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| TABLE 8 | ||||||||||||||
| BARITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||
| Country3 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015e | |||||||||
| Algeria | 40,000 | 30,587 | 30,245 | 56,829 | 50,000 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 5,528 | 9,416 | 26,792 | 16,265 | r | 17,000 | ||||||||
| Australia4 | 10,569 | r | 12,373 | r | 13,176 | r | 14,676 | r | 6,017 | 5 | ||||
| Boliviae, 6 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 31,000 | 27,000 | 47,000 | |||||||||
| Brazil, beneficiated | 7,039 | 3,025 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Bulgariae, 6 | 120 | -- | -- | 20,000 | r | 60,000 | ||||||||
| Burma7 | 30,000 | 15,339 | 31,295 | 23,060 | 23,000 | |||||||||
| Canadae | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 35,000 | 32,000 | |||||||||
| Chinae | 4,100,000 | 4,200,000 | 3,200,000 | 3,108,300 | r, 5 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||
| Germany | 55,342 | 52,030 | 45,446 | 70,665 | 70,000 | |||||||||
| India | 1,350,000 | 1,670,000 | r | 1,320,000 | r | 1,183,000 | r | 700,000 | ||||||
| Irane | 300,000 | 314,769 | 5, 8 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstane | 200,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | |||||||||
| Laos | 2,500 | 21,900 | 10,500 | 30,610 | 95,000 | |||||||||
| Liberiae, 6 | -- | -- | r | -- | r | 13,000 | r | 25,000 | ||||||
| Malaysia | -- | -- | 500 | r | 14,456 | r | 16,624 | p, 5 | ||||||
| Mexico | 134,727 | 139,997 | 343,585 | 420,000 | e | 265,598 | 5 | |||||||
| Morocco | 769,504 | 1,021,400 | 1,094,470 | 1,006,600 | r | 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Pakistan | 35,959 | r | 109,415 | 87,165 | r | 153,808 | r | 121,575 | 5 | |||||
| Peru | 87,848 | 79,451 | 52,491 | 106,071 | 28,407 | 5 | ||||||||
| Russiae | 67,000 | r | 180,000 | r | 180,000 | r | 220,000 | r | 210,000 | |||||
| Slovakiae, 6 | 8,000 | 5 | 8,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||
| Thailand | 67,703 | 64,499 | 107,437 | 134,961 | 170,661 | 5 | ||||||||
| Turkey | 175,532 | r | 187,111 | 257,116 | r | 320,754 | r | 300,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 31,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 44,000 | 40,000 | p | ||||||||
| United States9 | 710,000 | 666,000 | 723,000 | 663,000 | 425,000 | 5 | ||||||||
| Vietname, 6 | 135,000 | 110,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||
| Othere, 10 | 613 | 119 | 371 | 43 | -- | |||||||||
| Totale | 8,370,000 | r | 9,220,000 | r | 8,240,000 | r | 8,390,000 | r | 7,410,000 | |||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through September 29, 2016. | ||||||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Afghanistan, Egypt, Italy, Nigeria, and some other countries may produce barite, but output data- | ||||||||||||||
| are not reported and available general information is inadequate to formulate reliable production estimates. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Estimated based on data reported by the government of South Australia. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | ||||||||||||||
| 6Estimated based on trade data. | ||||||||||||||
| 7Data are for year beginning April 1 of that stated. | ||||||||||||||
| 8Data are for fiscal year beginning March 21 of that stated. | ||||||||||||||
| 9Crude barite sold or used by producers. | ||||||||||||||
| 10Includes Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Guatemala. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
