TABLE 1
BRAZIL:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
METALS
Aluminum:  
Bauxite, dry basis, gross weight   13,839,000 13,846,000 13,790,000 13,189,000 13,147,900 3
Alumina     3,515,000 3,743,000 3,445,000 3,962,000 3,960,000 3
Metal:    
Primary     1,249,600 1,277,000 1,140,000 1,318,400 r 1,380,600 3
Secondary     190,000 210,000 200,000 215,000 253,500 3
Beryllium, beryl concentrate, gross weight   11 13 13 e 11 11
Cadmium, metal, primarye   12 r 12 r 15 r 37 r 243 3
Chromium:  
Crude ore     457,579 r 550,000 r 418,402 r 284,000 r 390,640 3
Concentrate and lump, Cr2O3 content   207,123 253,248 178,013 113,811 114,000
Marketable product4   103,015 70,040 38,472 11,186 12,000
Cobalt:    
Mine output, Co content of hydroxidee   400 900 900 900 900
Metal, electrolytic5   651 r 792 r 889 r 960 r 960
Columbium (niobium)-tantalum ores and concentrates, gross weight:
Columbite and tantalitee   330 330 330 330 330
Djalmaite concentratee   10 10 10 10 10
Pyrochlore concentrate, Nb2O5 content   31,352 31,190 39,039 41,303 41,300
Copper:    
Mine output, Cu content   31,371 31,786 30,111 30,642 27,300 3
Metal, refined:  
Primary     193,014 185,345 212,243 189,651 174,200 3
Secondary     54,220   47,500   36,000   23,000   23,000  
Gold:    
Mine output  kilograms 42,367 42,025 46,001 32,886 39,400
Garimpeiros, independent miners  do. 10,267   8,368   5,866   5,000   5,000  
Total    do. 52,634 50,393 51,867 37,886 44,400
Iron and steel:  
Iron ore and concentrate, marketable product:6  
Gross weight  thousand tons 194,000 212,576 201,438 r 214,560 r 234,478 r
Fe content  do. 128,040 141,106 133,713 r 142,468 r 155,693 r
Metal:    
Pig iron    do. 24,781 r 27,952 r 27,623 r 29,899 r 32,500 r
Ferroalloys, electric arc furnace:  
Chromium metal   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferrocalcium silicon   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferrochromium   78,874 r 134,562 84,428 123,175 r 125,500 3
Ferrochromium silicon   11,910 r 7,790 r 5,899 r 10,522 r 10,500
Ferrocolumbium   28,557 r 27,359 r 37,411 r 36,450 r 34,200
Ferromanganese   85,260 r 121,277 96,016 156,435 r 149,000
Ferromolybdenum   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferronickel   19,807 r 19,315 r 17,966 r 19,874 r 19,900
Ferrophosphorus   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferrosilicon   200,833 r 189,935 r 159,345 145,910 r 146,000
Ferrosilicon magnesium   9,882 r 9,658 r 11,032 r 14,552 r 14,600
Ferrosilicon zirconium   -- r -- r -- r NA r NA
Ferrotitanium   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferrotungsten   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Ferrovanadium   NA r NA r NA r NA r NA
Inoculant     16,642 r 20,232 r 14,684 r 11,100 r 11,100
Silicomanganese   148,384 r 171,304 180,235 182,731 r 180,200 3
Silicon metal   136,572 r 166,344 112,123 133,390 r 133,400 3
Other ferroalloys   25,479   35,190   16,623   25,300   25,300  
Total     762,200 r 902,966 r 735,762 r 859,439 r 850,000
Crude steel, excluding castings  thousand tons 24,600 27,865 26,718 29,604 29,600
Semimanufactures, flat and nonflat  do.   25,000 e 25,000 e 18,006   17,460   17,500  
See footnotes at end of table.
