TABLE 5
  POLAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
  (Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity2   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
METALS
Aluminum:  
Primary   50,974 46,941 44,723 49,125 45,371 3
Secondary   6,100   5,400 r 9,900 r 9,700 r 9,500  
Total   57,074 52,341 54,623 58,825 54,900
Cadmium:  
Metal, primary   -- 6 330 440 r 450
Oxide   27 -- -- -- --
Copper:  
Ore:  
Gross weight thousand tons 28,395 28,503 30,227 29,705 29,992 3
Metal content   523,120 525,000 545,000 568,000 r 570,000
Concentrate:  
Gross weight thousand tons 1,900 e 1,755 1,834 1,935 1,900
Metal content   464,000   509,000   532,000   503,000   495,000 3
Metal:  
Smelter:  
Primary   472,084 498,146 485,900 510,700 r 515,000
Secondarye   27,300   19,700   27,900   29,400 r 28,500  
Total   499,384 517,846 513,800 540,100 r 543,500 3
Refined, electrolytically, primary and secondary   470,494 486,002 498,451 508,674 529,616 3
Gold, metal, smelter3 kilograms 489   367   349   296   300  
Iron and steel:  
Pig iron:  
For foundry use thousand tons 197 246 98 52 r 132
For steel production do. 5,036   6,246   5,343   5,245 r 5,500  
Total   5,233   6,492   5,441   5,297 r 5,632 3
Ferroalloys:  
Blast furnace, ferromanganese   100 -- 500 600 r 500
Electric furnace:  
Ferrosilocomanganese   10,000 19,000 20,000 7,500 r 8,000
Ferrosilicon   62,481 56,000 48,600 41,800 r 42,000
Other   2,700   --   --   --   --  
Total   75,281   75,000   69,100 r 49,900 r 50,500  
Steel, crude:                      
From open hearth furnaces thousand tons 379 424 178 169 207
From oxygen converters do. 5,452 6,794 5,822 5,531 6,200
From electric furnaces do. 3,022 3,290 2,809 2,667 2,700
Other do. 1   --   --   --   --  
Total do. 8,854 10,508 8,809 8,367 9,107 3
Semimanufactures:  
Hot rolled do. 6,433 7,616 6,599 6,114 6,595 3
Cold rolled do. 1,673 1,826 1,350 1,349 r 1,533 3
Pipe do. 484 483 440 309 309 3
Lead:  
Pb-Zn ore, gross weight do. 5,068 4,500 4,600 4,500 e 4,500
Mine output:                      
Pb content of Pb-Zn ore   81,849 67,800 69,600 73,500 r 74,000
Pb content of Cu ore   35,000   46,000   52,000   46,900 r 45,000  
Total Pb mine content   116,849 113,800 121,600 120,400 r 119,000
Concentrate:  
Gross weight   104,000 e 84,400 86,400 85,000 85,000
Pb content   62,900   51,200   52,600   56,600 r 63,000 3
Metal:                      
Smelter:  
Primary   31,000 29,700 30,800 29,400 r 25,000
Secondary   53,600 46,400 39,500 44,700 45,000
Total   84,600   76,100   70,300   74,100   70,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5--Continued
  POLAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
  (Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity2   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
METALS--Continued
Lead--Continued:  
Metal--Continued:  
Refined:  
Primarye   50,000 35,412 3 45,000 26,000 28,000
Secondarye   13,985 3 20,000 20,000 40,000   40,000
Total   63,985   55,412   65,000   66,000 68,000  
Palladium, average content of  slimese, 4 kilograms 12 12 12 12 10
Platinum, average content of slimese, 4 do. 21 21 20 20 20
Selenium   67 65 65 68 65
Silver, refined primary   1,100 1,144 1,190 1,222 1,237 3
Zinc:  
Mine output, Zn content   185,689 182,000 172,300 171,200 r 172,000
Concentrate output, Zn content   154,800 156,900 152,700 152,200 r 152,300 3
Metal, refined, including secondary   178,900 173,000 174,700 158,900 r 150,000 3
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite, beneficiated   500 2,000 2,500 2,700 2,700
Cement:  
Clinker for cement thousand tons 11,678 11,559 9,335 8,500 8,000
Hydraulic cement do. 15,555 15,046 12,074 10,948 11,300 3
Portland cement do. 14,310 13,802 11,115 10,000 9,500
Clays and clay products, crude:  
Bentonite   96,000 -- -- -- --
Fuller's earth   5,000 29,700 29,000 26,200 r 27,000
Fire clay thousand tons 140 153 140 128 r 144 3
Kaolin:  
Crude do. 286 344 267 252 r 250
Beneficiated do. 89 99 129 114 r 115 3
Diatomite   1,200 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000
Feldspar:  
