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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||
| LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Algeria, secondarye | 6,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Argentina: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 10,567 | 11,011 | 11,111 | r | 10,200 | r | 11,000 | e | |||
| Secondary | 33,000 | 30,300 | 48,000 | r | 35,000 | r, e | 35,000 | e | |||
| Total | 43,567 | 41,311 | 59,111 | r | 45,200 | r | 46,000 | e | |||
| Australia: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 268,000 | r | 270,000 | r | 232,000 | r | 230,000 | r | 233,000 | e | |
| Secondary | 36,000 | r | 25,000 | r | 36,000 | r | 33,000 | r | 27,000 | e | |
| Total | 304,000 | r | 295,000 | r | 268,000 | r | 263,000 | r | 260,000 | e | |
| Austria, secondarye | 21,000 | 18,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 22,000 | ||||||
| Belgium:e | |||||||||||
| Primary4 | 68,000 | 45,000 | 43,000 | 63,400 | r | 34,000 | |||||
| Secondary | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Total | 88,000 | 65,000 | 63,000 | 83,400 | r | 54,000 | |||||
| Bolivia | 100 | e | 50 | r | 84 | r | 33 | r | 500 | e | |
| Brazil, secondary | 50,000 | e, 5 | 128,610 | r | 137,121 | r | 104,904 | r, p | 110,000 | e | |
| Bulgaria:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 57,000 | 74,000 | r | 69,000 | r | 80,800 | r | 64,700 | |||
| Secondary | 9,000 | 9,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | r | 10,000 | |||||
| Total | 66,000 | 83,000 | r | 79,000 | r | 90,800 | r | 74,700 | |||
| Burma, primary | 425 | 888 | 289 | 907 | r | 900 | e | ||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 136,896 | 118,506 | 131,717 | r | 109,795 | r | 110,000 | p | |||
| Secondary | 114,664 | 104,927 | 109,453 | r | 119,613 | r | 125,000 | p | |||
| Total | 251,560 | 223,433 | 241,170 | r | 229,408 | r | 235,000 | p | |||
| China:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 1,100,000 | 1,290,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,870,000 | 2,140,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 230,000 | 290,000 | 430,000 | 537,000 | r | 600,000 | |||||
| Total | 1,330,000 | 1,580,000 | 1,930,000 | 2,410,000 | r | 2,740,000 | |||||
| Colombia, secondarye | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Czech Republic, secondarye | 29,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| El Salvador, secondary | 8,000 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | e | 10,000 | e | ||||
| Estonia, secondary | -- | -- | 3,000 | 7,000 | e | 7,000 | e | ||||
| France:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 76,000 | 14,000 | -- | -- | 4,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 128,000 | 102,000 | r | 105,000 | r | 107,000 | r | 100,000 | |||
| Total | 204,000 | 116,000 | r | 105,000 | r | 107,000 | r | 104,000 | |||
| Germany: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 141,202 | 132,155 | 115,869 | 118,778 | r | 110,000 | e | ||||
| Secondary | 238,700 | 224,700 | r | 243,304 | 229,332 | r | 220,000 | ||||
| Total | 379,902 | 356,855 | r | 359,173 | 348,110 | r | 330,000 | ||||
| Greece, secondary | 5,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | e | 5,000 | e | ||||
| India:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 74,200 | r | 77,500 | r | 40,000 | r | 56,000 | r | 77,100 | ||
| Secondary | 35,000 | r | 41,000 | r | 25,000 | r | 35,000 | r | 35,000 | ||
| Total | 109,000 | r | 119,000 | r | 65,000 | r | 91,000 | r | 112,000 | ||
| Indonesia, secondary | 17,000 | 18,500 | r | 20,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 | |||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 14�Continued | |||||||||||
| LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Iran:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 12,000 | 11,342 | 6 | 17,857 | 6 | 21,000 | r | 25,000 | |||
| Secondary | 39,000 | 47,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Total | 51,000 | 58,342 | 6 | 67,857 | 6 | 71,000 | r | 75,000 | |||
| Ireland, secondarye | 7,000 | 9,000 | 19,600 | r | 20,000 | 22,000 | |||||
| Israel, secondary | 22,000 | 25,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 | e | 27,000 | e | ||||
| Italy:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 75,000 | 48,000 | 40,000 | r | 49,500 | r | 35,000 | ||||
| Secondary | 130,000 | 166,000 | 162,000 | r | 162,000 | r | 156,000 | ||||
| Total | 205,000 | 214,000 | 202,000 | r | 212,000 | r | 191,000 | ||||
| Japan: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 107,744 | 105,460 | 94,272 | 106,638 | 108,271 | ||||||
| Secondary | 178,016 | 189,831 | 188,603 | 167,980 | 171,143 | ||||||
| Total | 285,760 | 295,291 | 282,875 | 274,618 | 279,414 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan, primary and secondary | 161,800 | 133,200 | 157,000 | e | 131,316 | 125,000 | |||||
| Kenya, secondary | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | e | 1,000 | e | ||||
| Korea, North, primary and secondarye | 6,000 | 7,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 178,722 | 169,297 | 173,609 | 180,784 | r | 180,784 | |||||
| Secondarye | 63,900 | 60,000 | 55,780 | r, 6 | 55,800 | r | 56,000 | ||||
| Total | 242,622 | 229,297 | 229,389 | r | 236,584 | r | 236,784 | ||||
| Macedonia:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 19,000 | 6,000 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Secondary | 1,000 | 4,000 | r | 300 | 300 | 200 | |||||
| Total | 20,000 | 10,000 | r | 300 | 300 | 200 | |||||
| Malaysia, secondarye, 7 | 40,000 | 57,000 | 54,000 | 71,000 | 73,000 | ||||||
| Mexico: | |||||||||||
| Primary8 | 128,241 | 137,482 | 107,414 | r | 116,539 | r | 120,000 | e | |||
