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LEAD AND ZINC STATISTICS Monthly bulletin of the International Lead and Zinc Study Group

Vol 46 No 2

FEBRUARY 2006

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World Tables: Tableaux mondiaux

1 Mine production 5 1 Production minière 52 Metal production 6 2 Production de métal 63 Metal consumption 8 3 Consommation de métal 84 Metal prices 11 4 Prix de métal 115 Concentrates: principal imports 12 5 Concentrés: importations et 12

and exports exportations principales6 Refined lead: principal imports 13 6 Plomb raffiné: importations et 13

and exports exportations principales

Western World: Current Trends: Monde occidental: Tendances actuelles:

7 Supply and demand 15 7 Approvisionnement et demande 158 Production and consumption 17 8 Production et consommation 179 Stocks of metal (summary) 19 9 Stocks de métal (sommaire) 1910 Stocks of metal (detailed) 20 10 Stocks de métal (detaillé) 2011 Trade with Eastern Countries 21 11 Commerce avec les pays de l'est 2112 Secondary recovery of lead 22 12 Récupération de plomb secondaire 22

Country Tables: Tableaux des Pays:

13 Australia 23 13 Australie 2314 Bulgaria 24 14 Bulgarie 2415 Poland 24 15 Pologne 2416 Canada 25 16 Canada 2517 China 26 17 Chine 2618 France 27 18 France 2719 Germany 28 19 Allemagne 2820 Italy 29 20 Italie 2921 Japan 30 21 Japon 3022 Mexico 31 22 Mexique 3123 Peru 31 23 Pérou 3124 Russian Federation 32 24 Fédération de Russie 3225 Kazakhstan 32 25 Kazakhstan 3226 United Kingdom 33 26 Royaume Uni 3327 United States 34 27 Etats Unis 34

Long Term Trends: Tendances à long terme:

28 Annual production and consumption 35 28 Production et consommation annuelles 35

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Symbols employed Signes conventionnels

- nil - nul0 above zero 0 au-dessus de zéro, mais inférieur à la

but less than half of unit employed moitié de l'unité employée... not available ... données non disponiblesFigures in italics denote estimates Les chiffres en italique sont estimésTonnes - metric tons Tonnes - tonnes métriques

N.B. In some cases figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. N.B. Certaines données sont arrondies et cela peut résulter enune différence entre les chiffres et leur totalisation.

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World Tables: Tableaux mondiaux

29 Mine production 37 29 Production minière 3730 Metal production 39 30 Production de métal 3931 Metal consumption 40 31 Consommation de métal 4032 Metal prices 43 32 Prix de métal 4333 Concentrates: principal imports 44 33 Concentrés: importations et 44 and exports exportations principales34 Refined zinc: principal imports 45 34 Zinc raffiné: importations et 45 and exports exportations principales

Western World: Current Trends: Monde occidental: Tendances actuelles:

35 Supply and demand 47 35 Approvisionnement et demande 4736 Production and consumption 49 36 Production et consommation 4937 Stocks of metal (summary) 51 37 Stocks de métal (sommaire) 5138 Stocks of metal (detailed) 52 38 Stocks de métal (detaillé) 5239 Trade with Eastern Countries 53 39 Commerce avec les pays de l'est 5340 Recovery of secondary zinc 54 40 Récupération de zinc secondaire 54

Country Tables: Tableaux des Pays:

41 Australia 55 41 Australie 5542 Bulgaria 56 42 Bulgarie 5643 Poland 56 43 Pologne 5644 Canada 57 44 Canada 5745 China 58 45 Chine 5846 France 59 46 France 5947 Germany 60 47 Allemagne 6048 Italy 61 48 Italie 6149 Japan 62 49 Japon 6250 Mexico 63 50 Mexique 6351 Peru 63 51 Pérou 6352 Russian Federation 64 52 Fédération Russie 6453 Kazakhstan 64 53 Kazakhstan 6454 United Kingdom 65 54 Royaume Uni 6555 United States 66 55 Etats Unis 66

Long Term Trends: Tendances à long terme:

56 Annual production and consumption 67 56 Production et consommation annuelles 67

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The Harmonized Code Trade Definitions applied in the Bulletin are:

Lead concentrate 2607 000 Refined zinc (>=99.99%) 7901 110Zinc concentrate 2608 000 Refined zinc (>=99.95% but <99.99%) 7901 121Refined lead 7801 100 Refined zinc (>=98.5% but <99.95%) 7901 123Antimonial lead alloy 7801 910 Refined zinc (<98.5% but not alloyed) 7901 129

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Lead: Mine ProductionPlomb: Production minière

4ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure A

Total World Production

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ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 5Table 1Lead: Mine Production *Plomb: Production minière *Thousand tonnes (Lead content)

Monthly Totals:Annual Totals: Year to Date:2001 2004200420032002 2005 2005

AugJan-Dec Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec

248 216 219 219 240 17.6 20.2 19.3 19.0 20.3 22.5324EuropeBulgaria 24 17 13 13 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.716 0.510 0.5Greece 29 2 - - 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.027 1.05 -Ireland 32 50 65 65 5.8 4.9 5.8 6.645 5.865 4.8Italy 4 5 6 6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.44 0.46 0.5Macedonia 15 5 - - - - - -20 -- -Poland 57 42 40 40 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.253 3.238 3.2Romania 18 16 17 17 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.417 1.417 1.4Russian Federation 19 24 23 23 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.014 3.037 3.0Serbia & Montenegro - - 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.25 0.22 0.2Spain 6 2 - - - - - -36 -- -Sweden 44 51 55 55 4.7 4.7 4.8 6.088 3.561 4.0United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0

130 102 117 117 131 11.4 12.3 11.8 9.6 11.1 10.1150AfricaAlgeria 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.00 0.0Morocco 62 41 59 59 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.377 5.264 5.2Namibia 12 16 14 14 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.613 -14 1.3South Africa 50 40 37 37 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.551 3.742 3.7Tunisia 6 6 6 6 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.77 0.712 1.2

1,022 1,033 1,007 1,007 1,030 91.1 89.7 89.7 93.2 83.6 84.51,092AmericaArgentina 12 12 10 10 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.812 0.810 0.8Bolivia 10 10 10 10 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.89 0.810 0.8Brazil 10 11 14 14 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.09 1.012 1.0Canada 97 81 77 77 7.1 6.2 5.5 6.7154 5.779 6.8Chile 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.00 0.0Honduras 8 9 9 9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.87 0.810 0.9Mexico 139 144 142 142 12.0 13.1 11.5 11.5149 15.0153 14.0Peru 297 308 306 306 28.3 27.8 26.3 26.0289 30.5318 26.4United States 449 458 439 439 38.8 39.0 36.9 36.9463 38.7438 40.3

772 1,100 1,102 1,102 1,183 100.3 109.3 103.1 104.7 104.7 104.8728AsiaChina 641 955 951 951 95.7 89.4 91.0 91.0599 91.01,018 86.5India 34 44 51 51 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.132 5.161 5.1Iran 17 16 16 16 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.318 1.316 1.3Japan 6 6 6 6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.45 0.33 0.4Kazakhstan 43 44 44 44 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.243 4.250 4.2Korea DPR 10 20 20 20 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.79 1.720 1.7Korea Rep - - - - - - - -1 -- -Myanmar 2 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.21 0.22 0.2Thailand 3 - - - - - - -0 -- -Turkey 17 14 12 12 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.018 1.012 1.0Other CIS 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.00 0.0

658 648 642 642 714 63.5 64.5 64.8 66.5 58.5 59.4714OceaniaAustralia 658 648 642 642 64.5 64.8 58.5 59.4714 66.5714 63.5

2831 3099 3087 3087 3298 283.9 296.0 288.7 293.1 278.23008 281.3World Total 251 236 258 257 257 275Monthly Average

2256 2019 1981 1979 1979 2109 183.4 186.4 185.4 188.1 173.2 176.2Western World188 168 165 165 165 176Monthly Average

* Lead content by analysis of lead ores and concentrates plus the lead content of other ores and concentrates known to be intended for lead recovery.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 6Table 2Refined Lead: Metal Production *Plomb Raffiné: Production de métal *Thousand tonnes



1,767 1,573 1,557 1,557 1,637 129.9 127.0 133.7 133.2 133.7 128.61,893EuropeAustria 21 18 24 24 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.822 1.822 1.8Belgium 88 65 62 62 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0100 7.084 7.0Bulgaria 66 69 66 66 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.883 6.882 6.8Czech Rep. 29 26 25 25 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.230 2.226 2.2Estonia - - 3 3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6- 0.67 0.6France 203 101 104 104 3.7 8.5 8.1 7.5230 8.492 5.9Germany 378 357 411 411 33.6 30.0 30.0 30.0375 30.0404 34.6Greece 5 4 4 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.35 0.34 0.3Ireland 7 9 20 20 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.810 1.822 1.8Italy 196 214 202 202 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.5227 15.2204 15.2Macedonia 12 8 - - - - - -20 -- -Netherlands 18 17 17 17 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.420 1.417 1.4Poland 66 60 62 62 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.466 5.465 5.4Portugal 4 4 4 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.34 0.33 0.3Romania 28 28 32 32 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.729 2.732 2.7Russian Federation 63 66 70 70 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.058 5.060 5.0Serbia & Montenegro 0 0 - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0- 0.00 0.0Slovenia 13 14 15 15 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.314 1.315 1.3Spain 116 102 105 105 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.2122 9.2110 9.2Sweden 65 76 72 72 3.5 6.6 6.4 7.475 7.473 1.3Switzerland 9 8 9 9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.710 0.78 0.7Ukraine 12 7 7 7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.512 0.56 0.5United Kingdom 368 320 243 243 24.2 26.6 27.3 21.5382 25.5304 26.2

144 138 100 100 130 12.6 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0125AfricaAlgeria 6 6 6 6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.56 0.56 0.5Kenya 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.11 0.11 0.1Morocco 72 61 25 25 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.558 4.553 6.1Nigeria 3 3 3 3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.33 0.33 0.3South Africa 61 65 64 64 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.655 5.667 5.6Zambia 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.11 0.11 0.1Zimbabwe 0 0 - - - - - -0 -- -

2,092 2,092 2,015 2,015 2,023 160.8 157.7 154.8 170.3 176.9 174.92,085AmericaArgentina 44 41 59 59 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.035 5.060 5.0Brazil 37 35 38 38 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.047 4.044 4.0Canada 252 223 241 241 7.6 7.6 25.1 23.0231 19.1229 16.6Colombia 9 9 9 9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.89 0.89 0.8El Salvador 8 8 10 10 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.87 0.810 0.8Mexico 232 239 242 242 21.2 20.1 20.7 20.7234 20.7250 21.2Peru 120 112 119 119 10.0 10.3 9.9 10.0118 10.8122 10.1United States 1,364 1,392 1,262 1,262 105.3 103.2 107.7 107.71,376 106.21,265 99.4Venezuela 28 32 35 35 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.928 2.935 2.9

2,361 2,630 2,879 2,879 3,501 309.6 296.5 311.1 322.7 326.6 329.92,209AsiaChina 1,325 1,564 1,812 1,812 203.9 221.9 229.0 230.01,195 233.02,383 215.3India 78 71 49 49 4.2 3.9 8.3 8.363 5.365 4.0Indonesia 17 18 20 20 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.518 1.518 1.5Iran 39 54 50 50 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.044 5.055 5.0Israel 22 25 27 27 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.320 2.328 2.3Japan 286 295 283 283 22.6 19.4 23.4 25.7302 18.5279 24.5Kazakhstan 152 141 144 144 11.8 11.8 11.8 11.8159 11.8142 11.8Korea DPR 6 7 9 9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.87 0.89 0.8Korea Rep 243 230 243 243 21.8 21.8 21.8 22.0211 21.8257 21.8Malaysia 40 57 54 54 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.438 6.471 6.4Myanmar 2 2 3 3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.33 0.33 0.3Pakistan 2 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.23 0.22 0.2Philippines 26 27 29 29 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.526 2.530 2.5Saudi Arabia 17 25 32 32 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.016 3.036 3.0Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.11 0.11 0.1

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 7Table 2 (Continued)Refined Lead: Metal Production *Plomb Raffiné: Production de métal *Thousand tonnes



Asia (Continued)Taiwan, China 55 56 56 56 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.662 4.655 4.6Thailand 43 47 58 58 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.930 5.060 5.0Turkey 6 6 6 6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.58 0.56 0.5United Arab Emirates 2 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.22 0.22 0.2

311 315 281 281 275 24.2 24.3 13.7 23.6 24.8 24.4280OceaniaAustralia 302 307 273 273 23.6 13.1 24.2 23.7271 23.0268 23.6New Zealand 9 8 8 8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.69 0.67 0.6



* Total production by smelters or refineries of refined lead, including the lead content of antimonial lead - including production on toll in the reporting country regardless of the type of source material, i.e. whether ores, concentrates, lead bullion, lead alloys, mattes, residues, slag or scrap. Pig lead and lead alloys recovered from secondary materials by remelting alone without undergoing further treatment before re-use are excluded.

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ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 8Table 3Refined Lead: Metal Consumption *Plomb Raffiné: Consommation de métal*Thousand tonnes


AugJan-Dec Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec2,032 1,925 1,969 1,969 1,982 175.7 151.7 164.9 167.1 166.2 168.52,058Europe

Albania 1 1 1 0.10.10.10.10.10.1111Austria 59 60 48 2.82.82.01.43.32.9324854Belgium 40 34 36 3.03.03.03.03.03.0363637Bosnia & Herzegovina 6 6 5 0.30.30.30.30.30.3455Bulgaria 16 16 10 1.01.01.01.01.01.0121017Croatia 1 2 1 0.10.10.10.20.10.1111Czech Rep. 80 80 91 9.29.26.713.49.77.01089172Denmark 1 1 1 0.10.10.00.00.00.0011Finland 2 3 3 0.20.10.30.30.10.1232France 265 230 215 17.917.917.917.917.917.9215215220Germany 404 385 395 27.623.934.126.132.846.0387395384Greece 7 9 7 0.80.80.50.10.60.6877Hungary 6 6 4 0.40.40.40.30.30.3447Ireland 34 42 44 3.83.84.14.44.84.2504437Italy 284 286 272 23.523.523.523.516.623.5275272258Macedonia 7 7 5 0.40.40.40.40.40.4556Netherlands 30 29 31 2.52.52.52.52.52.5303134Norway 2 4 3 0.30.21.20.20.20.0532Poland 59 70 69 5.45.47.16.46.17.1706958Portugal 24 21 22 2.32.31.82.11.12.2232219Romania 23 21 19 2.22.22.21.62.01.9251911Russian Federation 94 111 84 7.17.17.17.17.17.18584112Serbia & Montenegro 4 7 4 0.50.50.50.50.50.5749Slovak Rep 5 5 4 0.30.30.30.30.30.3444Slovenia 15 19 21 1.31.31.21.01.01.0152118Spain 231 238 246 23.226.321.726.018.220.1270246216Sweden 10 5 5 0.40.40.40.40.40.4555Switzerland 13 7 12 4.71.11.30.91.10.716128United Kingdom 318 311 295 25.928.124.322.019.123.2271295302Other CIS 18 17 16 1.31.31.31.31.31.3161617

98 116 116 116 117 10.3 9.3 7.9 9.8 9.8 9.8104AfricaAlgeria 9 8 13 1.31.31.31.30.71.9151311Egypt 7 2 6 0.50.50.50.50.50.5666Kenya 1 1 1 0.20.20.20.20.20.2211Morocco 6 3 4 0.50.50.50.50.50.3543Nigeria 3 3 4 0.30.30.30.30.30.3444South Africa 59 71 80 6.66.66.64.76.66.6788080Tunisia 4 2 2 0.20.20.20.20.20.2222Zambia 1 1 1 0.10.10.10.10.10.1111Other Africa 13 7 6 0.20.20.20.20.20.2468

2,066 2,030 2,040 2,040 2,091 165.9 164.0 166.8 173.9 175.4 176.82,210AmericaArgentina 12 25 35 3.23.23.23.23.23.2393524Brazil 112 112 103 9.29.29.29.29.29.2110103112Canada 55 58 52 4.82.93.02.92.53.0445251Chile 4 0 1 0.20.20.00.00.50.2311Colombia 17 18 20 1.81.81.81.41.71.5202019El Salvador 7 8 11 0.90.90.90.90.90.911119Mexico 251 267 262 21.721.221.218.120.920.4259262259Peru 15 12 11 0.90.90.90.90.90.9111111United States 1,695 1,536 1,502 130.7131.7130.3126.7120.7123.61,5531,5021,513Venezuela 23 18 34 2.92.92.92.92.92.5343421Other America 18 12 10 0.60.60.60.60.60.691011

2,408 2,712 2,975 2,975 3,432 298.4 294.4 319.2 318.2 316.0 300.22,065AsiaChina 700 950 1,390 176.2191.7195.0199.2167.9169.21,9171,3901,183India 127 130 150 12.512.512.512.512.512.5160150142Indonesia 48 61 85 5.55.55.55.56.86.2688571Iran 70 68 65 4.84.84.84.84.84.8616572Israel 18 21 29 2.72.72.72.72.72.7322926

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 9Table 3 (Continued)Refined Lead: Metal Consumption *Plomb Raffiné: Consommation de métal*Thousand tonnes


AugJan-Dec Jul Sep Oct Nov DecAsia (Continued)Japan 284 303 292 24.024.025.624.223.524.4287292311Kazakhstan 14 11 12 1.01.01.01.01.01.0121210Korea DPR 5 5 3 0.30.30.30.30.30.3435Korea Rep 314 343 371 31.030.829.229.133.235.7369371349Malaysia 82 86 90 6.36.36.36.36.36.3859090Pakistan 9 10 15 1.01.01.01.01.01.0121514Philippines 33 34 33 2.72.72.72.72.72.6323333Saudi Arabia 14 14 33 2.32.32.32.32.32.3273326Singapore 14 14 15 1.01.01.00.80.80.8121515Taiwan, China 167 154 162 10.611.110.08.610.411.2130162137Thailand 82 111 138 11.711.711.711.711.711.7140138131Turkey 45 62 62 4.54.54.54.54.53.6576269Vietnam 8 10 10 0.80.80.80.80.80.810109Other Asia East 1 1 1 0.10.10.10.10.10.1111Other Asia West 26 16 15 1.01.01.01.01.01.0121515Other CIS 3 3 4 0.30.30.30.30.30.3443

42 42 40 40 29 2.9 3.1 2.2 2.5 3.2 1.745OceaniaAustralia 41 39 39 1.63.02.11.93.02.7283938New Zealand 4 3 2 0.10.10.50.30.10.2124



* Total consumption of refined lead, including the lead content of antimonial lead, regardless of the type of source material from which produced, i.e. whether ores, concentrates, lead bullion, lead alloys, residues, slag or scrap. Pig lead and lead alloys recovered from secondary materials by remelting alone without undergoing further treatment before re-use are excluded.

