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Table 2.8 List of the major producers of a selection of metals and ores
Aluminium
Tonnes
x 1000
Bauxite
Tonnes
x 1000
Steel
Tonnes
x10
6
Iron Ore
Tonnes
x10
6
Copper
Tonnes
x 1000
Gold
Tonnes Platinum
Tonnes
1 China
16,800 Australia
70,000 China
630
China
900
Chile
5520
China
345
South
Africa
138
2 Russia
3,850
China
40,000
Japan
110
Australia
420
Peru
1285
Australia
255
Russia
24
3 Canada
2,920
Brazil
32,100 United
States
90
Brazil
370
China
1150
United
States
230
Zimbabwe
8.8
4 Australia
1,950
India
18,000
India
67
India
260
United
States
1120
South
Africa
190
Canada
5.5
5 United States
1,720
Guinea
17,400 Russia
66
Russia
100
Australia
900
Russia
190
United
States
3.5
6 Brazil
1,550
Jamaica
9,200
South Korea 56
Ukraine
72
Indonesia
840
Peru
170
Colombia
1.0
7
India
1,400
Kazakhstan 5,300
Germany
44
South
Africa
55
Zambia
770
Indonesia
120
8 United Arab
Emirates
1,400
Russia
4,700
Brazil
33
United
States
49
Russia
750
Ghana
100
9 Norway 800 Suriname 3,100 Ukraine 31 Canada 35 Canada 480 Canada 90
10 South Africa 800 Venezuela 2,500 France 16 Iran 33 Poland 430 Uzbekistan 90
Source U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S Geological Survey. URL:
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/index.html
. Figures for the year
2010
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