Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) – 2009

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SECTION 2. TRADE

TABLE 8. CANADA, STAGES 1 TO 4, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS BY COMMODITY, 2007-09
  Unit of Measure 2007 2008 2009
(000) (quantity) ($000) (quantity) ($000) (quantity) ($000)
METALS
Aluminum . . . . (r) 12 242 385 . . (r) 11 689 224 . . 7 577 485
Antimony kg 16 282 3 084 6 297 6 752 14 747
Bismuth kg 271 4 535 78 1 887 101 1 003
Cadmium kg 1 573 11 821 1 476 13 968 1 432 8 674
Chromium kg 1 759 9 724 1 921 8 608 2 340 8 750
Calcium kg 27 176 3 758 43 068 4 243 27 750 2 154
Cobalt kg 9 346 563 015 9 833 762 889 8 168 319 478
Copper . . . . 6 460 501 . . (r) 6 523 926 . . 4 042 026
Gold . . . . 6 130 615 . . 8 941 574 . . 9 342 246
Iron and steel . . . . (r) 13 700 570 . . (r) 16 125 239 . . 9 679 368
Iron ore t 28 170 1 936 613 28 058 3 075 535 31 107 3 360 593
Lead . . . . (r) 621 400 . . 648 200 . . 521 013
Magnesium and magnesium compounds kg 50 668 90 402 48 852 69 547 44 866 47 616
Molybdenum kg 9 221 506 155 10 161 558 787 11 049 250 939
Nickel . . . . 10 950 204 . . 7 410 831 . . 3 440 492
Platinum group . . . . 121 013 . . (r) 184 390 . . 131 740
Silver . . . . 758 870 . . 777 105 . . 760 684
Tin . . . . 29 758 . . 42 665 . . 39 326
Titanium kg 36 824 53 103 182 045 97 331 11 443 16 546
Uranium and thorium . . . . 2 919 734 . . 1 834 132 . . 1 502 396
Zinc kg 845 607 2 735 064 (r) 980 351 1 881 652 889 387 1 420 214
Other metals . . . . (r) 6 413 807 . . (r) 6 446 688 . . 4 796 478
Total metals . . . . (r) 66 263 329 . . (r) 67 104 718 . . 47 283 968
NONMETALS
Barite and witherite t . . . 54 1 205 1 21
Cement . . . . 771 441 . . 690 994 . . 561 110
Chrysotile (asbestos) . . . . 101 739 . . 117 149 . . 108 266
Clay and clay products . . . . 54 771 . . 62 560 . . 34 536
Diamonds . . . . 1 903 386 . . 2 656 751 . . 1 819 733
Graphite . . . . (r) 160 183  . . 163 841 . . 98 248
Gypsum . . . . (r) 181 550 . . 143 284 . . 104 244
Lime kg 290 674 41 059 256 882 33 462 351 742 48 620
Mica t 23 11 218 22 11 657 17 9 156
Nepheline syenite t 508 70 565 1 076 60 683 366 64 425
Peat . . . . 308 588 . . 293 394 . . 328 652
Potash and potassium compounds kg 17 305 629 3 018 480 16 537 510 6 312 913 6 823 216 3 662 847
Salt and sodium compounds t (r) 5 253 (r) 509 618 (r) 5 701 (r) 625 736 6 786 735 157
Sand and gravel t 6 648 62 107 6 067 61 040 5 005 60 761
Silica and silica compounds . . . . (r) 60 237 . . (r) 96 625 . . 48 977
Stone . . . . 120 548 . . 112 226 . . 97 108
Sulphur and sulphur compounds t 8 797 643 610 8 482 2 671 786 4 584 501 618
Talc, soapstone and pyrophyllite t 60 24 621 60 20 162 36 16 606
Titanium oxides kg 84 782 190 197 81 287 183 916 73 174 186 085
Other nonmetals . . . . (r) 3 850 903 . . (r) 4 497 387 . . 3 243 815
Total nonmetals . . . . (r) 12 084 875 . . (r) 18 815 770 . . 11 729 985
FUELS
Coal and coke t 31 068 3 163 149 32 414 6 365 675 27 446 5 081 037
Natural gas 000 m3 (r) 107 671 (r) 28 050 775 (r) 101 457 (r) 32 576 733 94 049 15 833 025
Natural gas by-products 000 m3 7 2 295 654 8 (r) 2 870 733 7 1 920 788
Petroleum . . . . (r) 59 198 689 . . (r) 89 814 048 . . 57 680 269
Other fuels . . (r) . . (r) 519 430 (r) . . (r) 662 780 . . 675 031
Total fuels . . . . (r) 93 227 697 . . (r) 132 289 969 . . 81 190 150
Total mining domestic exports (including fuels) . . . . (r) 171 575 901 . . (r) 218 210 457 . . 140 204 103
Total economy domestic exports . . . . (r) 419 986 845 . . (r) 455 376 151 . . 334 338 067

