,000 | |||||
| Other, excluding calcium-silicone | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Totale | 42,500 | r | 59,900 | r | 62,600 | r | 80,000 | r | 80,000 | ||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 7-Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| Japan, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 7,698 | 16,208 | 17,217 | 19,392 | r | 20,000 | |||||
| Ferromanganese | 361,375 | 453,265 | 456,798 | 436,171 | 440,000 | ||||||
| Ferromolybdenum | 3,598 | 4,615 | 5,167 | 4,616 | r | 4,500 | |||||
| Ferronickel | 284,884 | 348,420 | 279,944 | 371,913 | 402,768 | 3 | |||||
| Ferrovanadium | 2,560 | 4,190 | 3,980 | 4,403 | r | 4,500 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 49,205 | 49,865 | 49,798 | 52,287 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Other | 12,957 | 16,374 | 20,913 | 19,364 | r | 20,000 | |||||
| Total | 722,277 | 892,937 | 833,817 | 908,146 | r | 942,000 | |||||
| Kazakhstan, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 1,173,286 | 1,311,302 | 1,289,917 | 1,305,566 | 1,300,000 | ||||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 60,829 | 159,765 | 143,296 | 164,854 | 165,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 33,100 | 4,813 | 1,683 | 494 | r | 472 | 3 | ||||
| Silicomanganese | 200,374 | 224,627 | 232,039 | 251,445 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Other | 1,205 | 1,283 | 1,754 | 1,845 | 1,900 | ||||||
| Total | 1,468,794 | 1,701,790 | r | 1,668,689 | r | 1,724,204 | r | 1,720,000 | |||
| Korea, Republic of, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 216,400 | 286,259 | 355,047 | 364,800 | 365,000 | ||||||
| Ferronickel | 56,911 | 54,022 | r | 50,069 | 54,933 | r | 74,007 | 3 | |||
| Silicomanganese | 151,100 | 120,779 | 195,650 | 184,700 | 185,000 | ||||||
| Total | 424,411 | 461,060 | r | 600,766 | 604,433 | r | 624,000 | ||||
| Kosovo, ferronickel | 27,700 | r | 30,400 | r | 27,948 | r | 16,044 | r | 27,512 | 3 | |
| Macedonia, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferronickel | 52,200 | 62,700 | 75,200 | 83,700 | 87,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 7,657 | 30,044 | 56,167 | 42,402 | 72,279 | 3 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | -- | 36,705 | 50,756 | 14,179 | -- | ||||||
| Total | 59,857 | 129,449 | 182,123 | 140,281 | 159,000 | ||||||
| Mexico, electric furnace:4 | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 42,492 | 81,019 | 73,684 | 61,939 | 62,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese | 85,065 | 134,470 | 139,044 | 161,336 | 160,000 | ||||||
| Total | 127,557 | 215,489 | 212,728 | 223,275 | 222,000 | ||||||
| New Caledonia, electric furnace, ferronickel | 156,553 | r | 165,506 | r | 169,513 | r | 184,125 | r | 175,451 | 3 | |
| Norway, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 196,700 | 297,300 | 337,900 | 325,900 | 320,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicone | 233,974 | 3 | 225,000 | 170,102 | 3 | 250,000 | r | 285,000 | |||
| Silicomanganese4 | 231,300 | 248,700 | 266,000 | 271,400 | 270,000 | ||||||
| Totale | 662,000 | r | 771,000 | r | 774,000 | r | 847,000 | r | 875,000 | ||
| Peru, electric furnace, ferrosilicone | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Poland: | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace, ferromanganesee | 1,700 | 4 | 800 | 4 | 800 | 800 | 760 | ||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 9,685 | 53,206 | 72,668 | 78,115 | r | 75,500 | |||||
| Silicomanganese4 | -- | 100 | 400 | r | 200 | r | 190 | ||||
| Other | 4,200 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 280 | ||||||
| Total, blast and electric furnaces | 15,585 | r | 54,306 | r | 74,200 | r, e | 79,400 | r, e | 76,700 | ||
| Romania, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 15,000 | 14,000 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Silicomanganesee, 4 | -- | 20,000 | 31,000 | 17,000 | r | -- | |||||
| Totale | 15,000 | 34,000 | 31,000 | 17,000 | r | -- | |||||
| Russia:e | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 88,000 | 3 | 171,600 | 3 | 146,000 | 165,000 | 160,000 | ||||
| Ferrophosphorus | 3,000 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | ||||||
| Spiegeleisen | 6,500 | 5,500 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 378,000 | 3 | 414,288 | 3 | 501,700 | 3 | 477,600 | r, 3 | 480,000 | ||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 7-Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| Russia:e-Continued | |||||||||||
