TABLE 1
THAILAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
METALS
Antimony:
Ore:
Gross weight				130		178		40		3		83
Sb content				59		84		18		1		38
Metal, smelter				40		16		12		--		--
Gold		kilograms		--		--		320		4,950		4,269
Iron and steel:
Iron ore:
Gross weight				122,633		100		50		570,110		9,675
Fe contente				61,000		50		25		285,000		4,800
Crude steel		thousand tons		1,532		2,100		2,127		2,538	r	3,572
Lead:
Ore:
Gross weight				23,783		24,760		800		6,500		--
Pb content				11,900		15,600		500		3,200		--
Metal, refined:
Primary				3,025		3,390		3,500		2,000	r	2,000
Secondary				23,741		23,803		23,000	r	28,000	r	28,000
Total				26,766		27,193		26,500	r	30,000	r	30,000
Manganese ore:
Battery- and chemical-grade, 75% MnO2				46		225		45		--		--
Metallurgical-grade, 46% to 50% MnO2				675		--		--		--		--
Total, gross weight				721		225		45		--		--
Total Mn contente				360		110		23		--		--
Silver		kilograms		--		--		1,159		18,018		12,496
Tantalum, metal and oxide powder				98		210		150		200		150
Tin:
Concentrate:
Gross weight				3,400		2,363		2,383		1,384		980
Sn content				2,712		1,930		1,950		1,130		793
Metal, smelter, primary				17,306		17,076		22,387		17,548		15,763
Tungsten concentrate:
Gross weight				54		54		92		53		390
W contente				30		30		50	r	31	r	208
Zinc:
Ore:
Gross weight				185,752		159,093		88,664		151,876	r	148,297
Zn contente				24,000		27,000		15,300		33,600		37,100
Metal, primary				75,639		77,525		74,129		72,502		69,600
Alloy, Zn content				21,653		23,617		30,668		32,646		44,086
Zirconium concentrate, gross weight				--		100		--		--		--
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite				76,092		56,180		23,559		137,469		115,600
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		25,354		25,499		27,913		31,679		32,530
Clays:
Ball clay				317,877		394,154		341,272		450,818		579,404
Kaolin, marketable:
Beneficiated, washed				113,005		201,226		168,063		127,132		184,562
Nonbeneficiated, unwashed				243,213		286,912		125,133		168,883		373,811
Filler				14,765		19,836		13,520		3,150		950
Diatomite				2,332		390		720		780		1,288
Feldspar				626,415		542,991		710,543		783,733		824,990
Fluorspar, crude, metallurgical-grade				13,005		4,745		3,020		2,270		2,368
Gemstones		thousand carats		1,267		928		1,071		1,597		716
Gypsum		thousand tons		5,005		5,830		6,191		6,326		7,291
Mica				78		107		72		--		--
Perlite				5,800		6,000		9,915		7,600		5,700
Phosphate rock, crude				3,880		3,260		2,359		3,680		13,870
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
THAILAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES 1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Salt:
Rock				739,502		792,250		852,565		908,968		892,243
Othere				100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000
Sand, silica, glass				531,588		471,547		513,880		781,014		1,293,929
Stone:
Calcite				72,130		87,100		159,050		172,760		232,025
Dolomite				485,393		625,127		871,308		933,209		865,708
Granite:
Dimension stone		cubic meters		6,190		7,595		6,659		7,597		9,866
Industrial rock		thousand tons		2,139		2,154		2,546		3,370		3,107
Limestone:
For cement manufacture only		do.		48,306		43,492		46,984		54,214	r	46,362
Construction and other uses		do.		35,853		37,017		40,100	r	56,226	r	66,073
Marble, dimension stone and fragment		cubic meters		294,337		270,036		314,445		461,272		339,166
Marl for cement manufacture only				32,044		7,290		7,755		83,135		80,405
Quartz				3,760		5,177		48,908		32,954		65,559
Shale for cement manufacture only		thousand tons		3,223		3,110		3,364		5,017		3,488
Talc and related materials:
Pyrophyllite				38,053		46,011		59,602		103,496		73,556
Talc				4,960		7,390		6,838		1,702		8,501
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal, lignite		thousand tons		18,261	r	17,786	r	19,607	r	19,572	r	18,830
Natural gas, gross production		million cubic meters		19,307		20,190		19,637		20,527	r	21,767
Petroleum:
Crude		thousand 42-gallon barrels		12,412		21,147	r	22,599	r	27,582	r	35,158
Natural gas condensate		do.		18,115		19,060	r	18,924	r	19,609		22,872
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas		do.		28,853		32,511		37,067		37,069		38,872
Gasoline		do.		54,290		50,862		52,376		51,896		54,342
Jet fuel		do.		25,908		27,347		26,651		29,373		26,778
Kerosene		do.		2,181		3,090		3,693		3,457		4,386
Distillate fuel oil		do.		49,242		43,970		40,669		37,610		38,248
Residual fuel oile		do.		22,000		22,000		22,000		22,000		23,000
Unspecifiede, 2		do.		3,500		3,500		3,500		3,500		3,500
Total3		do.		186,000		183,000		186,000		185,000		189,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.   -- Zero.
1Includes data available through September 3, 2004.
2Includes refinery fuel and refinery gains or losses.
3Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to total shown.
Sources:  Department of Mineral Resources, Mineral Statistics of Thailand, 1998-2003 and Metal Statistical Yearbook, 2003;
Ministry of Commerce, Energy Policy and Planning Office, Energy Data Notebook, 1989-2003, 15-year Series Report.