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
. . Not available or not applicable; (r) Revised.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 9. CANADA, STAGES 1 TO 4, IMPORTS OF MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS BY COMMODITY, 2007-09
  Unit of Measure 2007 2008 2009
(000) (quantity) ($000) (quantity) ($000) (quantity) ($000)
METALS
Aluminum . . . . (r) 5 975 942 . . (r) 6 162 075 . . 4 443 890
Antimony kg (r) 2 245 (r) 12 290 2 483 13 639 1 895 10 174
Bismuth kg 121 2 493 75 2 375 102 2 065
Cadmium kg 94 772 (r) 99 770 99 583
Calcium kg (r) 143 448 (r) 43 368 (r) 149 854 (r) 54 956 116 381 51 259
Chromium kg (r) 50 579 (r) 60 063 (r) 60 301 (r) 112 193 22 322 44 430
Cobalt kg (r) 2 108 (r) 61 031 (r) 2 358 (r) 87 295 954 24 866
Copper . . . . (r) 3 714 885 . . (r) 3 643 031 . . 2 453 234
Gold . . . . (r) 4 504 829 . . (r) 6 234 411 . . 6 999 317
Iron and steel . . . . (r) 20 844 910 . . (r) 22 935 642 . . 16 790 872
Iron ore t 7 335 624 594 9 125 (r) 1 073 856 3 147 302 930
Lead . . . . (r) 537 054 . . (r) 581 449 . . 436 253
Magnesium and magnesium compounds kg (r) 243 406 (r) 186 691 (r) 212 023 (r) 300 374 154 430 151 490
Molybdenum kg (r) 8 733 (r) 262 374 (r) 8 909 (r) 238 379 4 165 84 505
Nickel . . . . (r) 910 902 . . (r) 566 524 . . 507 643
Platinum group g 2 890 318 418 369 (r) 2 920 748 (r) 497 076 1 157 936 271 005
Silver . . . . (r) 523 396 . . (r) 783 083 . . 1 256 210
Tin . . . . (r) 79 830 . . (r) 91 412 . . 66 351
Titanium kg 22 644 (r) 152 399 (r) 7 214 (r) 145 520 107 111 109 590
Uranium and thorium . . . . (r) 597 878 . . (r) 649 880 . . 659 428
Zinc . . . . (r) 960 934 . . (r) 459 708 . . 301 791
Other metals . . . . (r) 12 320 731 . . (r) 12 996 770 . . 10 635 712
Total metals . . . . (r) 52 795 735 . . (r) 57 630 418 . . 45 603 598
NONMETALS
Barite and witherite t 62 (r) 12 138 (r) 106 (r) 20 295 71 12 250
Cement . . . . (r) 340 368 . . (r) 402 934 . . 364 772
Chrysotile (Asbestos) . . . . (r) 112 097 . . (r) 124 349 . . 114 875
Clay and clay products . . . . (r) 1 176 077 . . (r) 1 172 075 . . 1 064 494
Diamonds . . . . (r) 661 898 . . (r) 892 892 . . 495 794
Graphite . . . . (r) 409 174 . . (r) 512 882 . . 421 522
Gypsum . . . . (r) 119 555 . . (r) 159 738 . . 158 191
Lime kg 98 200 (r) 10 157 (r) 115 103 (r) 13 718 72 505 9 977
Mica t 4 (r) 9 577 4 (r) 10 367 3 9 204
Nepheline syenite t 1 140 . . . 98 . . . 35
Peat . . . . (r) 6 576 . . (r) 7 188 . . 8 461
Potash and potassium compounds kg (r) 146 734 (r) 55 224 (r) 133 825 (r) 67 744 100 425 68 761
Salt and sodium compounds t (r) 2 621 (r) 434 058 (r) 3 091 (r) 514 412 3 082 439 868
Sand and gravel t (r) 2 532 (r) 17 373 (r) 2 346 (r) 17 459 2 182 16 796
Silica and silica compounds . . . . (r) 145 091 . . (r) 162 554 . . 140 096
Stone . . . . (r) 317 424 . . (r) 358 747 . . 322 542
Sulphur and sulphur compounds t 240 (r) 23 955 217 (r) 74 183 258 25 072
Talc, soapstone and pyrophyllite t 75 17 003 177 13 929 83 12 891
Titanium oxides kg (r) 86 446 (r) 198 423 (r) 76 926 (r) 177 483 67 537 172 452
Other nonmetals . . . . (r) 4 697 671 . . (r) 5 288 211 . . 4 528 616
Total nonmetals . . . . (r) 8 763 979 . . (r) 9 991 258 . . 8 386 669
FUELS
Coal and coke t (r) 19 331 (r) 1 331 372 (r) 22 053 (r) 1 932 739 13 225 1 186 660
Natural gas 000 m3 (r) 11 452 (r) 3 178 406 (r) 14 193 (r) 4 505 798 16 417 3 283 729
Natural gas by-products 000 m3 1 214 895 . . . (r) 244 595 . . . 122 624
Petroleum . . . . (r) 33 819 369 . . (r) 47 480 304 . . 30 377 076
Other fuels . . . . (r) 915 318 . . (r) 941 497 . . 683 032
Total fuels . . . . (r) 39 459 360 . . (r) 55 104 933 . . 35 653 121
Total mining imports (including fuels) . . . . (r) 101 019 074 . . (r) 122 726 609 . . 89 643 388
Total economy imports . . . . (r) 407 271 544 . . (r) 433 975 949 . . 365 151 397

