Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) - 2009 : 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 (r) 2 894 204 38.00 1 126 615 (r) 3 051 128 36.92 1 050 481 (r) 3 082 625 34.08
Antimony kg 576 972 (r) 66 116 872.67 717 693 (r) 225 889 317.72 497 873 (r) 162 423 306.53
Bismuth kg 51 182 (r) 141 308 36.22 59 519 (r) 177 227 33.58 45 588 (r) 137 367 33.21
Cadmium kg 203 413 (r) 633 586 32.11 207 863 (r) 501 859 41.42 204 542 (r) 293 012 69.81
Chromium (chromite) t x – x x – x x – x
Cobalt kg 89 941 (r) 2 391 388 3.80 85 531 (r) 2 898 799 3.00 69 547 (r) 4 760 961 1.50
Copper (2) t 289 721 (r) 577 304 50.19 300 567 (r) 586 489 51.25 206 048 (r) 577 545 35.68
Lead (3) t 68 066 (r) 72 828 93.46 48 428 (r) 79 171 61.17 56 592 (r) 69 851 81.02
Magnesium t 50 045 x x 47 774 – . . 38 263 – . .
Maganese ore t 22 290 – . . 23 789 – . . 24 542 – . .
Mercury kg 4 180 – . . 5 428 – . . 4 624 – . .
Molybdenum (Mo content) t 2 014 (r) 7 667 26.27 1 906 (r) 7 117 26.78 1 871 (r) 6 819 27.44
Nickel t 9 251 (r) 192 855 4.80 7 787 (r) 224 565 3.50 7 196 (r) 244 539 2.90
Selenium kg x (r) 107 350 x x (r) 106 367 x x (r) 143 642 x
Silver kg 553 653 (r) 1 063 257 52.07 457 233 (r) 970 037 47.14 570 199 (r) 829 247 68.76
Tellurium kg – (r) 10 982 – – (r) 10 068 – – (r) 13 688 –
Tin t 3 629 – – 3 200 – – 3 757 – –
Tungsten (W content) kg x (r) 484 170 x x (r) 2 500 360 x x 2 717 710 x
Zinc (3) t 149 658 (r) 618 844 24.18 152 732 (r) 601 481 25.39 134 966 (r) 594 113 22.72
NONMETALS
Barite t 23 748 (r) 23 179 102.46 24 935 (r) 19 597 127.24 24 330 (r) 9 110 267.07
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 (r) 745 078 7.70 55 959 (r) 734 017 7.60 50 252 (r) 689 867 7.30
Phosphate rock t x x x x x x x x x
Potash (K2O equivalent) t 188 447 (r) 10 139 718 1.90 138 998 (r) 8 518 418 1.60 125 864 (r) 11 084 939 1.10
Sodium sulphate t 106 662 x x 106 112 x x 70 411 x x
Sulphur t 829 468 (r) 8 409 682 9.90 766 130 (r) 8 437 322 9.10 895 356 (r) 8 151 495 10.98
Talc, soapstone, pyrophyllite, etc. t 52 519 (r) 70 337 74.67 52 057 (r) 72 050 72.30 48 698 (r) 78 997 61.60

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; . . Not available; (r) Revised; 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 1 016 507 964 610 1 019 713 1 010 089 1 059 039 1 099 498 1 126 616 1 050 481
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 36.9 34.1
COPPER
Domestic use (2) t 246 212 266 504 272 076 265 210 274 133 257 338 297 184 289 721 300 567 206 048
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 56 905 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 138 424 143 188 147 913 144 590 149 908 145 596 152 175 149 658 152 732 134 966
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 21.9 18.9 19.1 18.9 20.7 18.5 16.8

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics 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.
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. This survey is curently suspended by Natural Resources Canada.