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TABLE 1
SALIENT COPPER STATISTICS1
(Metric tons, copper, unless otherwise specified)
 
        2001   2002   2003   2004   2005  
United States:  
Production:  
Mine:  
Ore concentrated, gross weight thousand metric tons 148,000 104,000 114,000 139,000 154,000
Average yield of copper2 percent 0.48   0.52   0.46   0.38   0.34  
Recoverable copper:  
Arizona   879,000 767,000 741,000 723,000 690,000
Michigan, Montana, Utah   W W W W W
New Mexico   141,000 112,000 87,800 122,000 131,000
Other States   318,000   263,000 287,000 312,000 319,000  
Total   1,340,000 1,140,000   1,120,000   1,160,000   1,140,000
Total value millions $2,270 $1,910 $2,100 $3,420 $4,360
Smelter:  
Primary and secondary, gross weight   919,000 683,000 539,000 542,000 523,000
Byproduct sulfuric acid, sulfur content thousand metric tons 813   695   590   600   575  
Refinery:  
Primary materials:  
Electrolytic from domestic ores   808,000 725,000 532,000 531,000 524,000
Electrolytic from foreign materials   192,000 116,000 130,000 140,000 130,000
Electrowon   628,000   601,000 r 591,000   584,000   554,000  
Total   1,630,000 1,440,000 1,250,000 1,260,000 1,210,000
Secondary materials (scrap), electrolytic and fire refined   172,000 69,900 53,300 50,800 47,200
Total refinery   1,800,000   1,510,000   1,310,000   1,310,000   1,260,000  
Secondary copper:  
Recovered from new scrap   833,000 840,000 737,000 774,000 769,000
Recovered from old scrap   317,000   190,000   207,000   191,000   182,000  
Total   1,150,000 1,030,000 944,000 965,000 951,000
Copper sulfate, gross weight   55,200 49,200 32,100 25,100 25,600
Exports:  
Refined   22,500 26,600 93,300 118,000 39,500
Unmanufactured3   556,000 506,000 703,000 789,000 815,000
Imports:  
Refined   991,000 927,000 882,000 807,000 1,000,000
Unmanufactured3   1,400,000 1,230,000 1,140,000 1,060,000 1,230,000
Stocks, December 31:  
Blister and in-process material   98,000   44,400   56,800   51,400   44,300  
Refined copper:  
Refineries   28,600 11,700 12,100 10,400 8,190
Wire-rod mills   37,600 23,000 29,700 20,300 20,400
Brass mills   25,500 28,700 20,200 21,500 24,500
Other industry   4,860 4,800 4,240 3,230 5,750
New York Commodity Exchange (COMEX)   244,000 362,000 255,000 43,700 6,180
London Metal Exchange (LME), U.S. warehouses   617,000   601,000   335,000   35,000   800  
Total   957,000 1,030,000 656,000 134,000 65,900
Consumption:  
Refined copper, reported   2,620,000 2,370,000 2,290,000 2,410,000 2,270,000
Apparent consumption, primary refined and old scrap4   2,510,000 2,610,000 2,430,000 2,550,000 2,400,000
Price:  
Producer, weighted average cents per pound 76.85 75.80 85.25 133.94 173.49
COMEX, first position do. 72.57 71.67 81.05 128.97 168.23
LME, Grade A cash do. 71.57 70.72 80.68 129.96 166.84
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1�Continued
SALIENT COPPER STATISTICS1
(Metric tons, copper, unless otherwise specified)
 
        2001   2002   2003   2004   2005  
World, production:  
Mine thousand metric tons 13,700 r 13,700 r 13,700 r 14,700 r 15,100 e
Smelter, gross weight do. 12,700 r 12,500 r 12,700 r 12,800 r 13,500 e
Refinery do.   15,700 r 15,500 r 15,300 r 15,900 r 16,600  
eEstimated. rRevised.W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Other States."
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices; may not add to totals shown.
2Yield calculations are for concentrated ore only.
3Includes copper content of alloy scrap.
4In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, apparent consumption is calculated using general imports of 1,200,000 metric tons (t) , 1,060,000 t, 687,000 t,
704,000 t, and 977,000 t, respectively.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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