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
. . Not available or not applicable; . . . Amount too small to be expressed; (r) Revised.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 10. CANADA, STAGES 1 TO 4, VALUE OF MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS, DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY, BY DESTINATION, 2009
  United
States		 European Union (EU–27) Japan Mexico Other Total
($000)
METALS
Aluminum 6 425 272 338 232 211 783 134 112 468 086 7 577 485
Antimony 100 215 – – 14 432 14 747
Bismuth 103 22 – – 878 1 003
Cadmium 651 2 453 – – 5 570 8 674
Calcium 1 752 31 28 . . . 343 2 154
Chromium 8 500 9 – 15 226 8 750
Cobalt 33 244 51 655 71 625 9 162 945 319 478
Copper 2 339 181 244 127 399 109 360 1 059 249 4 042 026
Gold 3 330 456 5 449 077 22 967 9 463 530 283 9 342 246
Iron and steel 8 009 621 229 958 19 571 250 108 1 170 110 9 679 368
Iron ore 361 336 1 416 733 52 278 – 1 530 246 3 360 593
Lead 426 495 2 542 9 647 21 82 308 521 013
Magnesium and magnesium compounds 46 792 492 14 . . . 318 47 616
Molybdenum 55 702 86 389 31 773 19 141 57 934 250 939
Nickel 654 217 374 814 56 557 12 2 354 892 3 440 492
Platinum group 92 888 29 867 6 864 31 2 090 131 740
Silver 620 729 23 219 12 292 77 104 367 760 684
Tin 38 438 275 344 19 250 39 326
Titanium 12 856 544 . . . 32 3 114 16 546
Uranium and thorium 471 797 887 847 23 413 2 244 117 095 1 502 396
Zinc 1 106 022 64 212 14 037 17 235 926 1 420 214
Other metals 3 070 675 835 609 81 073 58 199 750 923 4 796 478
Total metals 27 106 827 10 038 322 1 013 375 473 860 8 651 585 47 283 968
NONMETALS
Barite and witherite 21 – – – – 21
Calcium (industrial minerals) 10 – – – – 10
Cement 538 470 11 873 423 131 10 213 561 110
Chrysotile (asbestos) 4 249 438 315 7 002 96 262 108 266
Clay and clay products 23 406 7 035 198 242 3 655 34 536
Diamonds 68 788 1 705 500 – 18 072 27 373 1 819 733
Graphite 75 951 6 921 195 261 14 920 98 248
Gypsum 96 485 1 857 3 1 5 898 104 244
Lime 48 588 2 – – 30 48 620
Mica 4 058 423 3 033 34 1 608 9 156
Nepheline syenite 53 038 7 351 519 19 3 498 64 425
Peat 283 167 1 723 21 393 741 21 628 328 652
Potash and potassium compounds 2 278 294 17 837 17 945 5 084 1 343 687 3 662 847
Salt and sodium compounds 650 433 8 133 35 624 2 826 38 141 735 157
Sand and gravel 53 772 . . . – – 6 989 60 761
Silica and silica compounds 41 222 2 011 167 36 5 541 48 977
Stone 69 524 16 367 98 1 11 118 97 108
Sulphur and sulphur compounds 210 743 47 – 9 107 281 721 501 618
Talc soapstone and pyrophyllite 16 496 48 36 – 26 16 606
Titanium oxides 173 358 6 056 – – 6 671 186 085
Other nonmetals 2 966 033 80 230 14 409 18 008 165 125 3 243 805
Total nonmetals 7 656 106 1 873 852 94 358 61 565 2 044 104 11 729 985
FUELS
Coal and coke 350 532 587 828 1 753 306 39 232 2 350 139 5 081 037
Natural gas 15 833 013 – – – 12 15 833 025
Natural gas by–products 1 920 700 47 – – 41 1 920 788
Petroleum 55 788 805 1 042 942 28 978 63 669 755 875 57 680 269
Other fuels 464 411 146 266 20 049 2 824 41 481 675 031
Total fuels 74 357 461 1 777 083 1 802 333 105 725 3 147 548 81 190 150
Total mining domestic exports 109 120 394 13 689 257 2 910 066 641 150 13 843 237 140 204 103

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
–Nil; . . . Amount too small to be expressed.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Countries under the European Union EU-27 include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, and the United Kingdom (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey).

