TABLE 1
FRANCE: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES^1,*

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity²		1999		2000		2001		2002^e		2003^e
METALS
Aluminum:
Bauxite, gross weight³	thousand tons	160		185		174	^r	170	^r	168
Alumina:
Crude	do.	550		500		600		600		500
Calcined	do.	450		462		480		500		450
Metal:
Primary	do.	455		441		462		463	⁴	445	⁴
Secondary	do.	239		260		253		262	⁴	240	⁴
Antimony, metal, including regulus^e		500		500		500		500		500
Cadmium metal		195		160		176		63	^{r, 4}	--
Cobalt, metal:
Powder^e		600		600		600		500		500
Chloride		180		204		199		175	⁴	181	⁴
Copper:^e
Mine output, Cu content		100		100		--		--		--
Metal, secondary:
Blister		1,000		1,000		500	^r	--	^r	--
Refined		1,800		1,500		1,500		500		--
Gold, mine output, Au content	kilograms	3,570	^e	2,632		2,510		1,724	^{r, 4}	1,470	⁴
Iron and steel:
Metal:
Pig iron	thousand tons	13,854		13,661		12,004		13,224	^{r, 4}	12,756	⁴
Ferroalloys, electric furnace:^e
Ferromanganese	do.	138	⁴	140		130		130		130
Ferrosilicon	do.	100		110		100		100		100
Silicon metal	do.	65		60		65		65		65
Other	do.	100		100		100		100		100
Total	do.	403	^r	410	^r	395	^r	395	^r	395
Steel:
Crude	do.	20,211		21,002		19,431		20,524	⁴	19,803	⁴
Hot-rolled	do.	17,294		17,722		16,593		18,561	^{r, 4}	18,400	⁴
Lead:
Smelter, secondary		205,000		209,000		132,000	^e	105,000	^{r, 4}	--	⁴
Refined:
Primary		124,000	^e	109,868		98,257		83,575	^{r, 4}	1,535	⁴
Secondary		155,000	^e	158,226		143,338		111,643	^{r, 4}	96,155	⁴
Total		279,000	^e	268,094		241,595		195,218	^{r, 4}	97,690	⁴
Magnesium metal, including secondary^e		16,200		16,500		4,000	⁵	--		--
Nickel metal⁶		9,458		10,100		11,033		11,440	^{r, 4}	11,138	⁴
Silver:^e
Mine output, Ag content	kilograms	1,140		720	⁴	800		600		500
Metal, Ag content of final smelter products	do.	500		500		450		400		400
Tin, secondary		1,506		1,257		1,644		1,600		1,500
Tungsten, mine output, W content of powder^e		500		500		500		500		500
Zinc metal, including slab and secondary		331,103		347,705		343,805		338,924	⁴	268,408	⁴
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite, BaSO₃ equivalent		76,000		91,000		81,000		80,000		81,000	⁴
Bromine, elemental^e		8,000		7,900	⁴	7,800		6,000		6,000
Cement, hydraulic	thousand tons	19,257		20,191		19,839		20,000		20,000
Clays:
Kaolin and kaolinitic clay (marketable)	do.	330		380		375		339	^{r, 4}	323	⁴
Refractory clay, unspecified	do.	14		12		14		15		15
Diamonds, synthetic, industrial^e	thousand carats	3,600		3,600		3,600		3,600		3,600
See footnotes at end of table.


TABLE 1--Continued
FRANCE: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES^1,*

