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| TABLE 3 | |||||
| LEAD RECOVERED FROM SCRAP PROCESSED IN THE UNITED | |||||
| STATES BY KIND OF SCRAP AND FORM OF RECOVERY1- | |||||
| (Metric tons, lead content, unless otherwise specified) | |||||
| 2014 | 2015 | ||||
| Kind of scrap: | |||||
| New scrap: | |||||
| Lead-base- | 16,900 | 17,700 | |||
| Tin-base | 1,530 | 1,530 | |||
| Total- | 18,400 | 19,300 | |||
| Old scrap: | |||||
| Battery-lead- | 961,000 | 991,000 | |||
| All other lead-base- | 39,500 | 41,100 | |||
| Total- | 1,000,000 | 1,030,000 | |||
| Grand total | 1,020,000 | 1,050,000 | |||
| Form of recovery: | |||||
| As soft lead- | 786,000 | 827,000 | |||
| In antimonial lead- | 224,000 | 222,000 | |||
| In other lead alloys- | 8,830 | 2,590 | |||
| Total: | |||||
| Quantity | 1,020,000 | 1,050,000 | |||
| Value2 | thousands | $2,640,000 | $2,110,000 | ||
| -- Zero. | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant di | |||||
| totals shown. | |||||
| 2Value based on average quoted price of common lead. | |||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
