Mining

Argentina: Mining

('000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated)


	2005		2006		2007
Crude petroleum ('000 cu metres)	38,323		38,249		37,175
Natural gas (million cu metres)	48,738		51,665		50,891
Lead ore^*	10	.7	12.1^†		17.0^†
Zinc ore^*	30	.2	29.8^†		27.0^†
Lithium^‡	5	.9	6	.3	6	.7
Silver ore (kg)^*	263,766		245,124^†		255,567^†
Copper ore^*	187	.3	180.1^†		180.2^†
Gold ore (kg)^*^§	27,904		44,131		42,021
Boron	632	.8	533.5^†		669.6^†
Gypsum (crude)	1,073	.3	1,202.8^†		1,226.5^†
Clay (common)	6,373	.7	6,832.2^†		8,429.9^†
Salt	1,845	.6	1,917.7^†		2,357.7^†
Sand:
for construction^§	20,194	.1	21,143	.5	28,381	.3
Silica (glass) sand	461	.2	446.2^†		456.2^†
Limestone	12,267	.0	12,993.4^†		16,152.3^†
Stone (various crushed)^§	11,533	.5	12,692	.4	22,586	.5
Rhodochrosite (kg)	118,200		78,832^†		50,593^†
Gemstones (kg)	80,579		53,355^†		12,745^†

^* Figures refer to the metal content of ores and concentrates

^† Provisional

^‡ Lithium oxide (Li2O) content

^§ Estimates

2008: Crude petroleum 36,523,000 cu m; Natural gas 50,271 million cu m.; 2009: Crude petroleum 36,032,000 cu m; Natural gas 48,417 million cu m.

Citation: Mining (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 04 February 2012 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.32

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