Description
Tables: Production and Reserves by Main Geo-Political Grouping; The “Adequacy” of Reserves; The Value of Annual Production; The Growth of World Reserves of Selected Products; Import Dependence: European Community, Japan, UK and US; The Historic Growth of Total Mine Production; Comparative Growth Rates of Consumption for EC, Japan and US; South Africa’s Share of World Reserves and Production. Minerals: Aluminium / Alumina / Bauxite – Antimony – Arsenic – Asbestos – Barytes – Beryllium – Bismuth – Boron – Cadmium – Chromium Cobalt – Copper – Fluorspar – Gallium – Germanium – Gold – Industrial Diamonds – Iron Ore Lead – Lithium – Magnesium – Manganese – Mercury – Molybdenum – Nickel – Niobium (Columbium) – Phosphate – Platinum Group – Potash – Rare Earths – Rhenium – Selenium – Silicon – Silver – Sulphur – Tantalum – Tellurium – Tin – Titanium – Tungsten – Uranium – Vanadium – Zinc – Zirconium. Data: World reserves; World mine production (refinery and primary production); Reserve / Production rations; World smelter production; world capacity; Consumption by country / region; End use patterns; Value of contained metal in annual production; Substitutes; Technical possibilities prices; Marketing.
