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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||
| TITANIUM: WORLD PRODUCTION OF MINERAL CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Concentrate type and country- | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
| Ilmenite and leucoxene:3, 4 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 2,230,000 | 1,611,000 | 1,651,000 | r | 1,501,000 | 1,572,000 | |||||
| Brazil5 | 130,000 | r | 52,800 | r | 166,000 | r | 166,000 | r | 166,000 | e | |
| Chinae | 1,100,000 | 900,000 | 1,400,000 | r | 1,700,000 | r | 1,600,000 | ||||
| Indiae | 610,000 | 700,000 | 540,000 | 550,000 | 560,000 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 9,000 | 9,000 | 60,000 | 18,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Kazakhstane | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Madagascar | -- | 160,000 | 287,000 | 6 | 470,000 | 660,000 | |||||
| Malaysia | 36,779 | 15,983 | 19,036 | 28,782 | 22,275 | ||||||
| Mozambique | 328,875 | 471,500 | r | 678,400 | 636,800 | 574,500 | |||||
| Norway | 915,000 | 671,000 | 864,000 | r | 870,000 | r | 831,000 | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 17,528 | 15,161 | 18,206 | 15,946 | 22,590 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 22,159 | 122,424 | 52,637 | 52,000 | e | 53,000 | e | ||||
| Ukrainee | 520,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 260,700 | r, 6 | 246,800 | 6 | ||||
| United Statese, 5, 7 | 400,000 | 300,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 300,000 | ||||||
| Vietnam8 | 709,500 | 698,700 | 912,000 | 840,600 | r | 1,143,800 | |||||
| Total9 | 7,010,000 | r | 6,260,000 | r | 7,530,000 | r | 7,570,000 | r | 7,800,000 | ||
| Rutile:4 | |||||||||||
| Australia- | 325,000 | 285,000 | r | 429,000 | 474,000 | 439,000 | |||||
| Brazil5 | 2,309 | 2,737 | 2,331 | r | 2,350 | r | 1,881 | ||||
| Indiae | 21,000 | 21,000 | 24,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
| Madagascare | -- | 3,200 | 5,700 | 9,400 | r | 13,000 | |||||
| Malaysia | 1,834 | 1,502 | 7,567 | 10,810 | 20,008 | ||||||
| Mozambique | 6,552 | 1,800 | r | 4,700 | r | 6,455 | r | 3,713 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 78,908 | 63,864 | 68,198 | 67,916 | 94,493 | ||||||
| South Africae | 134,000 | r | 136,000 | r | 130,000 | r | 149,000 | r | 150,000 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 11,335 | 2,276 | 2,568 | 2,700 | e | 2,800 | e | ||||
| Ukrainee | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 58,000 | ||||||
| United States | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | ||||||
| Total | 641,000 | r | 577,000 | r | 734,000 | r | 808,000 | r | 809,000 | ||
| Titaniferous slag:e, 11 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 1,000,000 | 765,000 | 1,090,000 | 878,000 | 900,000 | ||||||
| South Africa | 1,252,000 | r | 1,084,000 | r | 1,252,000 | r | 1,346,000 | r | 1,400,000 | ||
| Total | 2,250,000 | r | 1,850,000 | r | 2,340,000 | r | 2,220,000 | r | 2,300,000 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 9, 2014.- | |||||||||||
| 3Ilmenite is also produced in Canada and South Africa, but this output is not included here because most of it is duplicative- | |||||||||||
| of output reported under -Titaniferous slag,- and the rest is used for purposes other than production of titanium commodities, | |||||||||||
| principally steel furnace flux and heavy aggregate.- | |||||||||||
| 4Small amounts of titanium minerals were reportedly produced in various countries; information, however, is inadequate to | |||||||||||
| make reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 5Excludes production of unbeneficiated anatase ore. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7Includes rutile to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. Rounded to one significant digit. | |||||||||||
| 8Estimate based on import statistics from trading partners (primarily China and Japan). | |||||||||||
| 9Includes U.S. production, rounded to one significant digit, of ilmenite, leucoxene, and rutile to avoid disclosing company | |||||||||||
| proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 10Included with ilmenite to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 11Slag is also produced in China, Norway, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vietnam, but this output is not included under -Titaniferous- | |||||||||||
| slag- to avoid duplicative reporting. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
