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Production Statistics

Refined Cobalt Availability

Member Companies

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Chambishi*

3946

2316

2789

4344

4570

3769

3648

3227

CTT

470

1200

1200

1354

1431

1593

1613

1405

Eramet

180

204

199

176

181

199

280

256

Xstrata 

4009

3433

3314

3993

4556

4670

5021

4927

ICCI

2770

2855

2943

3065

3141

3325

3391

3312

CVRD/Inco

1420

1470

1450

1480

1000

1562

1563

1711

Norilsk

4000

4100

4600

4200

4654

4524

4748

4759

OMG

6200

7700

8100

8200

7990

7893

8170

8580

BHPBilliton 

1539

1520

1818

1863

1800

1900

1400

1900

Sumitomo

221

311

350

354

379

429

471

920

Umicore

950

1110

1090

1135

1704

2947

3298

2840

TOTAL

25705

26219

27853

30164

31406

32811

33603

33837

* Total Zambian production to 1999

     

Non-Member Companies

Brazil

630

792

889

960

1097

1155

1136

902

Bulong

79

192

203

200

     

 

China*

1200

1200

1470

1842

4576

8000

12700

+12700

Gécamines

5180

5180

3199

2149

1200

735

600

550

India

120

120

250

270

255

545

1220

1184

Kasese

77

77

634

450

 

457

638

674

Mopani Copper

   

1876

1800

2050

2022

1774

1438

Murrin Murrin

83

83

1452

1838

2039

1979

1750

2096

RSA

320

320

252

250

285

300

214

+257

TOTAL

7689

7689

10225

9759

11502

15193

20032

19801

Other Sources of Supply

DLA Deliveries

1679

3083

1893

1284

1987

1632

1199

 294

Other stockpile

               

TOTAL

1679

3083

1893

1284

1987

1632

1199

294

                 

TOTAL Supply

35073

38703

39971

41207

44895

49636

54834

53932

 * Chinese production excludes that produced by Umicore in China which is included in their figure in Table 1
+ Estimates

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