TABLE 1
CHINA:  ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity3					1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS
Aluminum:
Bauxite, gross weight		thousand tons			8,500		9,000		9,800		11,000		13,000
Alumina		do.			3,840		4,330		4,650		5,450		6,110
Metal, refined, primary and secondary		do.			2,810		2,990		3,570		4,510		5,970
Antimony:
Mine, Sb content					89,600		110,000		140,000		100,000		100,000
Metal					84,500		106,000		148,000		124,000		90,000
Bismuth:
Mine output, Bi content					2,680		1,120		1,250		950		1,000
Metal					860		770		1,230		700		800
Cadmium, smelter					2,150		2,370		2,510		2,440		2,500
Chromite, gross weight		thousand tons			220		208		182		180		200
Cobalt:
Mine output, Co content					250		90		150		1,000		1,000
Metal					300		410		680		980		1,000
Copper:
Mine output, Cu content					520,000		593,000		587,000		568,000		610,000
Metal:
Smelter, primary					837,000		1,020,000		1,150,000		1,180,000		1,380,000
Refined
Primary		thousand tons			836		1,020		1,220		1,300		1,420
Secondary		do.			344		350		300		350		430
Total		do.			1,180		1,370		1,520		1,650		1,850
Gold, mine output, Au content					173		180		185		192		205
Indium					200		200		150		120		100
Iron and steel:
Iron ore, gross weight		thousand tons			237,000		223,000		220,000		231,000		261,000
Pig iron		do.			125,390	4	131,010	4	155,540	4	170,850	4	213,670	4
Ferroalloys		do.			3,810		4,030		4,500		4,840		6,340
Steel, crude		do.			124,260	4	128,500	4	151,630	4	182,370	4	222,340	4
Steel, rolled		do.			121,100	4	131,460	4	160,680	4	192,520	4	241,080	4
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content					549,000		660,000		676,000		641,000		955,000
Metal:
Smelter, primary					597,000		830,000		840,000		916,000		1,250,000
Refined
Primary					821,000		998,000		984,000		1,100,000		1,290,000
Secondary					97,000		102,000		211,000		230,000		290,000
Total					918,000		1,100,000		1,200,000		1,330,000		1,580,000
Magnesium metal, primary					120,000		190,000		200,000		230,000		342,000
Manganese:
Ore, Mn content		thousand tons			640		700		860		900		920
Metal					100,000		120,000		150,000		190,000		320,000
Mercury, mine output, Hg content					200		200		190		495		610
Molybdenum, mine output, Mo content					29,700		28,800		28,200		29,300		31,000
Nickel:
Mine output, Ni content					49,500		50,300		51,500		53,700	r	61,000
Matte					50,100		57,000		59,000		59,200	r	63,000
Smelter					44,400		50,900		49,500		52,400		64,700
Silicon, metal					395,000		480,000		500,000		580,000		680,000
Silver, mine output, Ag content					1,360		1,600		1,910		2,200	r	2,400
Tin:
Mine output, Sn content					80,100		99,400		95,000		62,000		102,000
Metal					90,800		112,000		105,000		82,000		98,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
CHINA:  ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity3					1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS--Continued
Titanium:
Ilmenite, TiO2 equivalent					90,000		125,000		150,000		375,000		400,000
Sponge					1,660		1,900		2,470		3,650		4,120
Tungsten, mine output, W content					31,100		37,000		38,500		49,500		50,000
Vanadium, in vanadiferrous slag product					26,000		30,000		30,000		33,000		35,000
Zinc:
Mine output, Zn content		thousand tons			1,480		1,780		1,700		1,550		2,030
Refined, primary and secondary		do.			1,700		1,980		2,040		2,100		2,320
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Asbestos					329,000		315,000		310,000		270,000		350,000
Barite		thousand tons			2,800		3,500		3,600		3,100		3,500
Boron, mine, B2O3 equivalent					110,000		145,000		150,000		145,000		130,000
Bromine					42,000		42,000		40,000		42,000		42,000
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons			573,000	4	597,000	4	661,040	4	725,000	4	862,080	4
Diatomite					340,000		350,000		350,000		370,000		380,000
Dolomite		thousand tons			6,600		6,700		6,700		7,000		7,300
Fluorspar		do.			2,400		2,450		2,450		2,450		2,650
Graphite					300,000		430,000		450,000		629,000	r	710,000
Gypsum		thousand tons			6,700		6,800		6,800		6,850		6,850
Kaolin		do.			1,500		2,700		2,500		3,000		3,100
Lithium minerals, all types					15,500		16,000		16,000		16,000		17,000
Magnesite		thousand tons			2,450		4,070		3,580		3,700		3,700
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia		do.			28,300		27,700		28,200		30,300	r	31,500
Phosphate rock, P2O5 equivalent		do.			6,000		5,820		6,300		6,900		7,550
Potash, marketable, potassium oxide equivalent		do.			260		380		385		450		500
Rare earths, rare-earth oxide equivalent					70,000		73,000		81,000		88,000		92,000
Salt		thousand tons			28,124	4	31,280	4	34,105	4	36,024	4	34,377	4
Sodium compounds:  soda ash, natural and synthetic		do.			7,654	4	8,342	4	9,144	4	10,330	4	11,336	4
Sulfur:
Native		do.			280		290		290		290		290
Content of pyrite		do.			3,860		3,370		3,090		3,240		3,400
Byproduct, all sources		do.			1,630		1,900		2,000		2,200		2,400
Total		do.			5,770		5,560		5,380		5,730		6,090
Talc and related materials		do.			3,900		3,500		3,500		2,500	r	2,600
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal:
Anthracite		do.			182,000		176,000		190,000		250,000	r	218,000
Bituminous		do.			822,000		781,000		965,000		1,110,000	r	1,470,000
Lignite		do.			45,600		42,000		47,800		53,000	r	52,000
Total		do.			1,050,000		999,000		1,200,000		1,410,000	r	1,740,000
Coke, all types		do.			121,100	4	121,840	4	131,310	4	142,800	4	138,800	4
Gas, natural:
Gross		billion cubic meters			25		27		30		33		35
Marketed		do.			20		22		24		26		28
Petroleum:
Crude, including crude from oil shale		million 42-gallon barrels			1,190		1,200		1,210		1,240		1,260
Refinery products		do.			920		1,470		1,460		1,530		1,600
rRevised.
1Table includes data available through August 30, 2004.
2Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3The country also produces diamond, gallium, germanium, platinum-group metals, and uranium; no reliable basis, however, is available for
the estimation of output levels.
4Reported by China's State Statistical Bureau.