TABLE 1
MALAYSIA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003p
METALS
Aluminum, bauxite, gross weight		thousand tons		223		123		64		40		6
Columbium-tantalum metals, struverite, gross weight				675		969		8,430		2,298		2,619
Copper, mine output, Cu content, Sabah				4,600		--		--		--		--
Gold, mine output, Au content3		kilograms		3,449		4,026		3,965		4,289		4,739
Iron and steel:
Iron ore and concentrate		thousand tons		337		259		376		404		597
Steel, crude		do.		2,770		3,650		4,100		4,722	r	4,700	e
Lead metal, secondary				33,000		35,300		38,000		40,000		40,000
Rare-earth metals, monazite, gross weight				1,147		818		643		441	r	795
Silver, mine output, Ag content3		kilograms		2,744		5		3		--		--
Tin:
Mine output, Sn content				7,339		6,307		4,972		4,215		3,359
Metal, smelter				28,913		26,228		30,417		30,887	r	18,250
Titanium:
Ilmenite concentrate, gross weight				127,695		124,801		129,750		106,046		95,148
Dioxide, gross weighte				46,000		46,000		50,000		56,000		56,000
Zirconium, zircon concentrate, gross weight				1,763		3,642		3,768		5,292	r	3,456
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite				13,506		7,274		649		3,082	r	--
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		10,104		11,445		13,820		14,336		17,243
Clays and earth materials		do.		33,083		79,485		29,596		23,092	r	23,000	e
Clays, kaolin				213,973		233,885		364,458		323,916	r	376,958
Feldspar				26,940		29,895		40,509		30,819	r	31,000	e
Mica				3,675		3,835		4,107		3,669		3,609
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia				432,000		604,800		726,000		847,900		909,500
Sand and gravel		thousand tons		33,351		21,497		15,020		19,574	r	20,000	e
Silica sand, peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak				508,723		446,838		575,105		447,398	r	450,000	e
Stone:
Aggregate		thousand tons		58,588		66,670		66,996		84,934		85,000	e
Dolomite				4,250		4,030		2,850		--		--
Limestone		thousand tons		23,515		26,086		32,503		27,450	r	30,000	e
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal				308,502		382,942		497,733		352,513		172,820
Gas, natural:4
Gross		million cubic meters		51,376		56,929		58,751		60,791	r	65,173
Net5		do.		40,844		45,259		46,707		48,329	r	51,813
Liquefied natural gas		thousand tons		15,390		15,169		15,423		15,025		17,402
Petroleum:4
Crude and condensate		thousand 42-gallon barrels		252,115		249,159		243,696		254,770	r	269,370
Refinery products:
Gasoline		do.		25,498		22,205		25,500	e	26,000	e	25,000	e
Jet fuele		do.		7,500		7,500		7,500		7,500		7,500
Kerosene		do.		15,945		19,631		25,522	r	23,688	r	24,000	e
Diesel		do.		43,725		57,559		55,500	e	57,000	e	56,000	e
Residual fuel oil		do.		11,972		12,413		12,500	e	15,000	e	14,000	e
Othere, 6		do.		15,000		15,500		15,500		15,000		15,000
Total7		do.		120,000		135,000		142,000		144,000	r	142,000
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 July 2, 2004.
2In addition to the commodities listed, a variety of crude construction materials, which include clays and stone, fertilizers, and salt, is produced, but not
reported, and information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels.
3Includes byproduct from a copper mine in Sabah, tin mines in peninsular Malaysia, and gold mines in peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak.
4Includes production from peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak.
5Gross less volume of reinjected and flared.
6Includes liquefied petroleum gas, naphthas, and lubricants.
7Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to total shown.
Sources:  Ministry of Primary Industry, Minerals and Geoscience Department (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysian Minerals Yearbook 2001, Monthly Statistics
on the Mining Industry in Malaysia; Department of Statistics (Kuala Lumpur), Monthly Statistical Bulletin, April 2004; U.S. Geological Survey Minerals
Questionnaire, 2002; and Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute, Steel Statistical Yearbook, 2003.