TABLE 2 |
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IRELAND: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
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Annual |
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Commodity |
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Major operating companies and major equity owners |
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Location of main facility |
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capacity |
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Alumina |
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Glencore International AG |
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Aughinish Island, County Limerick |
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1,000 |
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Cement |
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Irish Cement Ltd. |
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Plants in Limerick and Platin |
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2,000 |
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Lead-zinc,
concentrate |
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Anglo American plc, 50%; Ivernia West
plc, 50% |
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Lisheen Mine, County Kilkenny |
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160 |
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Do. |
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Arcon International Resources plc |
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Galmoy Mine, County Kilkenny |
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135 |
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Do. |
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Outokumpu Oyj |
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Tara Mine, Navan, County Meath |
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215 |
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Natural
gas |
million cubic feet |
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Marathon Oil Corp. |
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Kinsale Head Field, Celtic Sea |
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75,000 |
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Nitrogen,
N content of ammonia |
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Irish Fertilizer Industries |
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Plant at Marino Point |
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450 |
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Peat |
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Bord Na Mona (Government Peat Board) |
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Production mainly in midlands |
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4,200 |
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Petroleum,
refined |
barrels per day |
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Irish National Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
(Tosco Corp., 100%) |
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Whitegate, near Cork |
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75,000 |
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Steel |
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Irish Ispat (Ispat International NV) |
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Haulbowline, near Cork (closed) |
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500 |
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