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
METALS--Continued:
Lead:    
Mine output, Pb content in concentrate   10,281 8,832 10,725 r 9,253 10,652 r
Metal, secondary   52,000 50,000 47,000 50,000 50,000
Manganese:  
Ore and concentrate, marketable, gross weight4   1,656,000 2,192,000 2,200,000 e 2,500,000 2,500,000
Metal:e    
Primary     6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500
Secondary     1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600
Nickel:    
Mine output, ore   2,990,657 2,790,184 3,923,456 3,873,474 2,659,272 3
Ni content in ore   41,522 45,317 45,300 45,300 31,100
Ferronickel, Ni content   6,502 6,347 5,768 6,011 6,010
Rare-earth metals, monazite concentrate, gross weighte   200 200 200 200 200
Silver7    kilograms 42,000 41,000 46,046 33,000 35,000
Tin:    
Mine output, Sn content   13,202 14,200 r 12,500 r 11,994 r 12,000
Metal, smelter:  
Primary     12,787 13,825 12,168 r 11,675 11,500
Secondarye   250 250 250 250 250
Titanium:    
Ilmenite:    
Gross weight   96,000 123,000 111,113 174,382 174,000
TiO2 content   51,748 66,303 59,895 94,000 93,800
Rutile, gross weight   4,300 3,162 1,791 2,645 2,650
Tungsten, mine output, W content   13 18 22 24 24
Zinc:    
Mine output, Zn content   98,590 100,254 111,432 136,430 136,000
Metal, smelter:  
Primary     187,010 191,777 197,037 r 249,434 250,000
Secondarye   7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000
Zirconium, zircon concentrate, gross weight8   27,160 29,805 20,553 20,000 20,500
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Asbestos:    
Crude oree     3,950,000 3,950,000 3,950,000 3,950,000 3,950,000
Fiber     188,386 209,332 172,695 194,732 194,750 3
Barite:    
Crude     48,789 55,462 63,882 63,953 64,000
Beneficiated   44,906 53,741 54,790 54,895 55,000
Marketable producte, 4   65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000
Calcitee     35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Cement, hydraulic  thousand tons 40,270 39,208 38,927 38,027 38,000
Clays:    
Bentonite, beneficiated   274,623 273,975 160,381 174,909 175,000
Kaolin:    
Crude     3,598,326 3,740,815 r 4,146,511 3,953,455 3,954,000 3
Beneficiated   1,516,700 1,639,673 r 1,817,419 1,708,457 1,708,500 3
Marketable product4   1,156,593   1,390,636   1,437,399   1,444,159   1,444,200 3
Diamond:e    
Gem    thousand carats 900 3 1,000 3 700 500 3 500
Industrial minerals:  do. 600   600   600   600   600  
Total9    do. 1,500 3 1,600 3 1,300 1,100 1,100
Diatomite:  
Crude     14,601 10,164 10,010 8,030 8,030
Beneficiated   7,867 7,201 6,976 5,835 5,840
Marketable producte, 4     13,100   131,000   13,100   13,100   13,100  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued:
Feldspar:    
Crude     220,000   227,215   150,000   150,000   150,000  
Marketable product:e, 4  
Feldspar     122,000 117,715 3 75,000 3 75,000 3 75,000
Leucite     5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Sodalite, crude   500   500   500   500   500  
Total     128,000 123,215 r, 3 80,500 3 80,500 3 80,500
Fluorspar:    
Crude ore     98,000   130,976   124,021   131,975   132,000  
Concentrates, marketable product:  
Acid-grade   38,209 30,131 31,263 32,774 33,000
Metallurgical-grade   6,717   12,831   12,471   15,125   15,100  
Total     44,926 42,962 43,734 47,899 48,100
Graphite:    
Crudee     650,000   650,000   650,000   650,000   650,000  
Marketable product:  
Direct-shipping ore   NA NA NA NA NA
Cencentrate   53,503   71,208   70,091   60,922   61,000  
Total     53,503 71,208 70,091 60,922 61,000
Gypsum and anhydrite, crude   1,527,599 1,497,790 1,506,619 1,633,311 1,630,000
Kyanite:e    
Crude     750 750 750 750 750
Marketable product4   600 600 600 600 600
Lime, hydrated and quicklime  thousand tons 6,137 6,273 6,300 e 6,500 6,500
Lithium, concentrates   11,122 10,875 9,084 12,046 12,046
Magnesite:  
Crude     868,604 1,006,654 1,079,207 1,084,786 1,090,000
Beneficiated   259,834 279,876 265,749 269,222 269,000
Mica, all grades   3,000 4,000 4,000 e 4,000 e 4,000
Nitrogen, N content of ammoniae   948,000 950,000 950,000 950,000 950,000
Phosphate rock including apatite:  
Crude:    
Mine product  thousand tons 27,000 e 26,300 26,740 31,494 31,500
Of which sold directlye  do. 35 35 35 35 35
Concentrate:  
Gross weight  do. 4,344 4,725 4,805 4,883 4,900
P2O5 content  do. 1,543 1,687 1,707 1,738 1,700
Pigment, mineral, other, crudee   2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Potassium (KCl)   580,380 654,168 594,930 627,310 627,000
Potash, marketable (K2O)   348,231 351,681 318,585 337,266 337,300 3
Phosphate rock including apatite:  
Precious and semiprecious stones except diamond, crude
  and worked:e  
Agate     3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Amethyst     1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Aquamarine   20 20 20 20 20
Citrine     100 100 100 100 100
Emerald     90 90 90 90 90
Opal     500 500 500 500 500
Ruby    value $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
Sapphire    do. $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000
Topaz     50 50 50 50 50
Tourmaline   80 80 80 80 80
Other     500 500 500 500 500
Quartz crystal, all grades     1,470   3,651   4,350   4,300 3 4,300  
See footnotes at end of table.
