TABLE 12 | |||||||||||
ALUMINUM, PRIMARY: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
Country | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003e | ||||||
Argentina | 206 | 262 | 245 | e | 269 | r | 272 | p | |||
Australia | 1,718 | 1,769 | 1,797 | r | 1,836 | 1,857 | 3 | ||||
Bahrain | 503 | 509 | 523 | r | 519 | r | 525 | 3 | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovinae, 4 | 70 | 95 | 96 | 104 | 105 | ||||||
Brazil | 1,250 | 1,277 | r | 1,140 | r | 1,318 | 1,381 | 3 | |||
Cameroon | 90 | 86 | r | 91 | r | 80 | e | 80 | |||
Canada | 2,390 | 2,373 | 2,583 | 2,709 | 2,792 | 3 | |||||
Chinae | 2,530 | 2,800 | 3,250 | 4,300 | 5,450 | ||||||
Croatia4 | 14 | 15 | r | 16 | r | -- | r | -- | |||
Egypt | 193 | 193 | 189 | e | 190 | e | 190 | ||||
France | 455 | 441 | 462 | 463 | r | 450 | |||||
Germany | 634 | 644 | 652 | 653 | r | 650 | |||||
Ghana | 104 | 137 | r | 144 | r | 117 | r | 13 | |||
Greece | 170 | 168 | 166 | r | 165 | 165 | |||||
Hungary | 34 | 34 | 34 | r, e | 35 | e | 35 | ||||
Iceland5 | 220 | 224 | 243 | 264 | 260 | ||||||
India6 | 614 | 644 | 624 | 671 | r | 790 | |||||
Indonesiae, 6 | 106 | 160 | 180 | 160 | 180 | ||||||
Iran | 137 | 140 | e | 160 | r | 169 | r | 170 | |||
Italy | 187 | 189 | 187 | 190 | r | 190 | |||||
Japan7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | r | 7 | |||||
Mexico6 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 39 | r | -- | |||||
Mozambique | -- | 54 | 266 | 273 | 408 | 3 | |||||
Netherlands | 286 | 302 | 294 | 284 | r | 300 | |||||
New Zealand | 327 | 328 | 322 | 335 | e | 340 | |||||
Nigeriae | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
Norway | 1,020 | 1,026 | 1,068 | 1,096 | 1,150 | ||||||
Poland8 | 51 | 47 | 45 | 51 | r, e | 50 | |||||
Romania9 | 174 | 179 | 182 | 187 | r | 190 | |||||
Russia | 3,146 | 3,245 | 3,300 | 3,347 | 3,478 | 3 | |||||
Serbia and Montenegro4 | 73 | 88 | 100 | 112 | r | 115 | |||||
Slovakia6 | 109 | 110 | 110 | e | 112 | e | 115 | ||||
Slovenia4 | 77 | 84 | r | 77 | r | 88 | 85 | ||||
South Africa | 689 | 673 | 662 | 707 | r | 738 | 3 | ||||
Spain | 364 | 366 | 376 | 380 | 385 | ||||||
Surinamee | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
Sweden | 99 | 101 | 102 | 101 | 101 | ||||||
Switzerland | 34 | 36 | r | 36 | r | 40 | r | 40 | |||
Tajikistan | 229 | 269 | r | 289 | 308 | 319 | 3 | ||||
Turkeye | 62 | 61 | 62 | r, 3 | 63 | r | 63 | ||||
Ukraine9 | 115 | 104 | r | 106 | 112 | 114 | 3 | ||||
United Arab Emirates, Dubaie | 440 | 470 | 500 | 536 | 540 | ||||||
United Kingdom | 272 | 305 | 341 | 344 | r | 325 | |||||
United States | 3,779 | 3,668 | 2,637 | 2,707 | 2,703 | 3 | |||||
Venezuela | 570 | 571 | r | 571 | 605 | r | 601 | 3 | |||
Total | 23,600 | 24,300 | r | 24,300 | 26,000 | r | 27,700 | ||||
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
2Primary aluminum is defined as "the weight of liquid aluminum as tapped from pots, excluding the weight of any alloying materials as well as that of | |||||||||||
any metal produced from either returned scrap or remelted materials." International reporting practices vary from country to country, some nations | |||||||||||
conforming to the foregoing definition and others using different definitions. For those countries for which a different definition is given specifically | |||||||||||
in the source publication, that definition is provided in this table by footnote. Table includes data available through May 10, 2004. | |||||||||||
3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
4Primary ingot plus secondary ingot. | |||||||||||
5Ingot and rolling billet production. | |||||||||||
6Primary ingot. | |||||||||||
7Excludes high purity aluminum containing 99.995% or more as follows, in metric tons: 1999--34,893; 2000--40,956; 2001--26,586; 2002--40,443 | |||||||||||
(revised); and 2003--40,000 (estimated). | |||||||||||
8Primary unalloyed ingot plus secondary unalloyed ingot. | |||||||||||
9Primary unalloyed metal plus primary alloyed metal, thus including weight of alloying material. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program