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Table 28 Energy, minerals and mining1

  2006 2007 2007 2008
    A S O N D J F M A M J J A
                             
'000 MWh                              
Energy                              
Electric                              
    Generated by:
                              
        Utilities (222421)
 538,253 560,712 44,768 39,497 43,342 47,707 53,645 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
        Industry (222426)
 46,844 42,861 3,394 3,234 3,234 3,511 3,693 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
    Deliveries to US (222437)
 41,310 49,796 5,354 3,739 3,498 3,988 3,397 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
    Total available (222441)
 567,915 574,126 44,634 41,389 44,640 49,190 56,301 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
                             
'000 tonnes                              
Coal                              
    Production (187)
 66,002 69,362 5,732 5,719 5,758 6,071 5,784 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
    Exports (198)
 28,241 30,863 2,956 2,499 2,640 3,061 2,562 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
'000 tonnes                              
Non-metallic minerals production                              
Gypsum2 (3440) 9,036 7,583 633 769 664 706 508 513 368 449 537 556 601 442 534
Cement (29505576) 14,335 15,078 1,532 1,491 1,514 1,375 1,081 690 620 812 1,076 1,334 1,343 1,424 1,397
Lime2 (3441) 2,189 2,133 172 181 192 170 173 188 168 182 183 190 184 186 181
                             
tonnes                              
Salt and brine2 (3445) 14,460 11,968 924 1,089 1,333 1,262 1,370 1,450 1,202 1,064 694 1,031 1,114 1,255 966
Potash (3442) 8,518 11,112 771 955 942 959 901 957 1,006 1,101 1,097 1,010 891 823 716
'000 tonnes                              
Metal production                              
Copper (595) 586 580 48 46 51 46 49 43 44 48 47 48 49 48 52
Refined copper (596) 501 453 37 40 41 39 42 43 40 43 39 43 40 42 39
Nickel (597) 225 246 20 22 21 19 23 21 21 20 23 20 21 19 20
Lead (220) 79 70 5 6 6 6 8 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 7
Refined lead (221) 116 95 3 9 8 4 10 11 10 9 8 8 7 4 9
Zinc (222) 601 587 51 49 44 57 44 58 42 41 51 51 58 46 55
Refined zinc (223) 824 807 69 65 70 63 71 70 63 68 57 68 64 64 63
Iron ore2 (591) 33,543 32,834 3,312 2,819 3,459 3,592 2,639 2,030 1,952 1,996 2,669 4,012 2,968 3,197 3,472
                             
kg                              
Gold (229) 103,513 101,440 9,072 8,454 8,142 8,012 9,007 7,191 7,001 7,351 6,874 8,297 8,572 8,003 7,532
Silver (224) 970,037 829,492 67,379 65,817 70,602 68,416 73,335 65,433 54,583 63,213 58,891 61,554 57,581 55,414 52,749
Uranium (593) 9,781 9,100 678 605 871 1,256 685 787 593 701 802 1,115 869 389 791

1 All estimates are unadjusted for seasonality.
2 Shipments.
Sources: Electric power statistics, Client services (613-951-9497). Coal and coke statistics, Client services (613-951-9497).
Cement, Client services (613-951-9497). Natural Resources Canada, contact: J. Paquette (613-992-9005).
CANSIM tables: 127-0001, 303-0016, 152-0004, 303-0060 and 152-0001