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Table 9.8
Energy, minerals and mining

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Energy, minerals and mining: Part 1
  Electricity Coal
Utility generation Industry generation Deliveries to the United States Total available Production Exports
v44174617 v44174625 v44159007 v44159002 v43973931 v43973932
  giga watt hours thousands of metric tonnes
2007 560,712 42,861 49,796 574,126 69,362 30,863
2008 555,754 45,965 57,128 569,955 67,749 31,183
2008  
January 55,240 3,880 4,868 55,982 5,838 2,673
February 52,247 3,675 4,519 52,909 5,677 2,554
March 51,379 3,727 4,919 52,797 6,247 2,923
April 44,730 3,555 5,391 45,345 5,779 2,454
May 41,633 3,888 4,109 44,650 5,774 3,070
June 41,004 3,997 6,093 42,280 5,353 2,805
July 45,041 4,395 6,720 44,662 5,515 2,305
August 44,006 4,108 5,928 43,580 5,997 2,735
September 40,202 3,523 4,217 41,225 5,526 2,696
October 42,844 3,775 3,640 44,943 5,385 2,602
November 44,535 3,722 3,344 46,933 5,634 2,182
December 52,893 3,720 3,380 54,650 5,024 2,184
2009  
January 55,425 3,919 4,093 57,478 4,921 1,640
February 47,651 3,397 3,875 48,560 4,849 1,776
March 48,405 3,604 3,823 49,863 4,919 1,600
April 40,514 3,492 3,541 42,708 4,335 1,890
May 39,501 3,414 4,271 40,011 4,862 2,222
June 38,717 3,646 5,653 38,372 5,237 2,588
July 41,083 3,688 5,541 40,623 5,731 2,856
Energy, minerals and mining: Part 2
  Gypsum shipments Cement production Lime shipments Salt and brine shipments Potash production
v3440 v29505576 v3441 v3445 v3442
  thousands of metric tonnes metric tonnes
2007 7,562 15,078 2,134  11,970  11,085 
2008 5,739 13,672 2,057  14,188  10,507 
2009 .. .. ..  ..  .. 
2007  
December 493 1,081 173 1,375 881
2008  
January 515 690 188 1,450 957
February 369 620 168 1,202 1,006
March 450 812 182 1,064 1,101
April 538 1,076 183 694 1,097
May 557 1,334 190 1,031 1,010
June 606 1,343 184 1,114 891
July 450 1,424 186 1,255 823
August 539 1,397 180 966 716
September 464 1,376 179 1,211 802
October 500 1,541 162 1,458 790
November 400 1,280 126 1,281 701
December 351 780 127 1,461 614
2009  
January 306 471 133 1,579 341
February 241 415 122 1,212 285
March 386 621 123 896 316
April 339 851 116 994 179
May 224 1,025 120 1,034 257
June 305 1,140 129 1,323 233
July 290 1,144 124 1,251 292
August .. 1,164 .. .. ..
September .. .. .. .. ..
October .. .. .. .. ..
November .. .. .. .. ..
December .. .. .. .. ..
Energy, minerals and mining: Part 3
  Metal production
Copper Refined copper Nickel Lead Refined lead
v595 v596 v597 v220 v221
  thousands of metric tonnes
2007 577 453 244 70 95  
2008 583 442 250 88 106  
2007  
July 43 23 15 5 5
August 48 37 20 5 3
September 46 40 22 6 9
October 51 41 21 6 8
November 47 39 19 6 4
December 49 42 23 8 10
2008  
January 43 43 21 8 11
February 44 40 21 7 10
March 48 43 20 8 9
April 47 39 23 8 8
May 48 43 20 8 8
June 48 40 21 9 7
July 48 42 19 8 4
August 54 39 21 9 9
September 51 34 20 9 10
October 54 31 26 5 11
November 47 25 18 4 9
December 51 22 20 5 9
2009  
January 50 36 19 7 10
February 44 34 15 7 9
March 54 30 19 8 10
April 45 35 18 4 8
May 46 20 17 5 9
June 33 19 8 6 9
July 33 26 6 5 7
Energy, minerals and mining: Part 4
  Metal production
Zinc Refined zinc Iron ore 1 Gold Silver Uranium
v222 v223 v591 v229 v224 v593
  thousands of metric tonnes kilogramms
2007 594 807 32,774 102,209 829,246 9,100   
2008 668 764 30,847 95,004 670,366 8,702   
2007  
July 36 68 3,418 7,908 50,638 848
August 51 69 3,312 9,112 66,664 678
September 49 65 2,819 8,495 64,738 605
October 44 70 3,459 8,156 69,975 871
November 57 63 3,592 8,181 71,439 1,256
December 45 71 2,579 9,452 73,311 685
2008  
January 57 70 2,030 7,176 63,844 787
February 45 63 1,952 6,909 54,375 593
March 44 68 1,996 7,261 62,045 701
April 57 57 2,669 6,834 59,179 803
May 55 68 4,012 8,245 60,124 1,115
June 62 64 2,969 8,405 56,744 869
July 52 64 3,196 7,806 53,687 389
August 60 63 3,473 7,394 52,633 791
September 51 68 2,368 8,725 59,780 336
October 60 61 2,751 8,752 51,217 1,076
November 60 56 2,059 7,141 45,085 722
December 64 61 1,370 10,356 51,653 519
2009  
January 54 57 1,637 7,607 59,238 1,152
February 45 52 1,618 8,055 56,566 1,059
March 62 55 2,117 8,738 57,432 796
April 62 53 2,510 7,279 51,142 716
May 53 57 3,352 7,170 46,941 635
June 46 55 1,912 8,345 42,679 695
July 70 56 2,797 7,591 45,466 420
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Shipments.
Note(s):
Monthly data, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality.
Source(s):
Electric power statistics, Client services (613-951-9497). Coal and coke statistics, Client services (613-951-9497). Cement, Client services (613-951-9497). Natural Resources Canada, contact: J. Paquette (613-992-9005). CANSIM tables: 152-0004, 303-0060,127-0002,127-0003,135-0002 and 152-0001.
Date Modified: 2009-10-15

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