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TABLE 4.—WORLD COPPER MINE PRODUCTION
(Thousand metric tons)
Country 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 e
Argentina — — 145 192 204
Australia 327 398 841 869 850
Canada 794 726 634 633 625
Chile 1,590 2,490 4,600 4,740 4,450
China 285 445 593 590 580
Indonesia 164 444 1,010 1,050 1,100
Iran 66 102 125 133 134
Kazakhstan 400 200 430 470 450
Mexico 294 334 365 367 330
Mongolia 124 122 125 134 135
Papua New Guinea 170 213 203 204 204
Peru 339 410 554 722 850
Poland 329 384 465 474 500
Russia 650 525 600 620 680
Zambia 421 316 257 300 320
Other countries 1,600 1,040 950 900 850
Total (rounded) 7,550 8,150 11,900 12,400 12,300
United States 1,580 1,850 1,440 1,340 1,130
World total (rounded) 9,130 10,000 13,200 13,700 13,400
e Estimated. — Zero.
TABLE 5.—WORLD LEAD MINE PRODUCTION
(Thousand metric tons)
Country 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 e
Australia 570 455 739 714 715
Canada 241 211 149 149 100
China 315 520 660 600 650
Greece 26 21 18 29 30
India 23 34 29 27 25
Ireland 35 69 58 45 55
Kazakhstan 200 40 40 38 38
Korea, North 80 80 70 60 60
Mexico 187 164 138 135 140
Morocco 69 68 81 83 80
Peru 210 238 271 271 295
Poland 61 59 55 51 55
South Africa 69 88 75 51 49
Spain 59 30 40 50 50
Sweden 98 137 107 95 36
Other countries 630 225 129 190 115
Total (rounded) 2,870 2,440 2,660 2,590 2,490
United States 497 394 465 466 450
World total (rounded) 3,370 2,830 3,100 3,100 2,900
e Estimated.
increase in China, Ireland, Peru, and South Africa and
is expected to decrease in Spain.
Between 1990 and 2000, world mine production of
zinc increased by 1.6 Mt, or 23% (table 6). Production
increased by almost 1.2 Mt in China, 470,000 t in
Australia, 326,000 t in Peru, 309,000 t in the United
States, and 126,000 t in India. The increases in U.S.
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production primarily took place at the Red Dog Mine in
Alaska. During the same period, mine production of zinc
decreased by 200,000 t in Canada and by 58,000 t in both
Brazil and Spain. World mine production of zinc was
essentially unchanged from 2001 to 2002. U.S. production
declined by 10,000 t in 2001 and by 102,000 t in 2002 as a
result of the continuing decline of zinc prices. The Coy,