Salient Copper Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT COPPER STATISTICS ¹

(Metric tons, unless otherwise specified)

			2006	2007	2008		2009		2010
United States:											-
Mine production:
Ore concentrated	thousand metric tons		163,000	138,000	156,000		149,000		152,000
Average yield of concentrated ore	percent		0.40	0.46	0.50		0.46		0.43
Recoverable copper:
Arizona			712,000	731,000	836,000		711,000		703,000
New Mexico			113,000	108,000	104,000		56,500		52,700
Other States			372,000	329,000	368,000		414,000		353,000
Total			1,200,000	1,170,000	1,310,000		1,180,000		1,110,000
Total value	millions	-	$8,310	$8,450	$9,200		$6,290		$8,520
Smelter production:
Primary and secondary			501,000	617,000	574,000		597,000		601,000
Byproduct sulfuric acid, sulfur content	thousand metric tons		576	720	655		671		682	^e
Refinery production:
Primary materials:
Electrolytic from domestic ores			531,000	702,000	603,000		588,000		606,000
Electrolytic from foreign materials			144,000	62,100	109,000		48,300		21,000
Electrowon			530,000	504,000	507,000		476,000		430,000
Total			1,210,000	1,270,000	1,220,000		1,110,000		1,060,000
Secondary materials (scrap), electrolytic and fire refined			44,800	46,000	53,800		46,400		37,700
Grand total			1,250,000	1,310,000	1,270,000		1,160,000		1,090,000
Secondary copper produced:
Recovered from new scrap			819,000	767,000	697,000		639,000	^r	641,000
Recovered from old scrap			151,000	158,000	156,000		138,000	^r	131,000
Total			969,000	925,000	852,000		777,000	^r	772,000
Copper sulfate production			19,500	22,600	22,000		22,400		23,400
Exports, refined			106,000	51,100	36,500		80,800		78,300
Imports, refined			1,070,000	829,000	724,000		664,000		605,000
Stocks, December 31:
Blister and in-process material			18,800	26,300	24,100		15,500		21,100
Refined copper:
Refineries			28,100	21,800	18,300		23,700		10,300
Wire-rod mills			21,500	20,600	31,700		25,300		19,700
Brass mills			34,500	10,400	8,340		7,610		6,400
Other industry			3,280	3,220	3,230		4,290		4,380
COMEX			30,900	13,500	31,300		90,000		58,600
London Metal Exchange (LME), U.S. warehouses			75,600	60,600	106,000		283,000		284,000
Total			194,000	130,000	199,000		434,000		384,000
Consumption:
Refined copper, reported			2,110,000	2,140,000	2,020,000		1,650,000		1,760,000
Apparent consumption, primary refined and old scrap²			2,200,000	2,270,000	1,990,000		1,580,000		1,740,000
Price:
Producer, weighted average	cents per pound		314.75	328.00	319.16		241.24		348.34
COMEX, first position	do.		308.94	322.17	313.35		235.42		342.51
LME, Grade A cash	do.		304.85	322.83	315.47		233.56		341.74
World, production:
Mine	thousand metric tons		15,100	15,500	15,600	^r	15,900		16,000
Smelter	do.		14,100	14,300	14,700		14,900	^r	15,600
Refinery	do.		17,300	17,900	18,300		18,400		19,100
See footnotes at end of table.



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SALIENT COPPER STATISTICS ¹

^eEstimated. ^rRevised. do. Ditto.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices; may not add to totals shown.
²In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, apparent consumption is calculated using general imports of 1,080,000 metric tons (t), 832,000 t,-
-721,000 t, 645,000 t, and 583,000 t, respectively.