TABLE 1 |
JAPAN:
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
METALS |
|
|
Aluminum: |
|
|
|
Alumina |
thousand tons |
|
335 |
|
369 |
|
331 |
|
333 |
|
330 |
e |
Aluminum
hydroxide |
do. |
|
737 |
|
782 |
|
739 |
|
724 |
|
740 |
e |
Metal: |
|
|
|
Primary: |
|
|
|
Regular
grades |
do. |
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
e |
High-purity |
do. |
|
35 |
|
41 |
|
27 |
|
40 |
|
44 |
|
Secondary2 |
do. |
|
1,158 |
|
1,214 |
|
1,171 |
|
1,239 |
|
1,200 |
e |
Antimony: |
|
|
|
Oxide |
|
|
10,348 |
|
11,051 |
|
8,789 |
|
9,052 |
|
8,235 |
|
Metal |
|
|
178 |
|
146 |
|
101 |
|
183 |
|
121 |
|
Arsenic,
high-puritye |
|
|
110 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
Bismuth |
|
|
481 |
|
520 |
|
551 |
|
474 |
|
513 |
|
Cadmium,
refined |
|
|
2,567 |
|
2,472 |
|
2,460 |
|
2,444 |
|
2,509 |
|
Chromium,
metale |
|
|
700 |
|
750 |
|
1,350 |
|
1,600 |
|
1,500 |
|
Cobalt, metal |
|
|
247 |
|
311 |
|
350 |
|
354 |
|
379 |
|
Copper: |
|
|
|
Mine output,
Cu content |
|
|
1,038 |
|
1,211 |
|
744 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
Blister and
anode: |
|
|
|
Primary |
|
|
1,256,276 |
|
1,331,352 |
|
1,328,489 |
|
1,317,291 |
|
1,343,353 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
133,188 |
|
149,282 |
|
139,764 |
|
182,069 |
|
172,724 |
|
Total |
|
|
1,389,464 |
|
1,480,634
|
|
1,468,253 |
|
1,499,360
|
|
1,516,077 |
|
Refined: |
|
|
|
Primary |
|
|
1,215,248 |
|
1,290,091 |
|
1,287,165 |
|
1,211,111 |
|
1,251,728 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
126,301 |
|
147,260 |
|
138,526 |
|
189,968 |
|
178,637 |
|
Total |
|
|
1,341,549 |
|
1,437,351 |
|
1,425,691 |
|
1,401,079 |
|
1,430,365 |
|
Gallium,
metal: |
|
|
|
Primarye |
|
|
12 |
|
14 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
9 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
47 |
|
56 |
|
62 |
r |
80 |
r |
83 |
|
Germanium: |
|
|
|
Oxidee |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
Metal |
kilograms |
|
765 |
|
1,809 |
|
1,615 |
|
803 |
|
621 |
|
Gold: |
|
|
|
Mine output,
Au content |
do. |
|
9,405 |
|
8,400 |
|
7,815 |
|
8,615 |
|
8,143 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
147,719 |
|
146,061 |
|
155,826 |
|
144,748 |
|
161,399 |
|
Secondary3 |
do. |
|
20,107 |
|
19,280 |
|
19,831 |
|
21,160 |
r |
22,549 |
|
Total |
do. |
|
167,826 |
|
165,341 |
|
175,657 |
|
165,908 |
r |
183,948 |
|
Indium, metal |
do. |
|
40,465 |
|
55,078 |
|
55,000 |
e |
60,000 |
r |
70,000 |
|
Iron and
steel: |
|
|
|
|
Iron ore and
iron sand concentrate: |
|
|
|
|
Gross weight |
|
|
1,450 |
|
1,454 |
|
750 |
|
700 |
e |
700 |
e |
Fe content |
|
|
589 |
|
523 |
|
258 |
|
240 |
e |
240 |
e |
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
TABLE 1--Continued |
JAPAN: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
METALS--Continued |
|
|
|
Iron and
steel--Continued: |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
Pig iron and
blast furnace ferroalloys |
thousand tons |
|
74,520 |
|
81,071 |
|
78,836 |
|
80,979 |
|
82,091 |
|
Electric-furnace
ferroalloys: |
|
|
|
|
Ferrochrome |
|
|
119,777 |
|
130,074 |
|
111,167 |
|
91,937 |
|
19,427 |
|
Ferromanganese |
|
|
315,152 |
|
337,694 |
|
368,293 |
|
356,717 |
|
371,831 |
|
Ferronickel |
|
|
332,293 |
|
367,181 |
|
367,739 |
|
370,973 |
|
369,099 |
|
