TABLE 1 |
SRI LANKA: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1, 2 |
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(Metric tons
unless otherwise specified) |
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Commodity3 |
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1999 |
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2000 |
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2001 |
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2002 |
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2003 |
Cement,
hydraulic |
thousand tons |
|
976 |
|
1,008 |
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1,108 |
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1,018 |
|
1,164 |
Clays: |
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Ball clay |
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26,678 |
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27,525 |
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24,846 |
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28,431 |
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33,405 |
Kaolin |
|
|
12,573 |
|
12,230 |
|
9,403 |
|
8,613 |
|
9,073 |
Brick and tile claye |
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8,100 |
|
8,100 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
Clays for cement manufacturee |
|
|
750 |
|
800 |
|
850 |
|
850 |
|
900 |
Feldspar,
crude and ground |
|
|
26,012 |
|
28,638 |
|
27,438 |
|
28,866 |
|
32,586 |
Gemstones,
precious and semiprecious, |
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|
other
than diamond: |
value, thousands |
|
$33,217 |
|
$71,774 |
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$57,530 |
|
$54,604 |
|
$96,797 |
Cats
eye |
carats |
|
48,384 |
|
48,000 |
|
NA |
|
36,891 |
r |
45,228 |
Ruby |
do. |
|
11,300 |
|
15,800 |
|
NA |
|
23,000 |
r |
12,934 |
Star
ruby |
do. |
|
11,600 |
|
5,400 |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
NA |
Sapphire |
do. |
|
155,400 |
|
173,700 |
|
NA |
|
344,900 |
r |
773,547 |
Star
sapphire |
do. |
|
298,400 |
|
280,500 |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
NA |
Other |
do. |
|
12,429,800 |
|
6,426,300 |
|
NA |
|
4,110,400 |
r |
1,828,400 |
Graphite,
all grades |
|
|
4,592 |
|
5,902 |
|
6,585 |
|
3,619 |
|
3,387 |
Iron
and steel, metal, semimanufacturese |
|
|
54,000 |
|
54,000 |
|
51,000 |
|
50,000 |
|
50,000 |
Mica,
scrap |
|
|
1,425 |
|
1,491 |
|
1,161 |
|
1,161 |
|
1,174 |
Petroleum
refinery products:e |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Gasoline |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
|
1,950 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,100 |
|
2,100 |
Jet
fuel |
do. |
|
500 |
|
550 |
|
600 |
|
600 |
|
650 |
Kerosene |
do. |
|
1,500 |
|
1,550 |
|
1,500 |
|
1,500 |
|
1,500 |
Distillate
fuel oil |
do. |
|
4,600 |
|
4,700 |
|
4,800 |
|
4,900 |
|
5,000 |
Residual
fuel oil |
do. |
|
5,300 |
|
5,300 |
|
5,200 |
|
5,200 |
|
5,200 |
Refinery
fuel and losses |
do. |
|
720 |
|
700 |
|
680 |
|
700 |
|
710 |
Other |
do. |
|
1,900 |
|
1,950 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,050 |
Total |
do. |
|
16,500 |
|
16,800 |
|
16,800 |
|
17,000 |
|
17,200 |
Phosphate
rock, gross weight |
|
|
31,990 |
|
34,443 |
|
35,440 |
|
38,775 |
|
41,357 |
Rare-earth metals, monazite
concentrate, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gross weighte |
|
|
|
200 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
Salt |
|
|
107,245 |
|
70,107 |
|
130,272 |
|
73,274 |
r |
78,713 |
Stone: |
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|
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|
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Limestone |
thousand tons |
|
683 |
|
682 |
|
819 |
|
848 |
|
991 |
Quartz, massive |
|
|
14,553 |
|
13,236 |
|
15,731 |
|
7,857 |
|
18,139 |
eEstimated. rRevised. NA Not available. -- Zero. |
1Table includes data available through September 16, 2004. |
2Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant
digits; may not add to totals shown. |
3In addition to the commodities listed, crude construction
materials, such as sand and gravel, and varieties of stone presumably are
produced, but |
available
information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. |
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