In a message dated 2/12/99 6:09:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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Hi Guenter!
A wealth of up-to-date information about ALL strategic metals is a web
page called the American Metals Market Homepage (www.amm.com/ref/sitegde.htm)
that URL will take you to the text site guide. Another good URL from that site
is (www.amm.com/ref/proflist.htm) which takes you to the Metals Profile
Listing which breaks each metal down and catalogs links to sites about each
metal from Aluminum to Zirconium. There's references and reports by the U.S.
Geological Survey on usage by country, state, product etc..Also there's
figures on production by country, and all kinds of links that take you to
whatever has to do with metals... legislation, pending legislation...anything!
Below is 1997's USGS report on lead. It's at that site, but I thought I'd
paste it here so those without web browsing capability can see for themselves
how BIG a part we play in the overall scheme of things when it comes to lead
usage. The numbers speak for themselves...ya'll can decide for yourselves if
we'd make a dent in things if we were to quit using lead today...our usage of
the US total is down around 1/10th of a percent...
-Steve Gregory-
TABLE 6
U.S. CONSUMPTION OF LEAD, BY PRODUCT 1/
(Metric tons)
SIC code Product 1996 1997
Metal products:
3482 Ammunition, shot and bullets 52,100 55,300
Bearing metals:
35 Machinery except electrical W W
36 Electrical and electronic equipment W W
371 Motor vehicles and equipment 2/ 3,620 1,850
37 Other transportation equipment W W
Total bearing metals 4,350 2,490
3351 Brass and bronze, billets and ingots 5,460 4,410
36 Cable covering, power and communication W 4,930
15 Calking lead, building construction 767 1,390
Casting metals:
36 Electrical machinery and equipment W W
371 Motor vehicles and equipment W W
37 Other transportation equipment 4,590 4,240
3443 Nuclear radiation shielding 1,240 r/ 1,750
Total casting metals 18,900 r/ 18,300
Pipes, traps, other extruded products:
15 Building construction 1,810 1,860
3443 Storage tanks, process vessels, etc. (3/) (3/)
Total pipes, traps, other extruded products 1,810 1,860
Sheet lead:
15 Building construction 14,000 14,000
3443 Storage tanks, process vessels, etc. (3/) (3/)
3693 Medical radiation shielding 5,400 5,020
Total sheet lead 19,400 19,100
Solder:
15 Building construction 1,650 1,890
Motor vehicles, equipment, metal cans, shipping containers 4,580 W
367 Electronic components and accessories 2,350 1,890
36 Other electrical machinery and equipment 445 W
Total solder 9,020 9,580
Storage batteries:
3691 Storage battery grids, post, etc. 635,000 r/ 634,000
3691 Storage battery oxides 706,000 r/ 761,000
Total storage batteries 1,340,000 r/ 1,390,000
371 Terne metal, motor vehicles and equipment (4/) (4/)
27 Type metal, printing and allied industries (5/) (5/)
34 Other metal products 6/ 5,220 r/ 7,570
Total metal products 1,460,000 r/ 1,520,000
Other oxides:
285 Paint W W
32 Glass and ceramics products W W
28 Other pigments and chemicals 9,890 r/ 10,600
Total other oxides 62,100 67,000
Miscellaneous uses 13,900 8,470
Grand total 1,540,000 r/ 1,600,000
r/ Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included
in appropriate totals.
1/ Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2/ Includes "Terne metal, motor vehicles and equipment."
3/ Included with "Building construction" to avoid disclosing company
proprietary data.
4/ Included with "Bearing metals, motor vehicles and equipment."
5/ Included with "Other metal products" to avoid disclosing company
proprietary data.
6/ Includes lead consumed in foil, collapsible tubes, annealing, galvanizing,
plating, electrowinning, and fishing weights.
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