TABLE 1
SOUTH AFRICA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003p
METALS
Aluminum metal, primary				689,230		673,486		662,497		706,916		739,000
Antimony concentrate:
Gross weight				9,100		6,400		8,320		9,910		9,000
Sb content (58% Sb)				5,278		3,710		4,927		5,746		5,310
Chromiun, gross weight:
44% to 48% chromic oxide		thousand tons		2,447		2,261		2,180		2,459		2,640
Less than 44% chromic oxide		do.		4,370		4,360		3,322		3,977		4,766
Total		do.		6,817		6,621		5,502		6,436		7,406
Cobalt:
Mine output, Co contente				450		580		550		540		404
Refinery output:				306		397		371		366		271
Copper:
Mine (company output), Cu content				144,263		137,092		141,865		129,589		89,501
Metal:
Smelter				149,300		172,800		142,500		119,667		112,025
Refined, primary				134,500		126,100		132,078		101,000		93,300
Gold, primary		kilograms		451,300		430,800		394,800		398,300		372,767
Iron and steel:
Ore and concentrate:
Gross weight		thousand tons		29,512		33,707		34,757		36,484		38,086
Fe content (62%-65%)		do.		18,442		21,570		22,240		23,200		24,200
Metal:
Pig iron		do.		4,587		6,300		5,800		5,800		6,234
Direct-reduced iron		do.		1,260		1,530		1,560		1,700		1,542
Ferroalloys, electric arc furnace:
Chromium ferroalloys		do.		2,155		2,674		2,141		2,351		2,700	e
Ferromanganese		do.		527		597		524		619		650	e
Ferrosilicon		do.		106		109		108		142		140	e
Ferrovanadiume		do.		6		18		18		25		6
Silicomanganesee		do.		267		238		220		273		284
Silicon metal		do.		36		41		39		43		40	e
Other		do.		30		30		64		85		80
Total		do.		3,127	r	3,707	r	3,114	r	3,538	r	3,900	e
Steel:
Crude		do.		6,830		8,481		8,821		9,100		9,384
Stainless				450	e	436		440		550		643
Lead:
Concentrate, Pb content				80,191		75,262		50,771		49,444		39,941
Smelter, secondary				55,000		46,200		53,000		50,000	e	53,000
Manganese:
Ore and concentrate, gross weight:
Metallurgical:
More than 48%  manganese		thousand tons		1,876		2,047		2,082		1,600		1,619
45% to 48%  manganese		do.		12		302		--		728		178
40% to 45%  manganese		do.		235		235		326		19		783
30% to 40%  manganese		do.		970		1,029		832		955		905
Total		do.		3,093		3,613		3,240		3,302		3,485
Chemical, 35% to 65% manganese dioxide		do.		29		22		26		20		16
Grand total		do.		3,122		3,635		3,266		3,322		3,501
Metal, electrolytice		do.		40		40		40		40		40
Nickel:
Mine output, concentrate, nickel contente				36,200		36,616		36,443		38,546	r	40,842
Metal, electrolytic				28,345		30,900		30,500	e	31,646	r	25,500	e
See footnotes at end of table.
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003p
METALS--Continued
Platinum-group metals:
Platinum		kilograms		NA		NA		NA		3,682		6,444
Platinum		do.		121,304		114,459		130,307		133,796		148,348
Palladium		do.		58,164		55,818		62,601		64,244		70,946
Rhodium		do.		12,752		12,067		13,507		15,367		16,816
Ruthenium		do.		NA		19,427		19,329		22,094		23,537
Other2		do.		24,259		4,999		4,169		3,850		59
Total		do.		216,479		206,770		229,913		243,033	r	266,150
Silver		do.		151,959		144,143		109,570		113,266		81,000
Titanium:e
Ilmenite concentrate		thousand tons		1,851		1,800		1,750		1,800		2,000
Rutile concentrate		do.		100		130		120		120		150
Total		do.		1,951	r	1,930		1,870		1,920		2,150
Titaniferous slag3		do.		1,168		1,057		1,090		1,150		1,350
Uranium oxide				1,084		1,015		1,065		998		901
Vanadium, vanadium metal content				17,612		18,021		18,184		25,227		15,000
Zinc:
Concentrate:
Gross weight				129,200		116,100		113,400		118,900		103,100
Zn content				69,733		62,703		61,221		64,173		41,239
Metal, smelter, primary				108,000		103,000		109,000		105,000		116,000
Zirconium concentrate (baddeleyite and zircon)e				219,000		253,000		245,000		274,000		300,000
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Andalusite				136,949		182,674		193,225		165,000		220,000
Asbestos, chrysotile				18,700		18,782		13,393		--		6,218
Barite				2,844		1,628		--		--		--
Cementitious products:
Cement, finished product, sales		thousand tons		8,068		7,971		8,036		8,525		8,883
Granulated slag, fly ash, and others, sales		do.		940		1,020		1,129		1,099		1,280
Total		do.		9,008		8,991		9,165		9,624		10,163
Clays:
Attapulgite				7,008		10,287		9,299		7,990		14,585
Bentonite				49,261		85,187		116,384		218,512		145,060
Fire clay				119,450		112,637		141,303		101,150		90,604
Flint clay, raw and calcined				88,864		47,256		50,848		41,963		53,279
Kaolin				123,173		98,897		85,556		91,380		85,260
Brick clay, local sales		thousand tons		3,289		5,347		5,823		6,203		7,593
Diamond, natural:
Gem		thousand carats		4,006		4,316		4,465		4,350		5,144
Industrial		do.		6,009		6,474		6,698		6,526		7,540
Total		do.		10,015		10,790		11,163		10,876		12,684
Feldspar				59,336		66,774		66,736		57,197		57,738
Fluorspar:
Acid-grade				203,280		201,737		272,068		254,000		223,000
Metallurgical-grade				14,000		10,618		14,319		13,000		12,000
Total				217,280		212,355		286,387		267,000		235,000
Gemstones, semiprecious, Tiger's eyee		kilograms		80,000		80,000		80,000		80,000		80,000
Gypsum, crude				505,404		413,105		382,830		415,387		394,069
Industrial or glass sand (silica)		thousand tons		2,170		2,138		2,132		2,262		2,312
Lime		do.		1,920		1,391		1,615		1,598		1,571
Magnesite, crude				74,000	e	74,000	e	33,900	e	40,000		40,000
Mica, scrap and ground				1,010		708		937		821		1,003
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia				784,800		560,200		505,900		491,900		493,200
Perlitee				400		400		400		400		400
See footnotes at end of table.
