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Portugal
Production of Mineral Commodities
| Commodity |
Unit
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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
|
6.876.470
|
9.852.769
|
–
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| Crushed
Rock |
Tonnes
|
63.610.282
|
61.453.129
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–
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| Cement, Finished |
Tonnes
|
10.343.068
|
10.100.000
|
–
|
| Copper,
Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
76.300
|
82.965
|
77.227
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| Diatomite |
Tonnes
|
686
|
387
|
400
|
| Feldspar |
Tonnes
|
136.730
|
112.923
|
124.117
|
| Gypsum |
Tonnes
|
698.673
|
787.646
|
–
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| Iron
Ore (a) |
Tonnes
|
11.800
|
0
|
–
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| Pig Iron |
Tonnes
|
382.000
|
82.000
|
0
|
| Crude
Steel |
Tonnes
|
1.089.000
|
727.000
|
799.000
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| Kaolin |
Tonnes
|
162.674
|
148.706
|
–
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| Lead,
Refined |
Tonnes
|
6.000
|
6.000
|
6.000
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| Lithium
Minerals |
|
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|
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| Lepidolite |
Tonnes
|
9.352
|
11.571
|
16.325
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| Salt |
|
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| Rock
Salt |
Tonnes
|
584.516
|
625.785
|
604.969
|
| Sea Salt |
Tonnes
|
74.027
|
76.653
|
40.139
|
| Silver,
Mine |
Kilograms
(metal
content)
|
20.430
|
23.100
|
19.500
|
|
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| Sulphur
and Pyrites |
|
|
|
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| Recovered |
Tonnes
(sulphur
content)
|
28.000
|
35.000
|
28.000
|
| Talc |
Tonnes
|
9.895
|
8.362
|
8.916
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| Tin, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
1.246
|
1.201
|
345
|
| Tungsten, Mine (b) |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
743
|
700
|
550
|
| Uranium, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
13
|
4
|
2
|
| Zinc, Slab |
Tonnes
|
4.000
|
4.000
|
4.000
|
Notes:
No detailed information on the production of tantalum bearing
tin slags is available. Portugal is a smaller producer.
(a) Including manganiferous iron ore
(b) Wolframite and scheelite
Source: British Geological Survey, European Mineral Statistics
1998-2002, p. 73
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