TABLE 3
ITALY:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity		Major operating companies		Annual
		and major equity owners	Location of main facilities	capacity
Alumina		Eurallumina S.p.A. (Comalco Ltd., 56.2%, and	Plant at Portoscuso, Sardinia	1,000
		Glencore AG, 43.8%)
Aluminum		Alcoa Italia S.p.A. (Alcoa Inc., 100%)	Smelters at Porto Vesme, Sardinia, and Fusina, near Venice	188
Asbestos		Amiantifera di Balangero S.p.A.	Mine at Balangero, near Turin	100
Barite		Bariosarda S.p.A. (Ente Mineraria Sarda)	Mines at Barega and Mont 'Ega, Sardinia	100
Do.		Edem S.p.A. (Government)	Mines at Val di Castello, Lucca	20
Do.		Edemsarda S.p.A. (Soc. Imprese Industriali)	Mines at Su Benatzu, Sto Stefano, and Peppixeddu, Sardina
Do.		Mineraria Baritina S.p.A	Mines at Marigolek, Monte Elto, and Primaluna, near Milan	20
Bauxite		Sardabauxiti S.p.A. (Cogein S.p.A., 40%; Comtec,	Mine at Olmedo, Sardinia	350
		40%; Icofin Co., 20%)
Bentonite		Industria Chimica Carlo Laviosa S.p.A	Mines and plant on Sardinia Island, and a plant near Pisa	250
Cement		52 companies, of which the largest are:
		Italcementi Fabbriche Riunite Cemento S.p.A.	18 plants, of which the largest are Calusco, Monselice,	15,000
			and Collefero
Do.		Buzzi Unicem Group	11 plants, of which Guidonia, Lugagnano, Morano,	9,000
			Piacenza, S'Arcangelo di Romagna, and Settimello
			are the largest
Do.		Cementerie del Tirreno S.p.A. (Cementir)	6 plants at Arquasta Scivia, Livorno, Maddaloni,	5,300
			Napoli, Spoleto, and Taranto
Copper, refined		Società Metalli Marghera S.p.A.	Refinery at Porto Marghera	60
Copper, refined,		Europametalli - LMI S.p.A.	Refinery at Fornaci di Barga	24
secondary
Do.		Sitindustrie S.p.A.	Refinery at Pieve Vergonte	22
Feldspar		At least 5 companies, of which the largest are:		1,500
		Maffei S.p.A.	Surface mines at Pinzolo, Sondalo, and Campiglia	(200)
			Marittima; underground mine at Vipiteno	(300)
Do.		Miniera di Fragne S.p.A.	Surface mine at Alagna Valsesia	(60)
Do.		Sabbie Silicee Fossanova S.P.A. (Sasifo)	Surface mine at Fossanova	(30)
Gold		Gold Mines of Sardinia Ltd., 70%, and	Furtei Mine near Cagliaria, Sardinia	1,400	1
		Progemisa S.p.A., 30%
Gypsum		Fassa S.r.l.	Plant at Moncalvo, Asti	90
Lead, metal		Glencore AG	Refinery at San Gavino, Sardinia	100
Do.		do.	Kivcet smelter and Imperial smelter at	35
			Porto Vesme, Sardinia
Lignite		Ente Nazional per l'Energia Electtrica (ENEL)	Surface mine at Santa Barbara	1,000
Lime		Unicale S.p.A.	Plants in Lombardy region	500
Magnesium, metal		Societa Italiana Magnesio S.p.A. (INDEL)	Plant at Bolzano	8
Marble		A number of companies, largest of which include:		2,000
		Mineraria Marittima Srl	Quarries in the Carrara and Massa areas	(500)
Do.		Industria dei Marmi Vicentini S.p.A.	do.	(300)
Do.		Figaia S.p.A.	do.	(100)
Nitrogen, N content		Hydro Agri S.p.A.	Plant at Ferrara	410
of ammonia
Petroleum, crude		Ente Nazional Idrocarburi (ENI) Government	Oilfields:  offshore Sicily, the Adriatic Sea, and	90
			onshore in Po River Valley
Petroleum, refined		do.	About 30 refineries	2,000	2
Potash ore		Industria Sali Otassici e Affini per Aziono S.p.A.	Underground mines at Corvillo, Pasquasia,	1,300
			Racalmuto, and San Cataldo, in Sicily (closed)
Do.		Sta Italiana Sali Alcalini S.p.A. (Italkali)	Underground mines at Casteltermini and Pasquasia,	700
			Sicily
Pumice		Pumex S.p.A.	Quarries, Lipari Island, north of Sicily	600
Do.		Sta Siciliana per I'Industria ed il Commercio della	do.	200
		Pomice di Lipari S.p.A. (Italpomice S.p.A.)
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 3--Continued
ITALY:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity		Major operating companies		Annual
		and major equity owners	Location of main facilities	capacity
Pyrite		Nuova Solmine S.p.A.	Underground mines at Campiano and Niccioleta	900
Salt, rock		Sta Italiana Sali Alcalini S.p.A. (Italkahi)	Underground mines at Petralia, Racalmuto, and	4,000
			Realmonte, Sicily
Do.		Solvay S.p.A.	Underground mines at Buriano, Pontteginori, and	2,000
			Querceto, Tuscany
Steel		Ilva S.p.A. (Riva Group)	5 steel plants, the largest of which is Taranto (1,500)	4,000
Do.		Riva Acciaio S.p.A. (Riva Group)	7 plants	7,000
Do.		Acciaierie e Ferriere Vicentine Beltrame S.p.A.	Steel plant at Vicenza	1,000
		(AFV-Beltrame S.p.A.)
Talc		Luzenac Val Chisone S.p.A.	Mines at Pinerolo, near Turin, and at Orani, Sardinia	120
Do.		Talco Sardegna S.p.A.	Mine at Orani, Sardinia	20
Zinc, metal		Glencore AG	Plant at Porto Vesme, Sardinia	60
Do.		Pertulosa Sud S.p.A.	Plant at Crotone, Calabria	100
1Kilograms.
2Thousand barrels per day.