| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| BRAZIL: RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERAL COMMODITIES IN 20031 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||
| World | World | |||||||
| Commodity | Reserves | ranking | percentage | |||||
| Asbestos, fiber | 16,000 | NA | ||||||
| Bauxite, ore | 2,510,000 | 3 | 7.8 | |||||
| Chromite, Cr2O3 | 7,100 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Coal, all types | 7,372,000 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Columbium (niobium), pyrochlore, and columbite ore | 5,200 | 1 | 98.0 | |||||
| Copper, metal content | 17,400 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Fluorspar, ore | 3,100 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Gold, metal | metric tons | 2,000 | 2.0 | |||||
| Graphite, ore | 95,000 | 2 | 26.0 | |||||
| Gypsum | 1,269,000 | NA | ||||||
| Iron ore, 60% to 65% Fe content | 21,000 | 5 | 6.5 | |||||
| Kaolin | 4,050,000 | 3 | 29.0 | |||||
| Lead, metal content | 1,000 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Magnesite | 180,000 | 4 | 8.2 | |||||
| Manganese, metal content | 152,000 | 4 | 3.0 | |||||
| Natural gas2 | million cubic meters | 220,000 | 0.1 | |||||
| Nickel, metal content | 6,000 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Petroleum2 | million 42-gallon barrels | 11,600 | 0.9 | |||||
| Phosphate rock | 260,000 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Talc and pyrophyllite | 156,000 | 3 | 17.0 | |||||
| Tantalum | 89,000 | 1 | 52.0 | |||||
| Tin, metal content | 2,500 | 2 | 22.0 | |||||
| Titanium, TiO2 | 7,200 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Vermiculite | 23,000 | 3 | 10.0 | |||||
| Uranium, U3O8 | metric tons | 163,000 | NA | |||||
| Zinc, metal content | 5,200 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Zirconium, ore | 2,000 | 2.8 | ||||||
| NA Not available. | ||||||||
| 1Summário Mineral 2002-2003. | ||||||||
| 2Petróleo Brasileiro, S.A. annual report 2002-03. | ||||||||