MINERALS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY—1991  57TABLE 45—Continued

 
 
LEADING WORLD PRODUCERS OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR' 
 
(Thousand metric tons) 
 
Country 
 
 
1989 
 
 
1990 
 
 
. 
Native 
From 
. 
pyntes 
Byproducts 
Total 
. 
Native 
From 
 . Byproducts 
pyrites 
Total 
Yugoslavia" 
 — 
 
 — ' 15,006 
 
T97 
 
' 15,102 
r ' 296 
 
 — ' 9,398 
 
' 1,157 
 
' 10,555 
' 179 
 
 320 
 
' 30,577 
 
' 3,237 
 
' 33,814 
r475 
 
 320 
 
' 54,981 r4,490 
 
r59,471 
 — r13,979 
 
~73 
 
' 14,052 
 r ' 222 ' 178 
 — ~3~Ø 
 ' B,952 ' 30,975 ' 1 ,046 ' 3,128 ' 9,998 ' 34,103 
' 400 
 
' 310 
 
' 53,906 
 
' 4,247 r58,154 
Belgium" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand total' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Country 
 
 
1991" 
 
 
Average, 1987-91 
 
 
. 
Native 
From 
. 
pyrites 
Byproducts 
Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
. 
Nat,ve 
From 
 . Byproducts 
pyrites 
Total 
United States' 
' 2,869 2,700 
 
 — 320 
 
~4,650 
 
 — 
 
 — 1,100 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 400 
 
20 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 12,059 
 
77 
 
12,136 
W 
 
1,700 
 
 — 4,500 
 
— 54 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 
 
— 800 
 
— 300 
 
369 
 
285 
 
' 293 
 
— 
 
— 225 
 
200 
 
 — 8,726 
 
1,071 
 
9,796 
' 7,947 
 
3,700 
 
7,100 
 
650 
 
 170 
 
2,700 
 
1,990 
 
 880 
 
1,450 
 
1,199 
 
 110 
 
700 
 
350 
 
 267 
 
 315 
 
224 
 
 30 
 
400 
 
 160 
 
162 
 
300 
 
30,804 
 
2,855 
 
33,660 
' 10,816 
 
8,100 
 
7,100 
 
5,470 
 
4,820 
 
2,754 
 
1,990 
 
1,980 
 
1,450 
 
1,199 
 
 910 
 
700 
 
650 
 
 636 
 
600 
 
' 517 
 
 430 
 
420 
 
 385 
 
362 
 
300 
 
51,589 
 
4,003 
 
55,592 
3,372 
 
3,230 
 
 — 308 
 
' 4,828 
 
 — 
 
 — 1,501 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 765 
 
28 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — 14,031 
 
92 
 
14,122 
 — 7,679 2,010 4,268 — 6,835 4,154 590 — 191
64 2,486 —
2,077 — 823 — 1,424 — 1,146 901 139 —
474 334 361
332 267 304 297 451 223 — 225 — 390 238 168 246 174 —
308
9,034 30,547 1,125 3,032 10,159 33,579 
11,050 
 
9,508 
 
6,835 
 
5,052 
 
5,019 
 
2,550 
 
2,077 
 
2,324 
 
1,424 
 
1,146 
 
1,040 
 
474 
 
 695 
 
600 
 
 601 
 
675 
 
 990 
 
 418 
 
 406 
 
420 
 
308 
 
53,611 
 
4,249 
 
57,860 
U.S.S.R." ~ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Canada" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
China" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poland"' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Japan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Germany"' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico"' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iran" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Romania" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finland" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Africa, Republic of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq"' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chile 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweden" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yugoslavia" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belgium" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grandtotal6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Estimated. ' Revised. W WithIasId to avoid disclosing company proprietasy
data included with ~byprodunt.~ 
' Ineludcs all recorded production of sulfur, regardless of the form in which
it is recovered. Thus, it ineludes elemental sulfur, whether mined by conventional
mathods or by tha Frasch process, as well as (1) elemental sulfur and the
S content of crmnpc*sxls stark sa H,S, SO, and R,SO~ recovered as a principal
product of write mining and as a byproduct of tha recovery of crude oil sud
natural gas and as a byprcxluct of petroleum refining, coal treatment, and
metal smalting sad/or refining, and (2) sulfur recovered frma tar sands,
spent oxides, and other miscellaneous sources. Table includes data available
through Itx~ 8, 1992. 
' Native is entirely netive Frasch procoss sulfur. 
' Native includes Frssch proness sulfur as follows, in thousand metric tone:
Poland (estimated): l987—4,4i0 1988—4,411; 1989—4,276
(revised);
1990—4,027; 1991—4,100. The U.S.S.R. (estimated): 
l9S7—1,1Ot~, 1988—1.100', i989—l,i00 1990—1,000',
1991—900. World: 1987—11,230 (revised); 1988—11,277
(revised);
1989—11,757 (revised); 1990—11,000 (revised); 1991—9,375.
~— figure. 
' Include. both Eastern areS Western States. 
' Data may ra* add to totals sbcsun because of Independent rounding.