TABLE 2
MEXICO:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
						Annual
Commodity				Major operating companies and major equity owners	Location of main facilities1	capacity
Aluminum				Aluminio y Derivados de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.	Smelter in Veracruz, Ver.	65.
				(private Mexican, 100%)
Antimony				Cía. Minera y Refinadora Mexicana, S.A. (private	San Jose Mine, Catorce, S.L.P.	365.
				Mexican, 51%, and Cookson Ltd., 49%)
Barite				Barita de Sonora, S.A.  [Grupo Acerero del Norte,	Mazatan, Son.	219.
				S.A. de C.V. (GAN), 100%]
Bismuth				Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles,	Torreon, Coah.	1.2.
				S.A. de C.V., 100%)
Do.				Minerales y Arcillas, S.A. de C.V. (private Mexican,	San Francisco del Huerto Mine in San Pedro,	55.
				100%)	Coah., La Escondida and Angelita Mines
					and plant in Galeana
Do.				Barita de Santa Rosa, S.A. de C.V. (private Mexican,	Muzquiz, Coah.	256.
				100%)
Cement				Cementos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (CEMEX)	Ensenada, B.C.N.; Torreon, Coah.; Barrientos,	26,650.
				(private Mexican, 100%)	D.F.; Arotonilco and Huichapan, Hgo.;
					Guadalajara and Zapotilic, Jal.; Hidalgo and
					Monterrey, N.L.; Tepeaca, Pue.; Tamuin and
					Valles, S.L.P; Hermosillo and Yaqui, Son.;
					and Merida,Yuc.
Do.				Cementos Apasco, S.A. de C.V. (Holcim Group,	Apasco, Mex.; Ramos Arizpe, Coah.;	8,900.
				49%, and other, 51%)	Macuspana, Tab.; Tecoman, Col.; Orizaba,
					Ver.; Acapulco, Gro.
Do.				Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L. (private Mexican,	Cruz Azul, Hgo., Lagunas, Oax.	5,000.
				100%)
Do.				Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V. [Cementos	Chihuahua, Cuidad Juarez, and Samalayuca,	2,000.
				Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (CEMEX), 36%, and	Chih.
				private Mexican, 64%]
Coal				Minerales de Monclova, S.A. [Altos Hornos de	Mimosa and Palau Mines and Muzquiz washing	3,000.
				Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA), 100%]	plant at Palau, Coah., and coking plant at
					Monclova, Coah.
Do.				Carbonífera de San Patricio, S.A. de C.V. (private	Progreso, Coah.	1,314.
				Mexican, 100%)
Do.				Industrial Minera México, S.A. de C.V. [(IMMSA)	Nueva Rosita, Coah.	1,500.
				(Grupo México, S.A. de C.V., 90%)]
Do.				Minera Carbonífera Río Escondido, S.A. [Grupo	Mina I, Mina II, and Tajo I at Nava and Piedras	4,000.
				Acerero del Norte, S.A. de C.V. (GAN), 51%, and	Negras, Coah.
				Mission Energy, 49%]
Copper				Mexicana de Cobre, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo México,	La Caridad Mine, smelter, refinery, and rod plant	350 smelter,
				S.A. de C.V., 90%)	at Nacozari de Garcia, Son.	50 SX-EW,2
						300 refinery,
						150 rod plant.
Do.				Mexicana de Cananea, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo México,	Mine and smelter at Cananea, Son.	29,200 mill,
				S.A. de C.V., 90%)		33 SX-EW.2
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2--Continued
MEXICO:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
						Annual
Commodity				Major operating companies and major equity owners	Location of main facilities1	capacity
Ferroalloys				Cía. Minera Autlán, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo	Plant in Tamos, Ver.	140.
				Ferrominero, S.A. de C.V., 54%; Minas de Basis,
				S.A. de C.V., 32%; BHP Ltd., 14%)
Do.				do.	Plant in Teziutlan, Pue.	38.
Do.				do.	Plant in Gomez Palacio, Dgo.	35.
Fluorspar				Cía. Minera Las Cuevas, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo	Salitera (Zaragoza), S.L.P.	520.
				Industrial Camesa, S.A. de C.V.)3
Do.				Fluorita de México, S.A. de C.V.  (Corp. Alfil, 51%,	Mines at La Encantada district and plant at	150.
				and Applied Industrial Minerals Corp., 49%)	Muzquiz, Coah.
Gold		kilograms		Cía. Fresnillo, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles, S.A.	Fresnillo/Proano Mine, Zac.	1,000.
				de C.V., 100%)
Do.		do.		Minera Piedmont S. de R.L. de C.V. (Industrias	La Herrdura Mine, Son.	6,300.
