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| TABLE 2 | ||||||
| ESTIMATED WORLD PRIMARY INDIUM PRODUCTION CAPACITY1 | ||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||
| Primary annual | ||||||
| Country2 | Major operating company | Location of main facilities | capacity | |||
| Belgium | Umicore NV | Hoboken | 50 | |||
| Canada | Teck Resources Ltd.- | Trail, British Columbia | 75 | |||
| China | Guangxi Debang Technology Co. Ltd. | Liuzhou, Guangxi | 85 | |||
| Do. | Guangxi Hechi Jinhe Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. | Hechi, Guangxi | 10 | |||
| Do. | Guangxi Tanghan Zinc & Indium Co. Ltd. | do. | 30 | |||
| Do. | Hsikuangshan Twinkling Star Antimony Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Group)- | Lengshuijiang, Hunan | 7 | |||
| Do. | Huludao Nonferrous Metals Group Co. | Huludao, Liaoning | 60 | |||
| Do. | Hunan Jingshi Group Co. Ltd.- | Zhuzhou, Hunan | 40 | |||
| Do. | Laibin Smelter [Liuzhou Huaxi (China Tin) Group Co.] | Laibin, Guangxi | 50 | |||
| Do. | Liuzhou Zinc Products Co. | Liuzhou, Guangxi | 20 | |||
| Do. | Nanjing Germanium Co. Ltd. | Nanjing, Jiangsu | 150 | |||
| Do. | Nanjing Sanyou Electronic Material Co. Ltd. | do. | 50 | |||
| Do. | Shaoguan Smelter (Shenzhen Nonfemet Co.) | Shaoquan, Guangdong | 25 | |||
| Do. | Tibet Summit Industry Co. Ltd. | Xining, Qinghai | 15 | |||
| Do. | Xiangtan Zhengtan Nonferrous Metal Co. Ltd. | Xiangtan, Hunan | 75 | |||
| Do. | Yintai Technology Co. Ltd. | Liuzhou, Guangxi | 40 | |||
| Do. | Yuguang Gold-Lead Co. Ltd. | Jiyuan, Henan | 20 | |||
| Do. | Yunnan Chengfeng Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Gejiu, Yunnan | 10 | |||
| Do. | Yunnan Hualian Zinc and Indium Co. Ltd. | Wenshan, Yunnan | 60 | |||
| Do. | Yunnan Luoping Zinc & Electricity Co. Ltd. | Luoping, Yunnan | 20 | |||
| Do. | Yunnan Mengzi Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. | Honghe, Yunnan | 60 | |||
| Do. | Zhuzhou Smelter Group Co. Ltd. | Zhuzhou, Hunan | 60 | |||
| France | Nyrstar NV | Auby | 48 | |||
| Japan | Dowa Metals and Mining Co. Ltd. | Iijima, Akita | 70 | |||
| Do. | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. | Takehara, Hiroshima | NA | |||
| Do. | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. | Harima, Hyogo | NA | |||
| Korea, Republic of | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | Onsan | 160 | |||
| Do. | Young Poong Corp. | Sukpo | 35 | |||
| Peru | Doe Run Peru S.R. Ltda. | La Oroya | 5 | |||
| Do. | Votorantim Metais Ltda. | Cajamarquilla | 50 | |||
| Russia | Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant OJSC | Chelyabinsk | 15 | |||
| Do. | Ural Mining and Metals Co. | Vladikavkaz | 5 | |||
| Do., do. Ditto. NA Not available. | ||||||
| 1Estimated data are rounded to no more than two significant digits.- | ||||||
| 2For China, facilities that consume mineral concentrates are included as well as processors that consume unrefined indium.- | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
