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Bulgaria
Production of Mineral Commodities
Tonnes unless otherwise specified
| Commodity |
Units |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Primary
Aggregates |
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| Sand and Gravel |
|
3.500.000 |
3.500.00 |
– |
| Asbestos |
|
66 |
0 |
0 |
| Barytes |
|
120.000 |
120.000 |
120.000 |
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| Bentonite
and Fuller´s Earth |
| Bentonite |
|
173.534 |
171.092 |
211.500 |
| Bismuth, Mine |
Tonnes (metal content) |
40 |
40 |
40 |
| Cadmium |
|
233 |
234 |
252 |
| Cement, Finished |
|
2.209.000 |
2.200.000 |
2.200.000 |
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| Coal |
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| Anthracite and bituminous |
|
118.200 |
115.000 |
– |
| Brown Coal and Lignite |
|
26.182.769 |
26.095.516 |
26.433.500 |
| Copper, Mine |
Tonnes (metal content) |
93.200 |
97.100 |
84.400 |
| Copper, Smelter |
|
163.000 |
134.700 |
167.000 |
| Copper, Refined |
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32.500 |
34.500 |
40.700 |
| Feldspar |
|
22.000 |
23.000 |
25.000 |
| Fluorspar |
|
200 |
300 |
0 |
| Gold, Mine |
Kilograms (metal content) |
2.100 |
2.200 |
2.300 |
| Gypsum |
|
169.571 |
166.838 |
156.400 |
| Iron Ore |
|
588.800 |
324.800 |
373.000 |
| Pig Iron |
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1.220.000 |
1.160.000 |
1.100.000 |
| Crude Steel |
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2.017.000 |
2.035.000 |
1.880.000 |
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| Ferro-Alloys |
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| Ferro-Silicon |
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8.000 |
8.000 |
– |
| Kaolin |
|
150.000 |
150.000 |
150.000 |
| Lead, Mine |
Tonnes (metal content) |
13.700 |
18.500 |
19.800 |
| Lead, Refined |
|
84.100 |
83.000 |
71.000 |
| Manganese Ore |
|
0 |
1.515 |
4 |
| Perlite |
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16.700 |
12.300 |
10.500 |
| Crude Petroleum |
|
42.456 |
33.888 |
33.000 |
| Natural Gas |
Million  |
12 |
21 |
11 |
| Salt |
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1.700.000 |
1.931.000 |
1.800.000 |
| Silver, Mine |
Kilograms (metal
content) |
25.000 |
25.000 |
25.000 |
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| Sulphur |
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| Recovered (a) |
Tonnes (sulphur
content) |
209.000 |
203.000 |
203.000 |
| Recovered (b) |
Tonnes (sulphur content) |
30.000 |
30.000 |
30.000 |
| Zinc, Mine |
Tonnes (metal content) |
10.100 |
10.600 |
12.900 |
| Zinc, Slab |
|
84.000 |
84.000 |
90.000 |
Notes:
Bulgaria is believed to produce chromite, magnesite and platinum
group metals
(a) From metal sulphide processing
(b) From petroleum refining and/or natural gas
Source: British Geological Survey, European Mineral Statistics
1998-2002, p. 13
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