TABLE 1 |
AUSTRALIA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
METALS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aluminum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bauxite,
gross weight |
thousand tons |
|
48,416 |
|
53,802 |
|
53,799 |
|
54,135 |
r |
55,602 |
|
Alumina |
do. |
|
14,532 |
|
15,680 |
|
16,313 |
|
16,382 |
r |
16,529 |
|
Metal,
refined: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
1,718 |
|
1,769 |
|
1,798 |
|
1,817 |
|
1,857 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
108,000 |
r |
110,000 |
e |
127,000 |
|
127,000 |
|
127,200 |
e |
Antimony,
Sb content of ores and concentrates |
|
|
1,679 |
|
1,511 |
|
1,380 |
|
1,200 |
e |
900 |
e |
Cadmium: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Cd contente |
|
|
1,900 |
|
1,900 |
|
1,900 |
|
1,900 |
|
1,900 |
|
Metal, smelter, refined |
|
|
462 |
|
552 |
|
378 |
|
370 |
r |
350 |
|
Chromium,
chromite, gross weight |
|
|
70,000 |
|
90,000 |
|
11,800 |
|
132,665 |
|
138,826 |
|
Cobalt: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Co content in laterite ore, Ni concentrate,
and Zn |
|
|
4,100 |
r |
5,600 |
r |
6,200 |
|
6,500 |
r |
7,000 |
|
concentrate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metal,
refined |
|
|
1,700 |
|
2,610 |
|
3,470 |
|
3,500 |
e |
3,840 |
|
Columbium-tantalum
concentrate, gross weight |
|
|
1,230 |
|
1,600 |
|
2,220 |
|
3,100 |
|
1,140 |
|
Copper: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Cu content |
thousand tons |
|
741 |
|
832 |
|
873 |
|
883 |
|
830 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Smelter,
primary |
do. |
|
332 |
|
387 |
|
456 |
|
469 |
|
435 |
|
Refined: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
412 |
|
484 |
|
558 |
|
543 |
|
484 |
|
Secondarye |
do. |
|
25 |
|
-- |
r |
-- |
r |
-- |
r |
-- |
2 |
Gold: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Au content |
kilograms |
|
301,070 |
|
296,410 |
|
285,030 |
|
273,010 |
|
282,000 |
|
Metal,
refined: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
376,000 |
|
349,000 |
|
304,770 |
|
300,000 |
e |
252,000 |
|
Secondary |
do. |
|
66,000 |
|
7,640 |
|
68,310 |
|
68,000 |
e |
100,000 |
e |
Iron
and steel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron
ore: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
weight |
thousand tons |
|
151,558 |
|
171,508 |
|
181,435 |
|
182,704 |
|
187,219 |
|
Fe
content |
do. |
|
93,807 |
|
106,563 |
|
112,592 |
|
113,548 |
|
116,355 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pig
iron |
do. |
|
7,468 |
|
7,000 |
e |
7,200 |
|
8,574 |
r |
9,660 |
|
Ferroalloys:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ferromanganese |
|
|
98,000 |
|
115,000 |
|
115,000 |
|
115,000 |
|
115,000 |
|
Silicomanganese |
|
|
116,000 |
|
135,000 |
|
135,000 |
|
135,000 |
|
135,000 |
|
Total |
|
|
214,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
Steel,
crude |
thousand tons |
|
8,481 |
|
7,297 |
|
7,076 |
|
8,242 |
|
9,660 |
|
Semimanufacturese |
|
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
Lead: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Pb content |
thousand tons |
|
681 |
|
739 |
|
714 |
|
683 |
|
688 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bullion |
do. |
|
162 |
|
139 |
|
195 |
|
181 |
|
169 |
|
Refined |
do. |
|
239 |
|
223 |
|
237 |
|
287 |
|
270 |
|
Total |
do. |
|
401 |
|
362 |
|
432 |
|
468 |
|
439 |
|
Secondary
excluding remelt |
do. |
|
33 |
|
28 |
|
33 |
r |
34 |
r |
40 |
|
Manganese
ore, metallurgical: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
weight |
do. |
|
1,900 |
|
1,613 |
|
2,069 |
|
2,187 |
|
2,555 |
|
Mn
content |
do. |
|
929 |
|
787 |
|
948 |
|
983 |
|
1,247 |
|
Nickel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Ni content |
do. |
|
119 |
r |
166 |
|
205 |
r |
208 |
r |
179 |
|
Metal,
smelter, refined Ni and Ni content of oxide |
do. |
|
83 |
|
112 |
|
128 |
|
133 |
|
209 |
|
Platinum-group
metals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Palladium,
Pd content |
kilograms |
|
816 |
|
812 |
|
828 |
|
800 |
e |
820 |
e |
Platinum,
Pt content |
do. |
|
90 |
|
171 |
|
174 |
|
200 |
e |
