TABLE 1
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity3 1999         2000e              2001e         2002e         2003e  
METALS
Aluminum:    
Bauxite, gross weight   912,451   400,000 405,000 r, 4 420,000 450,000
Alumina     --  -- -- 102,000 200,000
Metal, primary ingot   137,421   140,000 160,000 r, 4 168,715 r, 4 170,000  
Arsenic, orpiment and realgar, concentratese   300   400 400 400 400
Chromite, mine output, concentrate5  
Gross weight     254,685   153,000   104,900 512,640 r, 4 500,000  
Cr2O3 contente   125,000   75,000   51,500 250,000 r 250,000
Copper:              
Mine output:    
Ore mined (1% to 1.2% Cu):              
Gross weight   thousand tons 13,770   13,800 14,400 16,100 16,100
Cu contente     138,000   138,000 144,000 161,000 161,000
Concentrate (29% to 35% Cu):            
Gross weight     381,346   350,000 390,000 380,000 389,790 4
Cu content     131,000   125,000   121,000   121,000 130,000
Metal:      
Smelter output, blister/anode   132,000   135,000   135,000   146,000 150,000
Refined output, cathode   131,700   132,000 132,000 143,000 134,632 4
Gold, mine output, Au content6 kilograms 930   765   770 650 500
Iron and steel:                                 
Ore and concentrate:  
Gross weight   thousand tons 10,776   12,370 4 10,300   11,300 16,000
Fe contente   do. 5,300   6,100   5,100   5,600 7,200
Metal:              
Pig iron   do. 2,147   2,200 2,300 2,400 2,300
Direct-reduced iron do. 4,120   4,740 5,000 5,280 5,620 4
Ferrochromium   13,680   11,505 4 8,430 8,000 10,000
Ferrosilicone     46,000   40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
Steel, crude, ingots and castings thousand tons 6,277   6,600 6,890 7,293 4 7,869 4
Lead:    
Mine output, concentrate:  
Gross weighte     22,000   27,000 24,000 r 18,000 r 16,000  
Pb content     11,000 e  15,000 12,000 r 9,000 r 8,000
Refinery output, includes secondary   47,000 r 50,000 r, e  53,000 r, e  50,000   50,000  
Manganese, mine output, (30% to 35% Mn):            
Gross weight     104,096   105,000 120,994 r, 4 123,148 r, 4 125,000  
Mn contente     32,000   32,000 48,000 r 49,000 r 50,000  
Molybdenum, mine output, concentrate:e            
Gross weight     4,906 4 4,900 4,506 r, 4 4,271 r, 4 4,300  
Mo content     1,600   1,600 1,700 1,700 1,400
Silver, mine output, Ag content   21   22 22 23 23
Zinc:e    
Mine output, concentrate:            
Gross weight     160,000   182,000 4 240,000 4 240,000   240,000  
Zn content     80,000  
90,000
120,000
120,000
 
120,000
 
Metal     31,000 4 49,000 4 73,000 4 100,000   100,000  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS          
Asbestos:e    
Concentrate, (3% to 8% marketable fiber)   40,000   40,000 40,000 30,000 30,000
Marketable fiber   2,000   2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500
Barite     183,850   185,000 195,539 r, 4 178,652 r, 4 180,000  
Boron, borax     3,663   3,700 3,212 r, 4 2,079 r, 4 3,000  
Cement, hydraulic thousand tons   22,080   23,880 4 26,640 r, 4 28,600 4 29,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity3 1999         2000e              2001e         2002e         2003e  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Clays:            
Bentonite     64,957   70,000 80,000 80,000 80,000
Industrial clayse   400,000   450,000 485,000 4 490,000 490,000
Kaolin     837,277   850,000   806,000 4 810,000 800,000
Diatomitee     4,350   4,500 4,500 4,500 5,000
Feldspar     239,779   156,000 4 204,078 r, 4 191,316 r, 4 190,000  
Fluorspar     18,387   20,000 35,986 r, 4 32,006 r, 4 32,000  
Gemstones, turquoise kilograms 20,000   20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Gypsum   thousand tons 10,834   10,700   10,890 4 10,380 4 10,500  
Industrial or glass sand (quartzite and silica)e   1,000,000   1,000,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000
Lime   thousand tons 2,138   2,200 2,000   2,200 2,200
