| TABLE 3 |
| FRANCE: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
| |
| |
|
Major operating companies |
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main
facilities |
|
capacity |
| Alumina |
|
|
Aluminium Pechiney (Alcan Inc., 97.95%) |
|
Plant at Gardanne |
|
700 |
| Aluminum |
|
|
|
|
Aluminum smelters at: |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie Province |
|
120 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Nogueres, Pyrenees, Atlantiques Province |
|
115 |
| Do. |
|
do. |
|
Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrenees Province |
|
63 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Auzat, Arieege Province |
|
44 |
| Andalusite |
|
|
Denain-Anzin Minéraux
Refractaire Ceramique |
Glomel Mine, Brittany |
|
75 |
| Antimony,
metal |
|
Société Nouvelle des Mines de la Lucette |
|
Plant at Le Genest, Mayeene Province |
|
10 |
| Barite |
|
|
Barytine de Chaillac |
|
Mine and plant at Chaillac, Indre
Province |
|
150 |
| Do. |
|
|
Société Industrielle du Centre |
|
Mine at Rossigno, Indre Province |
|
100 |
| Cadmium |
metric tons |
|
Compagnie Royal Asturienne des Mines |
|
Plant at D'Auby-les-Douai, Nord
Province |
|
200 |
| Cement |
|
|
Eight companies, the largest of which
are: |
|
80 plants, including: |
|
23,233 |
| Do. |
|
|
LaFarge S.A. |
|
15 plants; largest at St.
Pierre-la-Cour (1,160) |
7,815 |
| Do. |
|
|
Société des Ciments Français |
|
13 plants; largest at Gargenville
(1,100) |
|
6,190 |
| Coal |
|
|
Charbonnages de France (CdF), including: |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Centre-Midi Basin |
|
Open pit mines in western
France (closed 2001) |
0 |
| Do. |
|
|
Lorraine Basin |
|
Underground mines in eastern France |
|
2,500 |
| Cobalt, metal |
metric tons |
|
Société Métallurgique le Nickel (SLN) |
|
Plant at Sandouville, near Le Havre |
|
600 |
| Copper, metal |
|
|
Compagnie General d'Electrolyse du
Palais |
|
Electrolytic plant at
Palais-sur-Vienne |
|
45 |
| Do. |
|
|
Société Française d'Affinage du Cuivre |
|
Smelter at Poissy, Yvelines |
|
11 |
| Diatomite |
|
|
Ceca S.A. |
|
Mines and plants at Riom-les-Montagnne |
|
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
and St. Bauzille |
|
|
| Feldspar |
|
|
Denain-Anzin Minéraux S.A. |
|
Mine and plant at St. Chely d' Apcher |
|
55 |
| Ferroalloys |
|
|
Comilog International S.A. |
|
Plant at Boulogne-sur-Mer |
|
420 |
| Do. |
|
|
Pechiney Electrométallurgie |
|
Plants at Bellegarde |
|
387 |
| Do. |
|
|
Chromeurope S.A. |
|
Plant at Dunkerque |
|
25 |
| Fluorspar |
|
Société Générale de
Recherches et d'Exploitation |
Mines in southern France |
|
150 |
| |
|
|
Minière (SOGEREM) |
|
|
|
|
| Gold |
kilograms |
|
Société des Mines du Bourneix
(Government) |
|
Saint Yrieix la Perche District |
|
0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
(closed and dismantled, 2003) |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Mines d'Or de Salsigne (Eltin Co., 51%; |
|
Mine near Carcassonne (closed) |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
Ranger Co., 18%; Peter Hambro Plc., 10%) |
|
|
|
| Gypsum |
|
|
S.A. de Materiel de Construction |
|
Mine at Taverny |
|
1,500 |
| Kaolin |
|
|
La Source Compagnie Minière |
|
Kaolin d'Arvor Mine, Quessoy |
|
300 |
| Lead, metal |
|
|
Métaleurop S.A. |
|
Plant at Noyelles Godault |
|
165 |
| Magnesium,
metal |
|
Péchiney Electrométallurgie |
|
Plant at Marignac (closed 2002) |
|
15 |
| Natural gas |
million cubic meters |
Société Nationale Elf Aquaitane (SNEA) |
|
Gasfield and plant at Lacq |
|
20,000 |
| Nickel, metal |
|
|
Société Métallurgia le Nickel (SLN) |
|
Plant at Sandouville |
|
16 |
| Nitrogen,
N content of ammonia |
|
Grande Paroisse S.A. |
|
Plant at Grandpuits |
|
390 |
| Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
barrels per day |
|
Total S.A. |
|
Paris Basin oilfields |
|
1,000 |
| Refined |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Refineries at Gonfreville and La Mede |
|
446,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Shell-Française |
|
Refinery at Petite Couron |
|
285,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Berre |
|
270,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Elf Aquaitane-France |
|
Refinery at Feyzin |
|
120,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Donges |
|
200,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Grandpuits |
|
96,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Société Française British
Petroleum (S.F.B.P.) |
Refineries at Lavera |
|
175,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Esso S.A. |
|
Refineries at Fos-sur-Mer |
|
237,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Mobil Oil Française |
|
Refineries at Gravenchon |
|
62,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Cie. Rhenane de Raffinage (CRR) |
|
Refinery at Reichstett |
|
80,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TABLE 3--Continued |
| FRANCE: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
| |
| |
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
| Potash, K2O |
|
|
Mines de Potasse d'Alsace S.A. (MDPA) |
|
Mines at Amelie and Marie-Louise
(closed) |
|
0 |
| Salt, rock |
|
|
Compagnie des Salins du Midi et
des |
|
Varangeville Mine at
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port |
|
9,000 |
| |
|
|
Salines de l'Est |
|
|
|
|
| Steel |
|
|
Arcelor S.A. |
|
Dunkerque |
|
7,500 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Fos-sur-Mer |
|
4,200 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Seramange |
|
3,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Sollac Unimetal (Usinor Group, 100%) |
|
Gadrange, Neuves Maisons,
and Thonville |
|
8,400 |
| Sulfur |
|
|
Société Nationale Elf Aquaitane (SNEA) |
|
Byproduct from natural gas, Lacq plant |
|
3,000 |
| Talc |
|
|
Talc de Luzenac S.A. (Rio
Tinto Corp., 100%) |
Trimouns Mine near Ariege, Pyrenees |
|
350 |
| Uranium, U3O8 |
metric tons |
|
Compagnie Général des Matières
Nucléaires |
|
Mines at Limousin, Vendee, and Herault |
|
1,800 |
| |
|
|
(Government) |
|
|
|
|
| Zinc, metal |
|
|
Umicore Group |
|
Plant
at Auby-les-Douai |
|
220 |
| Do. |
|
|
Métaleurop S.A. |
|
Plant at Noyelles Godault (closed) |
|
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|