TABLE 21
WORLD CHROMIUM RESOURCES" AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF CHROMITE
ORE,
FERROCHROMIUM, CHROMIUM METAL, CHROMIUM CHEMICALS, AND STAINLESS STEEL IN
1993
(Thousand metric tons, contained chromium)
Resources2                    Annual production capacity


Country


Reserves


Reserve
bases


Identified
resources


Ore


Ferro-


chromium


Metal      Chemicals


Stainless
steel


Albania                               1,900            1,900         6,300
             150          32          -              -            -
Argentina                                -                -             -
                -          -           -              6           NA
Australia                                -               500           500
               -          -           -              -           NA
Austria                                  -                -             -
                -          -           -             -             12
Bangladesh                               -                -             -
                -          -           -              -             3
Belgium                                  -                -             -
                -          -           -              -            75
Brazil                                2,900            5,600         9,000
             135          89          (4)           12           165
Burma                                   NA               NA            NA
               ()-                                    -
Canada                                   -             1,600         3,800
               -          -           -             -             28
Chile                                    -                -             -
                -           2                         -            -
China                                   NA               NA            NA
                13        125           2            16            43
Croatia                                  -                -             -
                -          42          -              -            -
Cuba                                    700              700         2,000
               14         -           -             -             11
Czech Republic                                    -              -      
       -         -          -           -             -            NA
Egypt                                   NA               NA            NA
                 1         -           -             --
Finland                              11,600           14,200        14,200
              190        115          -              -            54
France                                   -                -             -
                -          -            3            -            136
Germany                                  -                -             -
                -          76          -             20           200
Greece                                  400              400           800
              21          -                   -            -
Greenland                                -                -         26,000
               -          -           -              -
India                                18,100           23,800        23,800
             309         167          (4)            5            45
Indonesia                               200              200           200
              20          -                  -              -
Iran                                    700              700        17,700
              34          -           -              2            -
Italy                                    -                -             -
                -          64          -              -           107
Japan                                    0                60            70
                3        218           5            21           495
Kazakhstan                           99,300           99,300       301,000
            1,100        330          -             42            -
Korea, North                             -                -             -
                -          32                         -            -
Korea, Republic of                       -                -             -
                -          -           -              -            83
Macedonia                               NA               NA            NA
                 3          7          -              5            -
Madagascar                            2,100            2,100         2,100
              21          -           -             -
Mexico                                   -                -             -
                -           2          -             -            NA
Norway                                   -                -             -
                -          88
Oman                                    NA               300           600
               4                -                    -
Pakistan                                NA               NA            NA
                10         -           -              3
Papua New Guinea                         -                -          2,900
               -          -           -              -
Philippines                           2,300            2,300         2,300
              60          45          -              -
Poland                                   -                -             -
                -          35          -              7           NA
Romania                                  -                -             
-                -          26           -             5            -
Russia                                  300              300          1,200
             40         233           7            63           330
Slovakia                                 -                -             -
                -          30          -             -             -
Slovenia                                 -                -             -
                -           8          -             -            NA
South Africa, Republic of           295,200        1,704,400     2,973,700
            1,600        794          -              -            25
Spain                                    -                -             -
                -          -           -              -            83
Sudan                                   500              500           500
                8         -
See footnotes at lnd of tabk.


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