- TABLE 6 | |||||||||||
-STOCKS OF LEAD AT CONSUMERS AND SECONDARY | |||||||||||
SMELTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 311, 2 | |||||||||||
- (Metric tons, lead content) | |||||||||||
Lead in | Lead in | ||||||||||
-Refined | antimonial | Lead in | copper-base | ||||||||
Year | soft lead | lead | alloys | scrap | Total | ||||||
2014 | 43,400 | 20,200 | 2,870 | r | W | 66,400 | r | ||||
2015 | 32,600 | 13,500 | 2,810 | W | 48,900 | ||||||
rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; | |||||||||||
included in -Lead in alloys.- | |||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not- | |||||||||||
add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
2Includes stocks at primary refineries. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices