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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| PERLITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
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| Country3 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013e | ||||||
| Armenia | 35,000 | e | 95 | r | 229 | r | 181 | r | 53 | 4 | |
| Australia5 | 6,500 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | r | 7,000 | |||||
| Georgia | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | ||
| Greece5 | 862,935 | 760,000 | e | 842,870 | r | 680,000 | r | 600,000 | 4 | ||
| Hungary5 | 83,000 | r | 71,000 | 70,899 | r | 72,364 | r | 64,000 | |||
| Iran | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | ||
| Italy | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 220,000 | 210,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 190,000 | ||||||
| Mexico5 | 51,395 | 31,779 | 31,779 | r | 30,750 | r | 30,700 | ||||
| Philippines | 4,606 | 4,756 | 6,272 | 9,221 | r | 14,249 | 4 | ||||
| Slovakiae | 25,000 | 4 | 23,000 | r | 23,000 | r | 24,000 | r | 24,000 | ||
| South Africa | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | r | NA | ||
| Turkey5 | 522,832 | 545,585 | 702,673 | r | 887,600 | r | 1,075,949 | 4 | |||
| United States6 | 348,000 | 414,000 | 420,000 | 393,000 | r | 419,000 | 4 | ||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Total | 2,220,000 | r | 2,130,000 | r | 2,370,000 | r | 2,370,000 | r | 2,490,000 | ||
| eEstimated.- rRevised.- NA Not available. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Unless otherwise stated, figures represent processed ore output. Contains data available through March 4, 2015. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Georgia, Iceland, Morocco, Mozambique, and Russia, are thought- | |||||||||||
| to have produced perlite, but output is not reported, and available information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Crude ore. | |||||||||||
| 6Processed ore sold and used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
