TABLE 1
MEXICO:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS
Aluminum, metal:
Primary				62,736		61,200		51,500		39,000		--
Secondarye				362,866	3	350,000		350,000		350,000		350,000
Total				425,602		411,200		401,500		389,000		350,000
Antimony:
Mine output, Sb content				126		39		--		--		--
Metal3				273		52		81		155		434
Arsenic4				2,419		2,522		2,381		1,946		1,729
Bismuth:
Mine output, Bi content5				548		1,112		1,390		1,126		1,064
Metal, refined				412		1,083		1,390		1,126		1,064
Cadmium:
Mine output, Cd content				1,311		967		1,245		1,609		1,616
Metal, refined				1,275		1,268		1,421		1,382		1,590
Copper:
Mine output, Cu content:
By concentration or cementation				330,232		308,966		306,779		260,574		284,653
Leaching, electrowon				50,952		55,600		60,500		69,300		71,000
Total				381,184		364,566		367,279		329,874		355,653
Metal:
Anode and blister				334,000	r	297,000	r	310,000	r	248,000	r	243,000
Refined:
Primary				411,952		396,000		393,000	r	388,000	r	320,000
Secondarye				14,000		15,000		15,000		35,000		35,000
Total				425,952		411,000		408,000		423,000		355,000
Gold:
Mine output, Au content		kilograms		23,755		26,375		23,543		21,324		20,406
Metal, refined		do.		22,050		24,074		25,749		23,594		22,177
Iron and steel:
Iron ore, mine output:
Gross weight		thousand tons		11,475		11,325		8,783		9,941		11,265
Fe content		do.		6,885		6,795		5,270		5,965		6,759
Metal:
Pig iron		do.		4,808		4,856		4,363		3,996		4,183
Direct-reduced iron		do.		6,070		5,589		3,672	r	4,740	r	5,473
Total		do.		10,878		10,445		8,035	r	8,736	r	9,656
Ferroalloys, electric arc furnace:7
Ferromanganese		do.		80		91		60		39		56
Silicomanganese		do.		114		108		74		73		81
Total		do.		194		199		134		112		137
Crude steel		do.		15,243		15,586		13,292		14,010	r	15,178
Rolled products8		do.		11,319		11,747		11,185	r	11,639	r	12,484
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content				125,656		137,975		136,413		138,707		139,348
Metal:
Smelter:
Primary9				111,136		143,223		143,523		128,241		137,482
Secondarye				110,000		110,000		110,000		110,000		110,000
Totale				221,000		253,000		254,000		238,000		247,000
Refined:
Primary10				108,978		142,856		143,345		128,201		135,472
Secondary				110,000	r	110,000	r	110,000	r	110,000	r	110,000
Totale				219,000		253,000		253,000		238,000		245,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
MEXICO:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS--Continued
Manganese ore:11
Gross weight				459,000		435,000		277,000		245,000		320,000
Mn content				169,107		156,117		99,751		88,358		114,550
Mercury, mine output, Hg contente				15		15		15		15		15
Molybdenum, mine output, Mo content				7,961		6,886		5,518		3,428		3,524
Silver:
Mine output, Ag content		kilograms		2,466,981		2,620,495		2,759,985		2,746,989		2,568,877
Metallurgical products, Ag content:
In copper bars		do.		357,017		276,438		283,539		208,360		236,468
Mixed gold and silver bars		do.		259,715		249,136		195,086		183,383		193,453
Metal, refined, primary		do.		1,596,876		2,037,131		2,330,811		2,500,652	r	2,310,283
Tin:
Mine output, Sn content				4		4		8		1	r	2
Metal, smelter, primary				1,258		1,200		1,107		1,756		1,769
Tungsten, mine output, W content				11		--		--		--		--
Zinc:
Mine output, Zn content				362,811		392,791		428,828		446,104		413,991
Metal, refined, primary				218,913		235,073		303,810		302,122		320,364
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Abrasives, natural12				6,208		7,000	e	690		949		909
Barite				157,953		127,420		142,017		163,620		287,451
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		29,413		31,677		29,966		31,069		32,000	e
Clays:
Bentonite				208,611		269,730		415,133		488,215	r	464,056
Common				6,964,647		9,689,936		13,257,459		13,258,195		13,232,893
Fuller's earth				47,522		51,685		148,194		147,064	r	152,917
Kaolin				489,993		532,268		681,709		745,498		798,407
Diatomite				65,146		96,448		69,474		62,322		67,801
Feldspar				262,241		334,439		329,591		332,101		346,315
Fluorspar:
Acid-grade		thousand tons		323		335		343		343		409
Metallurgical-grade		do.		234		300		276		279		347
Total		do.		557		635		619		622		756
Graphite, natural, amorphous				27,781		30,330		21,442		14,065		8,730
Gypsum and anhydrite, crude (yeso)				6,953,756		5,654,060		6,237,056		6,739,834		6,986,491
Lime, hydrated and quicklimee		thousand tons		6,500		6,500		6,500		6,500		6,500
Magnesium compounds:
Magnesite				308		335		250		--		--
Magnesia13				70,631		76,470		37,565		40,194		37,215
