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Romania

Production of Mineral Commodities


Commodity
Units
2000
2001
2002
Primary Aggregates
Sand and Gravel
Tonnes
813.941
1.075.191
760.890
Alumina
Tons

content
416.587
319.403
350.164
Primary Aluminium
Tonnes
179.039
181.830
187.088
Barytes
Tonnes
4.266
2.851
100
Bentonite and Fuller´s Earth
Bentonite
Tonnes
37.587
23.779
15.402
Bismuth, Mine
Kilograms
40
40
40
Cement, Finished
Tonnes
6.058.000
5.668.005
5.679.749
Coal
Anthracite and Bituminous
Tonnes
4.042.000
4.033.000
3.410.000
Brown Coal and Lignite
Tonnes
26.882.000
30.699.000
27.080.000
Copper, Mine
Tonnes (metal content)
16.099
19.185
19.600
Copper, Smelter
Tonnes
4.900
3.000
3.000
Copper, Refined
Tonnes
15.303
17.654
11.453
Diatomite
Tonnes
9.890
9.743
20.128
Feldspar
Tonnes
37.157
43.037
50.864
Fluorspar
Tonnes
15.000
15.000
15.000
Gold, Mine
Kilograms (metal content)
1.200
1.600
1.700
Graphite
Tonnes
1.251
1.176
1.001
Gypsum
Tonnes
75.000
75.000
75.000
Iron Ore
Tonnes
116.000
292.000
296.000
Pig Iron
Tonnes
3.065.788
3.242.994
3.976.334
Crude Steel
Tonnes
4.671.967
4.935.623
5.490.925
Ferro-Alloys
Ferro-Manganese
Tonnes
1.989
384
0
Ferro-Silico-Manganese
Tonnes
62.320
71.921
88.665
Ferro-Silicon
Tonnes
8.309
5.823
0
Kaolin
Tonnes
18.942
21.867
22.514
Load, Mine
Tonnes (metal content)
18.750
19.676
17.500
Lead, Refined
Tonnes
23.555
26.900
28.000
Manganese Ore
Tonnes
27.080
70.000
60.000
Crude Petroleum
Tonnes
6.042.000
6.011.000
5.840.000
Natural Gas
Million
14.607
14.090
13.425
Salt
Tonnes
2.307.806
2.225.052
2.257.194
Silver, Mine
Kilograms (metal content)
18.000
18.000
18.000
Sulphur and Pyrites
Pyrites
Tonnes (sulphur content)
9.883
1.835
0
Recovered
Tonnes (sulphur content)
35.000
41.000
29.000
Talc
Tonnes
7.850
7.270
7.292
Uranium, Mine
Tonnes (metal content)
50
85
90
Zinc, Mine
Tonnes (metal content)
27.452
29.786
25.400
Zinc, Slab
Tonnes
51.929
47.200
48.000

Notes:
Romania is believed to produce asbestos, mica and molybdenum.


Source: British Geological Survey, European Mineral Statistics 1998-2002, p. 76