TABLE 3 |
BRAZIL: RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERAL COMMODITIES IN
20031 |
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(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise
specified) |
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World |
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World |
Commodity |
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Reserves |
|
ranking |
|
percentage |
Asbestos,
fiber |
|
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16,000 |
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|
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. |
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