Mica, all grades				971		1,658		648		456		506
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia				1,002,700		700,600		547,500		437,400	r	439,700
Perlite				61,596		68,702		80,297		85,703		194,463
Phosphate rock14				950,649		1,052,464		787,283		4,764		5,500
Salt, all types		thousand tons		8,236		8,884		8,501		7,802		7,547
Sodium compounds:e
Carbonate, soda ash, synthetic				290,000		290,000		290,000		290,000		290,000
Sulfate, natural, bloedite15				591,300		560,400		547,000		591,500		475,600
Stone, sand and gravel:
Calcite, common				682,249		820,149		2,711,889		2,935,127	r	3,425,623
Dolomite				415,284		403,664		670,797		457,665		565,896
Limestone		thousand tons		45,449		58,267		63,346		59,421		56,253
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
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(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Stone, sand and gravel--Continued:
Marble				744,377		1,034,529		4,155,745		3,615,728		3,529,274
Quartz, quartzite, glass sand (silica)				1,700,527		1,802,545		1,720,211		1,778,715		1,689,042
Sand		thousand tons		58,912		67,491		67,712		63,576		62,060
Gravel		do.		45,050		50,176		57,157		68,239		76,332
Strontium minerals, celestite				164,682		157,420		145,789		94,015		130,329
Sulfur, elemental, byproduct:
Of metallurgye		thousand tons		474		474		572		575		575
Of petroleum and natural gas		do.		856		851		878		887		1,055
Totale		do.		1,330		1,330		1,450		1,460		1,630
Talc				18,981		20,569		77,650		111,621	r	114,870
Vermiculite				--		--		--		300		312
Wollastonite				44,126		30,836		39,830		42,756		51,944
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal:
Run of mine:		thousand tons
Metallurgical		do.		4,748		6,372		5,242		5,097		4,775
Steam		do.		8,555		7,915		6,935		6,308		6,530
Total		do.		13,303		14,287		12,177		11,405		11,305
Washed metallurgical coale				1,944	3	2,259	3	2,000		2,000		2,000
Coke:16
Metallurgical		do.		2,187		2,185		2,025		1,412		1,414
Breeze		do.		41		50		40		39		49
Total		do.		2,228		2,235		2,065		1,451		1,463
Gas, natural:
Gross		million cubic meters		49,506		48,349		46,624		45,716		46,509
Marketed		do.		27,999		28,847		28,984		30,139		31,000	e
Petroleum:
Crude		thousand 42-gallon barrels		1,060,690		1,099,380		1,141,355		1,159,642		1,230,415
Condensate, natural gas liquids		do.		159,505		159,870		158,045		148,920		152,570
Total		do.		1,220,195		1,259,250		1,299,400		1,308,562		1,382,985
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas		do.		11,315		9,089		10,147		11,425		12,410
Motor gasoline		do.		148,117		143,445		142,423		145,343		162,425
Jet fuel		do.		21,097		20,185		20,696		20,696		21,900
Kerosene		do.		292		110		110		--		--
Distillate fuel oil, diesel		do.		99,244		96,871		102,784		97,419		112,420
Lubricants		do.		3,030		2,190		1,898		1,789		1,825
Residual fuel oil		do.		156,184		154,249		159,104		164,104		144,905
Asphalt		do.		11,060		11,352		10,476		10,512		9,490
Other, refinery fuel and losses		do.		18,394		17,263		14,854		14,416		5,840
Total		do.		468,733		454,754		462,492		465,704		471,215
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.
2In addition to the commodities listed, additional types of crude construction materials are produced, but output is not reported; available information is
inadequate to make estimates of output levels.
3Reported figure.
4Sb content of antimonial lead and impure bars plus refined metals.
5Arsenic content of white and black (impure) arsenic trioxide.
6Refined metal plus bismuth content of impure smelter products.
7Reported by Cámara Nacional del Hierro y del Acero.
8Includes flat, nonflat, and seamless pipe steel products.
9Lead content of impure bar, antimonial lead, and refined metal.
10Includes lead content of antimonial lead.
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11Mostly oxide nodules; includes smaller quantities of direct-shipping carbonates and oxide ores for metallurgical and battery applications.
12Based on exports comprising mostly pumice stone and emery (a granular, impure variety of corundum).
13Reported by Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. as the only major producer.  Includes caustic, electromelt, hydroxide, and refractory.
14Includes only output used to manufacture fertilizers.
15Series reflects output reported by Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. plus an additional 40,000 tons of estimated output by other producers.
16Includes coke made from imported metallurgical coal.