Magnesite     141,081   141,000 133,778 r, 4 128,565 r, 4 130,000  
Mica     1,425   2,000 3,255 r, 4 2,845 r, 4 3,000  
Nitrogen:                
N content of ammonia   865,000   965,000 4 1,086,700 4 1,119,100 4 1,120,000  
N content of urea   606,000   624,000   651,000 660,000 650,000
Perlite     15,069   15,000 15,000 15,000 20,000
Pigments, mineral, natural iron oxide, ochree   13,300   13,500 13,000 13,000 2,300
Pumice and related volcanic materialse   150,000   150,000 760,000 4 810,000 1,200,000
Salt     1,600,000   1,560,000 4 1,985,000 4 1,970,000 1,970,000
Soda ash     120,000 120,000 120,000 120,000 120,000
Sodium compound, caustic sodae   20,000   20,000 20,000 22,000 22,000
Stone:e              
Construction and building, crushed thousand tons 11,000   12,000   12,000   12,000   12,000  
Dimension and decorative:            
Granite   do. 195 4 200 200 200 200
Marble:              
Blocks   do. 6,400   7,000 6,600 7,000 7,000
Crushed   do. 500   550 500 600 600
Slabs   do. 100   110 100 100 100
Travertine:            
Blocks   do. 435 4 500 400 500 500
Crushed and slabs do. 65   100   100   100   100  
Total   do. 7,700   8,500 7,900 8,500 8,500
Dolomite   do. 286   300 300 300 300
Limestone   do. 33,000   35,000 41,800   41,100 41,100
Strontium, celesitee   1,650 4 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Sulfates, natural:e          
Aluminum potassium sulfate (alum)   12,000   12,000 10,000 10,000 1,000
Sodium sulfate   308,093 4 420,000 4 387,000 4 580,000   580,000  
Sulfur:e    
Byproduct of petroleum and natural gas   963,000   963,000   880,000 r, 4 1,200,000 r, 4 1,310,000  
Byproduct of metallurgical processing, S content of acid   47,000   50,000   50,000   50,000   50,000  
Total     1,010,000   1,010,000   983,000 1,250,000 r   1,360,000
Talc     25,000 e  25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS      
Coal   thousand tons 1,507   1,815 4 2,002 4 2,020 2,050
Coke   do.   20,000 e  25,000   25,000   25,000   25,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
IRAN:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity3 1999         2000e              2001e         2002e         2003e  
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS--Continued
Gas, natural:              
Gross   million cubic meters 90,600 e  120,000 120,000 120,000 125,000
Dry   do. 51,000 e  57,800   60,000 r 63,000 65,000
Natural gas plant liquidse thousand 42-gallon barrels 24,000   25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
Petroleum:    
Crude   do. 1,300,000 e 1,360,000   1,350,000   1,250,000   1,410,000  
Refinery products:e            
Liquefied petroleum gases do. 15,000   16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000
Motor gasoline do. 60,000   65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000
Jet fuel   do. 11,000   12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000
Kerosene   do. 36,000   40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
Distillate fuel oil do. 120,000   140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000
Residual fuel oil do. 140,000   160,000 160,000 160,000 160,000
Other   do. 60,000   67,000   67,000   67,000   67,000  
Total   do.   442,000   500,000   500,000   500,000   500,000  
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 August 1, 2004.
2Data are for Iranian years ending March 21 of that stated, except data for alumina, natural gas, plant liquids, and petroleum, which are for Gregorian
calendar years.
3In addition to commodities listed, the following may have been produced, but information is inadequte to estimate output:  antimony, bromine,
ferromolybdenum, nepheline syenite, phosphate rock, selenium, shell, silicomanganese, vermiculite, and zeolite.
4Reported figure.
5Chromite content of concentrate estimated to be 42% to 45% Cr2O3 for 1999.
6Includes gold recovered from the Mouteh gold mine and from the Sarcheshmeh copper complex.