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ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure D

Lead: Price TrendsPlomb: Tendances des prix

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Table 4 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 11

Lead: Current Trends: PricesPlomb: Tendances Actuelles: Prix

Average Prices: Refined LeadLondon Metal Exchange

Settlement: 3 Months: Contango (+)Backwardation (-)

US $ per tonne

US centsper lb.

US $ per tonne

US centsper lb.

US $ per tonne

Annual Averages:2002 9.13461.6520.526 20.940452.522003 1.87517.5323.390 23.475515.662004 -37.78850.6340.298 38.584888.412005 -34.25941.4144.255 42.702975.65

Monthly Averages:

2005:January -40.95912.2043.234 41.377953.15February -42.45935.1044.341 42.415977.55March -38.31967.5245.624 43.8861005.83April -40.86944.9044.713 42.860985.76May -40.28947.8044.818 42.991988.08June -27.98958.0944.727 43.458986.07July -8.43846.0538.758 38.376854.48August -25.36861.6640.235 39.084887.02September -37.45895.6142.323 40.624933.07October -39.33965.4345.575 43.7911004.76November -36.36982.0546.194 44.5451018.41December -34.671089.4050.987 49.4141124.07

2006:January -36.431219.9056.986 55.3341256.33

Weekly Averages: * 6th January -33.251090.0050.950 49.4421123.2513th January -30.401145.8053.352 51.9731176.2020th January -35.901251.6058.400 56.7721287.5027th January -37.501328.8061.974 60.2731366.30

3rd February -36.171384.8364.455 62.8151421.00

2005: Settlement Settlement3 Months 3 Months$1155.50 $1118.50 $824.00 $822.00Highest Daily Price Lowest Daily Price

Date: 13 December 12 December Date: 15 July 26 July

2006: Settlement Settlement3 Months 3 Months$1448.00 $1411.00 $1101.00 $1071.00Highest Daily Price Lowest Daily Price

Date: 2 February 2 February Date: 3 January 3 January

Current Price Levels: ** Date of last change:

Australia February10 2006$ Australian 976.00 per metric tonGermany February10 20061,190.00 - 1,240.00 euros per metric tonJapan February10 2006150,000 yen per metric tonUnited States February10 2006High Grade ingot premium indicator 90.00 - 95.00 cents per pound

* Week ending** As quoted by Metal Bulletin

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 5 12

Lead: Principal imports and exports of ores and concentratesPlomb: Importations et exportations principales de minerais et concentrésThousand tonnes (Lead content)

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Monthly Totals:

2005200520042004200320022001NovJan-Nov OctSepAugJulJun

Imports:

Europe...9.63.60.18.2Belgium 13.961 52 5369 48 72 (10) (10)

...............Bulgaria ...50 41 ...31 39 440.0-0.00.00.0France -109 0 088 0 0

20.91.07.66.65.7Germany 18.2146 112 90122 108 121...3.69.75.28.6Italy 4.666 42 5463 52 59 (10) (10)

...----United Kingdom -8 0 00 0 0 (10) (10)

Africa............1.3Morocco 1.911 11 1429 35 13 (7) (7)

America2.26.77.410.75.0Canada 4.453 91 5868 70 93

......5.34.43.7Mexico 3.522 25 3519 18 32 (9) (9)

-----United States -2 ... -0 - -

Asia63.251.872.659.732.9China 38.1255 430 510216 374 454

5.224.46.018.49.1Japan 4.3117 90 97117 109 94...............Kazakhstan ...64 53 ...... 34 58...16.18.915.09.8Korea Rep 5.7145 125 134138 151 143 (10) (10)

Exports:

Europe...6.94.42.64.1Belgium 14.258 44 5164 51 68 (10) (10)

5.04.54.55.25.3Ireland 3.349 57 6131 49 64...0.0---Italy -0 0 0- - 0 (10) (10)

...4.64.04.94.6Poland 4.044 45 4947 52 54 (10) (10)

......1.55.94.5Russian Federation 1.511 14 2018 17 21 (9) (9)

-0.0---Spain -59 4 00 3 4...1.13.13.42.0Sweden 1.368 26 2436 34 34 (10) (10)

Africa............1.8Morocco 1.620 10 918 16 19 (7) (7)

8.0----Namibia -10 12 814 18 12......0.03.39.9South Africa -38 32 2345 39 44 (9) (9)

...............Tunisia ...6 5 ...5 8 5

America......-0.0-Argentina -2 0 0- - 0 (9) (9)

...............Bolivia ...14 19 ...17 17 21

...-2.9--Brazil 3.07 13 157 7 13 (10) (10)

-----Canada 0.058 1 042 8 1...9.610.627.016.4Peru 23.5151 151 171179 178 186 (10) (10)

19.59.889.8155.320.9United States 4.7185 282 375245 257 295

Asia---0.0-China -0 0 00 0 0

............0.1Turkey 0.68 12 624 10 16 (7) (7)

Oceania47.426.310.236.926.8Australia 15.4304 264 296264 263 264

(7) January-July.(9) January-September.

(10) January-October.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 6 13Lead: Principal imports and exports of metal

Plomb: Importations et exportations principales de métal Thousand tonnes

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Monthly Totals:2005200520042004200320022001

NovOctSepAugJulJunJan-NovImports Europe

...0.60.01.71.2Austria 2.040 24 1742 38 30 (10)(10)

...0.70.80.60.2Belgium 0.420 9 612 10 12 (10)(10)

...5.211.97.75.1Czech Rep. 8.556 59 7356 53 72 (10)(10)

10.19.410.86.510.1France 11.874 79 10074 101 866.68.83.35.915.8Germany 6.2157 76 73136 134 89

...0.30.30.30.2Hungary 0.76 4 46 7 4 (10)(10)

...2.32.62.92.3Ireland 4.024 21 2436 29 25 (10)(10)

...4.67.63.26.2Italy 5.177 84 56107 61 95 (10)(10)

...3.14.73.62.3Netherlands 1.414 84 3416 90 101 (10)(10)

0.11.20.20.20.0Norway 0.12 3 54 2 3...3.63.33.53.6Poland 3.025 28 2832 34 33 (10)(10)

......1.41.81.7Russian Federation 3.342 22 1846 45 29 (9)(9)

17.613.017.99.812.0Spain 12.8114 136 156171 119 150...0.81.33.13.9United Kingdom 1.531 29 2329 20 35 (10)(10)

Africa......0.91.21.1South Africa 2.013 13 1211 16 17 (9)(9)

America...5.55.15.85.6Brazil 7.170 54 5665 50 64 (10)(10)

0.30.30.10.00.2Canada 0.04 3 22 2 328.528.625.121.227.5United States 24.8270 179 273211 176 199

Asia...1.71.92.31.4Hong Kong, China 2.514 16 1713 15 19 (10)(10)

............3.1India 8.852 54 4374 82 104 (7)(7)

.........5.34.7Indonesia 5.732 50 3444 53 65 (8)(8)

5.23.71.40.60.3Japan 0.630 7 148 7 8...10.210.715.617.7Korea Rep 12.1131 130 126147 153 157 (10)(10)

......3.61.73.3Malaysia 2.274 41 2477 125 62 (9)(9)

............0.1Philippines 0.17 3 18 6 4 (7)(7)

......0.01.111.5Singapore 16.289 37 4286 17 41 (9)(9)

7.66.55.17.38.2Taiwan, China 6.0121 114 89122 98 125...6.24.76.35.1Thailand 7.148 64 5665 79 77 (10)(10)

Exports Europe

...6.87.36.99.0Belgium 10.781 51 7862 75 62 (10)(10)

...............Bulgaria ...68 49 ...58 60 54

...0.70.60.20.3Czech Rep. 0.46 5 55 6 7 (10)(10)

0.60.50.40.00.4France 0.461 4 556 11 514.34.28.66.05.8Germany 13.2145 73 90133 100 79

...0.35.80.10.4Italy 0.45 17 1318 20 22 (10)(10)

...1.54.01.81.3Netherlands 3.66 42 211 50 48 (10)(10)

...1.92.32.82.0Poland 1.832 22 2328 35 26 (10)(10)

...5.95.23.15.0Sweden 5.552 53 5158 66 63 (10)(10)

......0.70.70.8Ukraine 0.66 12 71 12 15 (9)(9)

...4.13.45.13.5United Kingdom 3.289 33 35100 62 38 (10)(10)

Africa............5.7Morocco 4.452 14 2870 58 21 (7)(7)

America17.812.17.48.111.0Canada 14.5144 134 145163 149 150

......2.12.92.7Mexico 2.213 8 129 12 9 (9)(9)

...8.811.47.911.7Peru 8.2115 94 96109 109 113 (10)(10)

6.43.91.24.22.8United States 1.917 55 4031 92 59Asia

36.436.921.934.644.7China 53.9448 408 402399 438 448...1.81.72.21.9Hong Kong, China 2.016 16 1619 18 19 (10)(10)

0.00.20.51.10.3Japan 0.51 2 410 8 3...............Kazakhstan ...48 115 ...... 102 126...2.83.44.23.7Korea Rep 4.431 19 3146 28 22 (10)(10)

......9.45.46.4Singapore 2.687 11 3467 57 19 (9)(9)

1.11.01.11.51.6Taiwan, China 3.316 18 2023 16 20Oceania

36.714.812.633.411.3Australia 14.4207 196 231263 267 211

(9) January-September.(10) January-October.

(7) January-July.(8) January-August.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"

12 Month Moving Total

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Monthly Totals

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2003 2004 2005

Thousand tonnes


Lead: Western World: Metal Production and Consumption

Plomb: Monde occidental: Production et consommation de métal

Figure E 14

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 15Table 7

Lead: Western World: Supply and Demand: Current Trends:Plomb: Monde occidental: Approvisionnement et demande: Tendances Actuelles:Thousand tonnes

Quarterly Totals:Annual Totals:2001 2005200420032002 20042005

Apr - Jun

Jan - Mar

Jul - Sep

Oct - Dec

Oct - Dec

Jul - Sep

Apr - Jun

Jan - Mar

Concentrates (Lead content):Production 198120192256 5385551979 2109 480 502 499 497 509 507Europe 3737 33130 116 126 138 27 32 30 38224 32Canada 1820 2097 81 77 79 21 18 18 19154 21Mexico 3840 39139 144 142 153 36 36 36 36149 36Peru 8377 83297 308 306 318 75 74 79 78289 76United States 11396 118449 458 439 438 102 114 117 106463 112Australia 184173 193658 648 642 714 161 167 158 157714 164Other Countries 6566 70249 226 246 268 59 62 62 63263 67

-160-287 -155-112-119-107-160-111-74-546-369 -452-357

Net exports to (-)/ imports from (+) Eastern Countries

3781732 40039539039033939140615631612 15271899Balance available for smelting

310 210-10-3176 -323

Bullion:Net imports from Eastern CountriesRefined Metal Production: *Primary 1881 1818 1666 1411 1516 348 337 372 389 388 351 388354

81577881782880978979979432393192311531103071Secondary1203113012041217118111261153114247554602478149294953Total

Europe 326358 3211,503 1,317 1,292 1,360 315 324 322 3311,615 354Canada 6765 32252 223 241 229 59 64 46 73231 64Mexico 6263 62232 239 242 250 60 60 60 60234 63United States 322322 3081,364 1,392 1,262 1,265 314 315 318 3151,376 313Japan 6872 66286 295 283 279 75 69 65 73302 72Australia 7170 60302 307 273 268 61 76 64 72271 67Other Countries 288267 279991 1,006 1,009 1,105 256 245 250 258923 271

Consumption 531553415450 134813075423 5380 1398 1334 1312 1380 1370 1354Europe 422416 4071,706 1,626 1,671 1,658 421 424 387 4391,757 413United States 393385 3711,536 1,513 1,502 1,553 385 372 371 3741,695 404Japan 7471 72303 311 292 287 71 70 73 77284 70Korea Rep 9195 98343 349 371 369 103 84 87 98314 86Other Countries 369403 3591,452 1,516 1,587 1,513 418 383 393 3931,399 381


540 153123147114135119124137537491 515451

US Stockpile Disposals

41 6-5919111614152960 566

Metal Balance 84 14-596-19-52-50-42-104-5817 -24945

Reported Metal Stocks (at end of period):Producers 145142 153157142127134134127145138 127188Consumers** 123156 119125126130129125122123159 130149Merchants 21 112111221 11L.M.E. 44184 3946334053457444109 4098

436Total 314312329303299317306325314299407483

4 3.22.82.83.12.93.13345Stock Ratio*** 3.2 3.0

* Including lead content of refined lead alloys.** Reported stocks only. Estimates of other consumer stocks are shown in Table 10 (page 20).*** Weeks of consumption.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure F

Lead: Western World: Metal Production and ConsumptionPlomb: Monde occidental: Production et consommation de métal


1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800


2003 2004 2005

Thousand tonnes

Production: Europe Production: USAConsumption: Europe Consumption: USA

12 Month Moving Total : Japan

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340


2003 2004 2005

Thousand tonnes


16

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 17Table 8Lead: Western World: Production and Consumption: Current Trends:Plomb: Monde occidental: Production et Consommation: Tendances Actuelles:

Thousand tonnes

Mine Production (lead content)

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

Europe United States Australia Other Countries Total

167January 10 12 40 34 52 58 65 6810 6629 60 175 160164February 8 10 36 33 52 56 62 669 6332 47 154 155178March 10 14 39 34 58 60 63 6911 6535 56 172 165170April 11 11 37 36 55 55 62 6811 6436 52 164 164164May 11 11 40 37 65 52 64 6712 6434 60 175 177173June 10 10 40 41 47 57 64 658 6342 62 172 162183July 9 9 40 42 61 64 64 709 6140 59 168 176186August 10 12 41 38 54 65 66 718 6139 51 161 168185September 10 11 40 38 43 65 64 7010 6039 50 160 155188October 13 11 37 37 55 67 67 7210 6739 45 159 172173November 14 12 35 36 51 59 65 669 6337 56 162 165176December 10 14 35 33 51 59 65 6610 6337 50 158 160

2,109Jan/Dec 126 138 458 439 642 714 772 818116 759438 648 1,981 1,979Year 126 138 458 439 438 648 642 714 759 772116 818 1981 1979 2109

Production: Refined Lead

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

Europe United States Japan Other Countries Total


4,755Jan/Dec 1,292 1,360 1,392 1,262 283 279 1766 18511,317 17761,265 295 4,781 4,602Year 1292 1360 1392 1262 1265 295 283 279 1776 17661317 1851 4781 4602 4755

Consumption: Refined Lead

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005



5,380Jan/Dec 1,671 1,658 1,513 1,502 292 287 1958 18821,626 18651,553 311 5,315 5,423Year 1671 1658 1513 1502 1553 311 292 287 1865 19581626 1882 5315 5423 5380

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure G 18

Lead: Stocks of Refined Metal

0

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100

150

200

250


2003 2004 2005

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2003 2004 2005

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Plomb: Stocks de métal raffiné


Lead: Western World: Stocks: Current Trends:Plomb: Monde occidental: Stocks: Tendances Actuelles:Thousand tonnes

Producers' Stocks

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

Europe United States Japan TotalOther Countries *


Merchant StocksConsumers' Stocks

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

United States Japan Total*** Total*Europe**


2005

ClosingDeliveries: StocksOutIn

5.4 35.20.24.2 33.62.63.1 33.32.76.0 32.75.4

11.6 29.78.64.0 45.619.9

12.4 64.431.213.8 54.13.418.6 39.03.510.5 49.320.8

8.6 41.40.75.3 43.67.5

2006ClosingDeliveries: StocksIn Out

7.3 59.823.4

London Metal Exchange Stocks

2004Deliveries: Closing

StocksOutIn20.5 88.5January 0.013.0 76.6February 1.1

3.4 74.3March 1.15.1 69.6April 0.4

15.1 59.1May 4.514.0 45.1June 0.0

9.4 37.5July 1.77.8 35.6August 6.05.6 53.1September 23.16.9 49.2October 3.09.2 42.9November 2.93.4 40.5December 1.0

* For details of countries included, see Table 10 (page 20).** Germany and United Kingdom only.*** Reported stocks only. For estimates for other countries see Table 10 (page 20).

