THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA 205 
 
Table 1.—Burma: Production of mineral commodities —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity' 
1976 
1977 
l978'~ 
1979e 
NONMETALS 
 
 
 
 
Barite3                                           
Cement,hydraulic thousand tons~Clays:3  Baliclay                        
               Bentonite                                       Fireclay4
                                      Industrialwhiteclay               
             Feldspar3                                        Graphite3 
                                      Gypsum3                           
            Pigments, mineral, natural: Iron oxide                   Precious
and semiprecious stones: Jadeite' kilograms —Salt thousand tons~

15,681 
233 
 
5,762 
955 
2,792 
4,393 
1,709 
161 
45,296 
616 
31,387 
r126 
16,096 
 269 
4,674 
 975 
4,627 
3,449 
1,422 
 96 
33,511 
 230 
6,532 
 230 
35,320 
 254 
4,573 
1,377 
4,878 
2,000 
2,000 
 280 
35,431 
 461 
12,454 
 304 
36,000 
 320 
 
24,294 
1,500 
24,717 
26,876 
2,000 
 250 
35,000 
 400 
7,707 
 300 
Stone:3 
 
 
 
 
Dolomite                                       
Limestone, crushed and broken thousand tons. —Quartz          
   
                          
r1016 645 
 116 
431 
1,159 
 73 
1,616 
1,437 
21,882 
21,259 
2122 
Talc and related materials: Soapstone3  
238 
201 
391 
360 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
 
 
 
 
Coal —       
20931 
23,926 
33,113 
236,064 
Gas, natural: 
 Gross million cubic feet~ 
13,300 
16,000 
17,000 
18,000 
Marketed3 do~~ 
8,481 
8,784 
12,638 
13,500 
Petroleum: 
 
 
 
 
Crude thousand 42-gallon barrels — 
 
Refinery products:' 
 Gasoline do~ 
 Jet fuel do~ 
8,183 
9,178 
9,995 
10,700 
 
1,646 
216 
1,864 
248 
1,864 
e280 
2,000 
300 
Kerosine do_Distillatefueloil do_...Residual fuel oil                   
    
1,117 
2,045 
1,012 
909 
2,351 
1,279 
744 
2,500 
1,532 
540 
2,600 
1,600 
Lubricants                           
140 
133 
140 
140 
Other ~ 
 Total do~... 
177 
179 
e223 
220 
 
r6353 
6,963 
7,283 
7,400 
 eRetimate "Preliminary. rRe~ed 
 
 ' In addition to the commodities listed, pottery clay, common sand, glass
sand, other varieties of crude construction stone, and other varieties of
gem stones are also produced, but available information is inadequate to
make reliable estimates of output levels. 
 2Reported figure. 
 3Data are for fiscal years beginning Apr. 1 of that stated. 
 4lncludes fire clay powder. 
 ' Data exclude products used as fuel in refineries. 
 
 
 
TRADE 
 
 The mining industry usually ranked third after agriculture and forestry
products in value of exports. While detailed trade data were not available,
the relative importance of the mining sector was not believed to have changed
in 1978 and 1979. Burma generally exports nearly all of its nonfuel mineral
output, particularly in the metallic sector. Mineral fuels were consumed
domes- 
tically. 
 There was a rise in exports of all minerals and ores, both in quality and
value in comparison with 1976, the last calendar year for which individual
figures were available. Overall, the estimated value of mineral exports during
1978 constituted 11% of Burma's total export earnings as against 7% in 1976.8

 
COMMODITY REVIEW 
 
METALS 
 
 Copper.—Burma and Yugoslavia signed a $70 million loan agreement
for
the development of the Monywa copper project. The deposits are located just
west of the Chindwin River, opposite the railhead town of Monywa. The main
deposits are in the 
 
Kyesintaung and Sabetaung ranges. The Kyesintaung deposit contains 55 million
tons grading about 0.5% Cu, and the Sabetaung deposit, 26 million tons grading
just over 1.02% Cu.~ Open pit mine workings will be scaled to produce 2.4
million tons per year of ore. The ore will be processed in a flotation plant
with a capacity of 60,000 tons