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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.