| Electric furnace:-Continued | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 3,500 | 4,200 | 4,200 | 4,100 | r | 4,100 | |||||
| Ferronickel: | |||||||||||
| High-nickel | 17,489 | r, 3 | 19,763 | 3 | 19,881 | 3 | 11,529 | 3 | -- | ||
| Other11 | 14,040 | 3 | 14,600 | 14,700 | 8,520 | -- | |||||
| Ferroniobium (ferrocolumbium) | 300 | r, 3 | 330 | r, 3 | 462 | r, 3 | 462 | r | 462 | ||
| Ferrosilicon | 745,000 | 916,000 | 1,030,000 | 1,042,000 | r, 3 | 1,050,000 | |||||
| Ferrotitanium | NA | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 8,029 | 3 | 13,057 | 3 | 13,500 | 12,500 | r | 12,500 | |||
| Silicomanganese | 98,700 | 3 | 147,900 | 3 | 150,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | ||||
| Other | 20,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
| Total, blast and electric furnaces | 1,380,000 | r | 1,730,000 | r | 1,910,000 | r | 1,910,000 | r | 1,900,000 | ||
| Saudi Arabia, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 37,500 | 26,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 60,000 | 61,300 | 96,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
| Other | 80,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
| Total | 178,000 | 177,000 | 212,000 | 196,000 | 185,000 | ||||||
| Slovakia, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 21,000 | 35,449 | 18,180 | 12,862 | 13,000 | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 8,622 | 37,034 | 38,771 | 32,726 | r | 33,500 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 32,000 | 34,960 | 25,023 | 50,089 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Total | 61,622 | 107,443 | 81,974 | 95,677 | r | 96,500 | |||||
| South Africa, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium12 | 2,346,132 | 3,607,132 | 3,425,911 | 3,063,257 | r | 3,219,000 | 3 | ||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 275,000 | r | 473,000 | 714,000 | 706,000 | r, e | 697,000 | ||||
| Ferronickel, high-nickel | 1,067 | 1,040 | 933 | r | 950 | r, e | 820 | ||||
| Ferrosilicon | 110,400 | 127,700 | r | 126,200 | r | 83,000 | r | 78,100 | 3 | ||
| Ferrovanadiume | 14,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 18,000 | r | 18,000 | |||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 135,100 | 274,400 | 313,600 | 148,800 | 134,000 | ||||||
| Totale | 2,880,000 | r | 4,500,000 | r | 4,600,000 | r | 4,020,000 | r | 4,150,000 | ||
| Spain, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 23,400 | 102,200 | 92,100 | 80,200 | e | 80,500 | |||||
| Ferrosilicone | 53,300 | r | 76,300 | r | 69,700 | r | 68,600 | r | 80,500 | ||
| Silicomanganese4 | 64,100 | 134,200 | 142,300 | 148,100 | 148,500 | 3 | |||||
| Other | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Total | 141,000 | r | 313,000 | r | 304,000 | r | 297,000 | r | 310,000 | ||
| Sweden, electric furnace, ferrochromiume | 31,345 | 3 | 32,000 | r | 32,000 | r | 32,000 | r | 32,000 | ||
| Turkey, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 41,028 | 3 | 50,000 | r | 40,000 | r | 40,000 | r | 35,000 | ||
| Ferrosilicon | 2,903 | r, 3 | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | r | 4,000 | ||
| Total | 43,931 | r, 3 | 53,000 | r | 43,000 | r | 43,000 | r | 39,000 | ||
| Ukraine, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 129,400 | 280,100 | 180,500 | 157,100 | r | 160,000 | |||||
| Ferronickel | 76,487 | r | 102,940 | 89,903 | 119,652 | 121,586 | 3 | ||||
| Ferrosilicon | 150,300 | 195,500 | 150,900 | 119,400 | 147,700 | 3 | |||||
| Silicomanganese | 741,900 | 940,400 | 843,500 | 734,200 | r | 735,000 | |||||
| Othere | 23,900 | 28,500 | 28,500 | r | 35,000 | r | 35,000 | ||||
| Totale | 1,120,000 | r | 1,550,000 | 1,290,000 | 1,170,000 | r | 1,200,000 | ||||
| United States, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium12 | W | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 193,774 | 245,987 | W | r | W | r | W | ||||
| Other | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Total13 | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | r | W | ||
| Venezuela, electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 15,800 | 5,300 | 12,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Ferronickele | 40,113 | 3 | 45,200 | 51,800 | 31,300 | r | -- | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 7-Continued | |||||||||||
