Salient Lead Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT LEAD STATISTICS¹

		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010
United States:
Production:
Mine, recoverable lead content:²
Quantity	metric tons	419,000		434,000		399,000		395,000		356,000
Value-----------------------------	thousands	$715,000		$1,180,000		$1,060,000		$757,000		$854,000
Primary lead, refined content, domestic ores and base bullion-	metric tons	153,000		123,000		135,000		103,000		115,000
Secondary lead, lead content	do.	1,160,000		1,180,000		1,140,000		1,110,000		1,140,000
Exports, lead content:
Lead ore and concentrates-	do.	298,000		300,000		277,000		287,000		299,000
Lead materials, excluding scrap-	do.	68,500		56,500		74,800		82,000		83,500
Imports for consumption, lead content:
Lead in base bullion-	do.	539		1,990		2,740		844		602
Lead in pigs and bars	do.	331,000		263,000		309,000		251,000		271,000
Stocks, December 31, lead content:
Primary lead-	do.	W		W		W		W		W
At consumers and secondary smelters-	do.	56,000	^r	51,600	^r	72,500		63,300		64,600
Consumption of metal, primary and secondary, lead content	do.	1,490,000		1,570,000		1,440,000		1,290,000		1,430,000
Price:
-- North American Producer average, delivered³	cents per pound	77.40		123.84		120.33		86.87		108.91
London Metal Exchange, pure lead, cash average³	do.	58.00		117.00		94.79		77.95		97.42
World:
Production, gross weight:
Mine-------------------------------	metric tons	3,630,000	^r	3,720,000	^r	3,880,000	^r	3,900,000	^r	4,140,000
Primary refinery^{---------------------------}------------------------------------------------------------------	do.	3,690,000	^r	3,660,000	^r	3,980,000	^r	3,860,000	^r	4,200,000
Secondary refinery------------------------	do.	4,200,000	^r	4,420,000	^r	4,600,000	^r	4,860,000	^r	5,090,000
^rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices.
²Lead recoverable after smelting and refining. Data in table 13 represent lead in concentrate.
³Platts Metals Week.