TABLE 1 |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL
COMMODITIES1, 2 |
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(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
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|
|
Country and
commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
e |
|
BELIZE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clays |
|
thousand tons |
|
600 |
|
622 |
|
557 |
|
487 |
r |
500 |
|
|
Dolomite |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
5,272 |
|
4,525 |
|
5,500 |
r |
5,000 |
|
|
Golde |
|
grams |
|
6,000 |
|
7,000 |
|
650 |
3 |
1,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
|
Limee |
|
|
|
1,250 |
|
1,250 |
|
1,200 |
|
1,200 |
|
1,200 |
|
|
Limestone4 |
|
thousand tons |
|
320 |
e |
217 |
|
1,140 |
r |
355 |
r |
400 |
|
|
Marl |
|
cubic meters |
|
1,300 |
e |
728 |
|
1,143 |
|
1,148 |
r |
1,140 |
|
|
Sand and
gravel5 |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
140 |
r, e |
150 |
r, e |
165 |
r |
109 |
r |
130 |
|
|
COSTA RICA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cement |
|
thousand tons |
|
1,260 |
r |
1,050 |
r |
1,200 |
r |
1,200 |
r, e |
1,300 |
|
|
Clays, commone |
|
|
|
415,000 |
|
418,000 |
|
420,000 |
|
420,000 |
|
419,000 |
|
|
Diatomite |
|
|
|
18,000 |
e |
34,704 |
|
26,350 |
|
26,400 |
e |
26,450 |
3 |
|
Golde |
|
kilograms |
|
165 |
|
50 |
r |
100 |
|
100 |
|
110 |
|
|
Iron
and steel, semimanufacturese |
|
|
80,025 |
3 |
80,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
80,000 |
|
75,000 |
|
|
Limee |
|
|
|
9,800 |
|
9,800 |
|
9,000 |
|
9,900 |
|
9,900 |
|
|
Petroleum,
refinery productse, 6 |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
5,480 |
|
5,500 |
|
5,500 |
|
5,500 |
|
5,450 |
|
|
Pumicee |
|
|
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
|
Salt, marinee |
|
|
|
37,000 |
|
37,000 |
|
37,000 |
|
37,000 |
|
36,800 |
|
|
Silver |
|
kilograms |
|
112 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
e |
100 |
e |
110 |
|
|
Stone,
sand and gravel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crushed
rock and rough stone |
thousand tons |
|
109 |
|
201 |
|
200 |
e |
200 |
e |
200 |
|
|
Limestone
and calcareous materials |
do. |
|
978 |
|
905 |
|
900 |
e |
900 |
e |
920 |
|
|
Sand and
gravele |
|
do. |
|
1,650 |
|
1,650 |
|
1,500 |
|
1,500 |
|
1,550 |
|
|
Sandstonee |
|
do. |
|
3,300 |
|
3,300 |
|
3,300 |
|
3,300 |
|
3,250 |
|
|
EL SALVADOR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aluminum,
metal including alloys, semimanufacturese |
|
2,650 |
|
2,650 |
|
2,650 |
|
2,650 |
|
2,600 |
|
|
Cement,
hydraulic |
|
|
|
1,031 |
|
1,064 |
|
1,174 |
|
1,318 |
|
1,390 |
|
|
Fertilizer
materials:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phosphatic |
|
|
|
13,700 |
|
13,600 |
|
13,600 |
|
13,600 |
|
13,600 |
|
|
Other
mixed materials |
|
|
56,500 |
|
56,500 |
|
56,500 |
|
56,500 |
|
56,000 |
|
|
Gold |
|
kilograms |
|
71 |
e |
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
|
Gypsume |
|
|
|
5,600 |
|
5,600 |
|
5,600 |
|
5,600 |
|
5,600 |
|
|
Limestone |
|
thousand tons |
|
1,400 |
r |
1,400 |
r |
1,425 |
r |
1,631 |
r |
1,190 |
|
|
Petroleum,
refinery productse, 6 |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
6,300 |
|
6,300 |
|
6,300 |
|
6,300 |
|
6,300 |
|
|
Salt, marine |
|
|
|
33,634 |
r |
32,444 |
r |
31,610 |
r |
31,552 |
r |
31,366 |
3 |
|
Silver |
|
kilograms |
|
20 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
|
Steel,
semimanufactures |
|
|
33,501 |
|
40,506 |
r |
38,502 |
r |
48,832 |
r |
56,900 |
|
|
GUATEMALA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basalt |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
243 |
|
318 |
|
936 |
3 |
|
Baritee |
|
|
|
75 |
|
113 |
|
700 |
r, 3 |
100 |
|
100 |
|
|
Cement,
hydraulic |
|
thousand tons |
|
1,900 |
r |
1,960 |
r |
2,000 |
r |
1,800 |
r, e |
1,900 |
|
|
Clays: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bentonite |
|
|
|
4,301 |
|
3,317 |
|
3,000 |
e |
4,436 |
r |
6,438 |
3 |
|
Kaolin |
|
|
|
61 |
e |
77 |
e |
227 |
r |
372 |
r |
1,497 |
3 |
|
Unspecified |
|
|
|
20,000 |
e |
