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Spain
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 |
|
|
|
|
| Sand and Gravel |
Tonnes
|
81.688.475
|
85.000.000
|
89.000.000
|
| Crushed Rock |
Tonnes
|
190.000.000
|
200.000.000
|
217.000.000
|
| Alumina |
Tonnes
content |
1.123.000
|
1.199.000
|
1.300.000
|
| Primary Aluminium |
Tonnes
|
365.700
|
376.400
|
380.100
|
| Barytes |
Tonnes
|
32.653
|
45.473
|
52.494
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bentonite
and Fuller´s Earth |
| Bentonite |
Tonnes
|
90.152
|
223.958
|
225.000
|
| Attapulgite |
Tonnes
|
28.307
|
24.477
|
115.000
|
| Sepiolite |
Tonnes
|
596.324
|
673.600
|
936.234
|
| Bromine |
Tonnes
|
100.000
|
100.000
|
100.000
|
| Cement, Finished |
Tonnes
|
38.115.621
|
40.512.090
|
42.417.253
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| Coal |
|
|
|
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| Anthracite |
Tonnes
|
5.143.977
|
4.693.831
|
4.393.395
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| Bituminous |
Tonnes
|
6.166.586
|
5.797.496
|
5.358.406
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| Sub-Bituminous |
Tonnes
|
3.630.805
|
3.456.000
|
3.557.047
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| Lignite |
Tonnes
|
8.523.586
|
8.787.000
|
8.726.121
|
| Copper, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
24.804
|
9.800
|
0
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| Copper, Smelter |
Tonnes
|
289.957
|
280.015
|
298.057
|
| Copper, Refined |
Tonnes
|
315.734
|
290.630
|
312.145
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| Diatomite (a) |
Tonnes
|
66.770
|
70.000
|
50.000
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| Feldspar |
Tonnes
|
478.260
|
520.000
|
550.000
|
| Fluorspar |
Tonnes
|
140.466
|
134.039
|
141.434
|
| Gold, Mine |
Kilograms
(metal
content)
|
5.500
|
4.300
|
5.922
|
| Gypsum |
Tonnes
|
9.929.478
|
10.920.000
|
13.000.000
|
| Iron Ore |
Tonnes
|
75.054
|
55.058
|
25.177
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| Pig Iron |
Tonnes
|
4.059.000
|
4.094.000
|
3.973.000
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| Crude Steel |
Tonnes
|
15.874.000
|
16.504.000
|
16.408.000
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| Ferro-Alloys |
|
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| Ferro-Chrome |
Tonnes
|
905
|
0
|
0
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| Ferro-Manganese |
Tonnes
|
26.815
|
24.804
|
33.218
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| Ferro-Silico-Manganese |
Tonnes
|
128.197
|
102.110
|
103.494
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| Ferro-Silicon |
Tonnes
|
50.071
|
53.427
|
56.994
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| Silicon Metal |
Tonnes
|
28.215
|
29.115
|
26.071
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| Kaolin (b) |
Tonnes
|
353.355
|
400.000
|
450.000
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| Lead, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
51.793
|
35.573
|
6.171
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| Lead, Refined |
Tonnes
|
120.000
|
121.600
|
115.552
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| Magnesite |
Tonnes
|
534.234
|
598.000
|
637.027
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| Mercury |
Kilograms
|
236.600
|
524.000
|
726.139
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| Mica (c) |
Tonnes
|
10.086
|
9.874
|
9.200
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| Crude Petroleum |
Tonnes
|
226.422
|
344.074
|
323.666
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| Natural Gas |
Million  |
179
|
557
|
551
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| Potash |
|
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| Chloride |
Tonnes
content |
521.984
|
470.933
|
406.695
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|
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| Salt |
|
|
|
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| Rock Salt |
Tonnes
|
2.328.464
|
2.319.800
|
2.317.234
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| Sea Salt |
Tonnes
|
1.436.345
|
1.420.000
|
1.073.000
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| Other Salt |
Tonnes
|
105.187
|
100.000
|
100.162
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| Silimanite
Minerals |
|
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|
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| Andalusite |
Tonnes
|
260
|
250
|
250
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| Silver, Mine |
Kilograms
(metal
content)
|
–
|
–
|
–
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| Strontium Minerals |
Tonnes
|
158.590
|
164.030
|
171.293
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| Sulphur and
Pyrites |
|
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|
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| Pyrites |
Tonnes
(sulphur
content)
|
94.222
|
89.796
|
0
|
| Recovered (d) |
Tonnes
(sulphur
content)
|
454.000
|
461.000
|
544.000
|
| Recovered (e) |
Tonnes
(sulphur
content)
|
115.000
|
135.000
|
140.000
|
| Talc |
Tonnes
|
115.154
|
119.000
|
108.312
|
| Uranium, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
251
|
0
|
0
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| Zinc, Mine |
Tonnes
(metal
content)
|
202.360
|
165.568
|
69.926
|
| Zinc, Slab |
Tonnes
|
391.000
|
443.000
|
512.000
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Notes:
Spain is believed to produce arsenic
(a) Including Tripoli
(b) Washed
(c) Including mica recovered from mica schists and/or
kaolin benefication
(d) From metal sulphide processing
(e) From petroleum refining and/or natural gas
Source: British Geological Survey, European Mineral Statistics
1998-2002, p. 85
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