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.
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(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.
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(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:
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.