Ferrosilicon |
|
|
1,452 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
Silicomanganese |
|
|
65,744 |
|
67,926 |
|
62,238 |
|
70,965 |
|
58,043 |
|
Other: |
|
|
|
|
Ferromolybdenum |
|
|
3,391 |
|
3,699 |
|
3,485 |
|
2,375 |
|
2,691 |
|
Ferrotungsten |
|
|
43 |
|
42 |
|
109 |
|
9 |
|
12 |
|
Ferrovanadium |
|
|
3,349 |
|
4,108 |
|
3,613 |
|
3,592 |
|
3,491 |
|
Unspecified |
|
|
6,077 |
|
7,171 |
|
5,733 |
|
6,376 |
|
3,813 |
|
Total |
|
|
847,278 |
|
917,895 |
|
922,377 |
|
902,944 |
|
828,407 |
|
Steel, crude |
thousand
tons |
|
94,192 |
|
106,444 |
|
102,866 |
|
107,745 |
|
110,511 |
|
Semimanufactures,
hot-rolled: |
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
steels |
do. |
|
73,221 |
|
83,044 |
r |
78,927 |
|
80,838 |
r |
81,769 |
|
Special
steels |
do. |
|
14,224 |
|
15,747 |
|
15,835 |
|
17,451 |
r |
18,735 |
|
Lead: |
|
|
|
|
Mine output,
Pb content |
|
|
6,074 |
|
8,835 |
|
4,997 |
|
5,723 |
|
5,660 |
|
Metal,
refined: |
|
|
|
|
Primary |
|
|
125,514 |
|
129,469 |
|
127,358 |
|
107,744 |
|
105,460 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
167,915 |
|
182,209 |
|
175,088 |
|
178,016 |
|
189,831 |
|
Total |
|
|
293,429 |
|
311,678 |
|
302,446 |
|
285,760 |
|
295,291 |
|
Magnesium,
metal, secondarye |
|
|
7,732 |
4 |
10,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
9,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
Manganese,
oxide |
|
|
57,993 |
|
63,379 |
|
51,095 |
|
45,867 |
|
49,115 |
|
Molybdenum,
metal |
|
|
586 |
|
626 |
|
610 |
|
465 |
|
561 |
|
Nickel metal: |
|
|
|
|
Refined |
|
|
30,481 |
|
36,230 |
|
32,526 |
|
32,303 |
|
34,991 |
|
Ni content of
nickel oxide sinter |
|
|
34,482 |
|
47,020 |
|
49,600 |
|
48,950 |
|
52,700 |
|
Ni content of
ferronickel |
|
|
67,166 |
|
74,753 |
|
68,113 |
|
74,418 |
|
74,804 |
|
Ni content of
chemical |
|
|
2,570 |
|
2,721 |
|
2,394 |
|
1,820 |
|
2,084 |
|
Total |
|
|
134,699 |
|
160,724 |
|
152,633 |
|
157,491 |
|
164,579 |
|
Platinum-group
metals: |
|
|
|
|
Palladium,
metal |
kilograms |
|
5,354 |
|
4,712 |
|
4,805 |
|
5,618 |
|
5,500 |
e |
Platinum,
metal |
do. |
|
737 |
|
782 |
|
791 |
|
762 |
|
770 |
e |
Rare-earth
oxides5 |
|
|
5,092 |
|
5,619 |
|
5,109 |
|
5,423 |
|
5,521 |
|
Selenium,
metal |
|
|
546 |
|
612 |
|
735 |
|
752 |
|
734 |
|
Silicon,
high-purity |
|
|
3,844 |
|
4,688 |
|
4,334 |
|
4,457 |
|
5,045 |
|
Silver: |
|
|
|
|
Mine output,
Ag content |
kilograms |
|
94,004 |
|
103,781 |
|
80,397 |
|
81,416 |
|
78,862 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
Primary |
do. |
|
2,257,888 |
|
2,384,739 |
|
2,293,028 |
|
2,259,551 |
|
2,453,204 |
|
Secondary3 |
do. |
|
503,938 |
|
345,358 |
|
303,804 |
|
291,955 |
r |
258,754 |
|
Total |
do. |
|
2,761,826
|
|
2,730,097 |
|
2,596,832
|
|
2,551,506
|
r |
2,711,958
|
|
Tantalum,
metale |
|
|
85 |
|
85 |
|
90 |
|
90 |
|
95 |
|
Tellurium,
metal |
|
|
35 |
|
36 |
|
39 |
|
29 |
|
33 |
|
Tin, metal,
smelter |
|
|
568 |
|
593 |
|
668 |
|
659 |
|
662 |
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
TABLE 1--Continued |
JAPAN: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
METALS--Continued |
|
|
|
Titanium: |
|
|
|
|
Dioxide |
|
|
269,193 |
|
270,272 |
|
256,961 |
|
240,469 |
|
253,453 |
|
Metal |
|
|
18,928 |
r |
19,457 |
r |
24,906 |
r |
25,199 |
r |
18,923 |
|
Tungsten,
metal |
|
|
