See footnotes at end of table. SULFUR 945 
 
Table 19.—Sulfur World production in all forms, by country and
source1
—Continued 
(Thousand metric tons) 
 Country2 and source3 1981 1982 1983 l984~ 1985e 
 
US.S.R.e —Continued 
 
Byproduct: 
 Coal (4) (4) (4) (4) —— 
 Metallurgy r425 r425 r450 T45() 475 
 Naturalgas r2650 r~,704) T2,750 r~,9~g) 2,900 
 Petroleum_ r425 r425 r450 r450 450 
 Total r9,9()() T9,75() T9,65() r9,700 9,725 
 
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi: 
Byproduct: 
 Naturalgas —— —- -— -- 277 
 Petroleum.. —— e5 10 15 15 
 Total —— e5 10 15 292 
 
United Kingdom: 
Byproduct: 
 Metallurgy 55 61 69 71 70 
 Petroleunt_ 75 59 55 75 80 
 Spentoxides 4       Y3 3 1 1 
 Total 134 . 123 127 147 151 
 
United States: 
 Frasch 6,348 4,210 3,202 4,193 ~5,011 
 Pyrites 307 265 W W W 
Byproduct: 
 Metallurgy 1,159 828 831 962 5957 
 Naturalgas 1,971 1,960 2,371 2,407 ~2,373 
 Petroleum 2,288 2,444 2,584 2,807 ~2,940 
 Unspecified 72 80 302 283 ~328 
 Total 12,145 9,787 9,290 10,652 ~11,609 
Uruguay:Byproduct,petroleume 2 2 2 2 2 
Venezuela: Byproduct, petroleum and natural gase 85 85 85 86 88 
 
Yug~slavia: 
 Pyritesandpyrrhotite r286 r353 298 301 ~323 
Byproduct:e 
 Metallurgy 200 200 180 160 170 
 Petroleum_ 4 4 3 3 3 
 Total5 r490 T557 p481 T484 496 
Zaire: Byproduct, metallurgye 25 25 36. r37 36 
 
Zambia: 
 Pyrites (10) 1 25 18 25 
 Byproduct, all sources 90 84 e80 e80 80 
 Total 90 85 105 re98 105 
 
Zimbabwe: 
 Pyrites 25 25 25 e25 26 
 Byproduct,allsourcese 5 5 5 5 
 
Total___________________________________ 
 30 30 30 30 31