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1996 - 2009 ($000 Canadian)

2009f 2008e 2007p 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Metals Antimony 12,910 4,767 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 704 312 0 Cobalt 47,481 131,305 35,193 23,557 8,441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Copper 277,677 475,035 364,606 175,572 25,906 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,097 16,281 Gold 16,072 3,613 2,181 0 0 8,179 19,927 23,107r 17,958 19,678 16,633 19,388 42,121 47,827 Iron Ore 1,829,815 2,242,905 1,157,858 1,346,989 1,286,771 635,923 720,427 728,909 691,626 764,109 623,405 1,026,517 919,409 799,331 Magnetite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,500 10,500 Nickel 728,072 1,709,784 2,144,742 1,004,991 182,602 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silver 5,612 5,434 4,812 0 0 26 49 54r 75 137 138 159 107 325 Zinc 33,056 31,316 50,318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Metals 2,950,695 4,604,159 3,759,710 2,551,109 1,503,720 644,128 740,403 752,070 709,659 783,924 640,383 1,046,768 967,546 874,264 Non-metals Asbestos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 388 Barite 1,825 132 607 709 135 0 0 0 0 0 36 530 0 0 Brick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 300 358 228 Cement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,915 10,700 9,218 8,617 8,500 Dolomite * 13,034 14,245 10,889 9,567 8,706 6,549 7,938 11,455 7,834 9,498 7,179 7,484 8,193 3,533 Gypsum 150 222 459 450 450 522 517 531 464 558 948 264 207 273 Limestone * 7,625 6,048 8,249 8,863 7,614 7,291 6,542 6,090 2,815 6,925 5,369 5,301 4,139 3,338 Peat 865 813 599 620 821 919 941 894 813 817r 1,172 964 873 1,035 Pyrophyllite 2,400 0 19 0 77 94 165 280r 0 5 45 0 0 4 Sand & Gravel 7,481 7,957 7,802 9,047 9,977 7,670 7,541 8,892r 11,719 10,528 9,904 17,764 11,719 11,269 Silica 0 2,052 2,052 2,394 1,815 1,815 1,815 1,980 2,178 2,640 0 0 0 0 Stone (aggregate)* 10,949 11,647 11,413 13,355 11,333 9,610 6,449 7,519 11,575r 9,683 4,931 3,250 3,064 3,654 Stone (dimension) 7,174 5,193 5,065 5,267 5,797 5,316 4,085 5,843 7,089r 4,713 3,057 3,952 5,422 4,845 Total Non-metals 51,503 48,309 47,154 50,272 46,725 39,786 35,993 43,484 44,487 52,282 43,641 49,027 42,592 37,067   Total Shipments 3,002,198 4,652,468 3,806,864 2,601,381 1,550,445 683,914 776,396 795,554 754,146 836,206 684,024 1,095,795 1,010,138 911,331

f: forecast; r: revised; e: estimate; p: preliminary. * Stone (aggregate) does not include dolomite or limestone aggregate. Dolomite and limestone include aggregate and non-aggregate end uses. Sources: 1996 to 2006 - Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Canada; 2007p, 2008e and 2009f - Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Last updated: Thursday, February 26, 2009

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