				Peñoles, S.A. de C.V., 56%, and Newmont
				Mining Corporation, 44%)
Do.		do.		Minera Mexicana La Ciénega, S.A. de C.V.	La Cienega Mine, Dgo.	3,700.
				(Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V.)
Do.		do.		Minas Luismín, S.A. de C.V. (Wheaton River	Tayoltita and Santa Rita, Dgo.; San Antonio,	2,700.
				Minerals Ltd.., 100%)	Sin; San Martin, Qro.; La Guitarra, Mex.
Do.		do.		Cía. Minera de Santa Gertrudis (Grupo Ariztegui,	Santa Gertrudis Mine, Son.	1,600.
				51%, and Phelps Dodge Corp., 49%)
Do.		do.		Exploraciones El Dorado, S.A. de C.V., 70%, and	La Colorada Mine, Son.	800.
				Minerales Sotula, 30%
Do.		do.		Cía. Minera las Torres, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias	Guanajuato, Gto.	438.
				Peñoles, S.A. de C.V., 100%)
Do.		do.		Cía. Minera El Cubo, S.A. de C.V. (private	do.	128.
				Mexican, 100%)
Do.		do.		Sociedad Cooperativa Minero Metalúrgica Santa Fe	Guanajuato, Gto.	438.
				de Guanajuato (private Mexican, 100%)
Do.		do.		Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles,	Torreon, Coah.	22,700
				S.A. de C.V., 100%)		refinery.
Graphite				Grafitos Mexicanos, S.A. (Cummings Moore	Lourdes and San Francisco Mines, Son.	60.
				Graphite Co. of the United States, 25%, and
				private Mexican, 75%)
Do.				Grafito Superior, S.A. de C.V. (Superior Graphite	Covalmar, Santa Clara, and Rio Mayo Mines,	25.
				Co., 100%)	and plant in Son.
Gypsum				Cía. Occidental Mexicana, S.A. (private Mexican,	Santa Rosalia on San Marcos Island, B.C.S.	2,500.
				51%, and Domtar, Ltd., of Canada, 49%)
Iron ore				Consorcio Minero Benito Juárez Peña Colorada, S.A.	Peña Colorada mine and pellet plant near	3,500.
				de C.V. (Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V., 51%, and Ispat	Manzanillo, Col.
				International N.V., 49%)
Do.				Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA)	La Perla Mine, Chih.; Hercules Mine, Coah.;	5,000.
				[Grupo Acerero del Norte, S.A. de C.V. (GAN),	and Cerro de Mercado Mine, Dgo.
				74%]
Do.				Siderúrgica Lázaro Cárdenas-Las Truchas, S.A. de	Ferrotepec, Volcan, and Mango deposits in Las	2,350.
				C.V. (SICARTSA) (Grupo Villacero, 100%)	Truchas project area and pellet plant, Mich.
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2--Continued
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(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
						Annual
Commodity				Major operating companies and major equity owners	Location of main facilities1	capacity
Iron ore--continued.				Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo Industrial ALFA,	San Ramon and Aquila Mines	1,500.
				100%)
Lead and zinc				Industrial Minera México, S.A. de C.V. [(IMMSA)	Charcas, S.L.P.; San Martín, Zac.; Santa	70 lead,
				(Grupo México, S.A. de C.V., 90%)	Eulalia, Chih.; Taxco, Gro.; Rosario, Sin.;	110 refined
					Santa Barbara, Chih.; Velardena, Dgo; lead	zinc.
					refinery at Monterrey, N.L.; zinc refinery at
					S.L.P.
Do.				Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (private Mexican,	Mines at La Encantada, Coah.; Fresnillo, Zac.;	180 refined
				97%, and private U.S., 3%)	Naica, Chih.; Bismark, Son; Rey de Plata,	lead,
					Gro. (Penoles, 51%; Dowa Mining Co.,	220 refined
					39%); metallurgical complex at Torreon,	zinc.
					Coah., with silver, lead, and zinc smelter and
					refineries operated by Met-Mex Peñoles
					(Peñoles, 100%)
				do.	Francisco I. Madero Mine, Zac.	100,000 zinc.
Do.				Minera San Francisco del Oro, S.A. de C.V.	San Francisco del Oro, near Hidalgo del	15 lead,
				(Empresas Frisco, S.A. de C.V., 100%)	Parral, Chih.	21 zinc.
Do.				Minera Real de Angeles, S.A. de C.V. (Empresas	Noria de Angeles, Zac.	45 lead,
				Frisco, S.A. de C.V., 100%)		47 zinc.
Manganese				Cía. Minera Autlán, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo	Molango, Naopa, and Nonoalco Mines, Hgo.	600 ore and
				Ferrominero, S.A. de C.V., 81.75%, and private		concentrate.
