World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...

Smelter/refinery production of nickel tonnes
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Austria *1 000 *1 000 300 400 1 000
Finland 55 348 50 989 49 580 39 159 47 469
France 11 444 11 370 12 103 12 684 13 700
Greece 19 230 18 000 18 116 19 235 17 700
Norway 68 500 77 183 71 410 85 374 82 257
Russia 243 000 260 000 260 400 266 600 272 400
Ukraine *3 000 *4 000 4 800 13 000 15 900
United Kingdom 33 800 24 200 38 600 37 100 36 800
South Africa 38 500 40 800 39 851 42 392 41 600
Zimbabwe 18 900 16 300 16 200 15 900 13 200
Canada 144 476 124 418 151 518 139 683 153 743
Cuba 39 500 42 300 38 800 39 100 *39 100
Dominican Republic 23 303 27 227 29 477 28 668 29 675
Brazil 29 961 30 514 32 101 36 315 36 569
Colombia 43 412 46 482 48 016 52 749 51 137
Venezuela 17 000 18 800 19 000 18 500 18 200
China 52 400 64 700 75 800 97 400 137 700
Indonesia 8 804 8 933 7 945 7 300 14 474
Japan 157 900 165 100 169 500 163 243 149 954
Australia 132 200 129 000 122 000 121 000 116 000
New Caledonia 48 650 50 666 43 016 46 738 48 723
World Total 1 190 000 1 212 000 1 249 000 1 283 000 1 337 000
Note(s):-
(1) Data relate to refined nickel plus the nickel content of ferro-nickel, nickel oxide and nickel salts
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