 Sulfur |
| In 2006, Japan produced 3.33 million tonnes of sulfur. Total world production was 65.7 million tonnes. |
| Iron |
| Production of pig iron in Japan in 2006 was 84.270 million tonnes. Total world production of pig iron in 2006 was 925.8 million
tonnes.
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| Cobalt |
| In 2006, Japan produced 920 tonnes of cobalt metal. Total world production of cobalt metal, in 2006, was 53400 tonnes. |
| Nickel |
| Japan's combined smelter/refinery production of nickel in 2006 was 149954 tonnes. Worldwide smelter/refinery production of
nickel in 2006 was 1.337 million tonnes.
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| Copper |
| In 2006, Japan's production of copper by mining was approx. 1000 tonnes, total world production was 15.1 million tonnes. |
| In 2006, Japan produced approx. 1.532 million tonnes of refined copper, total production of refined copper was 17.2 million
tonnes.
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| Gallium |
| Data on world production of primary gallium are unavailable because data on the output of the few producers are considered
to be proprietary.
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| In 2007, world primary production was estimated to be about 80 metric tons. China, Germany, Japan, and Ukraine were the leading producers. |
| Countries with smaller output were Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia. Refined gallium production was estimated to be about 103 metric tons; this figure includes some scrap refining. |
| Gallium was recycled from new scrap in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. |
| Germanium |
| In 2006, Japan produced 2 tonnes of germanium. |
| Arsenic |
| In 2006, Japan produced approx. 40 tonnes of white arsenic (As2O3).
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| Selenium |
| In 2006, Japan was the world's leading producer of selenium, 730 tonnes. |
| Bromine |
| In 2006, Japan was the third largest producer, 20000 tonnes, world wide production was 481 thousand tonnes. |
| Cadmium |
| In 2006, Japan produced 2286 tonnes of cadmium, world production was around 21100 tonnes. |
| Tellurium |
| In 2006, Japan was the world's third largest producer of tellurium with 24 tonnes, world production was around 122 tonnes. |
| Iodine |
| In 2006, Japan produced approx. 8 million tonnes of iodine, around 30% of the world total, making it the world's second largest
producer.
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| Gold |
| In 2006, Japan's mine production of gold was 8.904 tonnes. Total amount of gold mined in 2006 was 2310 tonnes. |
| Lead |
| In 2006, Japan produced 800 tonnes of lead from mining. The total amount of lead mined in 2006 was 3.5 million tonnes. |
| In 2006, Japan's production of refined lead was 280600 tonnes. Total world production of refined lead in 2006 was 8 million
tonnes.
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