Vanadium: Estimated World Production, By Country

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VANADIUM: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Metric tons, vanadium content)

Country-	2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
Production from ores, concentrates, slag:³
China⁴	29,000		32,000		36,000		39,000		41,000
Russia-	14,500		15,000		12,860	^{r, 5}	14,856	^{r, 5}	15,000
South Africa	14,353	⁵	22,606	⁵	21,652	⁵	19,957	^{r, 5}	21,000
United States^{5, 6}	230		1,060		590		106	^r	591
Total	58,200		71,100		71,500	^r	73,900	^r	77,600
Petroleum residues, ash, and spent catalysts, Japan⁷	560		560		560		580	^r	580
Grand total	58,800		71,700		72,100	^r	74,500	^r	78,200
^rRevised.-
¹Grand totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²In addition to the countries listed, in 2012 and 2013 a small amount of vanadium was produced in Australia from titanomagnetite ore;
vanadium is also recovered from petroleum residues in Germany and several other European countries, but available information is-
insufficient to make reliable estimates. Includes data available through May 14, 2014.
³Credited to the country of origin of the vanadiferous raw material.
⁴To convert vanadium content to gross weight (V₂O₅ in vanadiferous slag), divide by 0.56. V₂O₅ content in vanadium slag is estimated to be-
17%. Data rounded to two significant digits.
⁵Reported figure.
⁶From 2009 to 2011, Denison Mines Corp. produced vanadium as a coproduct from mining uraniferous sandstones. Source: Denison Mines-
Corp. Web site; from 2012 to 2013, Energy Fuels Inc. produced vanadium. Source: Energy Fuels Inc. Web site.
⁷Credited to the country where the vanadiferous raw material product was extracted; available information is inadequate to make reliable-
estimates of output levels.