225 |
e |
Total |
do. |
|
906 |
|
983 |
|
1,002 |
|
1,000 |
e |
1,050 |
e |
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
|
TABLE
1--Continued |
AUSTRALIA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
METALS--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Silver: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Ag content |
|
|
1,720 |
|
2,060 |
|
1,970 |
|
2,077 |
|
1,868 |
|
Metal,
refined |
|
|
472 |
|
538 |
|
576 |
|
542 |
|
227 |
|
Tin: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Sn content |
|
|
10,011 |
|
9,146 |
|
9,802 |
|
6,268 |
|
3,819 |
|
Metal,
refined: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary |
|
|
585 |
|
733 |
|
1,094 |
|
611 |
|
597 |
|
Secondarye |
|
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
400 |
|
400 |
|
400 |
|
Titanium
concentrates, gross weight: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ilmenite |
thousand tons |
|
1,976 |
|
2,146 |
|
2,017 |
|
1,917 |
|
2,006 |
|
Leucoxene |
|
|
32,000 |
|
27,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
39,000 |
|
57,000 |
|
Rutile |
|
|
179,000 |
|
208,000 |
|
206,000 |
|
218,000 |
|
173,000 |
|
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mine
output, Zn content |
thousand tons |
|
1,163 |
|
1,420 |
|
1,519 |
|
1,469 |
|
1,479 |
|
Metal,
smelter: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
344 |
|
490 |
|
554 |
|
567 |
|
553 |
|
Secondarye |
|
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
|
Zirconium
concentrates, gross weight |
thousand tons |
|
359 |
|
374 |
|
394 |
|
412 |
|
462 |
|
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abrasives,
natural:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beach
pebble |
|
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
Garnet |
|
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
Baritee |
|
|
18,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
Cement,
hydraulice |
thousand tons |
|
7,450 |
|
7,500 |
|
7,500 |
|
7,550 |
|
8,000 |
|
Clays:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bentonite
and bentonitic clay |
|
|
180,000 |
|
180,000 |
|
180,000 |
|
200,000 |
|
200,000 |
|
Brick
clay and shale |
thousand tons |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
Cement
clay and shale |
do. |
|
500 |
|
500 |
|
500 |
|
500 |
|
500 |
|
Damourite
clay |
|
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
Fire clay |
|
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
Fuller's
earth, attapulgite |
|
|
5,639 |
2 |
5,600 |
|
5,600 |
|
6,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
Kaolin and ball clay |
|
|
200,000 |
|
220,000 |
|
220,000 |
|
230,000 |
|
240,000 |
|
Other |
thousand tons |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
Diamond: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gem |
thousand carats |
|
16,381 |
|
14,656 |
|
14,397 |
|
15,136 |
|
13,981 |
|
Industrial |
do. |
|
13,403 |
|
11,992 |
|
11,779 |
|
18,500 |
|
17,087 |
|
Total |
do. |
|
29,784 |
|
26,648 |
|
26,176 |
|
33,636 |
|
31,068 |
|
Diatomitee |
|
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
Feldspar
including nepheline syenitee |
|
|
49,600 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
Gemstones,
other than diamond: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opal |
value, million $Australian |
|
54 |
|
76 |
|
70 |
|
62 |
|
65 |
|
Sapphire |
do. |
|
6 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
-- |
|
Total |
do. |
|
60 |
|
84 |
|
76 |
|
63 |
|
65 |
|
Gypsume |
thousand tons |
|
1,900 |
r |
2,500 |
r |
3,800 |
|
3,800 |
r |
4,000 |
|
Kyanitee |
|
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
r |
1,000 |
|
Limee |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
Magnesite |
|
|
280,505 |
|
349,783 |
|
605,314 |
|
484,314 |
|
472,668 |
|
Nitrogen,
N content of ammonia |
|
|
430,900 |
|
575,500 |
|
762,200 |
|
686,400 |
|
700,000 |
|
Perlite,
crudee |
|
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
Phosphate
rock |
thousand tons |
|
2,000 |
|
2,108 |
|
977,100 |
|
2,024,580 |
|
2,100,000 |
e |
Salt |
do. |
|
10,022 |
|
8,798 |
|
9,536 |
|
10,000 |
e |
10,400 |
e |
Sillimanitee 3 |
