TABLE 1CHINA, HONG KONG, MONGOLIA, AND TAIWAN MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988
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CHINA: ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity2 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
METALS 
1 600,000 
1 650,000 
1 650,000 
2,400,000 
3,200,000 
Aluminum: 
 
 
 
 
 
Bauxite, gross weight 
 
 
 
 
 
Alumina,grossweight 
800,000 
825,000 
825,000 
1,200,000 
2,200,000 
Metal, refined, primary 
400,000 
41 0,000 
41 0,000 
61 5,000 
800,000 
Antimony, mine output, Sb content 
15,000 
15,000 
15,000 
15,000 
15,000 
Bismuth, mine output, Bi content 
260 
260 
260 
260 
275 
Cadmium, smelter 
~450 
~54~ 
~5~J 
~680 
700 
Copper: 
180,000 
185,000 
185,000 
r250,000 
300,000 
Mine output, Cu content 
 
 
 
 
 
Metal: 
21 0,000 
225,000 
225,000 
300,000 
300,000 
Smelter primary and secondary 
 
 
 
 
 
Refined, primary and secondary 
31 0,000 
400,000 
400,000 
400,000 
400,000 
Gold, mine output, Au content thousand troy ounces 
1 900 
1 950 
2,100 
2,300 
2,500 
Iron and steel: 
75,000 
66,000 
90,000 
100,000 
105,000 
Iron ore, gross weight thousand tons 
 
 
 
 
 
Pig iron do. 
39,980 
43,600 
50,200 
53,900 
56,400 
Ferroalloys do. 
900 
900 
1,020 
1,150 
1,200 
Steel, crude do. 
43,370 
46,700 
52,100 
56,000 
59,000 
Steel, rolled do. 
33,710 
36,900 
40,500 
43,900 
47,000 
Lead: 
180,000 
200,000 
227,000 
p267000 
250,000 
Mine output, Pb content 
 
 
 
 
 
Metal, refined, primary and secondary 
195,000 
210,000 
240,000 
~246000 
240,000 
Magnesium metal, primary 
7,000 
7,000 
7,000 
7,000 
7,000 
Manganese ore, gross weight thousand tons 
1 600 
1 600 
1 600 
1 600 
1,600 
Mercury, mine output, Hg content 76-pound flasks 
20,000 
20,000 
20,000 
20,000 
20,000 
Molybdenum, mine output, Mo content 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
2,000 
Nickel: 
14,000 
25,000 
25,000 
25,000 
25,000 
Mine 
 
 
 
 
 
Smelter 
1 4,000 
22,500 
22,500 
22,500 
25,000 
Silver, mine output, Ag content thousand troy ounces 
2,500 
2,500 
3,000 
3,000 
3,500 
Tin: 
15,000 
15,000 
15,000 
r20,000 
25,000 
Mine output, Sn content 
 
 
 
 
 
Metal, smelter 
1 5,000 
1 5,000 
1 5,000 
r20,000 
25,000 
Tungsten, mine output, W content 
13,500 
15,000 
15,000 
18,000 
20,000 
Zinc: 
160,000 
300,000 
396,000 
~458000 
360,000 
Mine output, Zn content 
 
 
 
 
 
Refined, primary and secondary 
185,000 
275,000 
336,000 
p383000 
340,000 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
1 60,000 
1 60,000 
1 50,000 
1 50,000 
150,000 
Asbestos 
 
 
 
 
 
Barite thousand tons 
1 000 
1 000 
1 000 
r ~ 250 
1,500 
Cement, hydraulic do. 
1 21 080 
1 42,500 
1 61 600 
1 80,000 
203,000 
See footnotes at end of tabte.