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TABLE 16
LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
 
Country3   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004e  
Algeria:e
Primary 900 900 1,100 1,100 --
Secondary 5,200 5,100 5,000 5,000 5,000
Total 6,100   6,000   6,100   6,100   5,000  
Argentina:
Primary 8,665 9,473 10,567 11,011 10,000
Secondary 27,000 25,960 33,000 30,300 33,000
Total 35,665   35,433   43,567   41,311   43,000  
Australia:
Primary 223,366 270,000 181,000 310,000 233,000 4
Secondary 28,430   33,000   30,000 e 40,000   40,000  
Total 251,796 303,000 211,000 e 350,000 273,000
Austria, secondarye 24,000   22,000   21,000   18,000 r 20,000  
Belgium:e
Primary5 98,000 76,000 68,000 45,000 43,000
Secondary 20,000   20,000   20,000   20,000   20,000  
Total 118,000 96,000 88,000 65,000 63,000
Bolivia -- -- -- 1 1
Brazil, secondary 50,000 6 50,000 6 50,000 e, 6 50,000 e 38,000  
Bulgaria:
Primarye 74,100 75,000 57,000 r 60,000 54,000
Secondarye 10,000   13,600   9,000 r 9,000 r 9,000  
Total 84,100 88,600 66,000 r 69,000 r, e 63,000
Burma, primary 1,054   1,005   -- r 888 r --  
Canada:
Primary 159,192 127,007 133,815 118,506 r 131,015 4
Secondary 125,641 103,921 117,449 104,527 r 110,382 4
Total 284,833   230,928   251,264   223,033 r 241,397 4
China:e
Primary 998,000 984,000 1,100,000 1,290,000 r 1,500,000
Secondary 102,000   211,000   230,000   290,000 r 300,000  
Total 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,330,000 1,580,000 1,800,000
Colombia, secondarye 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000
Czech Republic, secondarye 15,000   15,000   15,000   15,000   15,000  
France:e
Primary 100,000 96,000 76,000 14,000 r --
Secondary 158,000 142,000 128,000 80,000 104,000
Total 258,000   238,000   204,000   94,000 r 104,000  
Germany:
Primary 210,515 r 153,743 r 141,084 r 133,417 r 134,000
Secondary 204,000 r, e 219,640 r 238,700 r 221,229 r 269,000
Total 414,515 r 373,383 r 379,784 r 354,646 r 403,000  
India:e
Primary 57,400 74,400 64,200 77,500 r 41,700
Secondary 20,500 22,000 25,000 41,000 r 25,000
Total 77,900   96,400   89,200   119,000 r 66,700  
Iran:e
Primary 15,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000
Secondary 38,000   38,000   38,000   38,000   38,000  
Total 53,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Ireland, secondarye 12,000 13,000 7,000 9,000 r 21,000
Israel, secondary 13,000 20,000 22,000 25,000 27,000 4
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 16Continued
LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
 
