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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| TALC AND PYROPHYLLITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY AND PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Country3 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015e | |||||||||||
| Argentina, talc and related materials | 24,379 | 23,576 | 27,124 | r | 25,000 | e | 25,000 | |||||||||
| Australia, chlorite, pyrophyllite, steatite, talc | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | |||||||||||
| Austria, talc and leucophyllite (white mica), c | 132,018 | 135,665 | 134,814 | 131,108 | r | 122,326 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bhutan, talc | 8,562 | 16,063 | r | 9,584 | 12,601 | r | 13,000 | |||||||||
| Brazil, talc and pyrophyllite: | ||||||||||||||||
| Crude | 443,533 | 459,539 | 592,844 | 644,478 | 645,000 | |||||||||||
| Beneficiated | 135,421 | 133,601 | 145,106 | 198,641 | 200,000 | |||||||||||
| Total | 578,954 | 593,140 | 737,950 | 843,119 | 845,000 | |||||||||||
| Canada, pyrophyllite, soapstone, talc | 116,000 | r | 130,000 | r | 175,000 | 90,000 | r | 164,000 | 4 | |||||||
| China, talc and related materialse | 2,200,000 | 2,100,000 | 2,200,000 | 2,100,000 | r | 2,200,000 | ||||||||||
| Egypt, pyrophyllite, soapstone, talc | 12,935 | 22,000 | r, e | 63,000 | r | 20,000 | 24,360 | 4 | ||||||||
| Finland, talc | 429,494 | 396,332 | 361,840 | 380,821 | 332,174 | 4 | ||||||||||
| France, talc, crudee | 420,000 | 420,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | |||||||||||
| Greece, talc | 200 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Guatemala, talc | 8,300 | 2,311 | 7,084 | 7,250 | r | 7,500 | ||||||||||
| India: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite5 | 251,939 | 248,022 | 217,690 | 207,454 | r | 147,431 | 4 | |||||||||
| Soapstone and steatite | 974,000 | 954,000 | 940,000 | 865,126 | r, 5 | 774,281 | 4, 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 1,225,939 | 1,202,022 | 1,157,690 | 1,072,580 | r | 921,712 | 4 | |||||||||
| Iran, talc | 59,000 | r | 116,000 | r | 93,000 | r | 52,000 | r | 55,000 | |||||||
| Italy, steatite and talce | 140,000 | r | 140,000 | r | 162,234 | r, 4 | 165,000 | r | 165,000 | |||||||
| Japan:e | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 350,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | |||||||||||
| Talc | 24,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | |||||||||||
| Total | 374,000 | 365,000 | 365,000 | 365,000 | 365,000 | |||||||||||
| Korea, North, unspecifiede | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 510,708 | 483,133 | 524,881 | 622,865 | r | 600,000 | ||||||||||
| Talc | 15,608 | 21,625 | r | 2,808 | 5,484 | r | 5,000 | |||||||||
| Total | 526,316 | 504,758 | r | 527,689 | 628,349 | r | 605,000 | |||||||||
| Macedonia, talc | 547 | 286 | 621 | r | 483 | r | 598 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mexico, talc | 51,221 | 463,214 | r | 846,813 | r | 752,077 | r | 752,000 | ||||||||
| Morocco, talc | 500 | 200 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Nepal, talc | 6,935 | 5,140 | 5,703 | r | 3,183 | r | 1,643 | 4 | ||||||||
| Norway, soapstone, steatite, talc | 8,191 | 7,983 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | |||||||||
| Pakistan, soapstone | 69,176 | r | 75,891 | r | 88,989 | r | 80,289 | r | 113,509 | 4 | ||||||
| Peru: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 30,389 | 30,399 | 31,678 | 17,859 | 26,209 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Talc | 28,296 | 31,559 | 32,899 | 28,847 | 26,781 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total | 58,685 | 61,958 | 64,577 | 46,706 | 52,990 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Portugal, talc | 15,462 | 15,131 | 11,349 | 14,942 | r | 11,204 | 4 | |||||||||
| Romania, talc | 131 | r | 13 | r | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Russia, talce | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | r | 150,000 | r | 150,000 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia, pyrophyllite | 25,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 | |||||||||||
| Slovakia, talc | 7,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||||||||
| South Africa: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 121,368 | 18,734 | 17,336 | 22,500 | r | 16,801 | 4 | |||||||||
| Talc | 4,453 | 4,765 | 4,924 | 4,827 | r | 4,497 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 125,821 | 23,499 | 22,260 | 27,327 | r | 21,298 | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain, steatite and talc | 11,957 | 8,857 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | |||||||||
| Sweden, soapstone and talc | 3,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Taiwan, talc | 659 | r | 778 | r | 362 | r | 133 | r | 162 | 4 | ||||||
| Thailand: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 5,300 | r | 35,000 | r | 35,000 | r, e | 49,100 | r | 45,500 | |||||||
| Talc | 2,304 | 5,856 | 7,880 | 8,208 | r | 6,768 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 7,604 | r | 40,856 | r | 42,880 | r | 57,308 | r | 52,268 | 4 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 5-Continued | ||||||||||||||||
| TALC AND PYROPHYLLITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY AND PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 115,462 | 85,251 | 101,872 | 100,000 | e | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| Talc | 9,959 | 14,537 | 1,132 | 5,048 | 9,681 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total | 125,421 | 99,788 | 103,004 | 105,048 | 109,681 | 4 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom, pyrophyllite, soapstone, tal | 3,708 | 3,667 | 2,947 | 4,907 | r | 5,000 | ||||||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| Talc | 616,000 | 515,000 | 542,000 | 608,000 | r | 687,000 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 616,000 | 515,000 | 542,000 | 608,000 | r | 687,000 | 4 | |||||||||
| Uruguay, pyrophyllite, soapstone, steatite, ta | 54,880 | 370 | r | 708 | r | 360 | r | 400 | ||||||||
| Grand total | 7,780,000 | r | 7,830,000 | r | 8,550,000 | r | 8,370,000 | r | 8,430,000 | |||||||
| Of which: | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 1,410,000 | r | 1,250,000 | r | 1,270,000 | r | 1,370,000 | r | 1,280,000 | |||||||
| Talc | 1,870,000 | r | 2,220,000 | r | 2,570,000 | r | 2,510,000 | r | 2,540,000 | |||||||
| Unspecified | 4,500,000 | r | 4,370,000 | r | 4,700,000 | r | 4,490,000 | r | 4,610,000 | |||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in -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. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through June 23, 2017. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, talc was produced in Afghanistan and may have been produced in Nigeria, and pyrophyllite may have been produced- | ||||||||||||||||
| in Morocco and Vietnam, but available information was inadequate to make reliable estimates of output. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5Data based on fiscal year ending March 31 of that stated. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
