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To: Stephen O who wrote (1359)	1/24/2006 5:47:12 PM
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World's Top Copper Countries by 2005 Output (Table) 2006-01-24 17:12 (New York) By Claudia Carpenter Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a ranking of the world's largest copper-producing countries in 2005 and 2004, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Global copper output rose 2.1 percent to 14.9 million metric tons from 14.6 million tons in 2004. Chile retained its position as the world's largest source of copper in 2005, even though production fell 1.7 percent, according to the Geological Survey, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Identified and undiscovered copper resources in the U.S. are 550 million tons, more than double previous estimates, according to the Geological Survey's annual mineral commodity summary on copper. ``By extension, global land-based resources are expected to be much larger than the previously published estimate of 1.6 billion tons,'' according to the report. There are another 700 million tons of copper in ``deep-sea nodules.'' T (in thousands of metric tons) Rank Country 2005 2004 % Change 1. (1) Chile 5,320 5,410 - 1.7 2. (2) U.S. 1,150 1,160 - 0.9 3. (5) Indonesia 1,050 840 + 25 4. (3) Peru 1,000 1,040 - 3.8 5. (4) Australia 930 854 + 8.9 6. (6) Russia 675 675 -- 7. (7) China 640 620 + 3.2 8. (8) Canada 580 564 + 2.8 9 (9) Poland 530 531 - 0.2 10 (11) Zambia 450 427 + 5.4 T See minerals.usgs.gov for a link to individual commodity data sheets, including copper. In the table, n/a means data not available. --Editor: Enoch