TABLE 3 |
PERU: RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERALS IN 20031 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
Reserves |
|
Coal,
all types |
|
|
1,100,000 |
|
Copper |
|
|
|
57,400 |
|
Gold |
|
metric tons |
|
3,500 |
2 |
Iron
ore |
|
|
830,000 |
|
Lead |
|
|
|
3,500 |
|
Molybdenum |
|
|
450 |
e |
Natural
gas |
billion cubic meters |
|
250 |
|
Petroleum,
crude |
million barrels |
|
320 |
|
Phosphate
rock |
million metric tons |
|
550 |
|
Salt |
|
|
|
100,000 |
e |
Silver |
|
metric tons |
|
36,000 |
|
Sulfur |
|
|
|
150,000 |
e |
Tin |
|
|
|
720 |
|
Uranium |
|
|
100 |
3 |
Zinc |
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three
significant digits; |
may not add to
totals shown. |
12001 and 2002 Anuario de la Minería del Perú, Ministerio de
Energía y Minas, |
except for natural
gas and petroleum crude. |
2Excludes metal in placer deposits. |
3Recoverable at prices of $100 or less per kilogram of uranium. |
|
|
|
|
|
|