| Arsenic Production, tons b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973(p) |
| Brazil | 328 | 163 | 181 | 76 |
| Canada | 71 | 50 | 30 | — |
| France | 11,236 | 8,844 | 10,000(e) | 10,000 |
| Germany, West | 408 | 40 | 491 | 520(e) |
| Japan | 974 | 1,054 | 471 | 500(e) |
| Mexico | 10,075 | 12,658 | 5,618 | 4,828 |
| Peru | 851 | 723 | 1,123 | 1,200(e) |
| Portugal | 209 | 205 | 15 | 22 |
| South-West Africa, Territory of c | 4,478 | 4,080 | 2,612 | 8,981 |
| Sweden | 18,078 | 19,290 | 17,857 | 18,200(e) |
| U.S.S.R.(e) | 7,880 | 7,880 | 7,940 | 7,990 |
| United States | w | w | w | w |
| Total, excluding United States | 54,588 | 54,987 | 46,338 | 52,317 |
Derived from Minerals Yearbook 1973, “white arsenic (arsenic trioxide).” 812 (p.1360) Including calculated trioxide equivalent for output reported as elemental arsenic and arsenic compounds other than trioxide. In addition to countries listed, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, People's Republic of China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Finland, Hungary, Southern Rhodesia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia have produced arsenic or arsenic compounds in previous years, but information is inadequate to ascertain whether such production has continued and, if so, to what extent.
2,000-lb tons; to convert to metric (1,000-kg) tons, or tonnes, multiply by 0.907.
Output of Tsumeb Corp., Ltd., for year ending June 30; values given are for white arsenic equivalent of reported black arsenic production.
p = preliminary
e = estimated
w = withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data
From: 3, Distribution of Arsenic in the Environment
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