World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...
World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...
World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Mine production of silver kilograms (metal content)<br />
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Australia 2 077 000 1 868 000 2 209 000 2 417 000 1 727 000<br />
Fiji 1 901 1 247 1 523 1 418 494<br />
New Zealand 28 725 29 932 *30 100 43 003 27 221<br />
Papua New Guinea 63 349 61 900 55 600 51 125 51 098<br />
<strong>World</strong> Total 18 901 000 18 856 000 19 671 000 20 511 000 20 116 000<br />
Note(s):-<br />
(1) Countries producing less than 1000 kg per year include Jamaica, Oman and Thailand<br />
(a) Smelter and/or refinery production<br />
(b) Years ended 7 July of that stated<br />
(c) Years ended 31 March following that stated<br />
<strong>Production</strong> of natural sodium carbonate tonnes<br />
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Botswana 283 197 234 520 263 358 279 085 255 677<br />
Ethiopia (a) 3 843 4 377 6 550 2 771 2 389<br />
Kenya 304 110 352 560 353 835 360 161 374 210<br />
USA 10 500 000 10 600 000 11 000 000 11 000 000 *10 900 000<br />
Pakistan 3 669 — — — —<br />
Note(s):-<br />
(a) Years ended 7 July of that stated<br />
<strong>Production</strong> of strontium minerals tonnes<br />
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Spain 171 293 152 383 206 001 336 630 272 000<br />
Turkey *70 000 *70 000 *60 000 *60 000 *60 000<br />
Morocco 3 780 *2 700 *2 700 *2 700 *2 700<br />
Mexico 94 015 130 329 87 610 110 833 128 321<br />
Argentina (a) 2 595 4 300 6 727 7 233 19 822<br />
China ... ... 500 000 700 000 *700 000<br />
Iran — 2 100 7 500 672 ...<br />
Pakistan (b) 416 27 570 1 855 1 290<br />
Note(s):-<br />
(1) In addition to the countries listed, Germany and Poland are believed to produce strontium minerals<br />
(a) May contain unbeneficiated material<br />
(b) Years ended 30 June of that stated<br />
82