Run of mine   9,000 54,000 69,000 85,000 r 80,000
Processed, including imported material   120,100 165,200 220,600 293,000 r 290,000
Gypsum and anhydrite:5 thousand tons                    
Natural:  
Gypsum rock   926 997 794 867 r 1,038 3
Anhydride   237   285   300   280 r 300  
Total   1,163 1,282 1,094 1,147 r 1,338 3
Synthetic gypsum   860 1,140   1,134   1,040 r 1,000  
Total gypsum and anhydride   2,023   2,422 2,228 2,187 r 2,338 3
Lime, hydrated and quicklime thousand tons 2,299 2,192 1,954 1,865 1,955 3
Magnesite:  
Ore, crude   54,800 30,000 23,000 24,000 r 24,000
Concentrate   38,800 26,100 22,200 22,100 r 22,100
Calcined   -- -- 200 100 r 100
Nitrogen,  N content of ammonia thousand tons 1,151 1,208 1,169 1,362 1,912 3
Salt:                      
Rock do. 923 841 787 839 848 3
Recovered from brine do. 2,488 2,652 2,689 r 2,719 r 3,812 3
Total do. 3,411   3,493   3,476 r 3,558 r 4,660 3
Sand and gravel, excluding glass sand:  
Aggregates:  
Mine output   84,639 88,514 73,107 66,722 r 65,000
Processed   71,196 73,588 62,534 r 62,799 r 63,000
Foundry sand thousand tons 905 1,055 849 r 628 650
Filling sand do. 11,352 9,298 8,914 9,122 r 9,000
Lime-sand brick production sand thousand cubic meters 673 718 492 411 r 450
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5--Continued
  POLAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
  (Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity2   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued  
Silica:  
Glass:  
Construction, flat thousand tons 479 427 394 400 e 400
Technical do. 64 68 54 60 e 60
Commercial do. 79 79 81 80 e 80
Packing do. 928 976 993 900 e 900
Processed:  
Glass sand   1,418 1,532 1,423 1,235 r 1,300
Quartz and quartz crystal   23,000 52,200 65,900 27,000 r 30,000
Quartzite , refractory   171,700 176,700 114,200 32,000 r 40,000
Quartz schist   -- 5,500 5,500 3,000 r 3,000
Sodium compounds, n.e.s.:  
Carbonate (soda ash), 98% thousand tons 910 1,018 1,062 1,054 1,110 3
Caustic soda (96% NaOH) do. 737 394 348 395 413 3
Stone:  
Mine output:  
Crushed and dimension stone do. 23,877 24,483 22,466 22,619 r 23,000
Dolomite do. 1,861 2,204 1,639 1,585 1,815 3
Limestone:  
For lime production do. 12,373 13,858 11,324 10,306 r 11,000
For non-lime end use do. 28,914 28,257 24,289 23,233 23,747 3
Sulfur:                      
Byproduct:  
From metallurgy do. 278 279 277 275 r 275
From petroleum do. 74 131 162 180   175
Total do. 352   410   439   455 r 450  
Native, Frasch do. 1,175 1,369 942 760 r 762 3
From gypsume do. -- r -- 10 10 10
Grand total do. 1,527   1,779   1,391 r 1,225 r 1,220  
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Carbon black   18,700 12,500 15,100 16,900 r 17,000
Coal:                      
Bituminous thousand tons 111,894 103,331 103,992 103,546 102,873 3
Lignite and brown do. 60,839 59,484 59,557 58,210 60,919 3
Total do. 172,733   162,815   163,549   161,756   163,792 3
Coke, coke oven do. 8,575 8,972 8,844 8,787 10,111 3
Fuel briquets, all grades do. 50 50 50 50 e 50
Gas:  
Natural million cubic meters 4,757 4,956 5,175 5,259 5,315 3
Manufactured:                      
Town gas do. 7 7 6 6 6
Coke oven gas do. 3,579 3,905 3,919 r 3,752 r 3,800
Generator gase do. 400   400   300   300   300  
Total do. 3,986 4,312 r 4,225 r 4,058 r 4,110
Peat, fuel and agricultural thousand tons 310 380 325 300 e 300
Petroleum:  
Crude, as reported do. 425 653 767 721 754 3
Refinery products6 do.   16,784   18,695   18,680   17,540   16,886 3
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through September 2004.
2In addition to the commodities listed above, antimony and germanium, associated with polymetallic deposits, and cobalt and nickel, associated with copper ores, 
are produced in quantities that so far have not warranted further recovery.
3Reported figure.
4Estimates based on reported platinum and palladium-bearing final (residual) slimes and their average Pt and Pd content from electrolytic copper refining.
5Includes building gypsum, as well as an estimate for gypsum used in the production of cement.
6Includes virtually all major products.