TABLE 1
BULGARIA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES^{1, 2}

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS
Aluminum, metal, secondary		4,438		3,190		1,568		2,062		2,000	^e
Bismuth, metal^e		40		40		40		40		40
Cadmium, metal, smelter		217		331	^r	333	^r	345	^r	307
Copper:
Ore:
Gross weight	thousand tons	22,346		22,829		24,878		26,030		26,415
Cu content^e	do.	113		113		115		112	^r	116	³
Concentrate:
Gross weight	do.	482		462		438		464	^r	458
Cu content	do.	96		92		88		93	^r	92
Metal, primary and secondary:
Smelter		107,000		178,000		157,000		181,000		199,300
Refined, electrolytically		21,000		32,400		34,400		40,000		42,000
Gold, metal	kilograms	2,743		2,347		2,540		2,612		2,142
Iron and steel:
Iron ore:
Gross weight	thousand tons	699		559		325		373		466
Fe content	do.	223		178		92		105		127
Iron concentrates	do.	361		304		240		167		248
Metal:
Pig iron for steelmaking	do.	1,152		1,220		1,211		1072		1100	^e
Ferroalloys, ferrosilicon^e	do.	10		10		10		10		10
Steel, crude	do.	1,890		2,023		1,942		1,860		1,950
Semimanufactures, rolled	do.	1,535		1,455		1,598	^r	1,539	^r	1,500	^e
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content		14,000		14,000		16,000		24,000		31,000
Concentrate:
Gross weight		25,208		15,019		26,400		31,108	^r	35,200
Pb content^e		17,000		10,500		18,500		21,800	^r	24,600
Metal, refined, primary and secondary		81,600		84,100		88,300		66,000		69,000
Manganese ore:
Gross weight		--		--		1,516		4		4
Mn content^e		--		--		450		--		--
Silver, mine output, Ag content		59		55		57		60		62
Tin, metal		10	^e	10		10		10		10	^e
Uranium, oxide, U content^e		600		600		600		600		600
Zinc:
Mine output, Zn content		12,000		10,000		10,600		25,800		31,000
Concentrate:
Gross weight		19,560		18,096		23,301		28,672		36,200
Zn content^e		10,200		9,400		12,100		14,900		18,800
Metal, smelter, primary and secondary		83,700		84,200		88,600		83,000		86,800
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Asbestos fiber, all grades		300	^e	300		300		300		300
Barite ore, run of mine		1,124,000		875,000		825,000		656,000		637,000
Cement, hydraulic	thousand tons	2,060		2,209		2,088		2,137	^r	2,100	^e
Clays:
Bentonite	do.	232		296		320		212	^r	146
Kaolin, washed	do.	140	^e	150		150		160		170	^e
Refractory	do.	48		34		37		38		31
Feldspar	do.	28		22		23		34		4
Fluorspar^e	do.	2		2		2		2		2
Gypsum and anhydrite:
Crude	do.	149		170		167		156	^r	168
Calcined	do.	55	^e	65		50		50		50	^e
See footnotes at end of table.


TABLE 1--Continued
BULGARIA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES^{1, 2}

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Lime, industrial	do.	1,068		1,388		1,248	^r	1,136	^r	2,902
Limestone and dolomite^e	do.	11,000		11,000		11,000		11,000		11,000
Nitrogren, N content of ammonia	do.	378		647		580		328		321
Perlite	do.	13		17		12		11	^r	17
Pyrites, gross weight^e	do.	150		150		150		150		150
Salt, all types	do.	1,300		1,700		1,931		1,800		1,882
Sand and gravel	thousand cubic meters	2,829		2,291		2,375		2,385	^r	2,500	^e
Silica (quartz sand)	thousand tons	533		690		677		607		610
Sodium carbonate, calcined^e	do.	800		800		800		800		800
Sulfur:^e
Sulfur content of pyrite		50,000		50,000		50,000		50,000		50,000
Byproduct		50,000		50,000		50,000		50,000		50,000
Total		100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000
Sulfuric acid		456,483	^r	641,430	^r	620,315	^r	715,018	^r	750,000	^e
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal, marketable:
Anthracite	thousand tons	17		18		14		13		9
Bituminous	do.	106		100		101		109		44
Brown	do.	3,074		3,211		3,151		3,232		3,044
Lignite	do.	22,696	^r	23,765		23,856		23,202		24,597
Total	do.	25,893		27,094		27,122		26,556		27,694
Coke^e	do.	1,200		1,200		1,200		1,200		1,200
Natural gas, marketed	million cubic meters	27		15		22		11		11
Petroleum:
Crude, reported	thousand tons	39		41		32		33		27
Refinery products^e	thousand 42-gallon barrels	25,000		25,000		25,000		25,000		25,000
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. --Zero.
¹Table includes data available through October 2004.
²In addition to commodities listed, chromite, magnesite, palladium, platinum, tellurium, and uranium and a variety of crude construction materials
(common clays, dimension stone, and crushed stone) are produced, but available information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output level.
³Reported figure.