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued:
Salt:    
Marine    thousand tons 4,528 4,626 4,370 4,835 4,840
Rock    do. 1,430 1,448 1,208 1,274 1,270
Silica, silexe   1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600
Sodium compounds:e  
Caustic soda   1,050,000 1,050,000 1,050,000 1,050,000 1,050,000
Soda ash, manufactured (barilla)   200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Stone, sand and gravel:e  
Dimension stone:  
Marble, rough-cut  cubic meters 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Of which sold directly   50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Crushed and broken stone:  
Basalt    cubic meters 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000
Calcareous shells   450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000
Dolomite    thousand tons 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500
Gneiss    cubic meters 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000
Granite    thousand cubic meters 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Limestone  thousand tons 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Quartz10     250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000
Quartzite:    
Crude     400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000
Processed     200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Sand, industrial   2,700,000   2,700,000   2,700,000   2,700,000   2,700,000  
Sulfur:    
Frasch     23,232 23,720 24,468 22,620 22,600
Byproduct:  
Metallurgy   217,119 217,238 280,079 284,184 284,000
Petroleum     57,962   81,762   80,125   77,185   77,200  
Total     298,313 322,720 384,672 383,989 384,000
Talc and related material:  
Talc:    
Crude     294,000 300,000 370,500 390,000 e 395,000
Marketable producte, 4   2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Pyrophyllite, crude   160,000 150,000 189,500 200,000 e 200,000
Vermiculite:  
Concentrate   23,400 24,074 21,464 22,577 22,600
Marketable product5   3,100 3,100 3,100 e 3,100 e 3,100
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal, bituminous:  
Run-of-mine  thousand tons 12,340 r 14,335 r 13,800 e 13,800 e 13,800
Marketable5  do. 6,013 r 6,000 r 6,000 r 6,000 r 6,000
Coke, metallurgical, all types  do. 50 50 50 e 50 e 50
Natural gas, gross  million cubic meters 11,898 13,247 r 13,988 r 15,525 r 19,345 3
Natural gas liquids  thousand 42-gallon barrels 3,345 3,694 5,860 5,860 e 5,865 3
Petroleum:  
Crude    thousand 42-gallon barrels 413,121   464,280   487,640 r 547,135   620,865 3
Refinery products:11, 12  
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)  do. 10,950 13,140 14,112 13,274 r 13,503 3
Gasoline    do. 128,854 134,722 144,691 136,108 r 138,452 3
Jet fuel    do. 533 557 598 562 r 576 3
Kerosene    do. 25,064 26,175 28,112 26,444 r 26,900 3
Distillate fuel oil  do. 198,106 206,885 222,221 209,040 r 212,640 3
Lubricants    do. 5,584 5,831 6,315 5,941 r 6,043 3
Residual fuel oil  do. 115,406 118,698 127,482 119,920 r 121,985 3
Other    do. 94,758 100,893 108,359 101,931 r 103,686 3
Refinery fuel and losses  do. NA NA NA NA NA 3
Total    do.   579,255   606,901   651,890   613,220 r 623,785 3
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
BRAZIL:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
 
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to total shown.  rRevised.  NA Not available.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through October 2004.
2In addition to the commodities listed, bismuth, molybdenite, and uranium oxide are produced, but output is not reported; and available information
is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels.
3Direct sales and/or beneficiated (marketable product).
4Source:  Cobalt Development Institute.
5Includes sponge iron, in metric tons, as follows:  1998-2003--270,000 (estimated).
6Reported figure.
7Officially reported output; of total production, the following quantities are identified as secondary silver (the balance being silver content of other
ores and concentrates), in kilograms:  1999-2002--50,000.
8Includes baddeleyite-caldasite.
9Figures represent officially reported output plus official Brazilian estimates of output by nonreporting miners.
10Apparently includes crude quartz used to produce quartz crystal (listed separately in this table) and additional quantities of common quartz.
11Figures represent officially reported production to the United Nations (Energy Statistics Yearbook) by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil.
12Minerals Questionnaire, 1998-2002, and Petrobrás Magazine, 1999-2003.