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Table 6.10: Mineral world reserves, reserve base and world resources. All values
are for 2008 if not otherwise specified
Production Reserves
Reserve
base
(year
2006)
World
resources
Ore
grades
Resource
tons
tons
tons
tons
%
Aluminium
(Bauxite)
2.05E+08
2.70E+10
3.20E+10
7.50E+10
45.97
Antimony
1.97E+05
2.10E+06
4.30E+06
N.A.
3.78
Arsenic
5.27E+04
1.22E+06
1.84E+06
1.10E+07
1.00
Barite
8.05E+06
1.70E+08
8.80E+08
2.00E+09
83.02
Beryllium
1.98E+02
N.A.
N.A.
> 8E+04
1.00
Bismuth
7.70E+03
3.20E+05
6.80E+05
N.A.
0.50
Boron (as
B
2
O
3
)
4.35E+06
1.70E+08
4.10E+08
N.A.
20.00
Bromine
243000
(Year
2006)
Large
Large
Unlimited
(dead
sea contains 1
billion tons of
bromine)
0.50
Cadmium
1.96E+04
5.90E+05
1.20E+06
6.00E+06
100 ppm
Cesium
N.A.
7.00E+04
1.10E+05
N.A.
23.30
Chromium
6.98E+06
2.38E+08
N.A.
8.16E+09
43.52
Cobalt
7.59E+04
6.60E+06
1.30E+07
1.50E+07
0.11
Copper
1.54E+07
5.40E+08
9.40E+08
> 3.00E+09
0.58
Feldspar
2.19E+07
Large
Large
Large
45
Fluorspar
6.04E+06
2.30E+08
4.80E+08
5.00E+08
25
Gallium
1.11E+02
N.A.
N.A.
1.00E+06
23 ppm
Germanium
1.40E+02
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
50 ppm
Gold
2.26E+03
4.70E+04
9.00E+04
N.A.
0,22 g/t
Graphite
1.12E+06
7.10E+07
2.10E+08
> 8.00E+08
50
Gypsum
1.59E+08
Large
Large
Large
80
Hafnium
(as HfO
2
)
2.60E+05
5.60E+08
N.A.
1.00E+06
60 ppm
Helium
2.95E+04
N.A.
6.60E+06
8.79E+06
7.00
Indium
5.73E+02
1.10E+04
1.60E+04
N.A.
140 g/t
Iodine
2.65E+04
1.50E+07
2.70E+07
3.40E+07
160 ppm
Iridium
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
20.6 ppb
Iron ore
2.22E+09
1.60E+11
N.A.
>8.00E+11
51.05
Lead
3.84E+06
7.90E+07
1.70E+08
> 1.5E+09
2.05
Limestone
296,000,000 Large
Large
Large
6.00E-
01
Lithium
3.82E+05
9.90E+06
1.10E+07
2.55E+07
0.04
(Lithium
brines)
Magnesium
1.17E+07
N.A.
N.A.
Large to
unlimited
45 as
MgO
Manganese
1.33E+07
5.40E+08
5.20E+09
Large
31.49
Mercury
1.48E+03
4.60E+04
2.40E+05
6.00E+05
0.38
Molybdenum 1.84E+05
8.60E+06
1.90E+07
1.30E+07
0.03
Nickel
1.57E+06
7.10E+07
N.A.
1.30E+08
1.30
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