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Shares of global ore production in 2001. Global ore & waste output 2001. Global mining & quarrying output 2006. Global non-fuel minerals output in 2006. Global minerals production 2004 & 2006. Growth rates of global minerals output. World minerals production 1979-2006.
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Annual changes in global GDP and metals consumption 1970-2006
Returns on capital employed & US ten year bond yields 1977-2005
Consumption of primary aluminium (‘000 tonnes) 1989 19.3Mt 2006 34Mt.
The changing location of copper mining 1975 to 2005 Output grew from 7.35Mt in 1975 to 9Mt in 1990 and 14.8Mt in 2005. Fewer countries now mine copper. Chile has surged to the forefront, and Indonesia, Australia & Peru have also gained. Africa and North America have shrunk in importance.
The changing location of zinc mining 1975 to 2005 In 1975 Canada and the USSR were the main producers of the 6.2 Mt mined. There was a broad spread of other producing countries, especially in Europe. By 2005 China was the leading producer of the 10Mt mined. There were fewer producing countries, and output had fallen in Canada & the former USSR.
The changing location of gold mining 1975 to 2005 In 1975 South Africa and the Soviet Union were the dominant producers of the 1190 tonnes mined. By 2005 production of 2450 tonnes was more evenly spread across a much greater range of countries.