20,000 |
e |
73,267 |
r |
64,683 |
r |
65,000 |
|
|
Feldspar |
|
|
|
17,072 |
|
17,804 |
|
6,809 |
r |
11,843 |
r |
9,320 |
|
|
Gold |
|
kilograms |
|
4,449 |
|
4,500 |
|
4,500 |
e |
4,500 |
e |
4,550 |
|
|
Gypsum |
|
|
|
110,173 |
|
212,109 |
|
96,817 |
r |
80,571 |
r |
66,981 |
3 |
|
Iron and
steel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron
ore, gross weight |
|
|
10,536 |
|
16,254 |
|
15,000 |
e |
35,226 |
r |
23,000 |
|
|
Steel,
semimanufactures |
|
|
119,056 |
|
166,453 |
r |
201,802 |
r |
216,108 |
r |
226,000 |
|
|
Lead,
metal including secondary |
|
|
115 |
e |
57 |
r, e |
50 |
r |
39 |
r |
19 |
3 |
|
Lime, hydrated7 |
|
|
|
-- |
r |
-- |
r |
182 |
r, e |
547 |
r |
386 |
3 |
|
Natural gas, gross |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
732 |
|
622 |
|
630 |
e |
650 |
e |
670 |
|
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
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TABLE 1--Continued |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL
COMMODITIES1, 2 |
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|
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
Country and
commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
e |
|
GUATEMALA--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude |
|
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
8,489 |
|
7,571 |
|
8,500 |
r, e |
9,015 |
r |
9,028 |
3 |
|
Refinery
productse, 6 |
|
do. |
|
7,300 |
3 |
7,300 |
|
7,600 |
|
7,600 |
|
7,550 |
|
|
Pumice |
|
cubic meters |
|
238,425 |
|
261,947 |
|
264,322 |
r |
377,403 |
r |
273,933 |
3 |
|
Salte |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
60,000 |
|
|
Stone,
sand, and gravel: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dolomite |
|
|
|
23 |
|
63 |
|
87 |
r, e |
24,881 |
r |
613 |
3 |
|
Limestone |
|
thousand tons |
|
4,396 |
|
4,532 |
|
2,775 |
|
3,040 |
|
3,773 |
3 |
|
Marble: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Block |
|
cubic meters |
|
10,222 |
|
10,200 |
|
15,039 |
r |
3,185 |
r |
10,000 |
|
|
Chips and
pieces |
|
|
|
112,290 |
|
111,211 |
r |
11,448 |
r |
99,293 |
r |
100,000 |
|
|
Sand and
gravel5 |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
1,100 |
r, e |
1,700 |
r, e |
684 |
r |
1,066 |
r |
711 |
3 |
|
Silica sand |
|
thousand tons |
|
116 |
|
173 |
|
161 |
r |
38 |
r |
30 |
3 |
|
Stone,
crushede |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
|
Talce |
|
|
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
568 |
r |
1,590 |
|
|
HONDURAS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building
materials:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limestone |
|
|
|
985,743 |
3 |
1,230,478 |
3 |
1,230,000 |
|
1,230,000 |
|
1,230,000 |
|
|
Marble |
|
square meters |
|
95,000 |
|
95,000 |
|
95,000 |
|
95,000 |
|
90,000 |
|
|
Cadmium,
Cd content of lead-zinc concentratese |
|
75 |
|
75 |
|
75 |
|
75 |
|
60 |
|
|
Cement |
|
thousand tons |
|
1,200 |
r |
1,284 |
r |
1,321 |
r |
1,360 |
r, e |
1,400 |
|
|
Gold |
|
kilograms |
|
879 |
|
878 |
|
4,574 |
|
4,984 |
|
5,000 |
|
|
Gypsum |
|
|
|
55,848 |
|
59,211 |
|
59,500 |
|
60,000 |
e |
60,000 |
|
|
Iron oxide
pigments |
|
|
|
-- |
|
69,969 |
|
70,941 |
|
71,000 |
e |
71,000 |
|
|
Lead,
mine output, Pb content |
|
|
3,764 |
|
4,805 |
|
6,750 |
|
8,128 |
|
8,000 |
|
|
Pozzolan |
|
|
|
-- |
|
186,948 |
|
189,999 |
|
190,000 |
e |
190,000 |
|
|
Rhyolite |
|
|
|
-- |
|
35,680 |
|
32,700 |
|
32,700 |
e |
33,000 |
|
|
Salte |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 |
|
26,000 |
|
|
Silver |
|
kilograms |
|
38,153 |
|
31,958 |
|
46,831 |
|
52,877 |
|
48,000 |
|
|
Zinc,
mine output, Zn content |
|
|
31,095 |
|
31,226 |
|
48,485 |
|
46,339 |
|
46,500 |
|
|
NICARAGUA8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bentonite |
|
|
|
5,280 |
|
6,490 |
|
6,000 |
e |
6,000 |
e |
6,300 |
|
|
Cement |
|
|
|
570,000 |
r |
530,000 |
r |
513,793 |
|
549,403 |
r |
590,000 |
|
|
Gold,
mine output, Au content |
kilograms |
|
4,448 |
|
3,673 |
|
3,840 |
r |
3,493 |
r |
3,029 |
3 |
|
Gypsum
and anhydrite, crude |
|
|
26,880 |
|
28,170 |
|
34,369 |
r |
28,153 |
r |