|
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
Spodumene,
concentrate |
|
|
75,824 |
|
81,891 |
|
63,443 |
|
100,000 |
e |
110,000 |
e |
Stone
and sand and gravel:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction sand |
thousand tons |
|
33,000 |
|
33,000 |
|
35,000 |
|
38,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
Gravel |
do. |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
Dolomite |
do. |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
Limestone,
for cement |
do. |
|
6,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
Limestone,
for other uses |
do. |
|
6,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
Silica
in the form of quartz, quartzite, glass sand |
do. |
|
2,500 |
|
4,266 |
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
|
5,000 |
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
TABLE
1--Continued |
AUSTRALIA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stone
and sand and gravel--Continued:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crushed
and broken stone |
do. |
|
75,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
Dimension
stone |
do. |
|
110 |
|
120 |
|
120 |
|
120 |
|
120 |
|
Unspecified |
do. |
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
Sulfur,
byproduct: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metallurgy |
do. |
|
441 |
|
654 |
|
817 |
|
899 |
|
900 |
|
Petroleum |
do. |
|
25 |
|
30 |
|
45 |
|
60 |
|
60 |
|
Total |
do. |
|
466 |
|
684 |
|
862 |
|
959 |
|
960 |
|
Talc,
chlorite, pyrophyllite, steatite |
|
|
190,384 |
|
180,272 |
|
174,946 |
|
172,241 |
|
174,000 |
e |
MINERAL FUELS AND
RELATED MATERIALS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bituminous
and subbituminous |
thousand tons |
|
238,200 |
|
245,500 |
|
264,680 |
|
347,890 |
|
257,790 |
|
Lignitee |
do. |
|
66,000 |
|
67,000 |
|
70,000 |
|
73,000 |
|
67,000 |
|
Totale |
do. |
|
304,200 |
|
312,500 |
r |
334,680 |
r |
420,890 |
r |
325,000 |
|
Coke,
metallurgicale |
do. |
|
325 |
|
325 |
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
300 |
|
Fuel
briquetse |
do. |
|
750 |
|
750 |
|
800 |
|
800 |
|
800 |
|
Gas,
natural, marketed |
million cubic meters |
|
30,743 |
|
30,794 |
|
30,000 |
e |
31,000 |
e |
30,000 |
e |
Natural
gas liquids |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
47,097 |
|
47,260 |
|
47,000 |
e |
47,300 |
e |
47,000 |
e |
Peate |
|
|
15,000 |
|
30,000 |
r |
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
226,665 |
|
263,500 |
|
231,000 |
|
240,000 |
e |
250,000 |
e |
Refinery
products: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gasoline: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Aviation |
do. |
|
1,069 |
|
975 |
|
868 |
|
900 |
e |
950 |
e |
Motor |
do. |
|
120,991 |
|
113,228 |
|
112,767 |
|
113,000 |
e |
115,000 |
e |
Jet
fuel |
do. |
|
33,610 |
|
35,585 |
|
362,138 |
|
363,000 |
e |
365,000 |
e |
Kerosene |
do. |
|
704 |
|
147 |
|
245 |
|
250 |
e |
300 |
e |
Distillate
fuel oil |
do. |
|
84,833 |
|
80,222 |
|
84,862 |
|
85,000 |
e |
85,000 |
e |
Residual
fuel oil |
do. |
|
10,190 |
|
12,442 |
|
12,132 |
|
12,100 |
e |
12,000 |
e |
Lubricants |
do. |
|
4,038 |
|
4,284 |
|
3,950 |
|
4,000 |
e |
4,000 |
e |
Liquefied
petroleum gas |
do. |
|
4,642 |
|
10,536 |
|
11,145 |
|
11,200 |
e |
115,000 |
e |
Bitumen |
do. |
|
4,000 |
e |
4,328 |
|
4,610 |
|
5,000 |
e |
5,000 |
e |
Unspecified |
do. |
|
6,932 |
|
7,574 |
|
4,654 |
|
5,000 |
e |
5,000 |
e |
Total4 |
do. |
|
271,000 |
r |
269,321 |
|
597,371 |
|
599,000 |
r, e |
604,000 |
e |
Uranium,
mine output, U3O8 content |
|
|
5,992 |
5 |
7,588 |
5 |
7,680 |
5 |
3,536 |
|
8,912 |
2 |
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three
significant digits; may not add to totals shown. pPreliminary rRevised. |
--
Zero. |
1Includes data available through October 1, 2004. |
2Reported figure. |
3In addition, about 7,000 metric tons per year of sillimanite clay
(also known as kaolinized sillimanite) that contains from 40% to 48% |
aluminum oxide is
produced. |
4Excludes refinery fuel and losses. |
5U content. |
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