32 EU Metals Production in a Global Conte xt 32 1 EU production versus other large metals producers The EU s primary production of nonferrous base metals 20 in 2016 represented 10 of of global metals production in 2016 13 Mt out of 128 Mt For primary base metals production EU s in global share was 6 65 Mt out of 101 Mt and for secondary production this was 24 65 Mt out of 27 Mt The EU still has an important share of primary production as a percentage of global production 4 for aluminium 13 1 for copper 9 37 for lead 9 6 for nick el and 134 for zinc For cobalt and silicon the fgure stands at 10 23 and 9 re spectively 21 EU s production share is particularly high as regards hafnium 4167 selenium 4185 and rhenium 1647 However for a number of metals EU production is less than 1 of global production 22 Figure 5 EU Primary Production as a of W orld Production tonnes Base metals data 2016 Source USGS 2017 W orld Bureau of metals ILZSG Nick el Institute Comtrade I Other metals 23 average for 20102014 Source European Commission 2017a 2017b 20Aluminium Copper L ead Zinc and Nick el 21 Figures for 2016 L ead fgure sourceILZSG Silicon fgure source European Commission 2017b Nick el fgure for 2018 and includes Norway Source INSG Other Sources European Commission 2017b 22Gold at 0 8 Platinum at 0 27 P alladium at 0 19 Bismuth at 0 01 Germanium at 0 33 Manganese at 0 29 Bauxite at 0 85 and 0 for Iridium Ruthenium Rhodium Beryllium Niobium Magnesium Antimony T antalum Scandium Cerium Dysprosium Erbium Europium Gadolinium Holmium lutetium ytterbium thulium L anthanum Neodymium Praseodymium Samarium T erbium and Y ttrium 23Other PGM include Iridium Ruthenium Rhodium Other minor metals include Niobium Magnesium Antimony T antalum Beryllium Aluminium Copper Nick el Zinc Cobalt L ead Tin Gold Silver Platinum P alladium Other PMG Bismuth Chromium Gallium Germanium Indium Rhenium V anadium Hafnium Lithium Manganese Ferromolybdenum Selenium T ellurium Titanium T ungsten Other Minor Metals R ear Earth Metals 3 7 1308 9 78 1338 10 23 426 321 0 8 688 0 27 0 19 0 01 139 882 0 33 694 1647 232 42 00 0 29 405 4185 845 2 76 265 0 0 0 0 The global metals mark et is dominated heavily by China followed by Russia US A A ustralia Chile and South A frica in order of frequency of appearance in T ables 2 3 The predomi nance of China as the top metals producing country for the largest number of metalsores is clear Not only does China top the list in almost every metals production but does so with a large margin China is not only the largest nonferrous metals producer in the world but also t h e largest consumer of the base nonferrous metals copper aluminum zinc lead nick el and tin Name T op Metal Producer Country R ank 13 Primary Aluminium T op Metal Producers China 55 Russia 6 Canada 5 EU Import P artners Norway 21 Russia 20 Iceland 14 Copper T op Metal Producers Smelting China 37 EU 10 Chile 9 T op Metal Producers R efning China 37 EUChile 11 Japan 7 EU Import P artners Chile 26 P eru 23 Brazil 11 Nick el T op Metal Producers China 28 Japan 10 Russia 9 EU Import P artners Russia 32 Norway 13 A ustralia 10 Zinc T op Metal Producers Smelting China 45 South K orea 7 Canada 5 EU Import P artners 24 P eru 31 Namibia 28 Russia 27 L ead T op Metal Producers China 42 US A 9 South K orea 8 EU Import P artners A ustralia 11 Macedonia 11 P eru 9 Tin T op Metal Producers China 51 Indonesia 19 Malaysia 8 R efned Tin EU Import P artners Indonesia 35 P eru 24 Malaysia 9 Selenium refned T op Global Mining Countries Japan 29 Germany 25 Belgium 8 EU Import P artners Brazil 26 Russia 14 Japan 12 T ellurium refned T op Metal Producers R efned China 61 US A 11 Russia 9 EU Import P artners Ukraine 30 China 15 Russia 6 Titanium mined T op Global Mining Countries Canada 21 A ustralia 15 South A frica 12 EU Import P artners Norway 25 Canada 21 South A frica 17 T ungsten mined T op Global Mining Countries China 79 EU 7 CanadaVietnam Russia 3 EU Import P artners Russia 84 BoliviaVietnam 5 US A 1 T able 2 T op 3 metals producing countries and top 3 EU import partners Sour ce JRC 2017 BGS 2016 Zinc import of refned zinc Source Comtrade 24 Comtrade MET ALS IN A CLIMA TE NEUTRAL EUROPE A 2050 BL UEPRINT 23