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Norway
Production of Mineral Commodities
| Commodity |
Units
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2000
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2001
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2002
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| Primary
Aggregates |
|
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| Sand and Gravel |
Tonnes
|
19.000.000
|
17.000.000
|
15.000.000
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| Crushed Rock |
Tonnes
|
34.000.000
|
34.000.000
|
35.000.000
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| Primary Aluminium (a) |
Tonnes
|
1.031.000
|
1.034.000
|
1.044.000
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| Cadmium |
Tonnes
|
302
|
367
|
209
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| Cement, Finished |
Tonnes
|
1.851.000
|
1.870.000
|
1.850.000
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| Coal |
|
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| Bituminous (b) |
Tonnes
|
631.926
|
1.787.784
|
2.131.691
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| Cobalt Metal |
Tonnes
|
3.400
|
3.300
|
4.000
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| Copper, Smelter |
Tonnes
|
27.000
|
26.700
|
30.500
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| Copper, Refined |
Tonnes
|
25.300
|
26.700
|
30.600
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| Feldspar |
Tonnes
|
72.000
|
79.510
|
75.184
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| Graphite |
Tonnes
|
8.392
|
9.070
|
9.000
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| Iron Ore |
Tonnes
|
470.000
|
395.000
|
490.000
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| Pig Iron |
Tonnes
|
70.000
|
70.000
|
70.000
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| Crude Steel |
Tonnes
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679.000
|
635.000
|
694.000
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| Ferro-Alloys |
|
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| Ferro-Chrome |
Tonnes
|
153.500
|
82.600
|
61.100
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| Ferro-Manganese |
Tonnes
|
150.585
|
111.823
|
126.960
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| Ferro-Silico-Manganese |
Tonnes
|
198.671
|
277.938
|
252.723
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| Ferro-Silicon |
Tonnes
|
450.364
|
427.590
|
359.944
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| Other Ferro-Alloys |
Tonnes
|
54.639
|
47.600
|
48.500
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| Silicon Metal |
Tonnes
|
138.139
|
134.958
|
152.981
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| Primary Magnesium Metal |
Tonnes
|
41.400
|
36.000
|
10.000
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| Nepheline Syenite |
Tonnes
|
330.000
|
330.362
|
330.461
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| Nickel, Mine |
Tonnes (metal content)
|
2.536
|
2.800
|
2.052
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| Nickel, Smelter/Refinery |
Tonnes
|
58.700
|
68.200
|
68.500
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| Crude Petroleum |
Tonnes
|
158.625.000
|
163.088.000
|
157.262.000
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| Natural Gas |
Million  |
53.076
|
57.465
|
68.881
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| Sulphur
and Pyrites |
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| Recovered (c) |
Tonnes (sulphur content)
|
90.000
|
95.000
|
95.000
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| Recovered (d) |
Tonnes (sulphur content)
|
18.000
|
18.000
|
19.000
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| Talc |
Tonnes
|
26.660
|
24.626
|
23.564
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| Titanium
Minerals |
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| Ilmenite |
Tonnes
|
690.900
|
770.000
|
837.000
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| Zinc, Slab |
Tonnes
|
138.390
|
144.620
|
145.000
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Notes:
Norwas is believed to produce gold.
(a) May include some super purity aluminium
(b) Spitzbergen: not including production from mines
controlled by the former Soviet Union
(c) From metal sulphide processing
(d) From petroleum refining and/or natural gas
Source: British Geological Survey, European Mineral Statistics
1998-2002, p. 65
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