Table 10 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 20Lead: Western World: Refined Metal StocksPlomb: Monde occidental: Stocks de métal raffinéThousand tonnes

End of Year: End of Month:

2001 2005200420032002SepAug Oct Nov DecJun Jul

Commercial Stocks:Producers:* 188 145.4146.7149.8153.1156.3159.1157.0127138142Europe 79 54 56 62 82.8 84.2 86.1 84.4 79.9 77.185.0Canada 8 8 5 7.6 2.4 3.9 5.05.19.6 5.311United States 10 14 17 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.017.017.0 17.010Japan 16 7 6 10.9 9.3 4.2 5.94.910.8 10.825Australia 31 23 6 3.5 3.5 4.8 4.43.95.3 4.842

21Other Countries** 22 31 30 33.0 33.6 34.2 34.8 35.4 36.0 36.0

Consumers: 149 123.0123.0123.2119.5119.7125.6124.9130159156Germany 12 8 20 18.0 16.0 16.0 15.015.017.0 17.013United Kingdom 26 16 23 25.5 27.0 27.5 28.028.026.0 26.526United States*** 105 124 77 71.7 69.3 71.9 72.072.072.5 67.290Japan 14 11 10 9.7 7.2 7.8 8.08.010.1 9.019

Merchants: 1 1.61.61.60.71.01.11.4111Germany 1 0 1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.40.40.6 0.60Japan 1 1 0 0.7 0.2 1.1 1.21.20.5 0.41

London Metal Exchange: 98 43.6184 109 40 45.6 64.4 54.1 39.0 49.3 41.4

-Antwerp - - - -------Belgium

-Bremen - - - -------Germany-Hamburg 0 - - ------0

6.6Genoa - 6.6 6.5 6.56.56.66.8699Italy-Leghorn - - - -------

0.3Trieste 2 0.4 0.2 0.20.30.30.6334-Johor - - - -------Malaysia

0.1Rotterdam 1 0.1 0.1 0.00.10.10.10-1Netherlands0.4Vlissingen - 0.4 0.2 0.10.30.30.5110

31.351 38.2 13.1 12.717.121.729.222648Singapore-Barcelona - - - -------Spain-Bilbao - - - -----0--Gothenburg 9 - - -------Sweden-Helsingborg 12 - 19.7 23.819.8----1-Dubai - - - -------United Arab

Emirates-Avonmouth - - - -------United Kingdom-Goole - - - --------Hull - - - --------Liverpool - - - --------Newcastle - - - --------Sunderland - - - -------

14.3Baltimore - 17.3 0.9 0.14.39.17.002440United States-Chicago - - - --------Detroit 1 - - ----03824

0.2Long Beach - 0.2 0.4 -0.60.6-420200.6Los Angeles 7 1.0 - ---1.1267

-New Orleans 16 - - ----0230-St. Louis - - - -------

Total 483 407 299 328.8 312.3 323.8 313.5312.6350.1 331.04364 3.03.03.33.23.23.43.2345Stock Ratio^

Non-Commercial Stocks:U.S. Stockpile: 178 26.028.030.032.033.826.927.255112172

* All stocks owned or controlled by producers regardless of location, including stocks at refineries, in warehouses, in transit, at agents or distributors and at consumers' plants.** Includes Brazil, India, Mexico, Peru and the Republic of Korea.*** Monthly figures include an estimate for companies reporting on an annual basis only.^ Total of reported stocks expressed as number of weeks of metal consumption.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 11 21Lead: Trade with Eastern CountriesPlomb: Commerce avec les pays de l'est Thousand tonnes

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Quarterly Totals:2004200320022001 2004 2005 2004 2005

Jan-Dec Jul- Sep

Oct- Dec

Jan- Mar

Oct- Dec

Jul- Sep

Apr- Jun

Exports from Eastern Countries to other countriesOres/Concentrates (Lead content):

122315 8 84 2 8 2C.I.S.-0-000 0 0- 0 0 -China8657922 33 2628 30 33 7Poland232333 10 1012 12 10 2Other

1130 913 1144 44 51 51 44 1113TotalLead Bullion:

4222524 17 1018 16 17 5China100002 1 11 1 1 1Korea DPR1222211 7 710 10 7 1Poland010112 2 22 2 2 0Romania639 45 532 30 28 28 21 78Total

Refined Metal:141314131357 52 5455 56 52 13Bulgaria333830302993 118 13184 69 118 30C.I.S.

12610113493102442 446 454396 433 446 119China000001 0 01 0 0 0Korea DPR7667526 21 2622 32 21 6Poland211218 9 66 11 9 1Romania

182627 185145 159564 601 646 646 671 169150Totalof which to:

-122113 7 511 11 7 1Austria5544432 24 1818 35 24 7Germany-889733 36 2568 39 36 6Italy-51668 23 123 46 23 6Netherlands691012339 33 3741 41 33 9Spain---0314 10 018 9 10 0United Kingdom199--61 0 1928 - 0 0United States

13221426 7 187 6 7 1Japan-40292620100 98 95101 108 98 26Korea Rep-413534 29 824 26 29 9Malaysia

191919311976 84 8870 50 84 22Taiwan, China-8991630 59 2639 46 59 16Thailand

13849914262161 236 320136 184 236 66Other^

Imports by Eastern Countries from other countriesOres/Concentrates (Lead content):

11111111632 22 4420 23 22 5Bulgaria67771195 43 2798 50 43 11C.I.S.

152146101114154247 430 513201 337 430 99China222-213 8 612 3 8 3Romania

171387 121132 166331 413 503 503 590 118173TotalLead Bullion:

3335816 30 1422 24 30 8China316 35 322 24 30 30 14 88Total

Refined Metal:100002 0 10 1 0 0C.I.S.76681016 40 2732 28 40 9China

142424171242 59 7950 46 59 18Czech Rep.4443513 18 1517 21 18 4Poland3243414 14 1214 14 14 3Other

2987 3831 36113 110 131 131 134 3431Totalof which from:

10686738 33 3046 46 33 7Germany-677510 23 2016 19 23 5Sweden322236 10 98 9 10 2Australia

162221161633 65 7543 36 65 20Other^^

^ Includes estimated deliveries to warehouses in free port areas.^^ Includes estimated deliveries from warehouses in free port areas.


Lead: Western World: Recovery of Secondary LeadPlomb: Monde occidental: Récupération de Plomb SecondaireThousand tonnes

Quarterly Totals:Annual Totals: Year to Date:2002 200520042003 2005 2004 20052004

Oct- Dec

Jan-Dec Jul- Sep

Jan- Mar

Apr- Jun

Jul- Sep

Oct- DecRefined Lead and Lead Alloys:*

Europe 238936 968 982 968 982 233 248 260 254 2311,019Austria 18 24 22 24 6 6 5 521 622 6Belgium 65 62 84 62 16 21 21 2188 2184 16France 94 104 92 104 28 26 18 24121 2492 20Germany 225 277 262 277 72 71 63 60237 69262 67Greece 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 15 14 1Ireland 9 20 22 20 5 5 5 57 522 5Italy 166 162 155 162 40 43 35 35155 43155 41Macedonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 00 0Netherlands 17 17 17 17 4 4 4 418 417 4Portugal 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 14 13 1Slovenia 14 15 15 15 4 4 4 413 415 4Spain 102 105 110 105 27 28 28 27116 28110 28Sweden 52 45 46 45 12 13 9 1347 1146 9Switzerland 8 9 8 9 2 2 2 29 28 2United Kingdom 158 120 143 120 30 36 36 36175 36143 30

Africa 2080 78 81 78 81 21 18 20 20 2076Algeria 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 26 26 2Kenya 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 01 01 0Morocco 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 14 13 1Nigeria 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 13 13 1South Africa 65 64 67 64 15 16 17 1761 1667 18Zambia 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 01 01 0Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0

America 3861,476 1,492 1,503 1,492 1,503 373 376 383 374 3611,438Argentina 30 48 50 48 12 12 12 1233 1250 12Brazil 35 38 44 38 9 10 12 1237 1044 10Canada 105 110 119 110 32 32 22 33115 32119 25Colombia 9 9 9 9 2 2 2 29 29 2El Salvador 8 10 10 10 2 3 2 28 310 2Mexico 110 110 110 110 27 28 28 27106 28110 28United States 1,147 1,131 1,127 1,131 282 287 273 2871,102 2791,127 285Venezuela 32 35 35 35 9 9 9 928 935 9

Asia 160577 605 626 605 626 148 154 155 159 153535India 30 28 35 28 7 9 9 935 935 7Indonesia 18 20 18 20 5 5 5 517 518 5Iran 32 32 36 32 8 8 10 1030 836 8Israel 25 27 28 27 7 7 7 722 728 7Japan 190 189 174 189 46 44 38 45178 48174 43Korea Rep 60 70 73 70 17 18 18 1864 1873 17Malaysia 57 54 71 54 15 16 19 1940 1671 15Pakistan 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 02 12 1Philippines 27 29 30 29 7 8 8 826 830 7Saudi Arabia 25 32 36 32 8 9 9 917 936 8Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 01 01 0Taiwan, China 56 56 55 56 14 14 14 1455 1455 14Thailand 46 57 60 57 17 15 15 1540 1560 14Turkey 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 26 26 2United Arab Emirates 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 02 12 1

Oceania 1146 50 46 50 46 13 12 11 11 1343Australia 38 42 39 42 10 9 11 934 939 11New Zealand 8 8 7 8 2 2 2 29 27 2

3115 3192 3239 3192 3239 789 809 828 817 7783110 815Total

* Refined lead and lead alloys (lead content) produced from secondary materials (scraps, wastes and residues).

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 13 23Lead: Country Tables: AustraliaPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: AustralieThousand tonnes


200520042004200320022001 2005DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJul

Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):

Production 714 59.466.564.8 58.5658 648 642 642 714 64.563.5

Exports: 304 ...26.410.2 47.5264 263 264 264 296 36.926.9(11) (11)

...8.4--64 30 2457 50 30 7.1 -Belgium

...24.16.816.274 83 11542 64 83 22.7 9.0China

...3.73.43.548 22 4331 43 22 3.6 3.6Japan

...11.2-7.1100 98 98130 98 98 3.6 13.8Korea Rep

...---6 - -- - - - -United StatesOther 12 3 7 30 30 16 - - - - - ...

Lead Bullion:

Exports: 148 ...-- 26.9151 133 150 126 136 25.911.6(11) (11)

...26.9-11.6148 126 136151 133 150 25.9 -United Kingdom

Refined Lead:23.724.213.123.6271 273 268302 307 273 23.6 23.0Production:21.220.99.520.1237 232 229268 270 232 19.7 19.6Primary

2.53.33.63.534 42 3934 38 42 3.9 3.4Secondary

Exports:* 207 ...14.912.6 36.8263 267 211 196 231 33.511.4(11) (11)

...---- 0 -- 9 0 - -Austria

...0.10.00.13 3 16 5 4 0.2 0.0Bangladesh

...---1 2 -5 3 2 - -Egypt

...1.01.00.8- 3 106 - 4 0.8 0.5Germany

...1.21.80.812 14 1413 11 15 1.5 0.8Hong Kong, China

...4.42.02.221 20 2920 13 23 2.0 3.2India

...1.21.11.216 10 1113 17 11 0.8 1.2Indonesia

...---- - -9 1 - - -Italy

...4.00.70.328 46 1833 42 49 1.5 1.1Korea Rep

...0.80.70.613 12 815 18 13 0.6 1.0Malaysia

...-0.00.1- - 00 21 - 0.1 -Netherlands

...---3 - -4 4 - - -Oman

...0.80.81.35 6 98 8 7 0.6 0.8Pakistan

...0.30.51.411 12 1112 11 13 1.1 0.8South Africa

...18.7--0 28 580 10 28 20.0 -Switzerland

...0.80.7-30 11 530 34 12 0.7 0.9Taiwan, China

...2.11.82.116 13 2421 25 14 2.9 3.1Thailand

...---37 - 2153 20 - - -United States

...0.70.90.46 9 77 8 10 0.4 0.9VietnamOther 5 7 7 7 6 4 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 ...

Consumption 41 1.62.11.9 3.039 38 39 39 28 3.02.7

Stocks:4.43.93.55.342 31 23 6 4.8 4.8Producers

Principal Uses:** 41 39 38 1 1 1 Alloys (solder) 1 1 1 Ammunition 28 28 28 Batteries 1 1 1 Cable Sheathing 6 6 6 Pipe/Sheet 4 3 2 Miscellaneous

* Includes lead alloys. ** Refined lead and lead alloys.

(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 14 24Lead: Country Tables: BulgariaPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: BulgarieThousand tonnes

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Monthly Totals:200520052001 2002 2003 2004 2004

DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 16 0.70.50.5 0.524 17 13 13 10 0.50.5Imports: 50 ......... ...31 39 44 ... ... ......

............6 ... ...2 - - ... ...Greece

............8 ... ...3 - - ... ...Macedonia

............8 ... ...5 7 8 ... ...Morocco

............10 ... ...6 6 4 ... ...Poland

............3 ... ...6 1 2 ... ...TurkeyOther 16 10 26 31 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Refined Lead:6.86.86.86.883 66 8266 69 66 6.8 6.8Production:

Imports 0 ......... ...0 0 1 ... ... ......Exports: 68 ......... ...58 60 54 ... ... ......

............2 ... ...1 0 0 ... ...Egypt

............3 ... ...1 3 2 ... ...Hungary

............14 ... ...10 4 6 ... ...Italy

............- ... ...1 1 - ... ...Netherlands

............3 ... ...1 0 0 ... ...Romania

............14 ... ...18 10 18 ... ...Spain

............17 ... ...15 25 15 ... ...Turkey

............5 ... ...0 1 - ... ...Ukraine

............- ... ...- 1 - ... ...United KingdomOther 11 9 16 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Consumption 16 1.01.01.0 1.016 17 10 10 12 1.01.0

Table 15Lead: Country Tables: PolandPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: PologneThousand tonnes

Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 53 3.23.23.2 3.257 42 40 40 38 3.23.2Exports: 44 ...4.64.1 ...47 52 54 45 49 4.94.7(10) (10)

......--- 2 05 5 2 0.2 -Belgium

......0.60.64 6 112 4 9 - 1.8Bulgaria

......1.80.6- 1 83 7 1 1.2 0.9China

......0.71.911 22 1821 16 27 2.9 1.1Germany

......--4 3 -- - 3 - -Kazakhstan

......--5 3 -- 7 3 - -Morocco

......0.71.36 6 98 7 8 0.6 0.8Romania

......0.30.38 2 35 4 2 - -Slovak RepOther 6 2 3 0 0 0 - - - - ... ...


Imports: 25 ...3.73.3 ...32 34 33 28 28 3.53.7(10) (10)

......0.20.25 2 26 9 3 0.4 0.4Germany

......1.61.38 7 1112 6 9 1.6 1.5Kazakhstan

......0.51.17 8 810 11 10 0.9 0.8SwedenOther 6 4 8 12 10 7 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.0 ... ...

Exports: 32 ...2.02.3 ...28 35 26 22 23 2.82.0(10) (10)

......0.20.15 4 24 3 5 0.4 0.0Czech Rep.

......1.71.413 17 1616 30 19 1.9 1.5Germany

......--7 - 00 - - - -United KingdomOther 7 8 2 1 1 5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 ... ...

Consumption 59 5.47.16.4 5.470 58 69 69 70 6.17.1(10) January-October.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 16 25Lead: Country Tables: CanadaPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: CanadaThousand tonnes




Production 154 6.75.76.2 5.597 81 77 77 79 7.16.8

Imports: 54 ...6.77.4 2.375 70 93 91 58 10.85.0(11) (11)

...---28 42 1045 38 42 - -Peru

...2.37.44.818 30 4811 16 32 10.8 6.7United States

Other 8 19 16 19 19 0 0.2 - - - 0.0 ...

Exports: 58 ...-- -42 8 1 1 0 --(11) (11)

...---5 - -8 - - - -Belgium

...---15 - -11 8 - - -China

...---11 - -23 - - - -Germany

...---23 - -- - - - -Sweden

Other 4 - - 1 1 0 - - - - - ...

Refined Lead:

23.025.17.616.6231 241 229252 223 241 7.6 19.1Production:

12.012.90.29.6127 131 110137 119 131 - 9.2Primary

11.012.17.57.1104 110 119115 105 110 7.6 9.9Secondary

Imports 4 ...0.30.2 0.32 2 3 3 2 0.10.2(11) (11)

Exports: 144 ...12.17.4 17.8163 149 150 134 145 8.211.0(11) (11)

...17.87.410.7142 123 141152 142 138 8.2 12.0United States

Other 2 10 7 11 11 3 0.3 0.0 - 0.1 - ...

