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CHINA: RESERVES AND RESERVE BASE OF MAJOR MINERAL
COMMODITIES |
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(Thousand metric
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Commodities |
Reserves |
Reserve base |
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Antimony, Sb |
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890 |
1,200 |
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Arsenic, As |
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910 |
1,900 |
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Asbestos,
mineral |
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39,000 |
55,000 |
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Barite, ore |
million tons |
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100 |
270 |
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Bauxite |
do. |
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720 |
1,800 |
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Bentonite |
do. |
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890 |
1,900 |
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Bismuth, Bi |
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260 |
270 |
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Boron, B2O3 |
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32,000 |
33,000 |
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Cadmium, Cd |
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92 |
290 |
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Chromite,
ore |
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4,400 |
5,700 |
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Coal |
billion tons |
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330 |
690 |
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Cobalt, Co |
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80 |
560 |
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Copper, Cu |
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30,000 |
38,000 |
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Diamond,
mineral |
kilograms |
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3,200 |
4,040 |
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Diatomite,
ore |
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100,000 |
310,000 |
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Fluorite,
CaF2 |
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2,400 |
110,000 |
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Gallium, Ga |
tons |
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4,100 |
110,000 |
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Gas, natural |
billion cubic meters |
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2,000 |
3,800 |
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Gold, Au |
tons |
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1,200 |
4,130 |
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Graphite,
mineral |
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74,000 |
140,000 |
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Gypsum, ore |
million tons |
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4,900 |
59,000 |
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Iodine, I |
tons |
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31,000 |
4,200,000 |
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Iron ore,
ore |
million tons |
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21,000 |
36,000 |
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Kaolin |
do. |
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550 |
990 |
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Lead, Pb |
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12,000 |
25,000 |
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Lithium, Li2O |
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1,000 |
1,300 |
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Magnesite,
ore |
million tons |
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1,400 |
2,000 |
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Manganese,
ore |
do. |
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200 |
470 |
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Mercury, Hg |
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21 |
61 |
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Mirabilite,
Na2SO4 |
million tons |
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9,900 |
10,600 |
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Molybdenum,
Mo |
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3,300 |
6,600 |
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Nickel, Ni |
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3,000 |
5,100 |
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Petroleum |
million tons |
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2,400 |
9,400 |
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Phosphorus,
ore |
million tons |
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4,000 |
13,000 |
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Platinum-group
metals, metal |
tons |
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15 |
330 |
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Potash, KCl |
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270,000 |
590,000 |
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Pyrite, ore |
million tons |
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2,100 |
3,200 |
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Rare earths,
rare-earth oxide |
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21,000 |
64,000 |
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Salt, NaCl |
billion tons |
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190 |
1,100 |
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Silver, Ag |
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34 |
85 |
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Strontium,
mineral |
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1,000 |
3,800 |
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Sulfur,
natural, S |
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240 |
320,000 |
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Talc, ore |
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95,000 |
150,000 |
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Tantalum, Ta2O5 |
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31 |
61 |
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Tin, Sn |
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1,600 |
3,100 |
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Titanium,
TiO2 |
million tons |
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210 |
440 |
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Trona,
mineral |
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75,000 |
103,000 |
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Tungsten, WO3 |
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2,900 |
5,280 |
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Vanadium, V2O5 |
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13,000 |
22,000 |
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Zinc, Zn |
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37,000 |
60,000 |
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Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2004, p. 9. |
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