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Which Country Produces the Most Mine Zinc?

Zinc (Mine) Production (kt), 2015 or latest

Metals & Mining | February 22, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 50 countries in 2015, China ranked the highest in zinc (mine) production with 4,750 kt followed by Australia and Peru. On the other end of the scale was Slovakia with 0.200 kt, Laos with 2.00 kt and South Korea with 2.07 kt.

Data for more countries are available at Zinc (Mine) Production indicator page.

Zinc (Mine) Production	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Australia	kt															1,234	1,480	1,515	1,541	1,525
Bolivia	kt															431	411	427	390	407
Brazil	kt															173	211	198	164	152
Canada	kt															699	649	623	641	427
China	kt															3,324	3,842	4,050	4,859	5,188
India	kt															678	730	727	760	770
Iran	kt															115	128	138	138	130
Ireland	kt															386	343	344	338	327
Kazakhstan	kt															458	454	429	425	417
Mexico	kt															490	570	632	660	643
Peru	kt															1,513	1,470	1,256	1,281	1,351
Russia	kt															214	214	197	189	193
Sweden	kt															193	199	194	188	177
Turkey	kt															136	196	158	196	195
USA	kt															736	748	769	738	784