Consumption 55 4.83.02.9 2.958 51 52 52 44 2.53.0

Stocks:

5.05.12.49.611 87 678 8 5 5.3 3.9Producers

Principal Uses:* 72 75 76

4 3 3 Alloys (solder)

56 60 62 Batteries

5 5 5 Chemicals

2 2 2 Semi-Manufacture

5 5 4 Miscellaneous

* Refined lead and lead alloys. Chemicals includes Gasoline Additives.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 17 26Lead: Country Tables: ChinaPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: ChineThousand tonnes




Production 599 91.091.089.4 91.0641 955 951 951 1,018 95.786.5Imports: 255 56.751.972.7 63.3216 374 454 454 567 59.733.0

10.917.08.0-108 84 10126 62 84 22.0 9.9Australia----24 2 -15 19 2 - -Canada

3.9-3.02.716 12 2112 17 12 0.0 -Germany----7 11 119 8 11 - -India

0.36.2-1.418 14 2914 12 14 4.0 5.0Iran11.22.52.50.8- 34 3613 12 34 2.6 2.6Korea Rep

0.60.60.71.229 7 103 8 7 0.7 0.8Mexico----7 12 1116 15 12 4.3 -Namibia

8.35.116.75.011 103 11136 78 103 6.4 18.2Peru3.21.71.31.20 1 208 9 1 6.8 1.6Russian Federation

----10 3 -7 8 3 - -Spain-2.4--2 - 210 9 - - -Thailand

10.118.733.412.84 97 12331 65 97 7.7 4.4United StatesOther 20 17 53 73 73 93 7.9 5.3 7.0 9.3 9.0 8.2

Exports 0 --- -0 0 0 0 0 0.0-Lead Bullion:

Imports 20 1.51.71.5 1.325 30 42 42 21 1.41.5Exports 24 1.60.90.8 1.118 16 17 17 10 0.71.0Refined Lead:

230.0229.0221.9215.31,195 1,812 2,3831,325 1,564 1,812 203.9 233.0Production:165.0165.0164.0152.6984 1,499 1,8461,072 1,330 1,499 158.3 167.2Primary

65.064.058.062.8211 313 537252 234 313 45.6 65.9Secondary

Imports: 15 3.02.93.2 3.233 29 46 46 37 2.72.61.91.21.51.810 15 1710 12 15 1.3 1.3Australia0.00.10.10.03 8 03 6 8 0.0 0.0Korea Rep

----- - -16 - - - -SpainOther 2 4 10 23 23 20 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.1

Exports: 448 52.736.922.0 36.5399 438 448 448 455 34.744.70.6---8 2 22 2 2 - -Brazil4.84.40.94.638 40 4625 34 40 2.6 2.6Hong Kong, China0.51.60.62.71 30 162 26 30 1.5 1.0India2.22.22.52.519 42 2831 45 42 1.4 2.5Indonesia5.91.60.4-5 12 1532 27 12 - -Italy4.02.41.80.427 7 166 6 7 0.3 4.6Japan

15.114.08.513.999 95 13397 106 95 10.7 10.2Korea Rep0.30.90.00.216 40 620 29 40 0.2 0.1Malaysia1.0---6 6 32 38 6 - -Netherlands

-0.00.0-1 5 03 1 5 - -Philippines6.10.3-10.984 16 4271 16 16 - 1.0Singapore6.96.85.75.161 77 8646 38 77 7.7 7.9Taiwan, China3.90.91.23.819 57 3028 50 57 3.4 2.6Thailand

----56 - 2218 - - 6.5 4.0United StatesOther 9 14 20 19 19 10 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.6

Consumption 700 176.2195.0199.2 191.7950 1,183 1,390 1,390 1,917 167.9169.2

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 18 27Lead: Country Tables: FrancePlomb: Tableaux des Pays: FranceThousand tonnes




Imports: 109 ...-0.0 0.088 0 0 0 0 0.00.0(11) (11)

...---8 - 07 - - - -Australia

...---- - -7 - - - -Canada

...---13 - -11 0 - - -Germany

...---10 - -2 - - - -Ireland

...---6 - -9 - - - -Peru

...---18 - -21 - - - -South Africa

...0.00.0-9 - 04 - - - -Spain

...---20 - -8 - - - -Sweden

...---13 - -13 - - - -United StatesOther 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 - - - ...

Lead Bullion:

Imports 6 ...0.40.1 0.17 3 6 6 3 0.20.0(11) (11)

Exports 1 ...0.00.1 0.14 2 1 1 1 0.00.0(11) (11)


----98 - -82 7 - - -Primary7.58.18.55.9132 104 92121 94 104 3.7 8.4Secondary

Imports:* 74 ...9.410.9 10.174 101 86 79 100 6.510.2(11) (11)

...3.52.52.013 14 2712 19 15 2.2 2.7Belgium

...5.04.95.231 28 3830 38 29 2.4 3.9Germany

...0.00.00.10 7 40 7 8 - 0.7Netherlands

...1.12.82.326 11 2028 27 13 1.5 1.4United Kingdom

...---0 2 00 6 2 0.0 -United StatesOther 5 4 4 20 17 10 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 ...

Exports:* 61 ...0.50.4 0.756 11 5 4 5 0.10.5(11) (11)

...0.20.20.26 1 15 1 1 0.0 0.2Belgium

...0.20.20.218 1 224 4 1 0.0 0.1Germany

...---12 0 03 0 0 - -Italy

...-0.0-3 0 06 2 0 - 0.0Netherlands

...---0 0 00 0 0 0.0 -Portugal

...0.20.0-20 1 115 2 1 0.1 0.1SpainOther 1 4 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 ...

Consumption 265 17.917.917.9 17.9230 220 215 215 215 17.917.9

Principal Uses:** 283 277 258 4 4 4 Alloys (solder) 7 7 7 Ammunition 208 203 196 Batteries 11 9 8 Cable Sheathing 19 22 16 Oxides 19 19 19 Semi-Manufacture 14 14 8 Miscellaneous

* Includes lead alloys.** Consumption of refined lead/lead alloys and direct use of lead recovered from scrap materials.


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 19 28Lead: Country Tables: GermanyPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: AllemagneThousand tonnes




Imports: 146 ...1.07.6 21.0122 108 121 112 90 6.75.8(11) (11)

...6.0--37 26 1930 19 29 - -Australia

...---19 1 -28 13 1 - -Canada

...9.11.9-5 9 185 14 9 1.8 -Ireland

...---4 3 25 4 6 - -Morocco

...2.0-1.59 17 821 15 17 0.8 0.9Poland

...-3.4-19 18 87 12 18 - -South Africa

...---6 1 -- - 1 - -Spain

...2.42.4-30 23 2115 24 25 2.4 -SwedenOther 17 11 8 14 14 14 4.3 1.7 0.0 0.2 1.5 ...

Lead Bullion:

Imports 17 ...0.2... ...19 22 8 8 3 ...0.2(11) (11)

Refined Lead:30.030.030.034.6375 411 404378 357 411 33.6 30.0Production:10.010.010.010.5157 134 141141 132 134 14.9 10.0Primary20.020.020.024.1218 277 262237 225 277 18.6 20.0Secondary

Imports: 157 ...8.93.3 6.6136 134 89 76 73 5.915.8(11) (11)

...2.00.96.718 7 1815 18 11 1.7 1.4Belgium

...0.20.00.22 3 24 4 3 0.1 0.2Czech Rep.

...--0.510 1 19 3 2 - -France

...---12 0 -0 0 0 - -Kazakhstan

...0.1-1.11 3 30 11 5 0.2 -Netherlands

...0.90.72.316 14 1212 23 16 1.1 1.8Poland

...0.80.91.617 17 1222 25 19 0.9 1.3Sweden

...0.20.10.34 3 23 3 3 0.1 0.2Switzerland

...2.00.52.972 18 1964 35 20 1.4 3.4United KingdomOther 5 6 15 10 10 5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 ...

Exports: 145 ...4.38.7 14.3133 100 79 73 90 6.15.8(11) (11)

...2.21.50.420 8 1426 13 9 0.9 0.6Austria

...0.20.20.16 3 13 3 3 0.2 -Belgium

...3.61.02.034 26 2338 36 29 1.1 2.6Czech Rep.

...7.64.62.533 12 3829 31 13 2.5 0.5France

...---7 - -11 - - - -Ireland

...0.20.50.06 0 32 0 0 0.3 -Italy

...0.10.10.49 11 58 5 12 0.4 -Netherlands

...0.40.60.45 3 48 9 3 0.5 0.5Poland

...0.10.2-22 5 15 0 5 0.1 0.1United KingdomOther 4 3 3 5 5 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ...

Consumption 404 27.634.126.1 23.9385 384 395 395 387 32.846.0

Stocks:15.015.016.017.013 12 8 20 17.0 16.0Consumers

0.40.40.50.60 1 0 1 0.6 0.5Merchant Stocks

Principal Uses:* 390 372 371 8 6 4 Alloys (solder) 242 232 247 Batteries 2 2 2 Cable Sheathing 74 62 53 Chemicals 58 64 60 Pipe/Sheet/Shot 5 5 5 Miscellaneous

* Consumption of refined lead, lead alloys and direct use of lead recovered from scrap materials.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 20 29Lead: Country Tables: ItalyPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: ItalieThousand tonnes




Production 4 0.40.40.4 0.44 5 6 6 6 0.40.5Imports: 66 ...3.69.7 ...63 52 59 42 54 5.28.6(10) (10)

......--- - -- - - - -Australia

......--6 - -- 1 - - -Canada

......--10 - -- - - - -Germany

......--7 2 014 - 2 - -Greece

......--6 5 62 14 8 2.2 -Ireland

......--6 4 63 3 4 1.7 -Morocco

......7.25.03 2 2313 12 6 - -Peru

......--6 2 -- 7 2 - -South Africa

......--10 - -- - - - -Spain

......--- - -9 4 - - -Sweden

......--8 12 -16 7 18 - -United StatesOther 3 6 4 19 14 19 3.6 1.3 2.6 3.6 ... ...

Exports 0 ...0.0- ...- - 0 0 0 --(10) (10)


3.93.73.73.758 40 4941 48 40 3.7 3.7Primary11.611.511.511.5169 162 155155 166 162 11.5 11.5Secondary

Imports: 77 ...4.77.7 ...107 61 95 84 56 3.36.2(10) (10)

......0.2-9 7 311 5 7 0.0 0.7Bulgaria

......0.51.43 18 1152 31 20 0.6 0.2China

......0.1-6 0 03 0 0 0.1 0.1France

......0.50.33 0 31 0 0 0.2 0.5Germany

......2.21.115 3 101 - 4 0.9 -Kazakhstan

......0.21.015 12 914 14 14 0.7 0.9Peru

......0.20.31 1 11 1 1 0.0 0.3Sweden

......-0.17 1 15 0 1 - 0.1United KingdomOther 18 19 9 48 43 19 2.0 0.7 3.7 2.0 ... ...

Exports: 5 ...0.45.8 ...18 20 22 17 13 0.10.4(10) (10)

......-0.01 3 05 0 3 - 0.0Austria

......--- - -- 5 - - -Netherlands

......0.0-- - 08 10 0 - 0.1Portugal

......5.60.02 11 111 0 14 - 0.0Spain

......--1 1 03 2 3 - 0.0TurkeyOther 1 1 4 2 2 2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 ... ...

Consumption 284 23.523.523.5 23.5286 258 272 272 275 16.623.5Principal Uses:* 283 290 258

3 3 3 Alloys (solder) 16 16 15 Ammunition 210 219 192 Batteries 6 1 1 Cable Sheathing 29 29 26 Oxides 10 10 11 Semi-Manufacture 9 11 10 Miscellaneous

* Consumption of refined lead and lead alloys and direct use of lead recovered from scrap materials.(10) January-October.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 21 30Lead: Country Tables: JapanPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: JaponThousand tonnes

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Monthly Totals:200520042004200320022001 2005

DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJul


Production 5 0.40.30.3 0.36 6 6 6 3 0.20.4

Imports: 117 ...24.56.0 5.2117 109 94 90 97 18.59.1(11) (11)

...3.44.16.842 30 3953 41 32 2.5 0.5Australia

...0.10.50.712 1 510 11 1 0.9 0.2Peru

...1.20.80.64 5 61 2 6 1.0 0.2Russian Federation

...---4 - -2 3 - - -South Africa

...0.40.50.436 43 4134 41 44 13.8 23.5United StatesOther 21 16 11 12 11 7 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 ...

Stocks: 29 46.045.525.7 45.627 33 36 28.820.61.00.60.50.61 1 1 1 0.8 0.8At Mines

45.045.025.220.028 26 32 34 28.0 44.7At Smelters

Lead Bullion:

Imports 4 ...-- -1 - - - - --(11) (11)


9.38.38.310.0127 94 104108 105 94 10.3 5.4Primary16.415.111.114.4175 189 174178 190 189 12.3 13.1Secondary

Imports: 32 ...3.81.5 5.28 7 8 7 14 0.60.4(11) (11)

...5.01.50.427 6 147 6 7 0.6 3.8China

...0.2--2 1 01 0 1 - -PeruOther 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 ...

Exports: 1 ...0.20.5 0.010 8 3 2 4 1.10.4(11) (11)

...0.00.1-- 0 13 2 0 0.4 -Indonesia

...-0.20.2- 0 12 3 0 0.2 -Malaysia

...---- 0 01 3 0 0.1 -ThailandOther 1 5 1 2 2 2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 ...

Consumption 284 24.025.624.2 24.0303 311 292 292 287 23.524.4

Stocks:Primary:

Producers 25 16 7 6 10.8 10.8 9.3 4.2 4.9 5.9Consumers 12 7 6 6 5.0 4.6 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0Merchants 1 0 0 0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.0

Secondary:Consumers 8 6 5 5 5.1 4.4 3.9 4.9 5.0 5.0Merchants 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Principal Uses:* 284 24.025.624.2 24.0303 311 292 292 287 23.524.40.80.80.80.68 9 89 9 9 0.6 0.6Alloys (solder)

13.313.318.218.3211 219 202243 244 219 16.7 18.7Batteries----6 - -- - - - -Cable Sheathing

2.12.11.41.330 26 2120 21 26 1.8 2.0Chemicals0.30.31.91.73 14 197 10 14 2.5 2.0Pipe/Sheet7.67.62.02.625 25 3824 27 25 1.9 2.2Miscellaneous

* Primary and secondary refined lead.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 22 31Lead: Country Tables: MexicoPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: MexiqueThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 149 11.515.013.1 11.5139 144 142 142 153 12.014.0Imports: 22 ......5.4 ...19 18 32 25 35 4.43.8(9) (9)

......4.23.65 10 196 4 17 - ...Peru

......0.00.116 6 1110 1 7 3.9 ...United StatesOther 1 3 14 9 8 5 - 0.6 1.1 ... ... ...

Exports 18 ......0.9 ...6 6 16 15 5 0.80.8(9) (9)

Refined Lead:20.720.720.121.2234 242 250232 239 242 21.2 20.7Production:11.511.510.912.0142 132 140126 129 132 12.0 11.5Primary

9.29.29.29.292 110 110106 110 110 9.2 9.2Secondary

Imports: 31 ......0.7 ...44 33 21 13 24 3.22.4(9) (9)

......--13 - 119 3 - - ...Peru

......0.32.012 11 2024 28 19 2.8 ...United StatesOther 6 2 3 2 1 4 0.4 0.4 0.4 ... ... ...

Exports: 13 ......2.2 ...9 12 9 8 12 3.02.7(9) (9)

......1.62.313 6 108 8 7 2.9 ...United StatesOther 1 1 4 2 2 2 0.4 0.0 0.5 ... ... ...

Consumption 251 21.721.218.1 21.2267 259 262 262 259 20.920.4

(9) January-September.

Table 23Lead: Country Tables: PeruPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: PérouThousand tonnes

Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 289 26.030.527.8 26.3297 308 306 306 318 28.326.4Exports: 151 ...9.710.6 ...179 178 186 151 171 27.016.5(10) (10)

......--1 - -12 5 3 - -Australia

......--21 - 914 6 - - 1.4Belgium

......--39 13 331 25 13 - -Canada

......4.116.515 88 8245 95 118 15.8 3.0China

......--3 6 2518 8 6 7.3 -Italy

......1.0-8 2 614 7 2 - -Japan

......2.8-21 13 2028 23 13 - 5.2Korea Rep

......2.7-5 15 195 4 17 1.5 -Mexico

......--26 12 712 5 12 2.4 -Russian FederationOther 12 - 1 1 1 - - - - - ... ...


Exports: 115 ...8.911.4 ...109 109 113 94 96 7.911.7(10) (10)

......3.24.240 26 3134 34 29 2.2 4.0Brazil

......0.00.35 2 42 2 2 0.8 0.0Chile

......0.40.39 8 48 10 9 0.3 0.3Colombia

......0.90.717 13 812 17 16 0.7 0.8Italy

......--14 - 114 1 - - -Mexico

......1.21.412 18 1215 24 21 1.5 -Spain

......0.10.12 5 24 3 6 0.2 0.2Taiwan, China

......0.70.76 9 65 4 11 1.0 0.7VenezuelaOther 9 16 13 20 12 28 4.2 1.3 4.8 3.0 ... ...

Consumption 15 0.90.90.9 0.912 11 11 11 11 0.90.9


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 24 32Lead: Country Tables: Russian FederationPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: Russie, Fédération deThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 14 3.03.03.0 3.019 24 23 23 37 3.03.0Imports 0 ......- ...- - - - - --(9) (9)

Exports: 11 ......1.5 ...18 17 21 14 20 6.04.5(9) (9)

......-4.51 1 116 10 1 5.0 ...China

......1.5-5 5 5- 1 7 1.0 ...Japan

......--4 6 18 6 11 - ...Kazakhstan

......--- 1 34 - 1 - ...Korea RepOther - - - - - - - - - ... ... ...


