TABLE 1
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity3				1999		2000e		2001e		2002e		2003e
METALS
Aluminum:
Bauxite, gross weight				912,451		400,000		405,000	r, 4	420,000		450,000
Alumina				--		--		--		102,000		200,000
Metal, primary ingot				137,421		140,000		160,000	r, 4	168,715	r, 4	170,000
Arsenic, orpiment and realgar, concentratese				300		400		400		400		400
Chromite, mine output, concentrate5
Gross weight				254,685		153,000		104,900		512,640	r, 4	500,000
Cr2O3 contente				125,000		75,000		51,500		250,000	r	250,000
Copper:
Mine output:
Ore mined (1% to 1.2% Cu):
Gross weight		thousand tons		13,770		13,800		14,400		16,100		16,100
Cu contente				138,000		138,000		144,000		161,000		161,000
Concentrate (29% to 35% Cu):
Gross weight				381,346		350,000		390,000		380,000		389,790	4
Cu content				131,000		125,000		121,000		121,000		130,000
Metal:
Smelter output, blister/anode				132,000		135,000		135,000		146,000		150,000
Refined output, cathode				131,700		132,000		132,000		143,000		134,632	4
Gold, mine output, Au content6		kilograms		930		765		770		650		500
Iron and steel:
Ore and concentrate:
Gross weight		thousand tons		10,776		12,370	4	10,300		11,300		16,000
Fe contente		do.		5,300		6,100		5,100		5,600		7,200
Metal:
Pig iron		do.		2,147		2,200		2,300		2,400		2,300
Direct-reduced iron		do.		4,120		4,740		5,000		5,280		5,620	4
Ferrochromium				13,680		11,505	4	8,430		8,000		10,000
Ferrosilicone				46,000		40,000		40,000		40,000		40,000
Steel, crude, ingots and castings		thousand tons		6,277		6,600		6,890		7,293	4	7,869	4
Lead:
Mine output, concentrate:
Gross weighte				22,000		27,000		24,000	r	18,000	r	16,000
Pb content				11,000	e	15,000		12,000	r	9,000	r	8,000
Refinery output, includes secondary				47,000	r	50,000	r, e	53,000	r, e	50,000		50,000
Manganese, mine output, (30% to 35% Mn):
Gross weight				104,096		105,000		120,994	r, 4	123,148	r, 4	125,000
Mn contente				32,000		32,000		48,000	r	49,000	r	50,000
Molybdenum, mine output, concentrate:e
Gross weight				4,906	4	4,900		4,506	r, 4	4,271	r, 4	4,300
Mo content				1,600		1,600		1,700		1,700		1,400
Silver, mine output, Ag content				21		22		22		23		23
Zinc:e
Mine output, concentrate:
Gross weight				160,000		182,000	4	240,000	4	240,000		240,000
Zn content				80,000		90,000		120,000		120,000		120,000
Metal				31,000	4	49,000	4	73,000	4	100,000		100,000
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Asbestos:e
Concentrate, (3% to 8% marketable fiber)				40,000		40,000		40,000		30,000		30,000
Marketable fiber				2,000		2,000		2,000		1,500		1,500
Barite				183,850		185,000		195,539	r, 4	178,652	r, 4	180,000
Boron, borax				3,663		3,700		3,212	r, 4	2,079	r, 4	3,000
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		22,080		23,880	4	26,640	r, 4	28,600	4	29,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity3				1999		2000e		2001e		2002e		2003e
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Clays:
Bentonite				64,957		70,000		80,000		80,000		80,000
Industrial clayse				400,000		450,000		485,000	4	490,000		490,000
Kaolin				837,277		850,000		806,000	4	810,000		800,000
Diatomitee				4,350		4,500		4,500		4,500		5,000
Feldspar				239,779		156,000	4	204,078	r, 4	191,316	r, 4	190,000
Fluorspar				18,387		20,000		35,986	r, 4	32,006	r, 4	32,000
Gemstones, turquoise		kilograms		20,000		20,000		20,000		20,000		20,000
Gypsum		thousand tons		10,834		10,700		10,890	4	10,380	4	10,500
Industrial or glass sand (quartzite and silica)e				1,000,000		1,000,000		1,700,000		1,700,000		1,700,000
Lime		thousand tons		2,138		2,200		2,000		2,200		2,200
