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TABLE 9
COBALT: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, cobalt content)
 
Country and form   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012  
Australia, metal powder and oxide hydroxidee 3,620   4,050   4,120   4,720   4,860  
Belgium, metal powder, oxide, hydroxide3 3,020 2,150 2,600 3,187 4,200
Brazil, metal 1,215 1,012 1,369 1,614 r 1,750 p
Canada, metal, metal powder, oxide 5,637 4,918 4,711 6,038 5,981 p
China, metal, metal powder, oxide, saltse, 4 18,200 25,500 35,900 35,000 29,800
Congo (Kinshasa), metal5 1,049 2,950 4,222 r 3,103 r 3,021
Finland, metal powder and salts6 9,645 8,970 r 9,429 r 10,627 r 10,562
France, chloride 311 368 302 354 326
India, metal and salts 858 1,001 1,187 1,299 800
Japan, metal 1,071 1,332 1,935 2,007 2,542
Madagascar, metal powder -- -- -- -- 493
Morocco, metal and oxide 1,791 r 1,600 1,615 r 1,788 1,314
Norway, metal 3,719 3,510 3,208 3,067 2,969
Russia, metal 2,502 2,352 2,460 2,337 2,186
South Africa, metal powder and sulfate 244 238 840 r 862 r 1,102
Uganda, metal 662 r 389 r 568 r 673 r 374
Zambia, metal 4,049 1,506 5,026 5,746 r 5,665 p
Total   57,600 r 61,800 r 79,500 r 82,400 r 77,900  
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.
1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes data available through November 25, 2013. Figures represent cobalt refined from ores, concentrates, or intermediate products and do not-
include production of downstream products from refined cobalt.
3Production reported by n.v. Umicore s.a.; includes production from China that is not otherwise included.
4Production from domestic and imported ores, concentrates, and intermediate materials; excludes production by n.v. Umicore s.a. that is included under-
Belgium.
5Excludes production of cobalt in alloys, carbonate, hydroxide, and other materials that would require further refining.
6Production reported by the Geological Survey of Finland.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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