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| NATURAL IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
| Austria, micaceous iron oxide | 3,590 | 3,400 | 3,400 | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||||||
| Cyprus, umber4 | 3,219 | 3,394 | 4,016 | 3,793 | r | 3,503 | |||||
| France-- | 1,000 | 900 | 900 | 900 | r | 900 | |||||
| Germany | 223,288 | 4 | 204,198 | 4 | 205,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | ||||
| India, ocher4, 5 | 1,218,261 | r | 1,576,265 | r | 1,833,783 | r | 1,580,675 | r | 2,203,708 | ||
| Italy-- | 112 | 118 | 137 | 140 | 150 | ||||||
| Pakistan, ocher4, 6- | 36,078 | 42,107 | 37,769 | 27,507 | r | 51,534 | |||||
| South Africa | 266 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Spain, ocher and red iron oxide | 15,000 | 16,500 | 16,400 | 16,000 | 16,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through February 16, 2017. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, a number of others produce iron oxide pigments, but output was not reported and no basis was | |||||||||||
| available for formulating estimates of output levels. Such countries include Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan,- | |||||||||||
| Lithuania, Paraguay, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Unreported output was probably substantial. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Data are for fiscal year ending March 31 of the following year. | |||||||||||
| 6Data are for fiscal year ending June 30 of the following year. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
