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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||||
| COBALT: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, cobalt content) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004e | ||||||
| Australiae, 4 | 5,600 | 6,300 | r | 6,700 | 6,900 | 6,700 | |||||
| Botswana5 | 308 | 325 | 269 | 294 | r | 223 | 6 | ||||
| Brazile | 900 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,400 | ||||||
| Canada7 | 5,298 | 5,326 | 5,148 | 4,327 | r | 5,197 | 6 | ||||
| Chinae | 90 | 150 | 1,000 | 700 | r | 800 | |||||
| Congo (Kinshasa)e, 8 | 11,000 | 15,000 | 14,500 | 12,000 | 16,000 | ||||||
| Cuba9 | 2,852 | r | 3,417 | r | 3,384 | r | 3,465 | r | 3,580 | 6 | |
| Kazakhstane, 10 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Morocco11 | 967 | r | 1,242 | 1,453 | r | 1,391 | r | 1,600 | |||
| New Caledoniae, 12 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | ||||||
| Norwaye, 11 | 100 | 100 | 100 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Russiae | 4,000 | 4,600 | 4,600 | 4,800 | 4,700 | ||||||
| South Africae | 580 | 560 | r | 520 | r | 400 | 460 | ||||
| Zambiae, 13 | 4,600 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 11,300 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe14 | 79 | 95 | 87 | 79 | r | 59 | 6 | ||||
| Totale | 37,900 | r | 47,900 | r | 50,700 | r | 48,700 | r | 52,400 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 18, 2005. Figures represent recoverable cobalt content of ores, concentrates, or intermediate products | |||||||||||
| from copper, nickel, platinum, or zinc operations. Morocco was the only country where cobalt was mined as a primary product. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Indonesia, the Philippines, Poland, and Turkey are known to produce ores that contain cobalt, but information | |||||||||||
| is inadequate to make reliable estimates of production. Other copper-, nickel-, platinum-, or zinc-producing nations may also produce ores containing | |||||||||||
| cobalt as a byproduct component, but recovery is small or nil. | |||||||||||
| 4Quantities of cobalt contained in intermediate or refined metallurgical products produced from Australian and imported ores. Cobalt content of | |||||||||||
| lateritic nickel ore, nickel concentrate, and zinc concentrate originating in Australia, in metric tons, was estimated to be as follows: 20005,200 (revised); | |||||||||||
| 20016,200 (revised); 20026,800 (revised); 20037,300 (revised); and 20047,000. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported cobalt content of pelletized nickel-copper matte. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7Assay content of cobalt in concentrates produced. The cobalt content, in metric tons, of all products derived from ores of Canadian origins, | |||||||||||
| including cobalt oxide shipped to the United Kingdom for further processing and nickel-copper matte shipped to Norway for refining, was | |||||||||||
| reported to be as follows: 20002,022; 20012,112; 20022,065; 20031,842 (revised); and 20042,126. | |||||||||||
| 8Cobalt content of concentrates, tailings, and slags. Includes the following estimates, in metric tons, of illegal production by artisanal miners: | |||||||||||
| 20001,000; 2001-022,000; 20034,000; and 20047,000. | |||||||||||
| 9Determined from reported nickel-cobalt content of sulfide production. | |||||||||||
| 10Estimated cobalt content of only those ores from which it is assumed cobalt is recovered. Cobalt content of total ores mined is assumed to be | |||||||||||
| 1,400 metric tons (2000-04). | |||||||||||
| 11Cobalt content of concentrates. | |||||||||||
| 12Quantities of cobalt contained in intermediate or refined metallurgical products (cobalt chloride and cobalt oxide hydroxide) produced from | |||||||||||
| New Caledonian ores exported to Australia and France. | |||||||||||
| 13Cobalt content of concentrates and slags. | |||||||||||
| 14Cobalt content of intermediate products produced in Zimbabwe from ores originating in Botswana and Zimbabwe. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program