Country3   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004e  
Italy:e
Primary 75,000 82,000 75,000 48,000 r 45,000
Secondary 160,000   121,000   130,000   166,000 r 165,000  
Total 235,000   203,000   205,000   214,000   210,000  
Japan:                    
Primary 129,469 127,358 107,744 105,462 91,200 4
Secondary 182,209   175,088   178,016   189,831   185,500 4
Total 311,678 302,446 285,760 295,293 276,700 4
Kazakhstan, primary and secondary 185,800 158,700 161,800 133,200 r 157,000
Kenya, secondary 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 4
Korea, North, primary and secondarye 75,000   75,000   75,000   75,000   75,000  
Korea, Republic of:
Primary 170,704 161,000 178,722 167,575 r 168,994 4
Secondarye 10,000 10,000 63,900 r 60,000 r 60,000 4
Total 180,704   171,000   242,622 r 227,575 r 228,994 4
Macedonia:e
Primary 19,000 19,000 19,000 6,000 r --
Secondary 1,000   1,000   1,000   400 r --  
Total 20,000 20,000 20,000 6,400 r --
Malaysia, secondarye 35,300   42,000   40,000   57,000 r 54,000  
Mexico:
Primary7 143,223 143,523 128,241 137,482 r 137,000
Secondarye 110,000 110,000 110,000 110,000 110,000
Total 253,223   253,523   238,241   247,482 r 247,000  
Morocco:
Primary 66,812 58,178 71,840 61,473 21,500 p
Secondarye 3,000   3,000   3,000   3,000   3,500 p
Total 69,812 61,178 74,840 64,473 25,000 p
Netherlands, secondarye 20,000 24,000 25,000 17,000 r 17,000
New Zealand, secondarye 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Nigeria, secondarye 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Pakistan, secondarye 2,000 3,000 2,000 3,000 3,000
Peru, primary 116,412 121,181 119,588 112,289 118,570 4
Philippines, secondarye 16,218 4 24,000   24,000   27,000 r 29,000  
Poland:e
Primary 35,412 4 45,000 30,000 r 28,000 r 30,000
Secondary 20,000   20,000   35,800 r 40,000   40,000  
Total 55,412 4 65,000 65,800 r 68,000 r 70,000
Portugal, secondarye 6,000   6,000   4,000   4,000   4,000  
Romania:e
Primary 25,000 24,000 26,000 23,100 r 25,000
Secondary 3,000   3,000   3,000   5,000 r 3,000  
Total 28,000 27,000 29,000 28,100 r 28,000
Russia, primary and secondarye 59,000 67,500 60,350 4 66,000 r 66,000
Serbia and Montenegro, primarye 1,242 4 -- 170 -- --
Slovenia, secondarye 15,300 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
South Africa, secondary 46,000 55,000 61,000 64,900 r 61,500
Spain, secondarye 120,000   98,000   116,000   102,000   105,000  
Sweden:
Primary 30,604 31,322 30,000 e 24,200 e 28,000
Secondary 47,255   44,056   39,700 e 52,000 e 44,000  
Total 77,859 75,378 69,700 e 76,200 e 72,000
Switzerland, secondarye 8,000 9,000 9,000 8,000 9,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 16Continued
LEAD: WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
 
Country3   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004e  
Thailand:
Primary 3,390 3,500 r 2,000 r 2,000 r 3,000
Secondary 23,803   23,000 r 28,000 r 45,000 r 55,000  
Total 27,193 26,500 r 30,000 r 47,000 r 58,000
Trinidad and Tobago, secondarye 1,600   1,600   1,600   1,600   1,600  
Turkey:e
Primary 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Secondary 2,000   2,000   2,000   2,000   2,000  
Total 6,000   6,000   6,000   6,000   6,000  
Ukraine, secondarye 15,034 4 12,000   12,000   7,000 r 7,000  
United Kingdom:e
Primary 166,411 4 203,000 205,000 162,000 r 123,000
Secondary 170,740 4 163,000 165,000 158,000 r 120,000
Total 337,151 4 366,000   370,000   320,000 r 243,000  
United States:
Primary 341,000 290,000 262,000 245,000 148,000 4
Secondary 1,130,000   1,100,000   1,120,000   1,140,000 r 1,110,000 4
Total 1,470,000 1,390,000 1,380,000 1,380,000 r 1,260,000 4
Venezuela, secondarye 30,000   30,000   30,000   30,000   30,000  
Grand total: 6,650,000 r 6,570,000 r 6,630,000 r 6,800,000 r 6,740,000
Of which
Primary 3,270,000 3,190,000 r 3,100,000 r 3,200,000 r 3,100,000
Secondary 3,060,000 3,080,000 r 3,230,000 r 3,330,000 r 3,340,000
Undifferentiated   320,000   301,000   297,000   274,000 r 298,000  
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 June 24, 2005. 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.
4Reported figure.
5Derived by calculating reported total lead output plus exports of lead bullion minus imports of lead bullion.
6Source: Lead and Zinc Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, v. 42, no. 6, June 2002.
7Includes lead content in antimonial lead.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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