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity²		1999		2000		2001		2002^e		2003^e
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Diatomite^e	thousand tons	75		75		85		80		80
Feldspar, crude^e	do.	638		642	⁴	650		659	^{r, 4}	671	⁴
Fluorspar:
Crude	do.	250		250		250		250		250
Marketable:
Acid- and ceramic-grade	do.	86		85		95		95		79
Metallurgical grade	do.	20		20		20		10		10
Total	do.	106		105		115		105		89
Gypsum and anhydrite, crude^e	do.	4,500		4,500		4,500		4,500		3,500
Kyanite, andalusite, related materials^e	do.	70		65		65		65		65
Lime, quick and hydrated, dead-burned dolomite	do.	3,094		3,000	^e	3,000	^e	3,000		3,100
Mica^e		10,000		10,000		10,000		10,000		10,000
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia	thousand tons	1,580		1,620		1,373	^r	1,172	^{r, 4}	1,153	⁴
Pigments, mineral, natural, iron oxide^e		1,500		1,500		1,000		1,000		1,000
Phosphates, Thomas slag	thousand tons	50		50		50		50		50
Potash, K₂O equivalent (marketable)	do.	345		321		257		139	^{r, 4}	--
Pozzolan and lapilli^e	do.	450		450		400		400		400
Salt:
Rock salt	do.	100	^e	386		596		446	^{r, 4}	439	⁴
Brine salt, refined	do.	1,730		1,774		1,727		1,741	^{r, 4}	1,718	⁴
Marine salt^e	do.	900		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000
Salt in solution	do.	4,057	^r	3,956		3,774		3,620	^{r, 4}	3,516	⁴
Total	do.	6,787		7,116	^r	7,097	^r	6,807	^{r, 4}	6,673	⁴
Sodium compounds:^e
Soda ash		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000
Sodium sulfate		120		120		120		120		120
Stone, sand and gravel:^e
Limestone, agricultural and industrial		11,000		12,000		12,000		12,000		12,000
Slate, roof		30		30		30		30		30
Sand and gravel:
Industrial sands		6,500	^e	5,359		5,062		5,179	^{r, 4}	5,089	⁴
Other sand, gravel, and aggregates		165,000		181,020		172,764		166,788	^{r, 4}	160,884	⁴
Sulfur, byproduct:^e
Of natural gas		600		500		550		500		450
Of petroleum		250		150		150		150		150
Of unspecified sources		250		150		150		150		100
Total		1,100		800		850		800		700
Talc:
Crude		405,300		376,000		367,000		343,200	^{r, 4}	345,600	⁴
Powder^e		300,000		300,000		300,000		300,000		300,000
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Asphaltic material^e		24,000		24,000		25,000		20,000		20,000
Carbon black^e		250,000		250,000		250,000		200,000		200,000
Coal, including briquets:
Anthracite and bituminous	thousand tons	4,033		3,805		2,364		1,483	^{r, 4}	1,730	⁴
Lignite	do.	894		297		324		148	^{r, 4}	9	⁴
Total	do.	4,927		4,102		2,688		1,631	^{r, 4}	1,739	⁴
Briquets^e	do.	163	⁴	200		200		175		175
Coke, metallurgical	do.	5,312		5,327		5,091		4,552	^{r, 4}	4,601	⁴
Gas, natural, marketed	million cubic meters	2,500	^e	1,873		1,810	^e	1,750	^{r, 4}	1,520	⁴
See footnotes at end of table.





TABLE 1--Continued
FRANCE: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES^1,*

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity²		1999		2000		2001		2002^e		2003^e
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS--Continued
Petroleum:
Crude	thousand 42-gallon barrels	13,380		11,591		10,082		9,825	^{r, 4}	9,150	⁴
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas	do.	29,012		30,937		29,000	^e	24,360	^{r, 4}	29,000	⁴
Gasoline, all kinds	do.	146,855		132,107		140,000	^e	140,000		140,000
Kerosene and jet fuel	do.	52,948		48,872		48,800	^e	48,800		40,800	⁴
Distillate fuel oil	do.	238,451		250,417		250,000	^e	91,758	^{r, 4}	97,726	⁴
Residual fuel oil	do.	59,121		57,776		69,000	^e	61,938	^{r, 4}	67,266	⁴
Other products	do.	46,872		46,179		45,000	^e	45,000		45,000
Refinery fuel	do.	868		1,148		1,200	^e	1,200		1,200
Total	do.	574,127		567,436		583,000	^e	413,056	^{r, 4}	420,992	⁴
Uranium:
Mine output, U content		625		318		182		14	^r	--
Chemical concentrate, U₃O₈ equivalent		424		302		156		12	^{r, 4}	--
^eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to total shown. ^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Table includes data available through October 2004.
²In addition to the commodities listed, France produced germanium from domestic ores. Unfortunately, actual output is not regularly reported. France also
produced large amounts of stone, but statistics on output are not available.
³Reprocessed bauxite not for metallurgical use.
⁴Reported figure.
⁵Plant closed in June 2001.
⁶Excludes secondary production from nickel/cadmium batteries.

*Revised on October 20, 2005.