| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||
| REPUBLIC OF KOREA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1 | ||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||||
| Commodity | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||||
| METALS | ||||||||||||||
| Bismuth, metal | 108 | 71 | 106 | 69 | 116 | e | ||||||||
| Cadmium, smelter | 1,791 | 1,911 | 1,879 | 1,827 | 2,175 | |||||||||
| Copper: | ||||||||||||||
| Smeltere | 370,000 | 410,000 | 410,000 | 410,000 | 460,000 | |||||||||
| Refined, primary and secondary | 450,444 | 467,900 | 473,624 | 494,561 | 509,970 | |||||||||
| Gold, metal | kilograms | 25,730 | 22,605 | 28,595 | 26,181 | 40,262 | ||||||||
| Iron and steel: | ||||||||||||||
| Iron ore and concentrate: | ||||||||||||||
| Gross weight | thousand tons | 410 | 336 | 195 | 365 | r | 365 | |||||||
| Fe content | do. | 230 | 188 | 109 | 164 | r | 161 | |||||||
| Metal: | ||||||||||||||
| Pig iron | do. | 23,329 | 24,938 | 25,898 | 26,570 | 27,314 | ||||||||
| Ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | 140,208 | 146,373 | 143,525 | 137,000 | 141,000 | |||||||||
| Ferrosilicomanganese | 116,091 | 103,522 | 101,877 | 94,000 | -- | |||||||||
| Other | 4,639 | 4,676 | 4,452 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total | 260,938 | 254,571 | 249,854 | 231,000 | 141,000 | |||||||||
| Steel, crude | thousand tons | 41,042 | 43,107 | 43,852 | 45,390 | 46,310 | ||||||||
| Lead: | ||||||||||||||
| Mine output, Pb content | 1,822 | 2,724 | 988 | 28 | -- | |||||||||
| Metal, smelter | 143,583 | 170,704 | 161,000 | 178,722 | 169,297 | |||||||||
| Nickel | 20,235 | 29,890 | 26,429 | 30,337 | 31,000 | e | ||||||||
| Silver, metal | kilograms | 488,792 | 591,130 | 664,533 | 973,140 | 947,781 | ||||||||
| Zinc: | ||||||||||||||
| Mine output, Zn content | 9,832 | 11,474 | 5,129 | 99 | -- | |||||||||
| Metal, primary | 429,766 | 473,897 | 503,315 | 600,027 | 644,218 | |||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL MINERALS | ||||||||||||||
| Barite | -- | 30 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Cement, hydraulic | thousand tons | 48,579 | 51,424 | 52,046 | 55,514 | 59,199 | ||||||||
| Clays, kaolin | do. | 1,858 | 2,098 | 2,384 | 2,831 | 2,500 | e | |||||||
| Diatomaceous earth | 30,222 | 34,143 | 27,530 | 20,666 | 15,636 | |||||||||
| Feldspar | 409,334 | 330,417 | 389,361 | 415,580 | 477,012 | |||||||||
| Graphite, all types | 62 | 65 | 65 | 94 | 58 | |||||||||
| Mica, all grades | 24,733 | 65,249 | 109,339 | 29,870 | 33,645 | |||||||||
| Nitrogen, N content of ammonia | 489,000 | 369,000 | 368,000 | 153,000 | 154,641 | |||||||||
| Salte | 750,000 | 800,000 | 800,000 | 800,000 | 800,000 | |||||||||
| Soda ash, manufacturede | 310,000 | 310,000 | 310,000 | 310,000 | 310,000 | |||||||||
| Stone, sand and gravel: | ||||||||||||||
| Limestone | thousand tons | 74,061 | 77,868 | 79,521 | 83,767 | 88,525 | ||||||||
| Quartzite | do. | 2,160 | 2,321 | 2,377 | 3,041 | 2,966 | ||||||||
| Sand, including glass sand | do. | 1,306 | 879 | 900 | 891 | 480 | ||||||||
| Sulfur, byproduct:e | ||||||||||||||
| Metallurgy | do. | 528 | 572 | 665 | 680 | 690 | ||||||||
| Petroleum | do. | 600 | 600 | 600 | 610 | 610 | ||||||||
| Total | do. | 1,130 | 1,170 | 1,270 | 1,290 | 1,300 | ||||||||
| Talc and related materials: | ||||||||||||||
| Pyrophyllite | 754,657 | 917,973 | 1,101,825 | 889,961 | 912,285 | |||||||||
| Talc | 15,313 | 11,344 | 47,712 | 37,863 | 47,911 | |||||||||
| MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS | ||||||||||||||
| Carbon black | 438,128 | 454,699 | 438,128 | 459,985 | r | 464,941 | ||||||||
| Coal, anthracite | thousand tons | 4,197 | 4,174 | 3,817 | 3,318 | 3,298 | ||||||||
| Fuel briquets, anthracite briquetse | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | |||||||||
| Petroleum refinery products | thousand 42-gallon barrels | 897,373 | 911,761 | 930,000 | e | 940,000 | e | 950,000 | e | |||||
| eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to total shown. rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through June 1, 2004. | ||||||||||||||