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