----... 2 -... 5 2 - -Primary5.05.05.05.0... 69 60... 61 69 5.0 5.0Secondary

Imports: 42 ......1.4 ...46 45 29 22 18 1.91.8(9) (9)

......1.31.638 16 1541 40 22 1.4 ...Kazakhstan

......0.10.23 4 25 4 5 0.3 ...UkraineOther 1 0 1 1 1 1 0.0 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...

Exports 8 ......0.4 ...3 3 19 10 6 0.70.4(9) (9)

Consumption 94 7.17.17.1 7.1111 112 84 84 85 7.17.1


Table 25Lead: Country Tables: KazakhstanPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: KazakstanThousand tonnes


Production 43 4.24.24.2 4.243 44 44 44 50 4.24.2Imports: 64 ......... ...... 34 58 ... ... ......

............9 ... ...... 6 3 ... ...Australia

............31 ... ...... 11 22 ... ...Peru

............2 ... ...... 7 12 ... ...Russian Federation

............7 ... ...... 1 - ... ...United States

Other 16 ... 9 22 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Refined Lead:

11.811.811.811.8159 144 142152 141 144 11.8 11.8Production:

Exports: 48 ......... ...... 102 126 ... ... ..................5 ... ...... 39 21 ... ...Russian Federation

............- ... ...... - - ... ...Sweden

............9 ... ...... 2 30 ... ...Turkey

............2 ... ...... - 0 ... ...United Kingdom

Other 32 ... 61 74 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Consumption 14 1.01.01.0 1.011 10 12 12 12 1.01.0

N.B. Trade data are incomplete.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 26 33Lead: Country Tables: United KingdomPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: Royaume-UniThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 0 0.00.00.0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00.0

Imports: 8 ...-- ...0 0 0 0 0 --(10) (10)

......--4 - -- - - - -Ireland

Other 4 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - ... ...

Lead Bullion:Production 48 4.04.04.0 4.048 48 48 48 48 4.04.0

Imports: 186 ...20.711.9 ...185 175 144 115 149 17.80.1(10) (10)

......11.6-152 96 145139 141 124 17.4 20.2Australia

......--33 4 033 27 4 - -Germany

Other 2 12 7 16 15 4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 ... ...

Exports: 8 ...0.30.4 ...5 4 1 1 3 0.50.1(10) (10)

......--6 - -4 1 - - -Germany

Other 2 1 3 1 1 3 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 ... ...

Stocks 16 23.520.67.9 6.223 7 28 11.16.3


9.615.314.714.2198 122 161193 163 122 12.3 13.5Primary

11.911.911.911.9183 120 143175 158 120 11.9 11.9Secondary

Imports: 31 ...0.91.4 ...29 20 35 29 23 3.13.9(10) (10)

......0.11.84 1 61 1 1 1.7 -Belgium

......--1 2 -11 4 2 - -Kazakhstan

......--1 - -2 5 - - -Poland

......--11 5 05 - 5 - -Russian Federation

......0.40.410 2 22 - 2 0.3 0.1Sweden

......-0.00 3 03 10 3 - -United States

Other 4 6 0 22 16 14 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 ... ...

Exports: 89 ...4.23.5 ...100 62 38 33 35 5.23.6(10) (10)

......--0 - -2 1 - - -Austria

......0.3-3 1 14 0 1 - 0.3Belgium

......1.01.027 6 1133 21 7 1.1 1.4France

......1.71.753 14 1652 32 17 1.6 1.9Germany

......0.00.13 5 02 5 5 - 0.2Italy

Other 4 7 3 8 7 6 0.7 2.5 0.5 0.5 ... ...

Consumption 318 25.924.322.0 28.1311 302 295 295 271 19.123.2

Stocks:28.028.027.026.026 26 16 23 26.5 27.5Consumers

Principal Uses:* 267 255 247 10 10 10 Alloys (solder)

92 88 82 Batteries

9 8 8 Cable Sheathing

16 16 16 Chemicals

12 10 8 Gasoline Additives

110 111 111 Pipe/Sheet

6 6 6 Shot

11 6 6 Miscellaneous

(10) January-October.* Data, supplied by World Bureau of Metal Statistics, include direct use of scrap lead.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 27 34Lead: Country Tables: United StatesPlomb: Tableaux des Pays: Etats-UnisThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Lead Content):Production 463 36.938.739.0 36.9449 458 439 439 438 38.840.3

Imports:* 2 ...-- -0 - - - - --(11) (11)

...---- - -- - - - -Brazil

...---- - -- - - - -MexicoOther 2 0 - - - - - - - - - ...

Exports: 185 ...9.889.8 19.6245 257 295 282 375 155.320.9(11) (11)

...5.8--34 15 1223 6 15 2.9 2.9Belgium

...2.514.05.023 31 14513 21 34 98.7 6.9Canada

...5.844.610.10 98 1063 72 98 5.8 -China

...---6 - -0 12 - - -Germany

...---0 - -27 7 - - -Italy

...-21.55.845 63 4844 49 63 20.5 -Japan

...-9.7-17 46 3142 40 53 5.7 0.0Korea Rep

...0.0--41 18 755 44 22 - -Mexico

...---12 - -16 - - - -NetherlandsOther 9 21 8 10 10 27 0.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 5.5 ...

Lead Bullion:Imports ... ...-- -... 0 0 0 0 0.0-(11) (11)

Exports 4 ...0.0... 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.00.0(11) (11)

Refined Lead:107.7107.7103.299.41,376 1,262 1,2651,364 1,392 1,262 105.3 106.2Production:

11.511.511.511.5290 131 138262 245 131 11.5 11.5Primary96.296.291.787.91,086 1,131 1,1271,102 1,147 1,131 93.8 94.7Secondary

Imports:* 270 ...28.725.1 28.5211 176 199 179 273 21.227.6(11) (11)

...0.65.75.616 14 403 0 14 2.7 6.4Australia

...21.08.514.3168 150 171173 168 167 10.0 15.3Canada

...0.66.52.656 0 1928 0 0 - -China

...1.11.81.813 9 148 8 9 3.6 2.0MexicoOther 17 0 0 9 6 29 3.3 4.9 2.6 5.0 5.1 ...

Exports: 17 ...3.91.2 6.431 92 59 55 40 4.22.9(11) (11)

...0.30.20.21 2 22 1 2 0.1 0.3Canada

...---0 2 00 31 2 - -Italy

...6.10.42.514 21 3522 34 25 3.6 2.9Mexico

...---0 0 -0 14 0 - -Netherlands

...0.00.5-0 5 16 2 5 0.5 -United KingdomOther 1 1 11 23 23 3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 ...

Consumption 1,695 130.7130.3126.7 131.71,536 1,513 1,502 1,502 1,553 120.7123.6Stocks:

72.072.069.372.590 105 124 77 67.2 71.9Consumers17.017.017.017.010 10 14 17 17.0 17.0Producers26.028.032.026.9178 172 112 55 33.8 30.0Stockpile

Principal Uses:** 1,695 130.7130.3126.7 131.71,536 1,513 1,502 1,502 1,553 120.7123.63.63.72.53.454 44 4160 48 44 2.1 3.3Alloys (solder)5.75.76.14.861 58 6744 55 58 5.8 5.8Ammunition

112.4113.3109.0106.31,482 1,292 1,3351,321 1,302 1,292 103.8 112.1Batteries0.20.20.20.22 2 22 2 2 0.2 0.2Cable Sheathing4.94.94.94.945 59 5960 59 59 4.9 4.9Chemicals2.02.02.02.024 24 2424 24 24 2.0 2.0Pipe/Sheet2.02.02.02.027 24 2424 24 24 2.0 2.0Miscellaneous

* Imports for consumption.** Consumption of refined lead, lead alloys and direct use of lead recovered from scrap materials.


35Table 28 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"

Production and Consumption of Lead: Annual TotalsProduction et Consommation du Plomb: Totales AnnuellesThousand tonnes

Western World Total World

Mine*Production

MetalProduction

MetalConsumption

Mine* Production

MetalProduction

MetalConsumption

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

1972 2618 3728 3765 4803 48631.6 3585 4.14.13.14.13.8

1973 2649 3881 4057 4991 52181.2 3673 7.33.92.57.84.1

1974 2589 3886 3949 5042 5173-2.3 3642 -0.91.0-0.8-2.70.1

1975 2485 3634 3432 4829 4742-4.0 3570 -8.3-4.2-2.0-13.1-6.5

1976 2390 3887 3873 5087 5183-3.8 3464 9.35.3-3.012.87.0

1977 2543 4168 4152 5410 54866.4 3646 5.86.35.37.27.2

1978 2550 4182 4174 5497 55830.3 3622 1.81.6-0.70.50.3

1979 2540 4336 4222 5659 5646-0.4 3588 1.12.9-0.91.13.7

1980 2557 4166 3987 5454 54290.7 3495 -3.8-3.6-2.6-5.6-3.9

1981 2474 4091 3962 5346 5345-3.2 3342 -1.5-2.0-4.4-0.6-1.8

1982 2549 4004 3855 5247 51793.0 3366 -3.1-1.90.7-2.7-2.1

1983 2466 4015 3902 5235 5189-3.3 3265 0.2-0.2-3.01.20.3

1984 2365 4150 4045 5336 5312-4.1 3126 2.41.9-4.33.73.4

1985 2505 4333 4111 5411 53155.9 3248 0.11.43.91.64.4

1986 2356 4161 4198 5273 5380-5.9 3082 1.2-2.6-5.12.1-4.0

1987 2378 4362 4338 5470 54640.9 3151 1.63.72.23.34.8

1988 2319 4554 4480 5644 5527-2.5 3140 1.23.2-0.33.34.4

1989 2296 4616 4620 5705 5562-1.0 3120 0.61.1-0.63.11.4

1990 2391 4474 4537 5473 54034.1 3183 -2.9-4.12.0-1.8-3.1

1991 2379 4477 4515 5383 5255-0.5 3107 -2.7-1.6-2.4-0.50.1

1992 2328 4548 4605 5484 5279-2.1 3016 0.51.9-2.92.01.6

1993 2017 4526 4607 5479 5224-13.4 2668 -1.0-0.1-11.50.0-0.5

1994 1995 4579 4899 5455 5486-1.1 2682 5.0-0.40.56.31.2

1995 1992 4787 5135 5761 5870-0.2 2739 7.05.62.14.84.5

1996 2155 4791 5217 5838 59758.2 2997 1.81.39.41.60.1

1997 2125 4969 5278 6029 6053-1.4 3023 1.33.30.91.23.7

1998 2245 4921 5278 6020 60675.6 2988 0.2-0.1-1.20.0-1.0

1999 2261 4955 5431 6289 62420.7 2967 2.94.5-0.72.90.7

2000 2259 5109 5629 6665 6508-0.1 3069 4.36.03.43.63.1

2001 2256 4953 5450 6592 6482-0.1 3008 -0.4-1.1-2.0-3.2-3.1

2002 2019 4929 5341 6676 6647-10.5 2830 2.51.3-5.9-2.0-0.5

2003 1981 4781 5315 6748 6825-1.9 3099 2.71.19.5-0.5-3.0

2004 1979 4602 5423 6833 7142-0.1 3087 4.61.3-0.42.0-3.7

* Metal content by analysis.

Zinc: Mine ProductionZinc: Production minière

36ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure H


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Canada USA Australia Peru

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 37Table 29Zinc: Mine Production *Zinc: Production minière *Thousand tonnes (Zinc content)



910 1,019 1,021 1,021 1,062 80.7 93.8 90.0 89.1 91.4 93.41,052EuropeBosnia & Herzegovina 0 - - - - - - -0 -- -Bulgaria 14 12 11 11 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.811 0.810 0.8Finland 35 39 37 37 5.2 4.0 2.8 2.920 4.541 3.6Georgia 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.00 0.0Greece 35 3 - - 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.032 2.012 1.0Ireland 253 419 438 438 38.3 36.2 38.9 40.2298 37.6431 31.9Macedonia 10 4 - - - - - -20 -- -Poland 152 154 148 148 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7153 11.7140 11.7Romania 29 26 25 25 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.129 2.125 2.1Russian Federation 162 159 162 162 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4164 15.4185 15.4Serbia & Montenegro 2 - 2 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.36 0.33 0.3Spain 70 15 - - - - - -161 -- -Sweden 149 188 199 199 19.1 18.5 17.6 18.2159 14.8216 14.0

242 259 357 357 431 36.6 36.4 36.2 35.7 34.9 31.9236AfricaAlgeria 10 3 5 5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.47 0.45 0.4Congo DR (Zaire) 0 - - - - - - -0 -- -Morocco 91 69 87 87 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.189 12.1145 12.1Namibia 41 108 202 202 19.4 19.3 19.4 16.337 20.2229 19.6South Africa 64 41 32 32 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.861 2.833 2.8Tunisia 37 38 31 31 1.7 1.6 0.3 0.341 0.319 1.7

3,759 3,795 3,607 3,607 3,502 304.8 298.2 293.6 278.6 283.4 308.23,769AmericaArgentina 37 30 27 27 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.240 2.227 2.2Bolivia 142 145 146 146 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7145 12.7152 12.7Brazil 133 147 165 165 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.6111 14.6175 14.6Canada 916 788 791 791 51.0 51.4 47.8 56.71,065 48.6676 62.6Chile 36 33 27 27 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.233 2.227 2.2Honduras 46 44 41 41 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.548 3.542 3.5Mexico 446 472 462 462 37.0 37.6 46.0 46.0429 39.8433 35.4Peru 1,219 1,369 1,209 1,209 103.4 105.2 100.2 107.01,056 88.31,223 104.1United States 784 768 739 739 71.5 64.2 54.3 63.3842 66.8747 67.5

2,549 3,058 3,380 3,380 3,668 298.6 379.8 324.6 300.5 301.1 299.82,400AsiaChina 1,624 2,029 2,264 2,264 277.4 222.1 197.8 197.81,572 197.82,441 195.5India 234 305 340 340 36.6 36.6 36.6 36.6222 36.6439 36.6Iran 121 111 135 135 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3105 11.3135 11.3Japan 43 45 48 48 3.6 3.8 5.1 3.945 4.541 4.4Kazakhstan 376 392 404 404 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8320 33.8405 33.8Korea DPR 32 52 62 62 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.428 5.465 5.4Korea Rep - - - - - - - -5 -- -Laos, PDR 4 4 4 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.36 0.34 0.3Myanmar 2 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.22 0.22 0.2Saudi Arabia 2 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.23 0.22 0.2Thailand 25 31 40 40 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.924 3.044 3.0Turkey 43 40 39 39 4.6 4.5 4.0 4.036 4.048 4.6Vietnam 42 45 40 40 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.532 3.542 3.5

1,444 1,447 1,298 1,298 1,332 120.3 111.1 113.3 105.7 102.1 124.91,476OceaniaAustralia 1,444 1,447 1,298 1,298 111.1 113.3 102.1 124.91,476 105.71,332 120.3



* Zinc content by analysis of zinc ores and concentrates, plus the zinc content of other ores and concentrates known to be intended for zinc recovery.

Refined Zinc: Metal ProductionZinc raffiné: Production de métal

38ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure I


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2003 2004 2005

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total Europe Canada Japan USA China

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 39Table 30Zinc: Refined Zinc: Metal Production *Zinc: Zinc raffiné: Production de métal *Thousand tonnes



2,914 2,741 2,721 2,721 2,647 215.3 224.1 226.7 219.1 214.9 212.22,877EuropeBelgium 239 244 257 257 21.0 21.0 21.0 19.0256 21.0232 21.0Bulgaria 82 86 102 102 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.288 8.298 8.2Finland 235 266 285 285 24.7 25.8 23.8 25.0249 24.4292 25.5France 334 253 260 260 18.7 19.5 10.1 8.5329 14.0207 18.8Germany 378 388 358 358 27.6 30.5 30.5 30.5357 30.5354 23.1Italy 176 123 118 118 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.5179 9.6124 9.8Macedonia 56 28 - - - - - -52 -- -Netherlands 203 223 225 225 21.4 19.0 19.0 19.0206 19.0230 18.6Norway 145 142 139 139 12.4 12.7 12.3 13.0145 12.0148 10.8Poland 159 154 154 154 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.8175 12.8154 12.8Romania 48 48 55 55 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.852 4.857 4.8Russian Federation 257 253 241 241 18.8 18.8 18.8 18.8250 18.8225 18.8Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 4 4 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.013 2.020 1.0Spain 503 519 523 523 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2437 42.2506 42.2United Kingdom 98 14 - - - - - -90 -- -

147 193 258 258 297 26.3 26.9 26.7 26.1 26.3 27.5135AfricaAlgeria 34 32 30 30 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.526 2.530 2.5Namibia - 47 121 121 15.1 14.8 14.4 15.5- 14.3157 14.4South Africa 111 112 105 105 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.5109 9.3110 9.3Zambia 2 2 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0- 0.00 0.0

1,903 1,930 1,993 1,993 1,883 149.5 142.5 138.1 148.4 166.7 161.91,724AmericaArgentina 39 39 35 35 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.440 3.441 3.4Brazil 255 258 266 266 23.3 22.2 23.0 23.0193 22.5267 23.5Canada 793 761 805 805 41.2 38.4 67.8 62.0661 48.1721 54.2Mexico 306 320 337 337 29.7 29.1 29.7 28.7311 29.7335 29.7Peru 170 202 196 196 15.5 13.8 11.8 14.5190 15.4162 6.6United States 339 350 354 354 29.4 31.2 30.9 30.3329 29.4355 32.0

4,189 4,450 4,712 4,712 4,979 376.3 422.2 416.0 425.0 461.9 448.43,936AsiaChina 2,155 2,319 2,519 2,519 230.5 229.9 255.2 240.02,038 235.12,683 202.9India 248 280 272 272 26.8 25.1 43.4 43.4234 27.2329 19.2Iran 82 84 96 96 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.365 9.3112 9.3Japan 640 651 635 635 53.0 49.1 51.4 53.2644 50.7638 42.2Kazakhstan 286 279 323 323 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2277 30.2362 30.2Korea DPR 34 55 65 65 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.031 6.072 6.0Korea Rep 608 645 669 669 56.0 56.0 56.0 55.9508 56.0658 56.0Thailand 105 107 103 103 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9105 7.995 7.9Turkey 0 - - - - - - -0 -- -Uzbekistan 30 30 30 30 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.535 2.530 2.5

567 553 474 474 456 39.4 38.6 39.3 36.4 38.8 38.6556OceaniaAustralia 567 553 474 474 38.6 39.3 38.8 38.6556 36.4456 39.4



* Total production by smelters and refineries of zinc in marketable form or used directly for alloying including production on toll in the reporting country, regardless of the type of source material, i.e. whether ores, concentrates, residues, slag or scrap. Remelted zinc and zinc dust are excluded.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 40Table 31Refined Zinc: Metal Consumption *Zinc Raffiné: Consommation de métal *Thousand tonnes


AugJan-Dec Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec2,764 2,794 2,830 2,830 2,792 219.5 208.9 239.5 246.4 248.7 222.12,815Europe

Austria 47 48 48 4.04.04.04.04.04.0484849Belgium 374 352 365 28.828.828.828.828.828.8345365350Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 7 5 0.40.40.40.40.40.4555Bulgaria 17 14 11 0.90.90.90.90.90.9101128Croatia 9 9 8 0.70.70.70.70.70.7888Czech Rep. 22 20 21 2.02.02.11.51.41.7212121Denmark 10 11 11 0.80.80.70.80.80.291111Finland 52 53 52 3.44.44.54.24.42.9475257France 327 290 298 17.427.825.529.521.226.1311298291Germany 543 526 514 43.558.350.332.241.036.6515514539Greece 26 22 29 1.01.02.02.60.81.8172920Hungary 15 16 20 1.71.71.71.71.71.7202020Ireland 3 5 3 0.30.30.20.00.10.1333Italy 348 374 389 31.531.534.940.913.425.9389389348Macedonia 9 9 8 0.60.60.60.60.60.6788Netherlands 108 114 115 9.69.69.69.69.69.6115115114Norway 25 29 14 0.51.00.50.61.70.3131418Poland 96 88 101 7.87.89.813.79.110.096101102Portugal 12 13 13 1.01.00.91.00.61.3111318Romania 19 28 28 2.32.32.30.52.82.3262813Russian Federation 150 153 163 15.815.815.817.416.816.6190163189Serbia & Montenegro 9 10 8 0.70.70.70.70.70.78811Slovak Rep 28 30 30 2.72.72.72.72.72.7323030Slovenia 15 12 14 1.21.21.21.01.21.3141413Spain 222 220 248 19.319.319.319.319.319.3232248226Sweden 34 33 42 3.03.03.63.42.91.7384231Switzerland 19 20 14 1.01.02.30.41.00.8131411Ukraine 65 65 65 5.45.45.45.45.45.4656565United Kingdom 191 185 185 14.614.614.614.614.614.6175185188Other CIS 12 8 8 0.70.70.70.70.70.7888

187 174 193 193 205 17.7 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.2176AfricaAlgeria 11 11 9 0.80.80.80.80.80.8999Egypt 16 17 16 1.31.31.31.31.31.3161616Kenya 12 11 14 1.21.21.21.21.21.2141414Morocco 12 12 14 1.01.01.01.01.01.212145Nigeria 9 9 12 1.01.01.01.01.01.0121212South Africa 89 95 96 9.39.59.59.59.59.51109686Tunisia 4 4 4 0.30.30.30.30.30.3444Other Africa 24 28 28 2.32.32.32.32.32.3282828

2,023 1,950 2,123 2,123 1,911 157.2 157.2 149.9 149.1 160.7 162.91,936AmericaArgentina 36 37 46 5.05.05.05.05.05.0604632Brazil 198 216 239 19.019.017.518.820.820.5224239215Canada 180 192 188 16.215.712.515.115.512.9174188185Chile 12 9 11 1.01.00.71.30.61.0101110Colombia 20 21 23 2.02.02.02.12.22.0252320Mexico 210 225 240 20.320.320.320.320.320.3244240236Peru 67 71 80 6.53.84.22.97.10.3638061United States 1,179 1,217 1,251 89.690.583.581.082.391.31,0721,2511,152Venezuela 11 12 16 1.01.01.01.01.01.6121612Other America 22 23 28 2.32.32.32.32.32.3282826

4,147 4,660 5,047 5,047 5,532 432.8 459.1 493.8 502.4 528.8 479.43,755AsiaBangladesh 47 51 50 4.04.04.04.04.04.0485052China 1,500 1,750 2,490 259.4313.1287.7289.2238.0213.32,9482,4902,155Hong Kong, China 5 5 5 0.40.40.40.40.40.4555India 286 310 362 32.832.832.832.832.832.8394362339Indonesia 88 85 87 7.07.07.07.04.76.3878779Iran 62 69 72 6.26.26.26.26.26.2747270Israel 10 13 13 1.21.21.21.21.21.2141310

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 41Table 31 (Continued)Refined Zinc: Metal Consumption *Zinc Raffiné: Consommation de métal *Thousand tonnes


AugJan-Dec Jul Sep Oct Nov DecAsia (Continued)Japan 633 603 623 54.554.552.244.153.146.1613623619Kazakhstan 34 35 35 2.92.92.92.92.92.9353535Korea DPR 12 10 5 0.40.40.40.40.40.4556Korea Rep 401 476 445 41.943.039.743.045.752.2497445482Malaysia 50 62 68 5.65.65.65.65.65.6676865Pakistan 24 24 24 2.02.02.02.02.02.0242425Philippines 33 32 20 1.31.31.31.31.30.9162019Saudi Arabia 17 14 23 2.12.12.12.12.12.1252323Singapore 14 16 16 1.31.31.31.31.31.3161616Taiwan, China 276 302 342 26.021.426.020.727.726.0309342330Thailand 103 107 129 10.810.010.010.010.010.0120129116Turkey 78 99 144 11.411.411.411.411.410.7136144122Uzbekistan 8 8 8 0.70.70.70.70.70.7888Vietnam 40 40 45 4.24.24.24.24.24.2504545Other Asia East 1 1 2 0.20.20.20.20.20.2221Other Asia West 30 32 36 3.03.03.03.03.03.0363635Other CIS 3 3 3 0.30.30.30.30.30.3333

266 267 263 263 254 22.3 20.5 17.0 18.3 19.2 20.8237OceaniaAustralia 222 249 250 19.818.217.515.419.421.9241250254New Zealand 16 17 13 1.01.00.81.61.10.5131313



* Total consumption of refined zinc including zinc used directly for the production of zinc alloys, regardless of the type of source material from which produced, i.e. ores, concentrates, residues, slags or scrap. Remelted zinc and zinc dust are excluded.

Refined Zinc: Metal Consumption *Zinc Raffiné: Consommation de métal *

Figure J

Total World Consumption

700

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820

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980

1020


2003 2004 2005

Thousand tonnes


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure K

Zinc: Price TrendsZinc: Tendances des prix

42

U.S. $ per tonne

900

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1900

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2004 2005 2006

Monthly AveragesL.M.E. Prices:

Settlement 3 Months

U.S. $ per tonne

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30


2004 2005 2006

L.M.E. Contango (+) /Backwardation (-): Monthly Averages

Contango/Backwardation

Table 32 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 43

Zinc: Prices: Current Trends:Zinc: Prix: Tendances Actuelles:Average Prices: Refined ZincLondon Metal Exchange

Settlement: 3 Months: Contango (+)Backwardation (-)

US $ per tonne

US centsper lb.

US $ per tonne

US centsper lb.

US $ per tonne

Annual Averages:2002 18.37796.9335.315 36.148778.562003 15.08843.4737.575 38.259828.392004 16.461064.2947.529 48.2761047.832005 11.571393.1162.666 63.1911381.55

Monthly Averages:

2005:January 3.571249.9556.535 56.6971246.38February 8.851335.0360.154 60.5561326.18March 16.951394.6462.491 63.2601377.69April 19.401319.5558.974 59.8541300.14May 7.451251.0756.410 56.7481243.63June 14.501290.2357.866 58.5241275.73July 20.601215.0254.178 55.1131194.43August 23.301321.6858.894 59.9501298.39September 7.251404.7763.391 63.7191397.52October 3.361491.7467.512 67.6641488.38November 4.321615.2573.071 73.2671610.93December 8.231830.0582.637 83.0101821.82

2006:January 11.952102.2694.815 95.3572090.31

Weekly Averages: * 6th January 9.251941.1387.628 88.0481931.8813th January 13.002009.7090.569 91.1581996.7020th January 11.502108.9095.136 95.6582097.4027th January 13.902242.80101.101 101.7322228.90 3rd February 13.502351.83106.065 106.6772338.33

2005: Settlement Settlement 3 Months 3 Months$1915.00 $1917.00 $1165.00 $1187.00Highest Daily Price Lowest Daily Price

Date: 30 December 30 December Date: 19 July 19 July

2006: Settlement Settlement 3 Months 3 Months$2391.00 $2406.00 $1912.00 $1919.00Highest Daily Price Lowest Daily Price

Date: 7 February 7 February Date: 3 January 3 January

Current Price Levels: ** Date of last change:Germany February10 20062,020 - 2,050 euros per metric tonJapan February10 2006178,000 yen per metric tonUnited Kingdom January11 2006Producer Basis (G.O.B.) £1,049.00 per tonne

January11 2006High Grade £1,054.00 per tonneFebruary10 2006Special High Grade £1,365.00 per tonne

United States February10 2006Special High Grade 55.0 cents per pound

* Week ending** As quoted by Metal Bulletin

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 33 44

Zinc: Principal imports and exports of ores and concentratesZinc: Importations et exportations principales de minerais et concentrésThousand tonnes (Zinc content)


NovJan-Nov OctSepAugJulJunImports:Europe

...20.459.778.243.2Belgium 30.1412 567 487409 571 704 (10) (10)

...............Bulgaria ...62 79 ...60 75 8729.419.519.226.012.4Finland 16.1204 217 232218 218 24011.710.913.919.931.9France 6.0287 210 156279 241 22932.114.110.122.514.7Germany 32.0175 211 193176 186 240

...4.323.417.87.2Italy 11.4156 101 100141 96 125 (10) (10)

...20.316.920.717.8Netherlands 18.9152 165 17438 214 204 (10) (10)

19.717.99.715.16.7Norway 13.2152 139 153144 145 152...4.52.03.13.9Poland 5.259 49 3056 58 58 (10) (10)

......5.1-7.2Russian Federation 3.7104 31 3199 116 41 (9) (9)

...............Serbia & Montenegro ...6 3 ...0 ... 432.644.854.868.546.6Spain 9.0344 428 478451 537 459

...0.00.00.00.0United Kingdom 0.0108 0 0115 8 0 (10) (10)

Africa......-4.3-South Africa -0 3 90 0 10 (9) (9)

America......0.80.63.0Argentina 0.75 12 106 12 17 (9) (9)

...8.510.110.814.3Brazil 9.892 110 106118 130 131 (10) (10)

3.227.828.536.79.5Canada 13.1140 255 187276 397 27320.916.70.517.516.4United States 19.284 201 153122 164 231

Asia21.630.226.78.515.4China 19.4384 277 249393 373 30634.453.338.039.451.2Japan 61.2575 504 497559 544 563

...59.677.668.748.8Korea Rep 36.7537 536 548582 616 627 (10) (10)

...-6.95.56.2Thailand 5.3105 38 4177 76 48 (10) (10)

............-Turkey -0 0 00 1 0 (7) (7)

Exports:Europe

1.42.10.71.31.2France 0.59 18 189 19 19-1.7---Germany -36 0 224 3 0

...----Greece -29 ... -33 - - (10) (10)

21.032.641.836.324.1Ireland 31.3305 399 368249 417 445...2.41.93.13.0Poland 2.715 17 2730 32 23 (10) (10)

......0.83.31.7Russian Federation 2.128 16 2431 21 21 (9) (9)

1.01.11.26.07.8Spain 4.2148 18 3315 17 19...14.415.321.611.2Sweden 15.8130 144 161140 150 188 (10) (10)

Africa............7.6Morocco 8.494 42 7489 105 90 (7) (7)

17.416.217.117.116.1Namibia 15.431 163 18533 96 178...............Tunisia ...40 23 ...33 32 25

America...............Bolivia ...135 135 ...145 152 148

16.06.35.932.37.2Canada 11.6428 201 149409 258 228......5.77.018.8Mexico 17.8117 39 123131 105 62 (9) (9)

...81.947.596.061.2Peru 89.3747 751 775906 900 879 (10) (10)

49.350.5199.3197.8164.4United States 12.6698 713 778827 822 746

Asia-----China -7 ... -2 - -

...............Kazakhstan ...11 51 ...... 26 56

............5.8Turkey 7.241 34 3745 49 55 (7) (7)

Oceania70.784.265.396.856.1Australia 93.91,024 841 8331,016 1,007 955

(7) January-July.(9) January-September.


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 34 45Zinc: Principal imports and exports of metalZinc: Importations et exportations principales de métal Thousand tonnes


NovOctSepAugJulJunJan-NovImports Europe

...6.64.00.92.3Austria 4.054 43 3051 61 51 (10)(10)

...3.90.94.44.7Belgium 3.5233 222 40237 222 269 (10)(10)

...2.62.22.52.0Czech Rep. 1.923 20 2321 22 24 (10)(10)

...0.60.70.80.2Denmark 1.111 9 811 11 11 (10)(10)

13.911.912.86.910.9France 13.9127 96 12798 115 10334.225.76.616.321.9Germany 17.8260 227 226231 253 249

...1.92.50.81.7Greece 1.329 24 1522 21 29 (10)(10)

...0.80.70.70.7Hungary 0.720 8 720 13 10 (10)(10)

...25.932.04.616.3Italy 45.4176 230 228202 226 273 (10)(10)

...6.39.216.417.9Netherlands 12.7178 186 145138 182 220 (10)(10)

...0.91.00.61.3Portugal 1.013 11 914 18 13 (10)(10)

...2.32.42.62.9Slovak Rep 2.324 32 2729 30 38 (10)(10)

...2.62.41.90.7Sweden 0.827 24 2225 22 30 (10)(10)

...2.40.51.00.8Switzerland 2.119 12 1121 12 15 (10)(10)

......2.83.92.9Ukraine 2.025 24 232 26 33 (9)(9)

...12.39.111.514.8United Kingdom 9.6111 111 110106 174 142 (10)(10)

America...2.81.51.91.9Brazil 0.929 26 1814 23 32 (10)(10)

57.750.245.951.157.8United States 55.0827 802 632878 792 868Asia

...............Bangladesh ...56 42 ...59 45 4661.554.663.319.220.6China 8.822 216 35869 136 239

...2.41.11.61.0Hong Kong, China 1.520 23 1717 26 29 (10)(10)

............4.8India 19.773 74 8377 89 127 (7)(7)

.........4.76.4Indonesia 6.889 60 6085 79 87 (8)(8)

1.83.51.62.92.2Japan 1.764 41 4117 41 42...4.23.25.34.5Korea Rep 4.197 56 51115 108 72 (10)(10)

......3.0203.03.4Malaysia 51.4106 40 35478 158 50 (9)(9)

...............Pakistan ...11 13 ...14 14 14

............0.8Philippines 1.133 12 932 19 20 (7)(7)

......0.43.90.4Singapore 0.3204 13 9142 68 18 (9)(9)

21.826.620.728.126.2Taiwan, China 26.4277 314 285304 332 344...0.80.51.36.4Thailand 1.714 28 2224 21 32 (10)(10)

Oceania...0.81.51.00.4New Zealand 1.216 12 1117 13 13 (10)(10)

Exports Europe

...0.91.00.10.6Belgium 0.690 114 9107 110 138 (10)(10)

...............Bulgaria ...72 81 -69 73 8822.920.520.618.618.3Finland 19.3175 216 215189 212 236

1.34.98.28.87.0France 9.7127 106 77143 110 1156.76.25.33.28.7Germany 7.071 82 7994 103 91

...31.525.920.829.5Netherlands 29.0284 244 254197 421 285 (10)(10)

10.010.314.810.29.8Norway 13.1113 117 122133 126 127...4.24.14.73.7Poland 4.285 59 6079 64 71 (10)(10)

......2.22.82.8Russian Federation 2.8108 69 31110 83 104 (9)(9)

31.052.530.418.318.7Spain 48.194 265 31479 246 295...0.10.10.00.1United Kingdom 0.116 1 116 3 1 (10)(10)

Africa......0.80.20.9South Africa 0.816 12 99 21 16 (9)(9)

America......1.10.80.7Argentina 0.78 8 716 16 11 (9)(9)

...7.84.94.45.0Brazil 7.423 52 5450 66 59 (10)(10)

44.325.930.636.639.8Canada 45.4495 557 480598 591 614......16.824.315.2Mexico 13.9151 134 142161 181 189 (9)(9)

...11.210.97.37.2Peru 7.1121 96 84127 137 113 (10)(10)

Asia3.62.04.111.810.2China 6.7544 205 112472 451 2244.84.04.13.93.4Japan 4.373 56 4995 64 62

...............Kazakhstan ...56 253 ...... 225 276

...23.520.218.712.3Korea Rep 15.7209 267 219261 317 320 (10)(10)

...--0.0-Thailand -60 2 09 8 3 (10)(10)

Oceania38.243.922.428.536.4Australia 42.9457 303 426483 461 325

(9) January-September.(10) January-October.

(7) January-July.(8) January-August.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"

Zinc: Western World: Metal Production and Consumption

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Figure L 46


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ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 47Table 35Zinc: Western World: Supply and Demand: Current Trends:Zinc: Monde occidental: Approvisionnement et demande: Tendance Actuelles:Thousand tonnes

Quarterly Totals:Annual Totals:2001 2005200420032002 20042005

Apr - Jun

Jan - Mar

Jul - Sep

Oct - Dec

Oct - Dec

Jul - Sep

Apr - Jun

Jan - Mar

Concentrates (Zinc content):Production 670564696618 166817046545 6678 1640 1627 1652 1626 1655 1650Europe 184175 175553 668 676 702 171 163 157 185695 168Canada 153173 165916 788 791 676 204 190 213 1831,065 185Mexico 132105 110446 472 462 433 116 116 116 116429 87Peru 295310 3131,219 1,369 1,209 1,223 312 307 307 2831,056 304United States 184181 203784 768 739 747 179 181 197 183842 179Australia 333317 3451,444 1,447 1,298 1,332 315 324 326 3341,476 338Other Countries 387394 3941,107 1,193 1,370 1,564 344 346 337 3431,055 389

-101-433 -88-94-114-112-95-97-122-397-479 -426-505Net exports to (-)/ imports from (+) Eastern Countries

14 111111144 44Direct use for Zinc oxide

15666032 161515551540151315561530151762776223 61156109Balance available for smelting/refining

Primary 5661 6041 6049 6116 6059 1486 1531 1554 1545 1518 1531 1468 1542Slab Zinc Production:

130127132132138143135136521552593628622Secondary1672159516631650168316971666162265806668664366686283Total

Europe 513533 5332,369 2,199 2,169 2,113 519 527 572 5512,313 535Canada 178205 134793 761 805 721 193 204 200 209661 204United States 9187 93339 350 354 355 92 95 91 76329 85Japan 155166 144640 651 635 638 157 162 151 164644 173Australia 114117 117567 553 474 456 114 121 118 120556 108Other Countries 622542 5741,960 2,128 2,232 2,297 547 556 565 5641,780 559

Consumption 711671176897 180617367421 7173 1780 1906 1879 1856 1798 1833Europe 598579 5402,342 2,319 2,383 2,323 554 624 608 5972,390 606United States 264277 2551,217 1,152 1,251 1,072 314 316 312 3091,179 277Japan 161148 143603 619 623 613 152 163 153 156633 161Other Countries 783794 7982,955 3,027 3,163 3,165 760 803 805 7952,694 790


850 -35310390122113118118243669 471760

US Stockpile Disposals

23 9910369107317 323

Metal Balance 259 -127-79-57-56-45-60-112-33-320203 -250315

Reported Metal Stocks (at end of period):

Producers 287315 276294284280282274275287293 280377Consumers* 111115 114113112116112114114111114 116120Merchants** 1614 181921131517181612 1316L.M.E. 394651 530611571629736730716394740 629433

946Total 80893710389881038114511351122808103811581095

7 7.36.77.67.98.07.86788Stock Ratio*** 7.1 5.9

* Reported stocks only. Estimates of other consumer stocks are shown in Table 38 (page 52).** Estimate included for unreported stocks, arising from Japanese GSP imports, included in merchant stocks for April 1997 onwards.*** Weeks of consumption.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure M 48

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20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

Europe Canada Australia Other Countries Total


6,678Jan/Dec 676 702 788 791 1,298 1,332 3780 3967668 3802676 1,447 6,705 6,545Year 676 702 788 791 676 1447 1298 1332 3802 3780668 3967 6705 6545 6678

Production: Refined Zinc

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

Europe Canada Japan Other Countries Total


6,580Jan/Dec 2,169 2,113 761 805 635 638 3060 31082,199 3031721 651 6,643 6,668Year 2169 2113 761 805 721 651 635 638 3031 30602199 3108 6643 6668 6580

Consumption: Refined Zinc

20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005



7,173Jan/Dec 2,383 2,323 1,152 1,251 623 613 3163 31652,319 30271,072 619 7,116 7,421Year 2383 2323 1152 1251 1072 619 623 613 3027 31632319 3165 7116 7421 7173

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Figure N 50

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Europe United States Japan TotalOther Countries *


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20042003 20052004 2003 2003 2003 20032004 2004 20042005 2005 2005 2005

United States Japan Total*** Total*Europe**


2005ClosingDeliveries: StocksOutIn

35.7 615.923.028.6 601.614.332.8 570.61.838.9 546.414.623.5 522.90.020.8 611.2109.030.8 581.51.227.8 559.65.931.7 530.02.152.9 484.47.249.4 437.82.845.3 393.61.0

London Metal Exchange Stocks

2004Deliveries: Closing

StocksOutIn33.1 756.2January 49.443.6 721.0February 8.446.3 716.4March 41.751.3 759.3April 94.235.7 727.4May 3.730.2 730.1June 33.031.0 705.2July 6.120.0 734.2August 49.026.9 736.5September 29.233.4 705.2October 2.136.3 669.8November 1.042.8 628.6December 1.6

2006ClosingDeliveries:

StocksIn Out29.4 370.86.7

* For details of countries included, see Table 38 (page 52).** Germany and United Kingdom only.*** Reported stocks only. For estimates for other countries see Table 32 (page 48).

Table 38 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 52Zinc: Western World: Refined Metal StocksZinc: Monde occidental: Stocks de métal raffinéThousand tonnes

End of Year: End of Month:2001 200420032002 2005

SepAug Oct Nov DecJun JulCommercial Stocks:Producers:* 377 287.2278.4278.1276.1291.5302.8294.2280293315Europe 106 83 73 69 75.9 77.2 72.0 67.7 65.2 65.864.4Canada 33 27 28 40.1 13.3 23.2 22.022.340.0 22.740United States 9 8 6 6.7 7.5 7.0 10.09.66.4 7.07Japan 56 61 54 79.5 77.4 77.0 82.378.373.5 79.588Australia 52 38 18 13.5 15.5 11.7 14.411.517.8 14.865

71Other Countries** 82 86 105 90.1 89.2 90.3 90.4 91.5 91.6 92.7Consumers: 120 111.0110.5112.4113.6113.8116.4113.1116114115Germany 27 27 28 28.0 27.4 27.2 27.027.027.8 27.630United Kingdom 9 9 10 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.010.010.0 10.09United States*** 59 55 56 55.4 56.4 55.9 55.054.556.7 56.357Japan 20 23 22 19.7 19.8 19.2 19.019.021.9 19.924Merchants: 16 16.016.216.717.813.018.019.3131214Germany 4 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.01.01.0 1.04United States^ 10 10 10 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.010.210.2 10.210Japan 1 1 2 8.0 6.5 5.5 5.05.06.8 1.72

London Metal Exchange: 433 393.6651 740 629 611.2 581.5 559.6 530.0 484.4 437.8-Antwerp - - - -----4-Belgium

-Dunkirk - - - -------France

-Bremen - - - -------Germany-Hamburg - - 0.0 -0.0-----

14.9Genoa 1 15.0 16.1 15.714.614.915.612-3Italy33.5Leghorn - 33.8 17.2 10.920.430.533.8283359.9Trieste 86 63.7 51.8 42.358.855.966.0734145

54.0Johor - 58.8 26.0 21.329.641.163.3---Malaysia

1.9Rotterdam 0 3.5 1.5 1.21.91.95.5750Netherlands25.1Vlissingen 16 28.8 7.1 4.814.022.429.9243940

36.3136 37.9 28.4 25.631.333.040.685173208Singapore

0.3Barcelona 2 1.1 0.3 0.30.30.32.3200Spain1.9Bilbao 2 1.9 3.3 2.83.94.01.9222

-Gothenburg - - - -------Sweden-Helsingborg 50 - - ------32

26.9Dubai - 32.9 6.8 1.314.122.241.79310232United Arab Emirates

-Avonmouth - - - -------United Kingdom-Hull - - - -------

5.0Liverpool - 5.0 4.2 4.24.55.05.0-55-Newcastle - - - -------

11.7Sunderland - 11.9 10.1 9.211.111.411.21152

14.7Baltimore 0 14.7 11.5 9.213.814.714.7151616United States-Chicago 1 - - ----011

23.3Detroit - 23.3 14.7 9.320.023.023.32325221.0Long Beach - 1.1 0.3 0.10.60.61.112-

-Los Angeles 3 0.5 - ---0.51133248.5New Orleans 136 247.0 237.8 234.5244.8248.5254.2253294235

-St. Louis 1 - - -----11

Total 1,095 1,158 1,038 1,037.7 937.4 891.4 807.7842.91,018.7 977.89467 5.76.16.77.17.37.27.4788Stock Ratio^^

Non-Commercial Stocks:U.S. Stockpile: 115 41.044.047.050.054.556.559.172104112

* All stocks owned or controlled by producers regardless of location, including stocks at refineries, in warehouses, in transit, at agents or distributors and at consumers' plants.** Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, India, Iran, Korea Rep., and Thailand.*** Monthly figures include an estimate for companies reporting on an annual basis only.^ Merchant stocks are reported to the U.S.G.S. by merchants, dealers and agents holding zinc in the United States and may include some zinc also reported by parent companies in other countries.^^ Total of reported stocks (excluding estimated consumer stocks) expressed as number of weeks of metal consumption.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 39 53Zinc: Trade with Eastern CountriesZinc: Commerce avec les pays de l'est Thousand tonnes

Annual Totals: Year to Date: Quarterly Totals:2004200320022001 2004 2005 2004 2005

Jan-Dec Jul- Sep

Oct- Dec

Jan- Mar

Oct- Dec

Jul- Sep

Apr- Jun

Exports from Eastern Countries to other countriesOres/Concentrates (Zinc content):

5555517 21 2010 24 21 6C.I.S.----06 - -- - - -China333149 10 1024 17 10 0Poland7666922 35 2520 25 35 9Vietnam100004 1 11 1 1 0Other

1658 1412 1455 67 67 67 56 1518TotalRefined Metal:

202121212161 86 8362 67 86 22Bulgaria4746464645236 181 185226 147 181 46C.I.S.1726413857536 223 122467 444 223 64China

7878920 35 3024 40 35 8Korea DPR74149846 36 3446 35 36 8Poland

10976840 36 3229 38 36 8Romania108939 136128 114854 771 597 597 486 156148Total

of which to:1011110 7 39 8 7 2France2366344 20 1734 37 20 4Germany-131819866 60 5071 47 60 21Italy-3651745 33 1437 30 33 2Netherlands-1-046 12 18 43 12 2United Kingdom1-012119 19 2114 21 19 7United States-11138 13 36 11 13 3Hong Kong, China--671632 52 1337 44 52 12India-113421 12 515 10 12 3Indonesia1184249 20 148 23 20 2Japan-1014111293 62 35110 102 62 16Korea Rep410191630121 127 49138 161 127 21Taiwan, China-53144 22 911 11 22 3Thailand

9966535337321 117 271256 223 117 52Other^

Imports by Eastern Countries from other countriesOres/Concentrates (Zinc content):

181718171850 71 7043 52 71 18Bulgaria9999892 33 3670 60 33 9C.I.S.

6140427664331 266 219305 327 266 73China555553 21 203 10 21 6Korea DPR

119105644 47 3539 40 47 13Poland132224141243 55 7328 57 55 8Romania

117563 108126 102488 546 493 493 453 127113TotalRefined Metal:

100003 0 11 1 0 0C.I.S.854016191318 43 16020 22 43 14China

3222211 8 95 7 8 2Czech Rep.3111114 5 614 8 5 1Hungary100101 5 21 1 5 0Romania311276 14 714 8 14 4Slovak Rep

121111111030 42 4533 39 42 11Vietnam362226 9 136 15 9 2Other

11189 3338 6194 102 127 127 244 3435Totalof which from:

--0-35 8 07 8 8 1Belgium211115 6 56 9 6 1Germany-643510 20 1313 14 20 6Hong Kong, China112233 10 615 13 10 2Japan-10109815 32 2919 19 32 8Korea Rep

25832172 25 572 9 25 7Australia8335132848 26 13332 30 26 9Other^^

^ Includes estimated deliveries to warehouses in free port areas. ^^ Includes estimated deliveries from warehouses in free port areas.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics" 54Table 40Zinc: Western World: Recovery of Secondary ZincZinc: Monde occidental: Récupération de Zinc SecondaireThousand tonnes

Year to Date: Quarterly Totals:Annual Totals:2002 20052004200520042003 2005 2004

Oct- Dec

Jan-Dec Jul- Sep

Jan- Mar

Apr- Jun

Jul- Sep

Oct- Dec

Refined Zinc Metal: *

Europe 61288 280 247 280 247 75 70 62 64 60344Belgium 42 39 39 39 10 9 11 1170 939 10France 34 38 35 38 10 10 10 656 1035 10Germany 133 128 96 128 27 23 21 26105 2596 32Italy 35 33 35 33 13 10 8 849 935 13Norway 24 24 24 24 6 6 6 624 624 6Spain 19 18 18 18 5 5 5 530 518 5United Kingdom 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 09 00 0

America 34154 134 136 134 136 33 33 34 34 34154Mexico 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 14 14 1United States 150 130 132 130 32 33 33 33150 33132 32

Asia 33145 132 132 132 132 33 33 34 33 31123India 26 32 35 32 8 9 9 930 935 8Japan 119 100 97 100 25 26 23 2593 2497 25

Oceania 27 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 27Australia 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 27 26 2

593 552 521 552 521 143 138 132 132 127628 130Total

Remelted Zinc Metal/Zinc Alloys:Europe 132 132 132 132 132 33 33 33 33 33 33132France 32 32 32 32 8 8 8 832 832 8Germany 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 520 520 5Italy 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 520 520 5Other Europe 60 60 60 60 15 15 15 1560 1560 15

America 36 36 36 36 36 9 9 9 9 9 936Canada 12 12 12 12 3 3 3 312 312 3United States 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 14 14 1Other America 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 520 520 5

Asia 114 115 117 113 117 28 29 29 30 30 29113India 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 520 520 5Japan 35 33 37 33 9 9 10 934 1037 8Other Asia 60 60 60 60 15 15 15 1560 1560 15

Total 283 281 285 281 285 70 71 71 72 72282 71Direct Use of Secondary Materials:**Europe 444 444 444 444 444 444 111 111 111 111 111 111France 60 60 60 60 15 15 15 1560 1560 15

Germany 152 152 152 152 38 38 38 38152 38152 38

Italy 144 144 144 144 36 36 36 36144 36144 36

United Kingdom 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 520 520 5

Other Europe 68 68 68 68 17 17 17 1768 1768 17

Africa 16 16 16 16 16 16 4 4 4 4 4 4America 338 338 338 338 338 338 85 84 85 85 85 84United States 290 290 290 290 72 73 73 72290 73290 73

Other America 48 48 48 48 12 12 12 1248 1248 12

Asia 360 360 360 360 360 360 90 90 90 90 90 90India 24 24 24 24 6 6 6 624 624 6

Japan 236 236 236 236 59 59 59 59236 59236 59

Taiwan, China 44 44 44 44 11 11 11 1144 1144 11

Other Asia 56 56 56 56 14 14 14 1456 1456 14

Oceania 21 21 21 21 21 21 5 5 5 5 5 5

Total 1179 1179 1179 1179 1179 295 295 295 295 2951179 295

Total Recovery 2055 2012 1985 2012 1985 508 503 497 499 4932089 496

* Slab zinc produced from secondary materials (scraps, residues and wastes).** Direct use of secondary materials, including zinc content of remelted brass, without undergoing further treatment before re-use.N.B. All data for remelted zinc metal/zinc alloys and direct use of secondary materials are estimated.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 41 55Zinc: Country Tables: AustraliaZinc: Tableaux des Pays: AustralieThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 1,476 124.9105.7113.3 102.11,444 1,447 1,298 1,298 1,332 111.1120.3

Exports: 1,024 ...84.365.3 70.81,016 1,007 955 841 833 96.856.1(11) (11)

...--4.527 27 1589 64 45 - -Belgium

...---- - -7 11 - - -Canada

...7.88.97.794 106 8963 116 131 7.6 8.7China

...6.2--33 32 628 27 32 - -Germany

...---5 3 -11 11 3 - -Greece

...-5.0-- 29 1018 19 34 - -India

...---21 5 -67 21 5 - -Italy

...8.913.55.2216 171 154185 202 181 14.3 20.8Japan

...26.75.010.2252 200 263173 186 234 47.1 31.3Korea Rep

...16.317.915.4188 212 192219 225 230 16.8 18.6Netherlands

...4.9-7.411 16 27- 17 16 - 4.9Romania

...---- - -7 14 - - -South Africa

...-15.1-54 19 589 13 24 10.9 -Spain

...--5.832 - 1125 24 - - -Thailand

...---42 - -65 5 - - -United Kingdom

...---28 16 828 30 16 - -United StatesOther 22 22 21 3 3 - - - - - - ...

