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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

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