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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SALIENT LEAD STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||||
| P | |||||||||||||||
| M | |||||||||||||||
| Q | metric tons | 440,000 | 449,000 | 430,000 | 426,000 | 419,000 | |||||||||
| Value����������������������������� | thousands | $423,000 | $433,000 | $523,000 | $574,000 | $715,000 | |||||||||
| Primary lead, refined, lead content: | |||||||||||||||
| D | metric tons | 262,000 | 245,000 | 148,000 | 143,000 | 153,000 | |||||||||
| F | do. | (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Se | do. | 1,100,000 | 1,140,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,150,000 | r | 1,160,000 | ||||||||
| E | |||||||||||||||
| L | do. | 241,000 | 253,000 | 292,000 | 390,000 | 298,000 | |||||||||
| L | do. | 43,400 | r | 123,000 | 82,600 | 64,600 | 68,500 | ||||||||
| I | |||||||||||||||
| L | do. | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| L | do. | -- | 6 | 3 | 29 | 539 | |||||||||
| L | do. | 210,000 | 175,000 | 197,000 | 298,000 | 331,000 | |||||||||
| St | |||||||||||||||
| P | do. | (4) | W | W | W | W | |||||||||
| At consumers and secondary smelters� | do. | 111,000 | 84,600 | 59,000 | 46,800 | r | 53,700 | ||||||||
| Consumption of metal, primary and secondary, lead content | do. | 1,440,000 | 1,390,000 | 1,480,000 | 1,490,000 | r | 1,560,000 | ||||||||
| P | cents per pound | 43.56 | 43.76 | 55.14 | 61.03 | 77.40 | |||||||||
| World: | |||||||||||||||
| P | |||||||||||||||
| M | metric tons | 2,870,000 | r | 3,160,000 | r | 3,170,000 | r | 3,450,000 | r | 3,470,000 | e | ||||
| Refinery6������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������������������ | do. | 3,430,000 | r | 3,410,000 | r | 3,330,000 | r | 3,770,000 | r | 4,020,000 | e | ||||
| Secondary refinery������������������������ | do. | 3,370,000 | r | 3,570,000 | r | 3,740,000 | r | 3,930,000 | r | 4,010,000 | e | ||||
| Price, London Metal Exchange, pure lead, cash average5 | cents per pound | 20.52 | 23.34 | 40.19 | 44.23 | 58.00 | |||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Lead recoverable after smelting and refining.� Number in table 13 represents lead in concentrate. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Primary lead, refined, lead content: Domestic ores and base bullion." | |||||||||||||||
| 4Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Stocks,� December 31, lead content: At consumers and secondary smelters." | |||||||||||||||
| 5Platts Metals Week. | |||||||||||||||
| 6Primary metal production only; includes secondary metal production, where inseparable. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program