MINERAL PRODUCTION
	1987 to 2001
	(Quantity in thousands; value in thousand pesos)
		Unit		1987			1988			1989			1990			1991			1992			1993			1994			1995			1996			1997			1998			1999			2000			2001
	Mineral/Mineral Product	Used		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Quantity	Value		Mineral/Mineral Product
	Total			…	19,506,336		…	22,379,973		…	23,228,802		…	22,368,060		…	24,067,782		…	24,663,872		…	23,439,488		..	24,586,083		..	28,000,703		..	31,079,227		…	33,079,951		…	37,325,481		…	30,555,954		…	30,957,167		…	28,697,532		Total
	Metallics				16,153,089		-	17,636,556		-	17,341,490		-	16,390,945		-	17,045,488		-	14,672,019		-	14,757,028		-	15,126,749		-	15,225,928		-	14,080,070		-	13,593,923		-	16,595,661		-	13,631,928		-	17,477,066		63.4	17,764,668		Metallics
	Precious Metals				9,584,199		-	9,069,460		-	8,133,080		-	7,336,916		65.1	8,311,376		58.4	7,291,803		57.0	8,042,423		57.3	9,089,256		55.5	8,598,597		54.2	9,959,042		53.4	10,000,221		52.3	12,888,178		49.3	10,857,702		61.0	13,922,560		63.4	14,578,965		Precious Metals
	Gold	KG			9,352,272		30.5	8,843,912		30.0	7,937,930		24.6	7,166,119		26.0	8,177,200		25.6	7,189,015		24.9	7,926,153		27.3	8,965,548		27.0	8,484,014		30.2	9,855,311		32.7	9,909,028		34.0	12,763,377		31.1	10,743,925		37.0	13,764,447		33.8	14,382,034		Gold
	Silver	KG		32.8	231,927		54.6	225,548		50.6	195,150		47.1	170,797		39.1	134,175		32.8	102,788		32.0	116,269		30.0	123,708		28.5	114,584		24.0	103,731		20.7	91,192		18.2	124,801		18.2	113,776		24.0	158,112		29.6	196,930		Silver
	Base Metals			53.4	6,568,890		-	8,567,096		-	9,208,410		-	9,054,029			8,734,112			7,380,216			6,714,605			6,037,493		-	6,627,330		-	4,121,028		-	3,593,703		-	3,710,740		-	2,774,226		-	3,554,506		-	3,185,703		Base Metals
	Chromite:																																																Chromite:
	Chemical Grade	DMT		19.8	26,594		15.2	22,239		18.4	29,709		20.2	32,637		19.8	36,457		9.9	19,272		1.6	960		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		Chemical Grade
	Metallurgical Concentrate	DMT		48.5	99,956		36.4	88,180		31.1	64,587		25.0	74,385		18.8	36,425		14.0	14,616		4.2	4,029		1.0	1,126		13.3	22,468		31.5	52,530		26.9	49,805		12.6	30,339		14.4	28,860		0.0	-		2.3	4,360		Metallurgical Concentrate
	Metallurgical Ore	DMT		21.4	23,863		31.4	35,004		127.2	148,470		117.2	137,494		89.6	122,198		30.9	39,135		9.7	16,307		10.9	23,542		22.0	45,351		17.2	44,866		17.0	48,870		9.9	33,760		3.1	9,077		0.0	903		0.0	0		Metallurgical Ore
	Refractory Ore	DMT		99.0	124,706		87.9	159,316		93.0	184,639		100.9	208,643		82.5	207,464		39.3	61,920		49.5	80,054		64.1	115,239		66.8	175,003		67.9	179,708		54.2	188,380		19.7	99,938		-	-		21.0	72,533		25.7	93,778		Refractory Ore
	Cobalt Metal	MT		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		Cobalt Metal
	Copper:																																																Copper:
	Concentrate	DMT		817.6	6,141,259		824.2	7,952,916		743.6	7,948,106		698.2	7,890,603		572.3	7,676,529		491.7	6,641,471		526.2	6,261,898		435.3	5,521,403		399.0	5,786,382		256.5	3,364,288		187.6	2,792,220		177.9	2,753,486		151.2	2,146,946		130.0	2,336,040		96.0	1,568,539		Concentrate
	Metal	MT		214.1			216.5			191.9	-		180.5	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		37.6	-		31.9	-		-	-		Metal
	Iron Ore	MT		-			-	-		6.5	281		8.2	390		7.3	475		7.4	445		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		11.8	347		-	-		3.2	268		6.0	566		4.3	449		Iron Ore
	Manganese	DMT		0.4	178		2.3	846		3.0	601		15.0	23,814		4.1	6,245		13.7	7,418		1.2	587		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		Manganese
