TABLE 10 
 
MOVEMENT OF MINERAL COMMODITIES THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL 
(Thousand metric tons) 
 1987 1988 1989 
 Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Pacific 
 to to Total to to Total to to Total 
 Pacific Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Pacific Atlantic 
 
METALS 
Ore and concentrate: 
Bauxite and alumina 
Chromite 
Copper 
Iron 
Leed 
Manganese 
' fin 
Zinc Other and unspecified Subtotal 
 116 744 860 181 1,404 
 7 23 30 7 25 
 36 737 773 40 871 
 62 534 596 135 776 
 — 192 192 2 212 
 36 193 229 72 198 
 
106 
 367 _______ _______ _______ 
 730 
Ingots and semimanufactures: 
 137 2,286 
 31 67 
 49 579 
 119 287 
  225 
 99 286 
 Aluminum 371 
 Copper 15 
 Iron and steel' 2 5,859 
 Lead 3 
 Tm' 14 
 Zinc 14 
 Other -~ 
   Subtotal 
   Total 7,025 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
Borax 
Cement 
Clays, fire and china 
Fertilizer materials 
15 
1,157 
52 
840 
3,733 
51 
11 
152 
80 
4,919 
r9,182 
385 
3 
27 
2,148 
1,128 
3,278 
r~~g 
' 7,117 
85 
2,052 
5,655 
7,398 
13,053 
15,190 
T3~4~9 
Salt 
15 
' 774 
1,524 
 
r4,993 
 
423 
 
855 
 
9,592 
 
54 
 
25 
 
166 
 
99 
 
11,214 
 
' 16,207 
 
388 
256 
474 
12,195 
1,248 
3,286 
p333 
r'8,'80 
 
 
91 
8,049 
 
 
9,102 
17,261 
 
26,363 
 
34,503 
 
r~9'~ 
1,585 
32 
911 
911 
214 
270 
9 
713 
1,928 
6,573 
461 
799 
9,229 
69 
23 
186 
110 
10,877 
17,450 
439 
153 
505 
12,332 
855 
3,650 
378 
18,312 
41 
8,714 
8,928 
16,141 
25,069 
33,824 
69,586 
Sulfur 
43 
268 
 
748 
 
 
422 
14 
5,042 
 
7 
13 
15 
37 
5,550 
 
6,298 
 
 
 
 
152 
480 
10,454 
 
42 
9 
187 
11,325 
 
 
40 
5,477 
 
 
2,865 
9,183 
12,048 
 
17,565 
 
35,188 
Ofl~ 
9 
670 
1,660 
5,825 
 
 
 
39 
785 
4,187 
62 
10 
171 
73 
5,327 
11,152 
 
 
438 
 
 
25 
1,878 
813 
3,641 
 
191 
6,987 
 
 
 
3,237 
 
 
6,063 
 
6,958 
13,021 
16,259 
34,398 
2,423 
98 
628 
406 
225 
385 
31 
587 
2,160 
 
6,943 
 
 
 
302 
888 
10,125 
68 
29 
191 
112 
11,715 
18,658 
 
 
400 
242 
602 
14,432 
739 
2,196 
 
413 
19,024 
 
 
80 
9,078 
 
 
8,000 
14,621 
22,621 
 
31,779 
69,461 
38 
275 
748 
 
 
288 
2 
6,439 
 
 
22 
25 
53 
6,829 
 
7,577 
 
 
 
238 
562 
11,890 
 
21 
7 
283 
13,002 
 
 
78 
5,386 
 
 
2,123 
7,891 
10,014 
15,478 
36,057 
Total 
MiNERAL FUELS 
Carbon black 
 
Coal and coke 
31 
549 
1,885 
6,195 
 
 
 
14 
886 
3,686 
68 
7 
166 
59 
4,886 
11,081 
 
 
399 
4 
40 
2,542 
718 
2,189 
130 
6,022 
 
 
2 
3,692 
 
 
5,877 
6,730 
12,607 
— 16,301 
 
33,404 
3 
 
253 
 
447 
 
10,047 
 
120 
8 
185 
11,063 
6 
5,997 
3,447 
9,863 
13,310 
19,313 
37,401 
Petmleum: 
Crude 
~ Refined 
~ Subtotal 
~ Total 
Grand total 
MINERALS N THE WORLD ECONOMY—1989  35 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
' Tinpiate is included under TinS sc in the sowca publication rather than
under "Iron and steeL" 
2lnmudes a category identified simply ~ Scrap"in source publication,
which
may include scrap other than iron and steel scrap. ~Comprica asbesto~ bricks
and W~ clinker~ diatomit~dros~ meeble and other sto~ sla& and soda
and
other sodium compound& Scew~ Panama Canal Commission Annual Report
19 9.