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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||||
| MAGNESIUM: ESTIMATED PRIMARY WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons)- | |||||||||||
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
| Brazil | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| China | 675,000 | 698,000 | 770,000 | 874,000 | 852,000 | 3 | |||||
| Israel3 | 26,300 | 27,300 | 27,400 | 26,000 | 19,300 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan4 | 21,400 | r | 21,200 | r | 13,000 | r | 9,500 | r | 8,100 | ||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | 2,500 | 7,500 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 200 | 3 | -- | 3 | 150 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia4 | 58,000 | r | 65,000 | r | 66,000 | r | 62,000 | r | 60,000 | ||
| Serbia | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Turkey | -- | -- | -- | -- | 200 | ||||||
| Ukraine4 | 9,000 | r | 10,300 | r | 9,400 | r | 7,200 | r | 7,700 | ||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Total | 806,000 | r | 840,000 | r | 909,000 | r | 1,000,000 | r | 972,000 | ||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in -Total.- -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through October 4, 2016. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Includes magnesium consumed for titanium sponge production. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
