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