TABLE 1
ARGENTINA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS
Aluminum:
Primary				206,529	r	262,394	r	245,052	r	268,805	r	271,932
Secondarye				16,000		16,000		16,000		16,000		16,000
Cadmium:
Mine output, Cd content				140		137		160		153		126
Refined				--	r	--		34		--		25
Copper:
Mine output, Cu content				210,126		145,197		191,677		204,027		199,020
Refinede				16,000		16,000		16,000		16,000		16,000
Gold, mine output, Au content		kilograms		38,515		25,954		30,632	r	32,506	r	29,744
Iron and steel:
Metal:
Pig iron		thousand tons		1,985		2,186	r	1,916	r	2,180	r	2,402
Sponge iron (direct reduction)		do.		989		1,420		1,276	r	1,476	r	1,736
Total		do.		2,974		3,606	r	3,192	r	3,656	r	4,138
Ferroalloys, electric furnace:
Ferrosilicomanganese				--		4,900		5,150		5,000	e	5,000	e
Ferrosilicon				2,568		2,500		2,740		2,700	e	2,700	e
Total				2,568		7,400		7,890		7,700	e	7,700	e
Steel, crude		thousand tons		3,799	r	4,474	r	4,107		4,363		5,033
Semimanufactures2		do.		2,973	r	4,174		3,859	r	3,821	r	4,680
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content				15,256		14,115		12,334		12,011		12,079
Smelter, primarye				14,200		14,200		14,200		14,200		14,200
Refined:
Primary				500		8,665		9,473		10,567		11,011
Secondary				25,195		27,000		25,960		33,000	r	30,300
Total				25,695		35,665		34,473		43,567	r	41,311
Silver, mine output, Ag content		kilograms		73,785		78,271		152,802		125,868		133,917
Uranium, mine output, U3O8 content		do.		4,000		--		--		--		--
Zinc:
Mine output, Zn content				34,192		34,858		39,703		37,325		29,839
Metal, smelter:
Primary				40,223		36,359		39,727		38,699		39,221
Secondary				3,220	e	2,910		3,180		3,098		3,139
Total				43,443		39,269		42,907		41,797		42,360
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Asbestos				259		254		203	r	155	r	166
Barite				4,365		5,472		6,955	r	3,048	r	3,261
Boron materials, crude				245,450		512,624		633,520	r	509,630	r	545,304
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		7,187		6,121	r	5,545		3,911	r	5,217
Clays:
Bentonite				128,809		123,092		104,335		120,006	r	128,406
Common				2,294,857		2,374,294		1,515,002	r	1,506,146	r	1,611,576
Foundry earthe				100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000
Fuller's earth (decolorizing clay)e				1,500		1,500		1,500		1,500		1,500
Kaolin				52,665		34,023		12,367	r	9,956	r	10,653
Diatomite				34,056		17,663		17,090	r	23,314	r	24,946
Feldspar				62,926		59,466		48,522	r	82,642	r	88,427
Fluorspar				12,704		11,200		9,075		5,168	r	5,530
Gypsum, crude				647,001		582,337		371,527	r	362,556	r	387,936
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
ARGENTINA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Lithium: r, 3
Carbonate				1,592		2,161		--		906		2,850
Chloride				2,794		5,182		4,512		4,729		4,700
Mica				3,097		4,665	r	2,120	r	1,770	r	1,894
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia				87,700		189,800		596,600		616,700		723,900
Perlite				21,008		17,521		17,916	r	17,152	r	19,725
Phosphates, Thomas slage,  4				--	r	--	r	--	r	--	r	--
Pumice				17,662		15,512		2,097	r	3,070	r	3,531
Salt				1,263,423		1,348,514		1,269,814	r	1,080,396	r	1,156,023
Sand and gravel:
Sand:
Construction				18,567,501		12,450,441		10,717,609	r	9,796,605	r	11,266,096
Silica sand (glass sand)				262,640		495,903		891,127	r	280,065	r	299,669
Gravel				6,962,668		5,967,771		4,580,713	r	5,480,427	r	6,302,490
Stone:
Basalt				1,024,534		363,277		436,947	r	177,090	r	203,654
Calcareous:
Calcite, nonoptical				42,509		34,024		96,269	r	85,299	r	91,270
Calcium carbonate, chalke				30,000		30,000		30,000		30,000		30,000
Dolomite				715,273		744,041		303,695	r	278,361	r	320,116
Limestone				12,626,797		10,605,739		6,073,902	r	7,060,763	r	8,119,879
Marble, onyx, travertine				247,040		218,800		38,228	r	38,838	r	44,664
Flagstone				85,520		199,135		146,909	r	155,079	r	178,343
Granite:
In blocks				68,350		48,605		41,317	r	40,450	r	46,518
Crushed				11,554,211		10,360,967		5,570,812	r	3,785,570	r	4,353,407
Quartz, crushed				98,368		78,024		49,720	r	93,614	r	100,167
Quartzite, crushed				400,000		776,011		386,336	r	247,394	r	284,503
Rhodochrosite				23		17		17	r	22	r	24
Gemstones (agate, amethyst, apolo, tourmaline, etc.)		kilograms		7,030		19,058		10,200	r	1,250	r	1,338
Sandstonee				200		200		200		200		200
Serpentine, crushed				171,050		143,000		--	r	826	r	950
Shell, marl				176,180		272,728		177,854	r	169,577	r	195,014
Tuff, (tosca)		thousand tons		2,455		4,940		4,626	r	2,721	r	3,129
Strontium minerals, celestite				2,141		4,656		2,440	r	3,106	r	3,323
Sulfates, natural:
Magnesium (epsomite)				6,900		6,900		6,900	r	6,900	r	7,383
Sodium (mirabilite)				6,879		10,446		11,856	r	10,081	r	10,787
Talc and related materials:
Pyrophyllite				3,400		3,877		2,155	r	1,770	r	1,894
Steatitee				300		300		300		300		300
Talc				10,542		6,730		1,665	r	1,643	r	1,759
Total				14,242		10,907		4,120	r	3,713	r	3,953
Vermiculite				2,800		--		1,110	r	1,050	r	1,124
Zeolite				150		--		--	r	--	r	--
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Asphalt and bitumen:
Natural (asphaltite)				60		50		--	r	--	r	--
Byproduct of refinery				743,125		532,922		393,681		318,290		479,389
Coal, bituminous		thousand tons		354		246		150	r	56	r	--
Coke, all types, including breeze		do.		1,482		1,496		1,556		1,582		1,695
Gas, natural:
Gross		million cubic meters		42,425	r	44,872	r	45,994	r	45,819	r	50,664
Marketed		do.		34,559		37,412		37,145		36,468	r	41,119
Natural gas liquids		thousand 42-gallon barrels		16,300		18,200		18,000		18,000	e	18,000	e
Peat, agricultural (turba)				10,542		10,159		1,067	r	8,208	r	8,782
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
ARGENTINA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS--Continued
Petroleum:
Crude		thousand 42-gallon barrels		292,525	r	281,547	r	285,381	r	275,894	r	270,349
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas		do.		21,125		22,903		23,913		12,208		13,224
Motor gasoline		do.		70,299		64,853		59,655		50,389		55,378
Aviation gasoline		do.		686		107		10,000	e	--		340
Jet fuel		do.		12,496		12,153		10,580		10,286		8,949
Kerosene		do.		1,055		667		570		305		218
Distillate fuel oil		do.		80,501		77,874		77,321		71,061		74,522
Residual fuel oil		do.		11,806		10,628		12,149		11,727		12,693
Lubricants		do.		1,311		2,141		2,246		2,275		2,945
Other		do.		19,232		19,146		22,171		27,438		28,860
Refinery fuel and losses		do.		5,432		5,039		5,050		5,370		6,027
Total		do.		213,079		205,433		212,555		180,319		190,666
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.  --Zero.
1Table includes data available through September 30, 2004.
2Hot-rolled semimanufactures only; excludes castings and cold-rolled semimanufactures produced from imported hot-rolled semimanufactures.
3New information was available from Argentine sources that prompted major revisions in how lithium production is reported.
4Thomas slag production was estimated from the Thomas crude steel reported in La Siderurgia Argentina annual, which is published by the Instituto
Argentino de Siderurgia.