				Mexican, 18.25%)
Molybdenum				Mexicana de Cobre, S.A. (Grupo México, S.A. de	La Caridad Mine and molybdenum plant,	6.
				C.V., more than 90%)	Son.
Petroleum4		thousand barrels		Petróleos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (PEMEX)	Comalcalco, Poza Rica, Ver., and Gulf of	3,500.
		per day		(Government, 100%)	Campeche, Cam., Districts
Salt				Exportadora de Sal, S.A. (Fideicomiso de Fomento	Solar salt complex at Guerrero Negro, B.C.S.	6,000.
				51%, and Mitsubishi Corp., 49%)
Silver		kilograms		Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (private Mexican,	Naica, Chih.; Fresnillo, Zac.; Las Torres, Gto.;	750,000.
				97%, and private U.S., 3%)5	La Cienega, Dgo.; Tizapa, Gro.; La Encantada,
					Coah.; and other locations
Do.		do.		Cía. Fresnillo, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles, S.A.	Fresnillo/Proano Mine, Zac.	950,000.
				de C.V., 100%)
Do.		do.		Industrial Minera México, S.A. de C.V. [(IMMSA)	San Martín Mine, Sombrerete, Zac.; Taxco,	335,000.
				(Grupo México, S.A. de C.V., 90%)	Gro.; Charcas, S.L.P.; Santa Eulalia, Chih.;
					refiney at Monterrey, N.L.
Do.		do.		Minera Hecla, S.A. de C.V. (Hecla Mining Co.)	San Sebastian Mine and Verladena plant, Dgo.	130,000.
Do.		metric tons		do.	do.	450,000 mill.
Do.		kilograms		Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles,	Torreon, Coah.	1,240,000
				S.A. de C.V., 100%)		refinery.
Do.		do.		Pan American Silver Corp.	La Colorada Mine, Zac.	24,300.
Sodium sulfate				Química del Rey, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles,	Plant at Laguna del Rey, Coah.	620.
				S.A. de C.V., 100%)
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2--Continued
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(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
						Annual
Commodity				Major operating companies and major equity owners	Location of main facilities1	capacity
Steel				Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA)	Steelworks at Monclova, Coah.	3,700 steel,
				[Grupo Acerero del Norte, S.A. de C.V. (GAN),		3,550 pellet.
				74%]
Do.				Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. (Grupo Industrial ALFA,	Steel works and direct-reduction units at	3,100 steel,
				100%)	Monterrey, N.L., and Puebla, Pue.; pelletizing	1,500 pellet.
					plant in Col.
Do.				DEACERO, S.A. de C.V. (private Mexican, 100%)	Steelworks at Saltillo, Coah., and Celaya, Gto.	1,450.
Do.				ISPAT Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. (Ispat International	SICARTSA II plant facilities at Lazaro	5,300 steel,
				N.V., 100%)	Cárdenas, Mich.	4,000 pellet.
Do.				Siderúrgica Lázaro Cárdenas-Las Truchas, S.A. de	Port Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.	2350 steel,
				C.V. (SICARTSA) (Grupo Villacero, 100%)		1,850 pellet.
Do.				Tubos de Acero de México, S.A. (private Mexican,	Veracruz, Ver.	1,000.
				100%)
Strontium (celestite)				Cía. Minera La Valenciana (private Mexican, 100%)	San Agustin Mine, Torreon, Coah.	50.
Sulfur				Petróleos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (PEMEX)	Nationwide petroleum operations	890.
Tin5				Fundidora Marni, S.A.	San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.	NA.
Do.				PIZUTO, S.A.	do.	NA.
NA  Not available.
1State abbreviations:  Baja California Norte (B.C.N.), Baja California Sur (B.C.S.), Campeche (Cam.), Chihuahua (Chih.), Coahuila (Coah.),
Colima (Col.), Distrito Federal (D.F.), Durango (Dgo.), Guanajuato (Gto.), Guerrero (Gro.), Hidalgo (Hgo.), Jalisco (Jal.), Mexico (Mex.),
Michoacan (Mich.), Nuevo Leon (N.L.) Oaxaca (Oax.), Puebla (Pue.), Queretaro (Qro.), San Luis Potosi (S.L.P.), Sinaloa (Sin.),
Sonora (Son.), Tabasco (Tab.), Veracruz (Ver.), Yucatan (Yuc.), and Zacatecas (Zac.).
2Solvent extraction-electrowinning.
3Grupo Industrial Camesa, S.A. de C.V. was owned by Banco Internacional (34%), Banco del Atlántico (34%), Banco Nacional de México, S.A.
(17%), Noranda Inc. of Canada (4%), Free Float (12%).
4Petróleos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. operates six refineries with an installed capacity of 1.68 million barrels per day.
5Smelter output from mostly imported concentrates.