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Lime
The principal industries using lime in the EU are steel
making and the processing of
non-ferrous metals to eliminate impurities (about 40% of total
consumption), paper
and cardboard making (2%) and chemistry- petrochemistry (10%).
Lime is also employed
in agriculture as soil conditioner on acid soils (12%) and
in the agro-food business to
refine sugar (5%).
World Lime Production
Thousand Metric tonnes
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2002 |
2003
e |
| United
States |
17.900 |
18.200 |
| Austria |
2.000 |
2.000 |
| Brazil |
6.300 |
6.500 |
| Canada |
2.220 |
2.250 |
| China |
22.500 |
23.500 |
| France |
2.500 |
2.500 |
| Germany |
7.000 |
6.800 |
| Iran |
2.000 |
2.000 |
| Italy
(1) |
3.000 |
3.000 |
| Japan (2) |
8.050 |
7.400 |
| Mexico |
6.500 |
6.500 |
| Poland |
2.000 |
2.000 |
| Russia |
8.000 |
8.000 |
| South Africa (3) |
1.600 |
1.600 |
| United Kingdom |
2.000 |
2.000 |
| Other countries |
22.400 |
23.000 |
| World total |
116.000 |
117.000 |
Notes:
e Estimated
(1) Included hydraulic
lime
(2) Quicklime only
(3) Sales
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral commodities Summaries,
January 2004 -
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/
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