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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Top
transformed minerals - in order of mass produced
Top transformed minerals, Annual production (mass of Cumulative percentage of
in order of mass produced contained virgin material) total
production
Cement (Portland)
1700 Mt 73.5%
Iron metal (steel) 550 Mt 97.2%
Aluminium metal 25 Mt 98.3%
Copper metal 13 Mt 98.9%
Zinc metal 8.4 Mt 99.3%
Manganese - total metallic content1 6.8 Mt 99.5%
Lead metal 3.0 Mt 99.7%
Chromium - total metallic content1 2.9 Mt 99.8%
Titanium in titanium dioxide pigment 2.6 Mt 99.9%
Nickel - total metallic content 1.2 Mt
Nickel metal (included in total
nickel) 0.7 Mt
1: Majority of manganese and chromium
values are included with steel as alloying elements