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Worldwide production of base metals by type 2007-2017

Worldwide base metal production from 2007 to 2017, by commodity type (in million metric tons)

The data describes the total world production of selected base metals between 2007 and 2017. In 2007, approx. 38.2 million metric tons of primary aluminum were produced for the world market. Base metals refer to non-ferrous metals excluding precious metals.

2007 1.63 3.3 10.9 15.6 38.2 80
2012 2.26 4.7 12.8 16.8 48.3 103
2017 2.07 5.2 13.7 20.8 63.1 134