30,642 |
3 |
|
Limee |
|
|
|
58,000 |
|
58,000 |
|
55,000 |
|
56,000 |
|
55,000 |
|
|
Limestone:4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For cement |
|
|
|
600,000 |
r |
702,000 |
r |
621,000 |
r |
787,000 |
r |
789,000 |
3 |
|
For other
uses |
|
|
|
-- |
r |
4,540 |
r |
8,900 |
r |
3,310 |
r |
1,600 |
3 |
|
Petroleum,
refinery productse, 6 |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
5,600 |
|
5,650 |
|
5,650 |
|
5,650 |
|
5,700 |
|
|
Salt, marine |
|
|
|
26,880 |
|
16,100 |
r |
17,710 |
r |
29,710 |
r |
31,320 |
3 |
|
Sand and
gravel5 |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
740 |
r, e |
970 |
r, e |
708 |
r |
492 |
r |
636 |
|
|
Silver,
mine output, Ag content |
kilograms |
|
-- |
r |
1,589 |
r |
2,532 |
r |
2,198 |
r |
2,040 |
3 |
|
Stone,
crushed |
|
thousand tons |
|
4,045 |
r |
4,689 |
r |
5,639 |
r |
5,859 |
r |
5,400 |
|
|
PANAMA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cement |
|
|
|
900,000 |
r |
950,000 |
r |
820,000 |
r |
770,000 |
r |
770,000 |
|
|
Clays:e, 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For cement |
|
cubic meters |
|
27,000 |
r |
165,557 |
r, 3 |
64,246 |
r, 3 |
64,000 |
r |
64,000 |
|
|
For products |
|
do. |
|
4,400 |
r |
4,300 |
r |
4,300 |
r |
4,300 |
r |
4,300 |
|
|
Golde |
|
kilograms |
|
1,500 |
|
-- |
r, 3 |
-- |
r, 3 |
-- |
r |
-- |
|
|
Limee |
|
|
|
3,500 |
|
3,500 |
|
3,500 |
|
3,500 |
|
3,500 |
|
|
Petroleum,
refinery productse, 6 |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
|
Salt, marinee |
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
22,500 |
|
22,500 |
|
22,500 |
|
23,000 |
|
|
Silvere |
|
kilograms |
|
2,000 |
|
-- |
r, 3 |
-- |
r, 3 |
-- |
r |
-- |
|
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
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TABLE 1--Continued |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL
COMMODITIES1, 2 |
|
|
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
Country and
commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
e |
|
PANAMA--Continued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stone,
sand and gravel:e |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limestone4 |
|
|
|
275,000 |
|
939,000 |
r, 3 |
469,000 |
r, 3 |
270,000 |
|
270,000 |
|
|
Sand and
gravel5 |
|
thousand cubic meters |
|
1,200 |
|
1,997 |
r, 3 |
441 |
r, 3 |
1,200 |
|
1,200 |
|
|
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three
significant digits. rRevised. -- Zero. |
|
1Table includes data available through April 2004. |
|
2In addition to the commodities listed, some additional
construction materials (clays, gravel, miscellaneous rock, sand, and
weathered tuffs) were presumably |
|
produced to meet domestic needs. Available information is inadequate to
make reliable estimates of output levels. |
|
3Reported figure. |
|
4Some figures that were reported or estimated as a volumetric
measure (cubic meters) were converted to a weight measure equivalent (metric
tons) by multiplying |
|
by an average density of 2.72 for
limestone. |
|
5Some figures that were reported or estimated as a weight measure
(metric tons) were converted to a volumetric measure equivalent (cubic
meters) by dividing |
|
by an average
density of 2.5 for sand and gravel (mixed) to compare with figures reported
in cubic meters. |
|
6Includes aviation and motor gasoline, diesel, distillate fuel
oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas. |
|
7Reported figures for production of lime as a separate commodity
in Guatemala were not received prior to 2001. |
|
8In addition to the commodities listed, Nicaragua produced a
variety of industrial minerals to meet domestic needs. Output of these materials was not
reported, |
|
and available
information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. |
|
9Figures that were previously estimated in metric tons were
converted to a volumetric equivalent (cubic meters) by dividing by an average
density of 1.7 for clay |
|
(compacted) to
compare with the two figures for 2000 and 2001 reported in cubic meters. |
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