| Secondarye | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||
| Total | 238,241 | 247,482 | 217,414 | r | 226,539 | r | 230,000 | e | |||
| Morocco: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 71,840 | 61,473 | 35,000 | 35,000 | e | 38,000 | e | ||||
| Secondarye | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 6 | 3,000 | |||||
| Total | 74,840 | 64,473 | 38,000 | 39,000 | e | 41,000 | e | ||||
| Netherlands, secondarye | 25,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 20,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
| New Zealand, secondarye | 9,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Nigeria, secondarye | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Pakistan, secondarye | 2,100 | r | 2,330 | r | 3,000 | 3,200 | r | 3,100 | |||
| Peru, primary | 119,588 | 112,289 | 118,970 | r | 122,079 | 120,311 | |||||
| Philippines, secondarye | 26,000 | 6 | 27,000 | 6 | 29,000 | 30,000 | r | 30,000 | |||
| Poland:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 32,000 | r | 32,000 | r | 32,000 | r | 28,000 | r | 28,000 | ||
| Secondary | 35,800 | 42,000 | r | 42,000 | r | 59,600 | r | 59,600 | |||
| Total | 67,800 | r | 74,000 | r | 74,000 | r | 87,600 | r | 87,600 | ||
| Portugal, secondarye | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 14�Continued | |||||||||||
| LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Romania:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 26,000 | 23,100 | 32,600 | r | 32,900 | r | 28,100 | ||||
| Secondary | 3,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Total | 29,000 | 28,100 | 35,600 | r | 35,900 | r | 31,100 | ||||
| Russia, primary and secondarye | 60,350 | 6 | 66,000 | 70,000 | 66,000 | 78,000 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia, secondary | 17,000 | 25,000 | 32,000 | 36,000 | 38,000 | e | |||||
| Serbia and Montenegro, primarye, 9 | 170 | 500 | r | 800 | r | 700 | r | 700 | |||
| Slovenia, secondarye | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| South Africa, secondary | 61,000 | 64,900 | 64,100 | 65,300 | r | 67,000 | e | ||||
| Spain, secondarye | 116,000 | 102,000 | 105,000 | 110,000 | r | 131,000 | |||||
| Sweden:e | |||||||||||
| Primary | 28,000 | 24,200 | 21,500 | r, 6 | 27,400 | 26,000 | |||||
| Secondary | 37,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 | 6 | 45,600 | 40,000 | |||||
| Total | 65,000 | 76,200 | 73,500 | r, 6 | 73,000 | 66,000 | |||||
| Switzerland, secondarye | 9,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,600 | 6 | |||||
| Taiwan, secondary | 55,000 | 56,000 | 56,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
| Thailand, secondary | 42,900 | 45,300 | 57,500 | 61,200 | r | 61,200 | e | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago, secondarye | 1,600 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Turkey, secondarye | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Ukraine, secondarye | 12,000 | 7,000 | 15,000 | r | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates, secondarye | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 207,719 | r | 195,000 | r | 125,938 | r | 161,000 | r | 163,000 | ||
| Secondary | 166,927 | r | 169,574 | r | 120,000 | 143,000 | r | 144,000 | |||
| Total | 374,646 | r | 364,574 | r | 245,938 | r | 304,000 | r | 307,000 | ||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 262,000 | 245,000 | 148,000 | 143,000 | 153,000 | ||||||
| Secondary | 1,100,000 | r | 1,140,000 | 1,130,000 | r | 1,150,000 | r | 1,160,000 | |||
| Total | 1,360,000 | r | 1,380,000 | 1,280,000 | r | 1,300,000 | r | 1,310,000 | |||
| Venezuela, secondarye | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Zambia, secondarye | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Grand total | 6,800,000 | r | 6,980,000 | r | 7,070,000 | r | 7,700,000 | r | 8,030,000 | ||
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 3,200,000 | r | 3,200,000 | r | 3,090,000 | r | 3,560,000 | r | 3,810,000 | ||
| Secondary | 3,370,000 | 3,570,000 | r | 3,740,000 | r | 3,930,000 | r | 4,010,000 | |||
| Undifferentiated | 228,000 | 206,000 | 236,000 | r | 206,000 | r | 213,000 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through July 26, 2007. Data included represent the total output of refined lead by each country, whether derived� | |||||||||||
| from ores and concentrates (primary) or scrap (secondary), and include the lead content of antimonial lead but exclude, to the extent possible, | |||||||||||
| �simple remelting of scrap. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Egypt and Iraq produced secondary lead, but output is not officially reported; available general information� | |||||||||||
| is inadequate for the formulation of reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Derived by calculating reported total lead output plus exports of lead bullion minus imports of lead bullion. | |||||||||||
| 5Source: Lead and Zinc Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, v. 42, no. 6, June 2002. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7Metal Reclamation Industries' secondary lead smelter is receiving some primary mine concentrates from the Magellan Mine (Australia). The� | |||||||||||
| ore minerals are lead oxides and can be smelted at a secondary smelter. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 14�Continued | |||||||||||
| LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| 8Includes lead content in antimonial lead. | |||||||||||
| 9In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. Mineral production data for� | |||||||||||
| 2006, however, still reflect the unified country. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program