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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||
| SELENIUM: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Kilograms, contained selenium) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
| Belgium | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
| Canada4 | 35,000 | 144,000 | 159,000 | 159,000 | 154,000 | ||||||
| Chile5 | 75,000 | 75,000 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||||
| Finland | 85,663 | r, 6 | 92,769 | r, 6 | 75,000 | 93,682 | r, 6 | 94,000 | |||
| Germany7 | 700,000 | 650,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 660,000 | ||||||
| India8 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 750,000 | 755,000 | 741,300 | 6 | 782,451 | r, 6 | 772,768 | 6 | |||
| Peru | 59,000 | r, 6 | 54,000 | r, 6 | 42,000 | r, 6 | 40,000 | r | 40,000 | ||
| Poland | 85,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 89,800 | r | 90,000 | |||||
| Russia6 | 140,000 | 114,620 | r | 114,160 | r | 130,810 | r | 135,000 | |||
| Serbia | 12,947 | 6 | 13,200 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | |||||
| Sweden | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Total | 2,180,000 | r | 2,220,000 | r | 2,170,000 | r | 2,250,000 | r | 2,200,000 | ||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data have been rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | |||||||||||
| 2Insofar as possible, data relate to refinery output only; thus, countries that produced selenium contained in copper ores,- | |||||||||||
| copper concentrates, blister copper, and (or) refinery residues but did not recover refined selenium from these materials- | |||||||||||
| indigenously were excluded to avoid double counting. Includes data available through June 2, 2016. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Australia, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan produced- | |||||||||||
| refined selenium, but output was not reported; available information was inadequate for the formulation of reliable estimates- | |||||||||||
| of output levels. Australia is known to produce selenium in intermediate metallurgical products and has facilities to produce- | |||||||||||
| elemental selenium. In addition to having facilities for processing imported anode slimes for the recovery of selenium and- | |||||||||||
| precious metals, the United States has facilities for processing selenium scrap. | |||||||||||
| 4Excludes selenium intermediates exported for refining. | |||||||||||
| 5In 2012, the noble metals plant at Ventanas temporarily stopped production for limited periods of time- | |||||||||||
| during the fourth quarter of 2012, and planned to continue to limit production during the first quarter of 2013. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7In 2010, RETORTE GmbH substantially increased its production capacity for high-purity selenium,- | |||||||||||
| but actual production appeared to decrease in 2012 (in response to decreased demand). | |||||||||||
| 8Data are for the fiscal year beginning April 1 of the year stated. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