4,357 |
|
4,993 |
|
3,607 |
|
3,302 |
|
3,333 |
|
Vanadium,
metale, 6 |
|
|
250 |
|
250 |
|
250 |
|
250 |
|
250 |
|
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
Mine output,
Zn content |
|
|
64,263 |
|
63,601 |
|
44,519 |
|
42,851 |
|
44,574 |
|
Oxide |
|
|
78,928 |
|
82,816 |
|
75,414 |
|
74,515 |
|
75,090 |
|
Metal: |
|
|
|
|
Primary |
|
|
524,979 |
|
541,704 |
|
541,277 |
|
547,183 |
|
532,704 |
|
Secondary |
|
|
158,637 |
|
157,047 |
|
142,777 |
|
126,723 |
|
153,411 |
|
Total |
|
|
683,616 |
|
698,751 |
|
684,054 |
|
673,906 |
|
686,115 |
|
Zirconium, oxide |
|
|
7,660 |
|
8,540 |
|
7,930 |
|
8,650 |
r |
8,800 |
e |
INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS |
|
|
Asbestose |
|
|
18,000 |
|
18,000 |
|
18,000 |
|
18,000 |
|
18,000 |
|
Brominee |
|
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
|
Cement,
hydraulic |
thousand
tons |
|
80,120 |
|
81,097 |
|
76,550 |
|
71,828 |
|
68,766 |
|
Clays: |
|
|
|
|
Bentonite |
|
|
428,247 |
|
415,115 |
|
405,738 |
|
437,772 |
r |
425,945 |
e |
Fire clay,
crude |
|
|
558,110 |
|
506,314 |
|
475,665 |
|
480,000 |
e |
460,000 |
e |
Kaolin |
|
|
53,092 |
|
25,739 |
|
19,976 |
|
11,756 |
r |
12,409 |
|
Diatomitee |
|
|
190,000 |
|
190,000 |
|
180,000 |
|
180,000 |
|
185,000 |
|
Feldspar and
related materials:e |
|
|
|
|
Feldspar |
|
|
52,000 |
|
52,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
Aplite |
|
|
330,000 |
|
330,000 |
|
310,000 |
|
403,000 |
r |
300,000 |
|
Gypsum |
thousand
tons |
|
5,549 |
|
5,917 |
|
5,874 |
|
5,644 |
|
5,764 |
|
Iodine |
|
|
6,152 |
|
6,157 |
|
6,643 |
|
6,548 |
|
6,524 |
|
Lime,
quicklime |
thousand
tons |
|
7,594 |
|
8,106 |
|
7,586 |
|
7,420 |
|
7,953 |
|
Nitrogen, N
content of ammonia |
do. |
|
1,385 |
|
1,410 |
|
1,318 |
|
1,192 |
|
1,061 |
|
Perlitee |
|
|
260,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
255,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
Salt, all
types |
thousand
tons |
|
1,327 |
|
1,374 |
|
1,358 |
|
1,282 |
r |
1,263 |
|
Silica sand |
do. |
|
6,088 |
|
6,121 |
|
5,768 |
|
4,893 |
r |
4,699 |
|
Sodium
compounds, n.e.s.: |
|
|
|
|
Soda ash |
|
|
721,752 |
|
669,203 |
|
461,204 |
|
410,000 |
r |
400,000 |
e |
Sulfate,
anhydrous |
|
|
174,139 |
|
163,057 |
|
146,780 |
|
137,713 |
|
132,807 |
|
Stone,
crushed: |
|
|
|
|
Dolomite |
thousand
tons |
|
3,648 |
|
3,539 |
|
3,389 |
|
3,450 |
|
3,579 |
|
Limestone |
do. |
|
180,193 |
|
185,569 |
|
182,255 |
|
170,166 |
r |
163,565 |
|
Stone,
quartzite |
do. |
|
15,548 |
|
15,578 |
|
14,213 |
|
13,568 |
r |
12,838 |
|
Sulfur: |
|
|
|
|
S content of
pyrite |
do. |
|
41 |
|
30 |
|
30 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
Byproduct of
metallurgy |
do. |
|
1,363 |
|
1,384 |
|
1,319 |
|
1,326 |
|
1,281 |
|
Byproduct of
petroleum |
do. |
|
2,054 |
|
2,071 |
|
2,024 |
|
1,865 |
|
1,951 |
|
Talc and
related materials: |
|
|
|
|
Talce |
|
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
45,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
Pyrophyllite |
|
|
694,317 |
|
692,998 |
|
623,097 |
|
600,000 |
e |
600,000 |
e |
Vermiculitee |
|
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
TABLE 1--Continued |
JAPAN: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003p |
|
MINERAL FUELS AND
RELATED MATERIALS |
|
|
|
Carbon black |
thousand
tons |
|
