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Table 28 Energy, minerals and mining (thousands of metric tonnes) - concluded

Year Metal production
Copper Refined copper Nickel Lead Refined lead Zinc Refined zinc Iron ore2 Gold (kg) Silver (kg) Uranium (kg)
595 596 597 220 221 222 223 591 229 224 593
1948 218 201 119 152 145 212 178 1,213 109,735 501,048 ..
1949 239 205 117 145 133 262 187 3,334 128,272 548,759 ..
1950 240 216 112 150 154 284 186 3,271 138,101 722,253 ..
1951 245 223 125 144 147 309 199 4,246 136,637 719,269 ..
1952 234 178 127 153 166 337 202 4,783 139,065 784,491 ..
1953 230 215 130 176 150 364 228 5,906 126,154 880,197 ..
1954 274 230 146 198 151 342 194 6,678 135,797 967,908 ..
1955 296 262 159 184 135 393 233 14,772 141,241 870,400 ..
1956 322 298 162 171 134 384 232 20,274 136,325 884,303 ..
1957 326 294 170 165 130 375 224 20,205 137,943 896,495 ..
1958 313 299 126 169 121 386 229 14,267 142,143 969,309 ..
1959 358 332 169 169 123 359 232 22,215 139,436 992,949 ..
1960 398 378 195 186 144 369 236 19,550 143,946 1,058,047 ..
1961 398 368 211 209 156 377 243 18,469 139,125 976,058 ..
1962 415 347 211 195 138 420 254 24,820 129,981 946,262 ..
1963 416 344 200 184 141 424 258 27,300 123,543 928,095 ..
1964 444 370 207 185 137 611 307 34,857 118,162 931,020 ..
1965 462 393 242 268 169 747 326 36,181 111,568 992,698 ..
1966 461 394 203 276 168 872 347 36,914 101,832 1,020,939 3,567
1967 547 454 224 285 172 994 360 37,788 92,128 1,157,235 3,391
1968 574 476 240 309 183 1,052 387 43,040 85,316 1,400,060 3,358
1969 520 409 194 289 170 1,096 423 36,337 79,158 1,353,966 3,496
1970 610 493 278 353 186 1,136 418 47,458 74,928 1,376,329 3,723
1971 654 478 267 368 168 1,134 373 42,957 70,325 1,431,507 3,726
1972 720 496 235 335 187 1,129 476 38,736 64,632 1,427,525 4,428
1973 824 498 249 342 187 1,227 532 47,498 60,777 1,477,043 4,274
1974 821 559 269 294 126 1,127 438 46,784 52,813 1,331,510 4,350
1975 720 529 240 315 172 1,004 427 44,742 50,511 1,234,642 4,238
1976 731 510 241 256 176 982 472 55,416 52,621 1,281,437 6,635
1977 759 509 232 281 187 1,071 495 53,621 53,923 1,313,684 6,824
1978 659 446 128 320 194 1,067 495 42,931 53,966 1,266,927 8,211
1979 636 397 126 311 184 1,100 580 59,617 51,143 1,146,908 6,530
1980 710 505 188 280 162 920 592 50,224 48,975 1,129,416 6,481
1981 691 477 160 268 168 911 618 49,551 47,046 1,129,394 7,526
1982 612 338 89 272 174 966 512 33,198 64,736 1,313,630 7,643
1983 653 464 125 272 178 988 617 32,959 73,512 1,197,031 6,823
1984 722 504 174 264 175 1,063 683 39,930 83,445 1,326,720 10,272
1985 739 500 170 268 173 1,049 692 39,502 87,561 1,197,072 10,441
1986 699 493 164 334 170 988 571 36,167 102,900 1,087,989 11,502
1987 794 491 189 373 140 1,158 610 37,804 115,818 1,374,946 13,122
1988 758 529 199 351 179 1,370 703 39,934 134,811 1,443,166 12,066
1989 704 515 196 269 158 1,273 670 39,445 159,494 1,312,433 10,995
1990 771 516 195 233 87 1,179 592 35,670 167,371 1,381,257 9,720
1991 780 538 188 248 106 1,083 661 35,917 175,280 1,261,359 8,162
1992 762 539 178 340 151 1,196 672 32,137 160,349 1,168,966 9,114
1993 711 562 178 183 151 991 662 33,774 153,129 879,113 8,727
1994 591 550 142 168 153 976 691 36,728 146,428 740,342 11,253
1995 701 573 172 204 178 1,095 720 37,024 150,866 1,244,606 10,293
1996 652 559 182 242 193 1,163 716 34,709 164,660 1,242,805 11,396
1997 648 561 181 171 140 1,027 704 39,293 171,478 1,193,971 11,127
1998 691 562 198 150 130 992 745 36,847 164,772 1,140,238 9,992
1999 582 548 177 155 148 963 777 33,990 157,617 1,174,327 10,157
2000 622 552 181 143 159 936 780 35,247 154,384 1,168,631 9,921
2001 614 568 184 150 127 1,012 661 27,119 158,874 1,264,659 12,991
2002 584 495 180 101 137 924 793 30,902 151,905 1,352,001 12,855
2003 541 455 155 93 118 757 761 33,322 140,860 1,281,886 9,939
2004 544 527 177 73 132 734 805 28,596 129,477 1,294,541 11,548
2005 577 515 193 73 110 619 724 30,386 119,549 1,063,257 12,597
2006 586 501 225 79 116 601 824 33,543 103,513 970,037 9,781
2007 580 453 246 70 95 587 807 32,834 101,440 829,492 9,100