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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| TELLURIUM: ESTIMATED WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||
| (Kilograms, contained tellurium) | |||||||||||
| Country4 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
| Canada5 | 16,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | r | 11,000 | r | 12,000 | p | |||
| Japan | 49,200 | 47,000 | 40,000 | 45,000 | 48,000 | ||||||
| Peru | 7,000 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Russia | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| pPreliminary. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through March 2, 2015. | |||||||||||
| 3Insofar as possible, data relate to refinery output only; thus, countries that produced tellurium contained in- | |||||||||||
| copper ores, copper concentrates, blister copper, and (or) refinery residues but did not recover refined tellurium- | |||||||||||
| are excluded to avoid double counting. Table is not totaled because of exclusion of data from major world | |||||||||||
| producers. | |||||||||||
| 4In addition to the countries listed, Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Colombia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Mexico,- | |||||||||||
| the Philippines, Poland, and Sweden are known to produce refined tellurium, but output is not reported; available- | |||||||||||
| information is inadequate for formulation of reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 5Excludes tellurium intermediates exported for refining. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
