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| TABLE 8 | ||||||||||
| WORLD MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY, | ||||||||||
| DECEMBER 31, 20151, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons, MgO equivalent) | ||||||||||
| Raw material | ||||||||||
| Magnesite | Seawater or brines | |||||||||
| Caustic- | Dead- | Caustic- | Dead- | |||||||
| Country | calcined | burned | calcined | burned | Total | |||||
| Australia | 218 | 110 | -- | -- | 328 | |||||
| Austria | 76 | 325 | -- | -- | 401 | |||||
| Brazil | 96 | 380 | 12 | -- | 488 | |||||
| Canada | 100 | -- | -- | -- | 100 | |||||
| China | 1,440 | 2,740 | -- | -- | 4,180 | |||||
| France | -- | -- | 30 | -- | 30 | |||||
| Greece | 90 | 110 | -- | -- | 200 | |||||
| India | 20 | 202 | -- | -- | 222 | |||||
| Iran | 25 | 40 | -- | -- | 65 | |||||
| Ireland | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 90 | |||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 10 | 60 | 70 | |||||
| Italy | 25 | -- | -- | -- | 25 | |||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 50 | 70 | 120 | |||||
| Jordan | -- | -- | 10 | 50 | 60 | |||||
| Korea, North | 25 | 100 | -- | -- | 125 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 15 | 95 | 110 | |||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 10 | 205 | 215 | |||||
| Norway | -- | -- | 30 | -- | 30 | |||||
| Poland | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 10 | |||||
| Russia | 380 | 2,500 | -- | -- | 2,880 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 39 | 32 | -- | -- | 71 | |||||
| Serbia | -- | 35 | -- | -- | 35 | |||||
| Slovakia | -- | 465 | -- | -- | 465 | |||||
| South Africa | 12 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | |||||
| Spain | 150 | 70 | -- | -- | 220 | |||||
| Turkey | 106 | 544 | -- | -- | 650 | |||||
| Ukraine | -- | 170 | 20 | 80 | 270 | |||||
| United States | 140 | -- | 191 | 195 | 526 | |||||
| Total | 2,940 | 7,730 | 378 | 885 | 12,000 | |||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes capacity at operating plants as well as at plants on standby basis. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