TABLE 11. CANADA, STAGES I TO 4, VALUE OF MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS, IMPORTS BY COMMODITY, BY ORIGIN, 2009
  United
States		 European Union (EU-27) Japan Mexico Other Total
($000)
METALS
Aluminum 2 540 813 208 242 5 009 20 274 1 669 552 4 443 890
Antimony 2 267 367 17 160 7 363 10 174
Bismuth 806 795 . . . 44 420 2 065
Cadmium 234 53 . . . 5 291 583
Calcium 46 646 2 964 130 2 1 517 51 259
Chromium 9 061 5 189 33 258 29 889 44 430
Cobalt 11 394 4 748 64 – 8 660 24 866
Copper 1 508 192 125 703 6 540 51 479 761 320 2 453 234
Gold 2 099 070 426 174 15 287 415 4 186 643 6 999 317
Iron and steel 10 534 198 1 634 885 608 862 611 063 3 401 864 16 790 872
Iron ore 299 305 2 680 . . . 24 921 302 930
Lead 324 919 22 074 2 702 16 950 69 608 436 253
Magnesium and magnesium compounds 62 841 6 544 2 209 1 704 78 192 151 490
Molybdenum 80 759 876 7 3 2 860 84 505
Nickel 152 592 66 982 5 624 251 282 194 507 643
Platinum group 104 025 45 048 26 . . . 121 906 271 005
Silver 423 412 117 028 757 85 874 629 139 1 256 210
Tin 18 339 2 272 1 553 719 43 468 66 351
Titanium 59 194 13 243 1 717 2 134 33 302 109 590
Uranium and thorium 75 662 40 085 . . . – 543 681 659 428
Zinc 200 774 18 424 95 18 306 64 192 301 791
Other metals 5 804 845 1 004 433 235 576 776 774 2 814 084 10 635 712
Total metals 24 359 348 3 748 809 870 937 1 873 439 14 751 066 45 603 598
NONMETALS
Barite and witherite 7 020 274 10 – 4 946 12 250
Cement 282 508 18 537 830 1 664 61 233 364 772
Chrysotile (asbestos) 83 059 3 303 5 240 3 228 20 045 114 875
Clay and clay products 299 978 199 654 19 350 53 545 491 967 1 064 494
Graphite 233 580 63 693 29 550 2 783 91 916 421 522
Gypsum 154 382 647 84 1 424 1 654 158 191
Lime 9 743 108 5 3 118 9 977
Mica 6 228 1 192 604 12 1 168 9 204
Nepheline syenite 35 – – – – 35
Peat 4 010 700 – – 3 751 8 461
Potash and potassium compounds 50 854 3 644 462 199 13 602 68 761
Salt and sodium compounds 302 031 22 574 320 10 038 104 905 439 868
Sand and gravel 15 723 60 1 61 951 16 796
Silica and silica compounds 100 900 18 918 5 371 372 14 535 140 096
Stone 63 858 65 309 32 2 059 191 284 322 542
Sulphur and sulphur compounds 23 520 379 27 203 943 25 072
Talc, soapstone and pyrophyllite 11 881 450 140 – 420 12 891
Titanium oxides 136 009 10 991 2 296 12 476 10 680 172 452
Other nonmetals 3 291 301 482 592 44 131 98 328 1 108 058 5 024 410
Total nonmetals 5 076 620 893 025 108 453 186 395 2 122 176 8 386 669
FUELS
Coal and coke 867 942 18 525 225 43 299 925 1 186 660
Natural gas 3 152 016 107 12 – 131 594 3 283 729
Natural gas by–products 120 022 217 . . . – 2 385 122 624
Petroleum 7 100 515 4 832 389 34 401 454 921 17 954 850 30 377 076
Other fuels  598 225 42 860 4 605 1 581 35 761 683 032
Total fuels 11 838 720 4 894 098 39 243 456 545 18 424 515 35 653 121
Total mining imports 41 274 688 9 535 932 1 018 633 2 516 380 35 297 757 89 643 388

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; . . . Amount too small to be expressed.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Countries under the European Union EU-27 include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, and the United Kingdom (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey).