Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) - 2008 : Tables 12-13: USE

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SECTION 3. USE

TABLE 12. 
CANADA, REPORTED USE OF MINERALS AND RELATION TO PRODUCTION, 2005-07
  Unit of Measure 2005 2006 2007
Use Production Use as a Percentage of Production
(%)		 Use Production Use as a Percentage of Production
(%)		 Use Production Use as a Percentage of Production
(%)
METALS
Aluminum (1) t 1 099 498 2 791 915 39.4 1 126 616 2 592 160 43.5 1 052 189 2 894 204 36.4
Antimony kg 576 972 128 641 448.5 717 693 88 483 811.1 497 873 66 116 753.0
Bismuth kg 51 182 137 573 37.2 59 519 179 786 33.1 45 588 141 308 32.3
Cadmium kg 203 413 7 157 914 28.4 207 863 739 633 28.1 204 542 633 586 32.3
Chromium (chromite) t x – – x – x x – –
Cobalt kg 89 941 1 841 586 4.9 85 531 2 084 895 4.1 69 547 2 391 388 2.9
Copper (2) t 289 721 540 998 217 53.6 300 567 544 557 879 55.2 206 048 577 304 148 35.7
Lead (3) t 68 066 92 934 071 73.2 48 428 72 772 868 66.5 56 592 72 828 306 77.7
Magnesium t 50 045 x x 47 774 x x 38 263 x x
Maganese ore t 22 290 – . . 23 789 – . . 24 542 – . .
Mercury kg 4 180 – . . 5 428 – . . 4 624 – . .
Molybdenum (Mo content) t 2 014 8 887 011 22.7 1 906 9 945 788 19.2 1 871 7 667 132 24.4
Nickel t 9 251 155 475 394 6.0 7 787 17 728 056 4.4 7 196 192 854 559 3.7
Selenium kg x 288 064 x x 271 073 x x 107 350 x
Silver kg 553 653 128 188 657 43.2 457 233 129 454 113 35.3 570 199 106 325 713 53.6
Tellurium kg – 45 202 – – 54 582 – – 10 982 –
Tin t 3 629 – – 3 200 – – 3 757 – –
Tungsten (W content) kg x 3 635 630 x x – x x 484 170 x
Zinc (3) t 149 658 75 730 746 19.8 152 732 734 034 771 20.8 134 966 618 843 683 21.8
NONMETALS
Barite t 23 748 27 369 86.8 24 935 20 601 121.0 24 330 23 179 105.0
Feldspar t 523 – . . 474 – . . 117 – . .
Fluorspar t 194 827 – . . 187 890 – . . 176 793 – . .
Mica t 3 495 x x 2 894 x x 2 821 x x
Nepheline syenite t 57 348 703 426 8.2 55 959 713 856 7.8 50 252 745 078 6.7
Phosphate rock t x x x x x x x x x
Potash (K2O equivalent) t 188 447 9 229 428 2.0 138 998 10 331 656 1.3 125 864 10 139 718 1.2
Sodium sulphate t 106 662 x x 106 112 x x 70 411 x x
Sulphur t 829 468 850 539 145 9.8 783 421 851 221 257 9.2 1 079 475 8 409 682 12.8
Talc, soapstone, pyrophyllite, etc. t 52 519 819 985 64.0 52 057 810 685 64.2 48 698 7 033 745 69.2

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; . . Not available; x Confidential.
(1) Use of primary and recycled aluminum and alloys, and scrap, reported by users. (2) "Use” is defined as domestic shipments of refined copper plus imports of refined copper. (3) Use of primary and recycled refined metal. 
Notes: Unless otherwise stated, “use” refers to the reported use of refined metals or nonmetallic minerals by users. Production of metals, in most cases, refers to production in all forms and includes the recoverable content of ores, concentrates, matte, etc., and the metal content of primary products recoverable at domestic smelters and refineries. Production of nonmetals refers to producers' shipments.  

TABLE 13.
CANADA, DOMESTIC USE OF PRINCIPAL REFINED METALS IN RELATION TO REFINERY PRODUCTION, (1) 1998-2007
  Unit
of
Measure		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
ALUMINUM
Domestic use (2) t 889 973 999 242 1 016 506 964 609 1 019 713 1 010 089 1 059 038 1 099 498 1 126 616 1 052 189
Production t 2 374 118 2 389 834 2 373 460 2 582 746 2 708 910 2 791 915 2 592 160 2 894 204 3 051 128 3 082 625
Use as a percentage
of production		 % 37.5 41.8 42.8 37.3 37.6 36.2 40.9 38.0 36.9 34.1
COPPER
Domestic use (3) t 246 212 266 505 272 075 265 209 274 132 257 338 297 184 289 721 300 567 206 048
Production t 562 261 548 563 551 393 567 720 494 522 454 866 526 955 515 223 500 463 453 453
Use as a percentage 
of production		 % 43.8 48.6 49.3 46.7 55.4 56.6 56.4 56.2 60.1 45.4
LEAD
Domestic use (4) t 87 466 92 557 81 365 56 956 66 575 68 359 71 738 68 066 48 428 56 592
Production (5) t 265 487 266 415 284 333 230 928 251 560 223 434 241 169 230 237 250 464 236 688
Use as a percentage
of production		 % 32.9 34.7 28.6 24.6 26.5 30.6 29.7 29.6 19.3 23.9
ZINC
Domestic use (4) t 138 424 143 188 147 913 144 590 149 908 145 596 152 175 149 801 152 732 134 966
Production t 745 131 776 927 779 892 661 172 793 410 761 199 805 438 724 035 824 464 802 103
Use as a percentage of production % 18.6 18.4 19.0 21.9 18.9 19.1 18.9 20.7 18.5 16.8

Source: Natural Resources Canada.
(1) Production of refined metal from all sources, including metal derived from recycled materials at primary refineries. (2) Use of primary and recycled aluminum and alloys, and scrap, reported by users. (3) "Use" is defined as domestic shipments of refined copper plus imports of refined copper. (4) Use of primary and recycled refined metal, reported by users. (5) Production of primary and recycled refined lead.