| FERROALLOYS: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY, FURNACE TYPE, AND ALLOY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country, furnace type, and alloy type2 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| Venezuela, electric furnace:-Continued | |||||||||||
| Ferrosilicon | 63,600 | r | 91,000 | r | 84,700 | r | 72,300 | r | 74,300 | ||
| Silicomanganese4 | 45,800 | 16,500 | 24,000 | 14,200 | r | 14,200 | |||||
| Total | 165,313 | r | 158,000 | r | 173,000 | r | 127,000 | r | 98,000 | ||
| Zimbabwe, electric furnace:e | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 72,223 | 3 | 146,000 | 140,000 | 137,534 | 3 | 100,000 | ||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 603 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Total | 72,826 | 3 | 146,000 | 140,000 | 137,534 | 3 | 100,000 | ||||
| Grand total | 37,000,000 | r | 44,400,000 | r | 47,000,000 | r | 49,900,000 | r | 57,100,000 | ||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Blast furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese4 | 440,000 | 522,000 | 497,000 | 466,000 | r | 461,000 | |||||
| Spiegeleisen | 6,500 | 5,500 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Other | 33,000 | 33,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | ||||||
| Electric furnace: | |||||||||||
| Ferrochromium | 7,020,000 | 9,440,000 | r | 9,460,000 | r | 9,610,000 | r | 9,930,000 | |||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 86,400 | r | 190,000 | r | 167,000 | r | 190,000 | r | 190,000 | ||
| Ferromanganese4 | 4,130,000 | r | 5,390,000 | r | 5,950,000 | r | 6,240,000 | r | 6,670,000 | ||
| Ferromolybdenum | 112,000 | 115,000 | 84,100 | 209,000 | r | 230,000 | |||||
| Ferronickel | 1,630,000 | r | 2,090,000 | r | 2,460,000 | r | 2,770,000 | r | 3,940,000 | ||
| Ferroniobium (ferrocolumbium) | 41,600 | r | 59,600 | r | 88,800 | r | 84,200 | r | 790,000 | ||
| Ferrosilicon | 7,320,000 | r | 7,950,000 | r | 7,880,000 | r | 8,220,000 | r | 8,570,000 | ||
| Ferrovanadiume | 27,300 | 38,900 | 39,200 | 37,600 | r | 37,800 | |||||
| Silicomanganese4 | 8,650,000 | r | 10,100,000 | r | 11,400,000 | 11,900,000 | r | 12,100,000 | |||
| Other14 | 7,480,000 | r | 8,540,000 | r | 8,960,000 | r | 10,200,000 | r | 14,800,000 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. NA not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in -Total- and -Grand total.- -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Grand totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. Includes data available- | |||||||||||
| through June 11, 2015. | |||||||||||
| 2To the extent possible, ferroalloy production of each country shown has been separated according to the furnace from which production is obtained;- | |||||||||||
| production derived from metallothermic operation is included with electric furnace production. Ferroalloys may be produced in other countries, but- | |||||||||||
| production information is inadequate for the formulation of estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported by the International Manganese Institute. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported by Brazil-s Departamento Nacional de Produ--o Mineral in its Sum-rio Mineral 2009-2013. | |||||||||||
| 6Includes high- and low-carbon ferrochromium. | |||||||||||
| 7Ferronickel figures were derived from data published by Beijing Antaike Information Development Co., Ltd. Nickeliferous pig iron produced from- | |||||||||||
| laterite ores imported from Indonesia, New Caledonia, and the Philippines. | |||||||||||
| 8Net exports. | |||||||||||
| 9Reported on a fiscal year basis, which is from April 1 to March 31.- | |||||||||||
| 10Includes ferrochromium and charge ferrochromium. | |||||||||||
| 11Includes ferronickel, ferrochromium, and nickel-resistant cast iron. | |||||||||||
| 12Includes high- and low-carbon ferrochromium and ferrochromium silicon. | |||||||||||
| 13Includes ferrochromium (before 2010), ferromanganese (including silicomanganese), ferromolybdenum, ferroniobium (ferrocolumbium), ferrosilicon- | |||||||||||
| (2011‒2013), ferrotitanium, and ferrovanadium; data for ferrochromium (before 2010) and ferrosilicon (2011‒2013) are excluded from -Grand total.- | |||||||||||
| 14May include ferroboron, ferrophosphorus, ferrotitanium, nickel columbium, silvery pig iron, and spiegeleisen. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
