TABLE 5
CHINA:  RESERVES AND RESERVE BASE OF MAJOR MINERAL COMMODITIES
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodities			Reserves	Reserve base
Antimony, Sb			890	1,200
Arsenic, As			910	1,900
Asbestos, mineral			39,000	55,000
Barite, ore	million tons		100	270
Bauxite	do.		720	1,800
Bentonite	do.		890	1,900
Bismuth, Bi			260	270
Boron, B2O3			32,000	33,000
Cadmium, Cd			92	290
Chromite, ore			4,400	5,700
Coal	billion tons		330	690
Cobalt, Co			80	560
Copper, Cu			30,000	38,000
Diamond, mineral	kilograms		3,200	4,040
Diatomite, ore			100,000	310,000
Fluorite, CaF2			2,400	110,000
Gallium, Ga	tons		4,100	110,000
Gas, natural	billion cubic meters		2,000	3,800
Gold, Au	tons		1,200	4,130
Graphite, mineral			74,000	140,000
Gypsum, ore	million tons		4,900	59,000
Iodine, I	tons		31,000	4,200,000
Iron ore, ore	million tons		21,000	36,000
Kaolin	do.		550	990
Lead, Pb			12,000	25,000
Lithium, Li2O			1,000	1,300
Magnesite, ore	million tons		1,400	2,000
Manganese, ore	do.		200	470
Mercury, Hg			21	61
Mirabilite, Na2SO4	million tons		9,900	10,600
Molybdenum, Mo			3,300	6,600
Nickel, Ni			3,000	5,100
Petroleum	million tons		2,400	9,400
Phosphorus, ore	million tons		4,000	13,000
Platinum-group metals, metal	tons		15	330
Potash, KCl			270,000	590,000
Pyrite, ore	million tons		2,100	3,200
Rare earths, rare-earth oxide			21,000	64,000
Salt, NaCl	billion tons		190	1,100
Silver, Ag			34	85
Strontium, mineral			1,000	3,800
Sulfur, natural, S			240	320,000
Talc, ore			95,000	150,000
Tantalum, Ta2O5			31	61
Tin, Sn			1,600	3,100
Titanium, TiO2	million tons		210	440
Trona, mineral			75,000	103,000
Tungsten, WO3			2,900	5,280
Vanadium, V2O5			13,000	22,000
Zinc, Zn			37,000	60,000
Source:  China Statistical Yearbook 2004, p. 9.