Country 
1984 
 
1985 
1986 
l98l~ 
1988~ 
South Africa, Republic of 
3,407 
 
3,699 
3,907 
3,789 
4,200 
U.SS.R.e 
2,940 
 
2,940 
p3185 
3,150 
3,240 
Albaniae 
720 
 
825 
850 
830 
750 
Finland 
446 
 
506 
678 
543 
700 
India 
423 
 
560 
630 
624 
700 
Turkey 
487 
 
~589 
543 
e~ç~ç~ 
625 
Zimbabwe 
477 
 
536 
533 ~ 
res~o 
600 
Brazil 
260 
 
190 
223 
~225 
230 
Philippines 
261 
 
272 
174 
188 
190 
Total 
9,421 
 
rlo,117 
10,723 
10,519 
11,235 
Other 
355 
 
p399 
371 
398 
431 
Grandtotal 
9,776 
 
' 10,516 
11,094 
10,917 
11,666 
e Estimated. P Preliminary. '  Revised. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Table includes data available through May 3, 1989. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEADING 
WORLD 
TABLE 17 
 
PRODUCERS 
OF MINE COPPER1 
 
 
 
 
(Thousand 
metric tons, Cu 
content of ore) 
 
 
- Country 
Chile2 
United States2 
2 
 
2 
 
Zaire 
Poland 
Zambia 
Chinac 
Peru2 
Mexico 
Australia 
Papua New Guinea 
Philippines 
South Africa, Republic of Total 
1984 
1,308 
 
1,103 
 
722 
590 
562 
431 
533 
180 
354 
r ~ 90 
 
236 
164 
233 
198 
1985 
1,360 
 
r ~ ,~ 03 
 
739 
600 
 
558 
 
431 
 
459 
185 
 
391 
 
r ~ 
 
260 
175 
 
222 
195 
1986 
1,399 
1,144 
 
698 
620 
532 
434 
462 
185 
397 
189 
248 
178 
223 
184 
l987~ 
1,413 
 
1,244 
 
794 
630 
 
r ~525 
 
438 
463 
p250 
406 
254 
233 
218 
216 
188 
1 988C 
~1,472 
~1,420 
756 
640 
530 
440 
 
400 
300 
298 
280 
246 
~21 9 
~21 8 
~170 
7,389 
1,064 
8,453 
e Estimated. ~ Preliminary. r ~ 
1 Table includes data available through July 5, 1989. 
2 Recovera~e. 
3 Reported figure. 
 
Other 
r6,804 
 
r ~ 075 
r6,855 
 
r ~ ,~ 14 
6,893 
 
1 ,1 08 
7,272 
 
1,056 
Grand total 
r7,879 
r7,969 
8,001 
8,328 
 TABLE 16WORLD ECONOMY MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988  33 
LEADING WORLD PRODUCERS OF CHROMITE1 
(Thousand metric tons, gross weight)