Magnesite				141,081		141,000		133,778	r, 4	128,565	r, 4	130,000
Mica				1,425		2,000		3,255	r, 4	2,845	r, 4	3,000
Nitrogen:
N content of ammonia				865,000		965,000	4	1,086,700	4	1,119,100	4	1,120,000
N content of urea				606,000		624,000		651,000		660,000		650,000
Perlite				15,069		15,000		15,000		15,000		20,000
Pigments, mineral, natural iron oxide, ochree				13,300		13,500		13,000		13,000		2,300
Pumice and related volcanic materialse				150,000		150,000		760,000	4	810,000		1,200,000
Salt				1,600,000		1,560,000	4	1,985,000	4	1,970,000		1,970,000
Soda ash				120,000		120,000		120,000		120,000		120,000
Sodium compound, caustic sodae				20,000		20,000		20,000		22,000		22,000
Stone:e
Construction and building, crushed		thousand tons		11,000		12,000		12,000		12,000		12,000
Dimension and decorative:
Granite		do.		195	4	200		200		200		200
Marble:
Blocks		do.		6,400		7,000		6,600		7,000		7,000
Crushed		do.		500		550		500		600		600
Slabs		do.		100		110		100		100		100
Travertine:
Blocks		do.		435	4	500		400		500		500
Crushed and slabs		do.		65		100		100		100		100
Total		do.		7,700		8,500		7,900		8,500		8,500
Dolomite		do.		286		300		300		300		300
Limestone		do.		33,000		35,000		41,800		41,100		41,100
Strontium, celesitee				1,650	4	2,000		2,000		2,000		2,000
Sulfates, natural:e
Aluminum potassium sulfate (alum)				12,000		12,000		10,000		10,000		1,000
Sodium sulfate				308,093	4	420,000	4	387,000	4	580,000		580,000
Sulfur:e
Byproduct of petroleum and natural gas				963,000		963,000		880,000	r, 4	1,200,000	r, 4	1,310,000
Byproduct of metallurgical processing, S content of acid				47,000		50,000		50,000		50,000		50,000
Total				1,010,000		1,010,000		983,000		1,250,000	r	1,360,000
Talc				25,000	e	25,000		25,000		25,000		25,000
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal		thousand tons		1,507		1,815	4	2,002	4	2,020		2,050
Coke		do.		20,000	e	25,000		25,000		25,000		25,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity3				1999		2000e		2001e		2002e		2003e
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS--Continued
Gas, natural:
Gross		million cubic meters		90,600	e	120,000		120,000		120,000		125,000
Dry		do.		51,000	e	57,800		60,000	r	63,000		65,000
Natural gas plant liquidse		thousand 42-gallon barrels		24,000		25,000		25,000		25,000		25,000
Petroleum:
Crude		do.		1,300,000	e	1,360,000		1,350,000		1,250,000		1,410,000
Refinery products:e
Liquefied petroleum gases		do.		15,000		16,000		16,000		16,000		16,000
Motor gasoline		do.		60,000		65,000		65,000		65,000		65,000
Jet fuel		do.		11,000		12,000		12,000		12,000		12,000
Kerosene		do.		36,000		40,000		40,000		40,000		40,000
Distillate fuel oil		do.		120,000		140,000		140,000		140,000		140,000
Residual fuel oil		do.		140,000		160,000		160,000		160,000		160,000
Other		do.		60,000		67,000		67,000		67,000		67,000
Total		do.		442,000		500,000		500,000		500,000		500,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.   rRevised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through August 1, 2004.
2Data are for Iranian years ending March 21 of that stated, except data for alumina, natural gas, plant liquids, and petroleum, which are for Gregorian
calendar years.
3In addition to commodities listed, the following may have been produced, but information is inadequte to estimate output:  antimony, bromine,
ferromolybdenum, nepheline syenite, phosphate rock, selenium, shell, silicomanganese, vermiculite, and zeolite.
4Reported figure.
5Chromite content of concentrate estimated to be 42% to 45% Cr2O3 for 1999.
6Includes gold recovered from the Mouteh gold mine and from the Sarcheshmeh copper complex.