TABLE 1
MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003e
METALS
Antimony:
Concentrate, gross weight				600		--		--		--		--
Sb content				250		--		--		--		--
Sodium antimonate				478		548		436		532		500
Cobalt:
Concentrates, gross weight				9,488		14,341		15,725		16,896		16,178	3
Co content				863		1,305		1,300	e	1,300		1,300
Metal4				472		967		1,337		1,200	e	1,350
Copper:
Concentrates, gross weight				25,260		23,150		19,120		17,799		17,539	3
Matte, gross weight				2,212		2,117		1,580		2,016		2,505	3
Cu content, concentrates and matte				7,747		7,080		5,800		5,000	r	4,900
Gold		kilograms		--		505		1,191		2,746		1,863	3
Iron and steel:
Iron ore:
Gross weight				6,625		6,462		7,976		8,736	r	4,019	3
Fe contente				3,600		3,500		4,300		800		2,200
Metal:e
Pig iron				15,000		15,000		15,000		15,000		1,500
Steel, crude				5,000		5,000		5,000		5,000		5,000
Lead:
Concentrate:
Gross weight				114,184		117,535		110,906		88,581		54,779	3
Pb content				79,900		81,208		76,747		75,000		38,000
Cupreous matte, Pb contente				600		600		500		600		600
Metal:
Smelter, primary only				65,209		66,812		58,178		71,840		62,000
Refined:
Primary				65,209		66,812		58,178		71,840		61,473	3
Secondarye				3,000		3,000		3,000		3,000		3,000
Totale				68,000		70,000		61,000		75,000		64,000
Manganese ore, largely chemical-grade				29,150		25,830		13,757		18,064		--	3
Mercurye				10		10		10		9		9
Nickel content of nickle sulfate				--		84		151		109		126	3
Silver:
Ag content of concentrates and matte		kilograms		51,197		43,200	e	42,400	e	57,000	e	30,000
Ag content of mine and smelter bullion		do.		226,692		246,204		238,043		220,000	e	170,000
Total		do.		277,889		289,000	e	280,000	e	276,789		200,528	3
Zinc concentrate:
Gross weight				216,197		201,692		174,831		178,476		136,433	3
Zn content				111,703		103,064		89,339		91,000		70,000
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Arsenic trioxide				2,000	e	4,426		6,026		5,469		6,872	3
Barite				328,945		343,557		471,102		469,934		356,394	3
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		7,530		8,100		10,000	e	10,200	e	10,400
Clays, crude:
Bentonite				36,528		43,152		71,741		58,754		71,544	3
Fuller's earth (smectite)				21,956		30,665		40,664		43,243		14,944	3
Montmorillonite (ghassoul)				2,750		2,476		2,270		2,329		927	3
Feldspar				1,112		6,052		8,979		19,401		20,000
Fertilizers		thousand tons		2,111		2,441		2,719		2,602		2,542	3
Fluorspar, acid-grade				83,100		76,991		96,500		94,911		81,255	3
Gypsume				450,000		475,000		550,000		600,000		600,000	3
Mica				210		1,897		--		--		--
Phosphate rock:
Gross weight5		thousand tons		22,163		21,463		21,983		23,041		22,877	3
P2O5 content		do.		7,500		7,200		7,400		7,700		7,400
Phosphoric acid		do.		2,696		2,732		2,819		2,921		2,930
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1, 2
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003e
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Salt:6
Rock				156,158		147,960		194,000	e	226,000	e	200,000
Marinee				40,000		40,000		40,000		40,000		36,000
Total				196,000	e	188,000	e	233,816		266,064		236,443	3
Strontium minerals, celestite				--		7,539		1,879		3,780		2,700
Talc and pyrophyllite				14,655		12,522		27,246		39,612		1,959	3
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal, anthracite				129,200		30,810		1,908		322		214	3
Gas, natural:
Gross		million cubic meters		44		50		49	e	48	e	48
Drye		do.		39		44		43		42		42
Petroleum:
Crude7		thousand 42-gallon barrels		81		97		95	e	91	e	90
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas		do.		3,100		2,800		2,710		2,690		1,000
Gasoline		do.		3,800		3,800		2,960		3,210		1,500
Jet fuel		do.		2,200		2,200		900		1,090		500
Kerosene		do.		800		800		880		620		300
Distillate fuel oil		do.		18,700		18,000	e	21,970		17,330		9,000
Residual fuel oil		do.		16,700		16,000	e	16,000		14,000		7,000
Other		do.		5,300		5,000	e	1,500		1,450		700
Total		do.		50,600		48,600	e	46,920		40,390		20,000
e Estimated, estimated data are rounded to no more than three sighificant digits; may not add to totals shown.  r Revised.   -- Zero.
1Includes data available through September 2004.
2In addition to the commodities listed, perlite and a variety of crude construction materials are produced, but information is inadequate to make estimates of
output levels.
3Reported figure.
4Cobalt electrowon from cobalt concentrates and tailings from the Bou Azzer Mine.
5Reported production from Morocco and Western Sahara.
6May include production from Western Sahara.
7Series for 1999 to 2000 is based on reported crude oil and condensate production, in metric tons, as follows: 1999--11,085, and 2000--13,106.