761 |
|
788 |
|
742 |
|
755 |
|
788 |
|
Coal,
bituminous7 |
do. |
|
3,906 |
|
3,126 |
|
3,198 |
|
1,367 |
|
1,400 |
e |
Coke
including breeze, metallurgical |
do. |
|
36,473 |
|
38,394 |
|
38,402 |
|
38,417 |
|
38,544 |
|
Gas, natural: |
|
|
|
|
Gross8 |
million
cubic meters |
|
2,280 |
|
2,453 |
|
2,521 |
|
2,571 |
|
2,844 |
|
Marketed |
do. |
|
2,362 |
|
2,507 |
|
2,602 |
|
2,662 |
|
3,011 |
|
Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
Crude |
thousand
42-gallon barrels |
|
4,592 |
|
4,656 |
|
4,782 |
|
4,548 |
|
5,161 |
|
Refinery
products: |
|
|
|
|
Gasoline: |
|
|
|
|
Aviatione |
do. |
|
104 |
|
45 |
|
40 |
|
40 |
|
50 |
|
Other |
do. |
|
353,730 |
|
356,530 |
|
364,714 |
|
364,129 |
|
367,687 |
|
Asphalt and
bitumen |
do. |
|
33,909 |
r |
33,366 |
r |
33,151 |
r |
31,537 |
r |
32,586 |
|
Distillate
fuel oil |
do. |
|
280,122 |
|
268,022 |
|
261,851 |
|
250,932 |
|
242,311 |
|
Jet fuel |
do. |
|
65,732 |
|
66,828 |
|
67,320 |
|
65,263 |
|
60,013 |
|
Kerosene |
do. |
|
167,744 |
|
175,399 |
|
176,655 |
|
169,472 |
|
177,963 |
|
Liquefied
petroleum gas |
do. |
|
56,504 |
r |
57,251 |
r |
59,942 |
r |
53,593 |
r |
53,107 |
|
Lubricants |
do. |
|
16,939 |
|
16,677 |
|
16,304 |
|
16,630 |
|
16,314 |
|
Naphtha |
do. |
|
113,080 |
|
112,935 |
|
116,122 |
|
119,298 |
|
122,355 |
|
Paraffin, wax |
do. |
|
860 |
r |
855 |
r |
822 |
r |
833 |
r |
915 |
|
Petroleum
coke |
do. |
|
3,710 |
|
4,274 |
r |
4,700 |
|
4,549 |
r |
4,000 |
|
Refinery fuel
and lossese, 9 |
do. |
|
150,000 |
|
150,000 |
|
150,000 |
|
150,000 |
|
150,000 |
|
Residual fuel
oil |
do. |
|
435,916 |
|
429,153 |
|
409,780 |
|
398,673 |
|
435,763 |
|
Unfinished
oilse |
do. |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
Total10 |
do. |
|
1,730,000 |
|
1,720,000 |
|
1,710,000 |
|
1,670,000 |
|
1,710,000 |
|
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three
significant digits; may not add to totals shown. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. |
1Table includes data available through October 27, 2004. |
2Includes unalloyed and alloyed ingot. |
3Includes recovered from scrap and waste. |
4Reported figure. |
5Includes oxide of cerium, europium, gadolinium, lanthanum,
neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, terbium, and yttrium. |
6Represents metal content of vanadium pentoxide recovered from
petroleum residues, ashes, and spent catalysts. |
7Includes small amount of anthracite in 1998-2001. All major coal mines had closed by January
2002, but 12 smaller mines were still in operation in 2003. |
8Includes output from gas wells and coal mines. |
9May include some additional unfinished oils. |
10Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to
totals shown. |
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Sources: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry—Yearbook of Iron and Steel,
Non-ferrous Metal, and Fabricated Metals Statistics, 2003; Yearbook of |
Chemical
Industries Statistics, 2003; Yearbook of Ceramics and Building Materials
Statistics, 2003; and Yearbook of Mineral Resources and Petroleum |
Products
Statistics, 2003. Japan Aluminum
Association—Aluminum Statistics,
2003. Arumu Publishing Co. Ltd.—Industrial Rare Metals Annual |
Review No. 120,
2004. |
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