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003p
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Phosphate rock:
Gross weight		thousand tons		2,957		2,796		2,550		2,803		2,643
Phosphorus pentoxide content		do.		1,153		1,083		995		1,086		1,030
Pigments, mineral, natural:
Ochers				118		550		801		143		608
Oxides				98		80		51		109		156
Total				216		630		852		252		764
Salt				388,380		345,632		353,998		430,647		438,335
Silica		thousand tons		2,170		2,137		2,127		2,248		2,457
Sodium sulfate, natural				53,400		49,712		57,759		53,793		52,813
Stone, n.e.s.:
Dimension:
Granite and norite5				782,000		648,818		716,294		765,486		945,098
Slate				24,500		24,952		40,984		24,386		50,880
Crushed and broken:
Limestone and dolomite		thousand tons		19,030		15,881		18,764		19,922		15,980
Quartzite		do.		8,360		7,965		7,412		318		--
Shale:
For cement		do.		286		294		243		275		345
Other5		do.		3		7,358		67		67		49
Total		do.		289		7,652		310		342		394
Aggregate and sand, n.e.s.		do.		29,326		27,836		28,459		31,516		35,890
Sulfur:
S content of pyrite (53.45%)		do.		141		146		150		183		175
Byproduct:
Metallurgye		do.		126		100		265		362		316
Petroleum		do.		139		202		123		137		123	e
Total		do.		406		448		538	r	682	r	614
Talc and related materials:
Talc				7,873		5,600		3,030		2,511		6,719
Pyrophyllite (wonderstone)				13,277		11,989		14,047		15,587		14,350
Vermiculite				217,800		208,835		156,632		210,000		183,802
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal (saleable product):
Anthracite		thousand tons		1,930		1,618		1,618		1,305		1,206
Bituminous		do.		221,541		222,500		221,882		218,895		238,105
Total		do.		223,471		224,118		223,500		220,200		239,311
Natural gas		million cubic meters		2,039		2,088		1,800	e	2,000	e	2,500	e
Petroleum:6
Crude		thousand 42-gallon barrels		5,493		6,606		13,870		10,950		4,068
Refinery products:e
Liquefied petroleum gases		do.		3,650		4,000	4	4,000		4,000		4,000
Gasoline		do.		67,000		67,900	4	67,900		67,900		67,900
Jet fuel		do.		12,000		13,900	4	13,900		13,900		13,400
Kerosene		do.		7,000		11,700	4	11,700		11,700		11,100
Distillate fuel oil		do.		55,000		51,500	4	51,500		51,500		53,400
Residual fuel oil		do.		24,000		34,700	4	34,700		34,700		35,100
Other, includes lubricants and greases		do.		12,400		18,250	4	18,300		18,300		17,400
Total7		do.		181,000		201,950	4	202,000		202,000		202,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than thee significant figures; may not add up to totals shown.  NA Not available.  p Preliminary.  r Revised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through September 2004.
2Difference between total production reported by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy, Mineral Development Branch, Mineral Economics
Directorate and palladium, platinum, and rhodium supplies (shipments) reported in Johnson and and Matthey Annual Platinum Review. Includes iridium and
ruthenium production plus excess palladium, platinum, and rhodium inventory.
3Except for about 45,000 metric tons per year, slag derived from titaniferous magnetite by Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp. Ltd., titaniferous slag is all
from the smelting of ilmenite and likely represents most of that mineral's production, for which data are unavailable.
4Reported figure.
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5Converted from reported cubic meters by using 1 cubic meter=2.7 tons.
6In addition, Sasol Ltd. produced about  67 million barrels per year of synthetic liquid petroleum fuels from coal.
7Excludes refinery fuel and losses.
Source:  Mineral Economics Directorate, South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy.