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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF LEAD IN 2007, BY CLASS OF PRODUCT1, 2 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons, lead content) | |||||||||||||||
| Lead in | Lead in | ||||||||||||||
| Refined | antimonial | Lead in | copper- | ||||||||||||
| Product | � soft lead | lead | alloys | base scrap | ���� Total�� | ||||||||||
| Metal products� | 69,700 | 86,000 | 9,060 | 1,060 | 166,000 | ||||||||||
| Storage batteries� | 762,000 | 220,000 | 397,000 | -- | 1,380,000 | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous3 | 25,300 | 1 | -- | -- | 25,300 | ||||||||||
| Total | 857,000 | 306,000 | 406,000 | 1,060 | 1,570,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Includes lead that went directly from scrap to fabricated products. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Included in"Miscellaneous" are other oxides and gasoline additives. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program