TABLE 1 |
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|
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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TABLE 1--Continued |
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
|
|
(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. |
|
|
|
|
|
TABLE 1--Continued |
|
SOUTH AFRICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
|
|
|
(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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TABLE 1--Continued |
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 |
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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. |
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