Platinum-group and silver metals including alloys: 
 
 
Platinum-group - - _ thousand troy ounces. — 
 Silver - do__._ 
Thorium: 
 Ore andconcentrate kilograms... — 
 Thoria value_ — 
Tin: 
Oxide _...______________________ Metal including alloys, all forms_________

Titanium: 
Oreandconcentrate_________________ 
Oxides — 
 16 —— 
 212 161 France 56. 
 282 100 Netherlands 45; Yugoslavia 30. 
 1,708 511 Morocco 94; France 54; Yugoslavia 
    51. 
 122 81 Federal Republic of Germany 25; 
    United Kingdom 17; United States 
 1,562 1,379 United Kingdom 354; Switzerland 
    103; France 19. 
 $4,394 $379 NA. 
 218 141 NA. 
 47,698 200 NA. 
 4,235 5,780 Federal Republic of Germany 2,335; 
    Japan 796; U.S.S.R. 540. 
 1,830 9,900 NA. 
 — — $656,170 France $634,374. 
 190 NA 
 683 331 Denmark 109; France 70; Algeria 13. 
 5 3 NA. 
 29,017 25,604 Federal Republic of Germany 3,508; 
    France 3,318; United Kingdom 
    2,326. 
  137 Federal Republic of Germany 76; 
    Belgium~Luxembourg24. 
 — — 56 Netherlands 38. 
 88 28 NA. 
 2,286 32 NA. 
 21,345 18,783 France 13,435; Federal Republic of 
    Germany 1,568; Sweden 1,451. 
 1,451 3,154 Federal Republic of Germany 1,071; 
    France 924; Hungary 572. 
 2,732 1,445 Federal Republic of Germany 706; 
    France 540. 
 252 602 Romania 501. 
 27,736 29,386 United States 15,725; Netherlands 
    8,599; France 1,436. 
 549 756 Federal Eepublic of Germany 115; 
    Spain 89; Saudi Arabia 62. 
 227,313 294,561 United Kingdom 220,219; United 
    States 18,108; Algeria 13,770. 
33 
14,716 
 18 Switzerland 9. 
 15,627 France 1,848; Romania 1,288; Federal 
   Republic of Germany 1,243. 
See footnotes at end of table.534 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
Table 2.—Italy: Exports of mineral commodities —Continued

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
* Commodity 1977 1978 Principal destinations, 1978 
 
METALS —Continued 
Nickel: 
Matte, speiss, similar materials__________ Metal including alloys: 
Scrap________________________ 
Unwrought____________________ 
Senumanufactures_______________ 
Rare-earth metals: 
 Oxides snd other compounds value_ - 
Metalsincludingalloys_______________ 
Selenium, elemental kilograms~. 
Silicon, elemental  
 Metal including alloys, all forms 119 
 
Tungsten: 
Ore and concentrate  Metal including alloys, all forms_________ 
Uranium metal including alloys, all forms 
 kilograms - 
Vanadium: 
Oxide snd hydroxide ~.______________ Metal including alloys, all forms 
Zinc: 
Oreandconcentrate_________________ Matte, ash, and residue containing zinc_____

 
Oxide___________________________ 
 
Metal including alloys: 
Scrap________________________ 
 
Blue powder  
Unwrought____________________ 
 
Semimanufactures_______________ 
 
Zirconium: 
Oreandconcentrate_________________ Metal including alloys, all forms__________

Other: 
Oresandconcentrates________________ 
 
Ash and residue containing nonferrous metals_ Oxidesandhydroxides       
         
 
Metals including alloys, all forms: 
Metalloids,n.e.s_________________ 
Alkali and alkaline-earth metals, flea - - - 
Pyrophoric alloys  
Base metals including alloys, all forms, n.e.s________________________ 
NONMETALS 
Abrasives, natural, n.e.s.: 
Pumice, emery, natural corundum, etc  Dust and powder of precious and semiprecious

 stones kilograms_ — 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones - - - 
 13 —— 
 117 33 Federal Republic of Germany 25. 
 284. 
 1,288 2,750 Hungary 1,739; France 960. 
 3 —— 
 96 171 Federal Republic of Germany 32; 
    Belgium-Luxembourg 7. 
 3,765 6,346 Federal Republic of Germany 3,172; 
    United Kingdom 705; France 128. 
 560 2,860 Federal Republic of Germany 453; 
    Netherlands 261; France 252. 
 3,695 —— 
 702 312 NA. 
 2 NA 
 10 10 NA.