5,879 6,367 NA. 
 6,787 7,748 Japan 7,054; Pakistan 254; Taiwan 239. 
 75,533 75,921 Japan 56,503; Philippines 6,493; Thailand 
    2,085. 
 3,048 3,793 Indonesia 858; New Zealand 858; Singa 
    pore 377. 
 1,821 2,065 Belgium-Luxembourg 946; Netherlands 
  14   556; United Kingdom 256. 
  600 567 United States 364; United Kingdom 94; 
     Netherlands 30. 
 61 168 Singapore 61; Indonesia 52; New Zealand 
 15 12 Mainly to New Zealand. - 
 205 166 United States 68; Japan 51; Taiwan 17. 
 145,722 107,722 Japan 97,010; West Germany 7,168; 
    Belgium-Luxembourg 1,848. 
Matte 4,615 5,999 Netherlands2,504;RepublicofSouthMri- 
    ca 1,993. 
Metalincluding alloys: 
 Copper-lead dross and speiss 7,154 5,677 United States 5,152; West Germany
524. 
 Slagandresidue 287 -- 
 Scrap, including alloy scrap 410 386 Japan 162; United Kingdom 97; India
79. 
IJnwrought: 
 Blister and cement 7,247 7,542 Japan 4,517; West Germany 3,025. 
 Refmed, unalloyed 75,278 65,991 United Kingdom 18,813; West Germany 
     12,849. 
 Alloys, including master alloys —  23 104 Malaysia 79; Singapore
12;
Taiwan 6. 
Semimanufactures: 
 Unalloyed 19,026 21,670 New Zealand 8,856; Indonesia 2,532; Ja 
     pan 1,853. 
  2,338 2,953 Hong Kong 920; Singapore 720; New 
     Zealand 513. 
~159,275 
 
247,687 
 
21,965 
 
80,775 
 
7,089 
 
544 
 
905 
 
3,665 
 
 
1,887 
~99,667 
 
249,352 
 
29,392 
 
74,691 
 
18 
 
482 
 
519 
 
39,103 
 
 
1,604 
NA. 
 
Hong Kong 204,757; Japan 25,677; United Kingdom 13,070. 
Hong Kong 21,102; United Kingdom 5,836. 
 
Japan 56,643; West Germany 3,355; China, mainland, 2,967. 
Indonesia 11; New'Zealand 7. 
 
NA. 
 
China, mainland, 466; Poland 15; Bangladesh 10. 
United States 25,921; Japan 5,375; Malaysia 2,818. 
 
Philippines 272; Italy 178; Argentina 160; Hong Kong 105. 
Semimanufactures: 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, 
 sections do___ 233 325 
 Universals, plates, sheets do... — — — 262
551 
 Hoopandstrip do.._ 23 31 
 Rails and accessories - - do. - - - 22 6 
 Wire do_~_ 28 12 
 Tubes, pipes, fittings ~do_.~ 42 58 
Castings and forgings, rough 
 2 2 
 612 985 
Total            See footnotes at end of table. 92 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79

 
Table 2.—Australia: Exports and reexports of mineral commodities12

(Metric tone unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1976 1977 Principal destinations, 1977 
 
METALS 
Aluminum: 
Oxide and hydroxide, gross weight 
 thousand tonL. - 
Metal: 
Scrap______________________ 
Unwrought__________________ 
Semimanufactures_____________ 
Antimony ore and concentrate, gross weight - 
Beryllium ore and concentrate, gross weight — Cadmium metal including
alloys, all forms - 
Chromium: 
Chromite ore and concentrate, gross weight 
Oxidesandhydroxides_____________ 
Columbium and tantalum: Columbitetantalite concentrate, gross weighL_____

Copper: 
Ore and concentrate, gross weight______ 
Alloyed                  
Gold: 
Ore and concentrate, metal content 
 troy ounces.. - 
Metal: 
 Mintbullion do_~~.. 
 
Refined and unrefined bullion do_ - - - 
Iron and steel: 
Ore and concentrate_ - - thousand tons_ - 
 
Roastedironpyrite                
Metal: 
 Scrap thousand tons_ 
Pigiron and equivalent materials 
do_ - - - 
 
Ferroalloys__________________ 
 
Steel ingots and other primary forms 
 thousand tons_ - 
China, mainland, 158; Indonesia 43; Singapore 25. 
China: Mainland 78, Taiwan 126; New Zealand 76; United States 76. 
New Zealand 25; China, mainland, 2; Pakistan 2. 
United States 5; Christmas Island 1. 
New Zealand 5; Papua New Guinea 1; 
United States 1. 
NA. 
 
Singapore 1.