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TABLE 3.1
RESERVES AND EXTRACTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS
(000 tonnes)

Antimony (tonnes)

Argonite/ Marble

China Clay

Celestite (tonnes)

Chromite

Coal

Dolomite (tonnes)

Fire Clay

Fullers Earth

Gypsum Anhydrite

Lime Stone

Reserves/ years

Very large Deposits

4.9million tons

..

fairly large Deposits

185 billion tonnes

Very large Deposits

Over 100million tons

fairly large Deposits

350 million tons

Very large Deposits

1990-91

128

281

44

1773

24

3054

154591

120

23

468

9009

1991-92

-

321

42

1069

28

3627

180987

139

21

471

8528

1992-93

5

388

37

1682

23

3256

220241

132

23

533

9015

1993-94

3

460

48

4398

11

3534

228090

116

17

666

9125

1994-95

-

467

31

1403

13

3043

227079

152

15

620

9682

1995-96

-

458

43

762

27

3638

185115

112

18

420

9740

1996-97

-

459

66

812

35

3496

215556

110

12

522

9491

1997-98

-

345

68

961

35

3145

116046

94

18

307

11166

1998-99

-

412

67

642

18

3378

198831

153

16

242

9467

Jul-Mar

1998-99

-

291

54

486

22

2314

102859

61

11

160

8719

1999-2000 P*

-

364

46

698

16

2289

198265

98

14

217

8245


Magnesite(tonnes)

Rock Salt

Silica Sand

Ochre (tonnes)

Sulphur (tonnes)

Soap Stone

Baryte

Bauxite/ Latente (tonnes)

Iron Ore (tonnes)

Crude Oil (m. barrels)

Natural Gas (000 m.cu.mtr.)

Reserves Years

Over 100 million

Very large deposits

..

0.8 million tons

0.6 million tons

5 million tons

Over 74 million tons

Over 430 million tons

184 million US barrels

492 billion cu. metre

1990-91

4,242

736

143

1,285

295

32

26

24,644

318

23.49

14.66

1991-92

6,333

833

132

1,001

215

37

30

21,818

937

22.47

15.57

1992-93

5,047

895

158

1,000

510

48

26

18,682

1,922

21.90

16.50

1993-94

7,000

916

169

745

715

44

18

34,984

3,792

20.68

17.65

1994-95

5,227

890

152

4,623

510

34

20

32,214

8,103

19.86

17.77

1995-96

14,981

958

184

8,081

20

40

14

19,554

6,046

21.05

18.85

1996-97

6,679

1,066

155

2,047

640

45

30

33,583

4,575

21.27

19.73

1997-98

3,397

971

135

3,147

22,458

49

30

28,366

5,500

20.54

19.82

1998-99

3,455

1190

158

4080

19103

61

18

41362

38151

19.95

20.92

Jul-Mar
1988-99

2,854

870

90

2,817

13,678

34

20

41,751

17,978

15.18

15.10

1999-2000

3,356

1,027

121

3,634

17,148

34

15

35,741

37,594

15.38

17.23

- Nil or Insignificant
P: Provisional
Source: 1. Federal Bureau of Statistics.
2. Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan


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