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Lead Recovered From Scrap Processed In The United States, By Kind Of Scrap And Form Of Recovery

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TABLE 4
LEAD RECOVERED FROM SCRAP PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES,
BY KIND OF SCRAP AND FORM OF RECOVERY1
(Metric tons, lead content, unless otherwise specified)
        2006   2007
Kind of scrap:  
New scrap:    
Lead-base     13,500 22,500
Copper-base     4,630 NA
Tin-base   1,530   1,530
Total     19,600   24,100
Old scrap:    
Battery-lead     1,060,000 1,100,000
All other lead-base     76,000 50,900
Copper-base     4,540 r NA
Total     1,140,000   1,160,000
Grand total     1,160,000   1,180,000
Form of recovery:    
As soft lead     948,000 1,020,000
In antimonial lead     200,000 160,000
In other lead alloys     3,260 2,350
In copper-base alloys     9,160 r NA
Total: Total:  
Quantity   1,160,000 1,180,000
Value2   thousands   $1,980,000 r $3,220,000
rRevised. NA Not available.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Value based on average quoted price of common lead.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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