(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity 1976 1977 1979e 
 2,000 1,700 1,400 
 140 151 139 
   780 
 r5,080 5,700 5,800 
 850 863 786 
 603 1,430 1,210 
 3,410 3,600 3,721 
 4,261 NA NA 
 181 NA NA 
 124,736 NA NA 
 11,391 11,150 9,871 
 94 95 95 
 672 710 725 
1,000 
1,527 
 
850 
5,900 
750 
 
1,200 
3,900 
 
NA 
NA 
NA 
 
10,000 
95 
730 
 
 
 
NA 
NA 
 
NA 
NA 
NA 
11,302 
17,242 
 
 
NA 
NA 
NA 
NA 
NA 
NA 
NA 
NA 
 
NA 
NA 
NA 
700 
 
360 
 
35 
366 
211 
36 
871 
259 
16 
330 
250 
16 
330 
250 
612 
153,836 
666 
162,437 
596 
175,157 
596 
175,157 
54,299 
76,177 
144,045 
64,924 
77,419 
158,630 
NA NA 
155,763 
NA NA 
170,000 
1 
2,028 
7,970 
552,336 
(3) 
1,871 
7,676 
485,115 
1,868 
7,317 
484,932 
12,123 
7,300 
' 475,553 
120 
281 
NA 
NA 
7553 
6,139 
9.892 
111,453 
376 
 
122,363 
12,920 
26,760 
200,527 
416 
 
135,462 
12,988 
23,104 
198,706 
1146,191 
 
' 14,640 
127,660 
' 228,671 
See footnotes at end of table.THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ITALY 
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Table 1.—Italy: Production of mineral commodities —Continued

 
 
 
NONMETALS —Continued 
 
Pigments, mineral: Iron oxides, naturale — — —

Potash thousand tons_ 
Pumice and related materials:e 
Pumice and pumiceous lapilli - - .do~. — - - 
  Pozzolan do____ 
Pyrite,ailtypes,grossweight do 
 Marine, crude do - - - 
 Rockandbrine do~ 
Sand and gravel: 
  $ilicasanL ~ 
 Volcanic sand do.. - - - 
 OthersandandgraveL do~~ 
Sodium and potassium compounds: 
Causticsoda_________________ 
Sodium carbonate - - - - thousand tons - 
 Sodiumsulfate do___ 
Stone: 
Dimension stone: 
Calcareous 
Alabaster and onyx - - - _do_ - - - 
 Limestone do~_ 
 Marble in blocks: 
   White do~_ 
    Colored do.~. 
 Schist do~_ 
 Travertine do~~ 
 Tufa do~_ 
Other; 
 Gneiss do~ 
 Granite do_ 
Lava, basalt, trachyte - .do. — - - 
 Porphyry do__~ 
 Sandstone           
 Serpentine do - - - 
Slate            
 Tuff,volcanic do~_. 
Crushed and broken: 
 Dolomite do__ 
 Limestone            
 Quartzand quartzite do__ 
Strontium minerals______________ 
Sulfur: 
Gross weight of ore - - - thousand ton&. — Recovered as
elemental
and in compounds: 
 Elementalfromore do__ 
 S content of pyrite do. - - - 
Byproduct, all sou~e - - - do_ - - — 
 Total do~ 
Talcandrelatedmaterials_____________ 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED 
MATERIALS 
Asphalt and bituminous rock, natural: 
Fordistillation___________________ 
Forpaving______________________ 
Carbonblack______________________ 
Coal: 
Subbituminous(sulcis coal) 
 thousand tons.. - 
Lignite                
Coke,metallurgical do__ 
Gas, natural, marketed - million cubic feeL - 
Natural gas liquids: Natural gasoline thousand 42-gallon barrels_ - 
Petroleum: 
 Crude do_._ 
 
Refinery products: 
Gasoline: 
 Aviation do~ 
 
Motor            
 Jetfuel do~__ 
 Kerosine do___ 
 Distillatefueloil do___ 
 5,425 NA NA 
 50,147 e47,200 e47,200 
 1,170 ' 1,100 e1,100 
 821 e800 e800 
 154 C135 e135 
 NA 1,330 1,330 
 NA e7,200 e7,2~yJ 
 461 440 440 
 793 740 740 
 5,733 5,660 5,660 
 489 530 530 
 1,417 1,350 1,350 
 2,506 2,500 2,500 
 98 100 100 
 5,287 5,100 5,100 
 NA 1,000 1,000 
 NA e47,200 e47,200 
 NA 480 480 
 700 700 700 
 350 638 357 
 
303 
 
138,975 
 
15,680 
 
23,436 
 
222,584