	Nickel																																																Nickel
	Beneficiated Ore	DMT		367.8	145,230		444.6	293,858		658.4	812,043		608.1	686,063		557.2	648,318		593.9	595,938		346.9	350,771		429.0	376,183		647.3	598,126		656.7	479,636		814.3	514,081		959.9	793,217		634.3	589,075		1,023.0	1,144,464		1,282.7	1,518,577		Beneficiated Ore
	Metal	MT		8.5			10.4	-		15.4	-		15.8	-		13.7	-		14.0	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		16.2	-		-	-		Metal
	Non-metallics				3,353,247		-	4,743,417		-	5,887,312		-	5,977,115		-	7,022,294		-	9,991,853		-	8,682,460		-	9,459,334		-	12,774,776		-	16,999,156		-	19,486,028		-	20,729,820		-	16,924,026		-	13,480,101		-	10,932,865		Non-metallics
	Coal	MT		1,169.2	931,030		1,335.7	1,028,479		1,344.7	1,042,124		1,246.8	1,059,760		1,307.0	1,420,754		1,665.2	1,828,390		1,581.8	1,581,873		1,345.6	1,297,845		1,265.7	1,265,726		955.6	955,631		1,078.7	1,186,519		1,157.3	1,273,034		1,273,034.0	1,204,979		1,353.0	1,218,108		1,229.8	983,858		Coal
	Salt	MT		466.4	412,647		492.1	1,043,395		488.7	1,800,842		490.4	1,802,736		492.9	2,178,437		495.8	2,193,986		535.5	3,128,136		530.8	3,541,924		612.9	3,850,664		618.5	6,078,186		686.5	7,250,251		727.8	7,685,788		704.3	5,980,000		590.0	3,892,000		237.0	2,305,884		Salt
	Silica Sand	MT		213.4	37,844		187.0	36,341		191.4	17,051		256.1	18,486		275.0	28,829		744.5	57,065		103.0	17,016		130.2	26,680		117.9	14,736		30.7	4,268		20.5	2,754		16.1	1,893		27.3	3,666		71.0	7,575		60.4	9,315		Silica Sand
	Sand and Gravel	Cu. M		13,782.7	1,391,984		14,842.3	1,706,861		15,140.1	2,074,197		15,672.7	2,194,174		15,676.6	2,257,429		15,786.6	2,399,562		16,692.7	3,389,094		16,477.8	4,050,103		28,155.1	6,600,683		37,446.3	8,733,075		40,030.1	10,061,713		35,626.8	8,945,316		32,420.3	8,139,000		30,248.0	5,625,860		28,130.8	5,341,478		Sand and Gravel
	Others				453,963		-	592,260		-	746,500		-	683,505		-	838,595		-	2,580,493		-	244,616		-	245,489		-	539,102		-	466,610		40,030.1	175,298		-	323,434		-	724,000		-	1,273,775		-	850,254		Others
	Cement Raw Materials																																																Cement Raw Materials
	Limestone	MT		3,926.3	93,584		3,600.2	287,660		3,859.5	150,409		3,818.1	139,244		5,384.3	215,247		10,225.1	750,907		5,355.7	267,642		19,945.2	243,234		6,680.9	459,178		6,709.8	645,405		10,216.3	705,619		27,713.7	2,405,242		12,590.8	800,564		20,427.0	1,320,781		19,826.6	1,300,115		Limestone
	Shale Clay	MT		522.6	9,220		860.0	38,700		858.7	32,350		758.2	27,602		808.1	31,707		1,496.8	78,756		647.5	23,294		802.5	29,488		823.7	30,164		997.8	69,768		1,126.0	66,644		917.9	50,747		985.8	47,588		1,263.0	63,100		1,366.1	71,062		Shale Clay
	Silica Sand	MT		101.2	13,388		125.0	8,843		397.1	22,239		305.6	27,608		257.5	28,895		1,142.0	102,695		225.7	30,789		192.9	24,571		127.2	14,524		299.9	46,213		212.3	37,230		317.6	44,367		205.0	24,229		574.0	78,902		342.4	70,899		Silica Sand
	Gypsum	MT		16.3	9,587		2.2	878		2.0	1,600		30.0	24,000		28.0	22,400		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-		Gypsum
	Cement	Bags		83,001.5	(2,900,562)		107,481.4	(3,729,315)		151,243.1	(9,830,799)		160,941.8	(11,060,843)		172,285.4	(14,730,405)		166,673.6	(17,500,728)		199,035.2	(12,539,215)		239,270.0	(18,902,328)		263,843.1	(24,537,410)		310,727.5	(31,694,208)		367,018.9	(33,031,702)		322,196.4	(22,553,751)		313,938.1	(19,938,208)		298,975.0	(23,379,825)		284,458.2	(29,060,251)		Cement
	(   )   Cement in the National Accounts is classified under the manufacturing sector.
	Values for  cement raw materials are considered for total mineral production.
	Source:  Mines and Geosciences Bureau.