Refined Zinc:38.638.839.339.4556 474 456567 553 474 38.6 36.4Production:38.138.338.838.9551 468 450560 546 468 38.1 35.9Primary

0.50.50.50.55 6 67 7 6 0.5 0.5Secondary

Exports:* 457 ...43.922.4 38.3483 461 325 303 426 28.636.4(11) (11)

...0.10.2-18 2 222 16 2 0.5 0.2Bangladesh

...12.48.014.187 107 13692 105 119 12.6 12.0Hong Kong, China

...0.60.72.013 5 1012 14 5 0.7 1.0India

...0.51.70.732 16 1533 31 18 0.6 1.1Indonesia

...---27 - 1938 30 - - -Italy

...0.51.01.00 6 65 6 6 - 1.0Korea Rep

...0.70.40.433 36 8430 19 36 0.7 16.6Malaysia

...---18 - -21 33 - - -Netherlands

...0.70.90.67 7 118 6 7 0.4 1.4New Zealand

...-0.4-15 16 721 24 17 0.5 0.4Saudi Arabia

...0.00.00.018 0 03 3 0 0.2 -Singapore

...6.56.28.363 37 6961 42 39 6.7 6.5Taiwan, China

...-0.30.29 5 415 7 6 0.5 0.5Thailand

...--8.03 20 849 80 20 - -United Arab Emirates

...---5 8 -4 19 11 - -United Kingdom

...---89 8 -58 8 8 - -United States

...---2 2 02 1 2 0.0 -VietnamOther 18 10 17 29 27 54 1.2 5.2 2.6 3.3 16.3 ...

Consumption 222 19.817.515.4 18.2249 254 250 250 241 19.421.9

Stocks:14.411.515.517.865 52 38 18 14.8 11.7Producers

Principal Uses:** 69 81 78 6 6 6 Brass 57 68 68 Galvanizing 1 1 1 Rolled Zinc 5 4 3 Zinc Oxide/Dust 1 1 1 Miscellaneous

* Includes zinc alloys.** Refined zinc only.


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 42 56Zinc: Country Tables: BulgariaZinc: Tableaux des Pays: BulgarieThousand tonnes


Jan-Dec DecNovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 11 0.80.80.8 0.814 12 11 11 10 0.80.8Imports: 62 ......... ...60 75 87 ... ... ......

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............9 ... ...12 9 7 ...Romania ...

............- ... ...- - - ...Sweden ...

............10 ... ...8 9 18 ...Turkey ...Other 9 7 22 33 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Refined Zinc:8.28.28.28.288 102 9882 86 102 8.2Production: 8.2

Imports 2 ......... ...2 3 3 ... ... ......Exports: 72 ......... ...69 73 88 ... ... ......

............6 ... ...5 7 8 ...Egypt ...

............5 ... ...6 8 8 ...Greece ...

............26 ... ...19 9 3 ...Italy ...

............9 ... ...6 3 1 ...Romania ...

............- ... ...- - - ...Switzerland ...

............13 ... ...26 33 56 ...Turkey ...Other 13 7 13 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Consumption 17 0.90.90.9 0.914 28 11 11 10 0.90.9

Zinc: Country Tables: PolandTable 43

Zinc: Tableaux des Pays: PologneThousand tonnesOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 153 11.711.711.7 11.7152 154 148 148 140 11.711.7Imports: 59 ...4.62.0 ...56 58 58 49 30 3.14.0(10) (10)

......2.01.83 2 10- 10 2 0.9Australia 2.0

......-2.111 14 913 13 17 2.2Canada 1.0

......--9 - -2 4 - -Chile -

......--11 10 -16 9 10 -Honduras -

......--1 - -- - - -Peru -

......-0.118 8 117 18 10 -Romania -Other 4 8 3 20 15 10 - 0.0 0.0 1.6 ... ...

Exports: 15 ...2.42.0 ...30 32 23 17 27 3.13.0(10) (10)

......-0.69 3 47 4 4 0.6Germany 0.5

......0.50.5- 0 3- - 0 1.0Norway 0.5

......--5 2 -5 9 2 -Slovak Rep -

......--- 6 -17 13 6 -Spain -Other 0 1 6 10 5 21 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 ... ...


Imports 6 ...1.25.0 ...8 12 18 12 12 1.00.9(10) (10)

Exports: 85 ...4.24.1 ...79 64 71 59 60 4.83.7(10) (10)

......1.10.916 11 1114 11 13 1.1Czech Rep. 1.0

......0.90.719 20 2017 15 23 1.0Germany 1.0

......0.70.69 4 69 4 5 0.7Hungary 0.5

......--3 2 14 4 2 -Italy -

......1.01.214 12 149 14 14 1.4Slovak Rep 1.2

......--4 - -12 - - -United States -Other 21 15 17 13 11 8 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 ... ...

Consumption 96 7.89.813.7 7.888 102 101 101 96 9.110.0


ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 44 57Zinc: Country Tables: CanadaZinc: Tableaux des Pays: CanadaThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 1,065 56.748.651.4 47.8916 788 791 791 676 51.062.6Imports: 140 ...27.928.5 3.2276 397 273 255 187 36.79.5(11) (11)

...---- - -0 21 - - -Australia

...--2.39 18 1714 43 21 - -Mexico

...-0.0-12 51 2776 114 57 3.5 3.8Peru

...3.228.57.2115 186 143187 220 192 33.2 24.1United StatesOther 4 0 0 4 - 0 0.0 0.0 - - - ...

Exports: 428 ...6.46.0 16.0409 258 228 201 149 32.47.2(11) (11)

...8.32.9-112 88 44103 55 96 12.6 -Belgium

...---13 - -4 - - - -China

...---55 8 445 26 8 - -Finland

...---21 - -58 11 - - -Germany

...---19 - -14 - - - -Italy

...--4.115 22 2751 40 25 - 5.8Japan

...4.7-2.620 18 2321 4 18 5.2 -Korea Rep

...---- 0 -- 3 0 - -Netherlands

...---20 12 418 13 16 - -Norway

...---6 - 57 3 - - -Peru

...2.52.5-9 12 155 10 12 2.5 -Poland

...---5 - 3- 17 2 3.2 -Romania

...---5 - -- 7 - - -Russian Federation

...---68 41 2061 65 50 8.9 -Spain

...---41 - -- - - - -Sweden

...---4 - 016 - - - -Switzerland

...---2 - -5 3 - - -United KingdomOther 11 0 - - - 3 0.6 - 0.6 0.6 0.6 ...

Refined Zinc:62.067.838.454.2661 805 721793 761 805 41.2 48.1Production:

Imports 6 ...0.00.0 0.05 4 4 3 2 0.00.0(11) (11)

Exports: 495 ...26.030.6 44.3598 591 614 557 480 36.639.9(11) (11)

...1.10.10.310 20 1113 12 22 1.4 0.0Hong Kong, China

...1.10.3-9 6 57 6 6 0.8 0.2Indonesia

...0.50.1-4 3 32 4 4 0.6 -Japan

...0.90.5-2 8 78 10 9 1.0 0.1Malaysia

...---11 - -- - - - -Netherlands

...---1 - -- - - - -New Zealand

...0.3--2 3 38 6 4 0.4 0.1Philippines

...---2 2 12 2 2 0.1 0.1Singapore

...1.9-0.63 23 1311 27 28 1.3 0.7Taiwan, China

...36.826.537.9450 488 422540 522 536 30.0 24.5United StatesOther 1 7 3 4 4 17 1.0 1.0 3.1 0.2 1.6 ...

Consumption 180 16.212.515.1 15.7192 185 188 188 174 15.512.9Stocks:

22.022.313.340.040 33 27 28 22.7 23.2Producers

Principal Uses:* 145 150 146 2 1 1 Brass/Bronze 75 77 72 Galvanizing 41 38 40 Other 27 34 34 Zinc Alloys

* Refined zinc.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 45 58Zinc: Country Tables: ChinaZinc: Tableaux des Pays: ChineThousand tonnes



Ores/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 1,572 197.8197.8222.1 197.81,624 2,029 2,264 2,264 2,441 277.4195.5

Imports: 384 34.730.226.8 21.7393 373 306 306 284 8.515.511.14.37.08.891 117 9973 94 117 0.0 9.8Australia

----5 - -9 2 - - -Bolivia----- - -12 - - - -Brazil----39 - -4 - - - -Canada----- 14 47 16 14 - -Chile--4.6-17 69 31- 55 69 - -India

1.10.91.40.017 31 1758 66 31 2.2 3.4Iran2.1-1.4-11 1 632 3 1 0.1 2.3Kazakhstan0.40.50.41.98 8 151 3 8 0.3 0.6Korea DPR0.70.10.10.530 1 327 8 1 0.4 0.5Mexico6.00.97.13.013 14 4017 14 14 3.7 3.6Myanmar

-4.6--81 10 977 69 10 - -Peru----11 - -29 5 - - -Russian Federation----9 - -4 - - - -Spain----28 8 018 2 8 0.0 -United States

6.95.83.51.323 31 4325 35 31 1.9 6.7VietnamOther 1 1 0 2 2 16 0.1 - 1.2 3.3 4.6 6.2

Exports: 7 --- -2 - - - - ------1 - -2 - - - -Korea DPR----3 - -- - - - -Korea Rep----3 - -- - - - -Thailand

Other 0 - - - - - - - - - - -

Refined Zinc:240.0255.2229.9202.92,038 2,519 2,6832,155 2,319 2,519 230.5 235.1Production:

Imports: 22 30.854.663.4 61.569 136 239 239 388 19.320.78.819.519.31.74 19 925 9 19 6.0 16.7Australia0.50.60.30.44 6 55 5 6 0.3 0.4Belgium

10.924.331.815.60 143 21344 90 143 8.5 26.0Kazakhstan0.00.24.10.30 35 90 16 35 0.0 0.3Korea DPR1.43.32.41.10 3 225 3 3 2.6 4.6Korea Rep

Other 14 9 13 33 33 47 1.5 1.9 5.4 6.5 13.7 9.2

Exports: 544 11.42.14.1 3.7472 451 224 224 123 11.810.24.31.10.53.9110 75 36126 133 75 3.7 0.6Hong Kong, China0.4---8 20 92 9 20 - -India

----0 0 02 2 0 - -Indonesia----- - -- 8 - - -Italy

1.40.30.30.343 9 127 22 9 0.7 0.3Japan2.20.82.42.688 66 30110 128 66 1.2 0.5Korea Rep

---0.11 2 10 2 2 0.2 -Malaysia----1 - -1 1 - - -Philippines----138 1 3101 32 1 3.4 -Singapore----9 - 3- - - - -South Africa

3.21.50.93.361 47 2758 85 47 2.5 0.7Taiwan, China---0.14 1 06 11 1 0.2 -Thailand----2 0 -9 - 0 - -United Arab Emirates----68 - -37 9 - - -United States---0.07 0 06 7 0 - -Vietnam

Other 3 7 1 2 2 1 - - - 0.0 - -

Consumption 1,500 259.4287.7289.2 313.11,750 2,155 2,490 2,490 2,948 238.0213.3

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 46 59Zinc: Country Tables: FranceZinc: Tableaux des Pays: FranceThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Imports: 287 ...10.913.9 11.8279 241 229 210 156 20.031.9(11) (11)

...---5 - -11 - - - -Australia

...11.811.922.2164 188 130167 198 204 20.0 8.2Belgium

...---36 - -15 - - - -Bolivia

...---10 - -6 - - - -Canada

...-2.09.721 13 2623 20 16 - 2.7Morocco

...---50 6 -45 20 6 - -Peru

Other 1 12 3 3 2 0 0.0 - - 0.0 - ...

Exports: 9 ...2.10.7 1.49 19 19 18 18 1.41.3(11) (11)

...1.40.71.39 15 189 16 16 1.4 2.1Belgium

Other 0 0 3 3 3 0 0.0 - 0.0 - 0.0 ...


7.08.416.215.6266 222 172277 219 222 15.5 11.6Primary

1.51.73.33.263 38 3556 34 38 3.2 2.4Secondary

Imports: 127 ...12.012.9 13.998 115 103 96 127 6.910.9(11) (11)

...4.41.60.914 12 2113 17 13 0.9 2.2Belgium

...0.30.70.717 7 1013 15 7 0.7 1.5Finland

...1.33.32.126 15 2720 18 16 1.3 2.7Germany

...---4 1 -6 3 1 - -Kazakhstan

...5.25.76.333 41 4828 38 43 2.2 3.7Netherlands

...2.21.20.415 11 1211 14 12 1.3 0.9Spain

...0.00.00.06 0 02 1 0 - -United Kingdom

...---5 - -3 - - - -Uzbekistan

Other 6 3 10 11 10 9 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.6 ...

Exports: 127 ...4.98.2 1.3143 110 115 106 77 8.97.0(11) (11)

...0.78.07.0103 86 69117 84 93 8.4 3.2Belgium

...--0.0- 1 01 3 1 0.1 0.1China

...0.3-0.016 5 115 11 5 0.1 0.2Germany

...---1 0 01 0 0 - 0.1Israel

...---1 1 12 1 1 - 0.1Italy

...0.20.1-4 2 23 1 3 0.0 1.2Netherlands

...---0 2 00 5 2 0.0 -United Kingdom

Other 2 4 5 10 8 4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 ...

Consumption 327 17.425.529.5 27.8290 291 298 298 311 21.226.1

Principal Uses:* 392 389 353 50 48 47 Brass

40 30 27 Chemicals

193 204 187 Galvanizing

101 100 86 Semis

7 7 7 Miscellaneous

* Consumption of refined zinc and direct use of zinc recovered from secondary material.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 47 60Zinc: Country Tables: GermanyZinc: Tableaux des Pays: AllemagneThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Imports: 175 ...14.110.1 32.2176 186 240 211 193 22.514.8(11) (11)

...---18 17 433 27 20 - -Australia

...-0.20.057 28 1256 61 32 - -Belgium

...-3.3-71 16 758 23 16 - 3.3Canada

...3.42.24.119 43 5517 27 50 7.8 6.8Ireland

...---10 2 25 5 2 1.1 -Poland

...6.30.94.6- 48 313 6 59 1.9 -Sweden

...3.3--- 33 212 31 36 3.9 -United StatesOther 0 3 6 26 24 62 6.1 7.9 3.5 4.0 19.2 ...

Exports: 36 ...1.7- -24 3 0 0 2 --(11) (11)

...---5 - -2 0 - - -Belgium

...---28 - -22 2 - - -SwedenOther 4 0 0 0 0 2 - - - 1.7 - ...


8.88.88.85.789 128 96105 133 128 6.6 8.8Secondary

Imports: 260 ...25.86.7 34.2231 253 249 227 226 16.421.9(11) (11)

...0.30.10.97 12 311 12 12 0.2 0.2Austria

...1.11.51.923 20 1521 20 22 0.8 0.9Belgium

...---1 0 -1 6 0 - -China

...9.01.43.722 44 5733 41 48 5.3 8.4Finland

...0.20.00.426 5 26 13 5 0.1 0.1France

...--0.814 2 18 7 2 - -Kazakhstan

...0.1--8 - 01 0 - - -Macedonia

...8.71.77.632 32 4535 40 35 3.1 3.0Netherlands

...0.7--21 2 412 4 2 - 1.3Norway

...1.00.90.223 16 1323 23 17 0.5 0.1Poland

...10.20.15.570 67 7264 68 75 5.1 10.6Spain

...0.10.10.14 17 16 5 17 0.3 0.1United Kingdom

...---3 - -2 0 - - -UzbekistanOther 5 9 15 14 11 13 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 2.8 ...

Exports: 71 ...6.25.3 6.894 103 91 82 79 3.38.7(11) (11)

...1.01.02.214 5 1021 14 6 0.7 0.6Austria

...0.91.20.514 6 614 15 7 0.2 0.6Belgium

...3.31.62.224 28 2524 37 31 0.3 3.0France

...0.50.20.32 3 23 4 3 0.1 0.1Hungary

...0.10.10.00 2 08 2 2 - -Italy

...0.00.00.53 2 35 3 2 0.0 0.0Netherlands

...0.30.52.26 24 219 15 25 1.7 0.5United KingdomOther 8 12 14 14 12 12 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.5 0.6 ...

Consumption 543 43.550.332.2 58.3526 539 514 514 515 41.036.6Stocks:

27.027.027.427.830 27 27 28 27.6 27.2Consumer Stocks1.01.01.01.04 4 0 1 1.0 1.0Merchant Stocks

Principal Uses:* 684 673 654 186 186 170 Brass 212 223 213 Galvanizing 59 43 49 Oxides 156 153 158 Rolled Zinc 71 68 64 Zinc Alloys

* Consumption of refined zinc and the direct use of zinc recovered from scrap materials.(11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 48 61Zinc: Country Tables: ItalyZinc: Tableaux des Pays: ItalieThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Imports: 156 ...4.423.5 ...141 96 125 101 100 17.87.2(10) (10)

......--43 19 -58 59 24 - -Australia

......--- 1 -7 0 1 - -Bolivia

......--12 - -7 6 - - -Canada

......--7 1 -- - 1 - -Greece

......--- - -- - - - -India

......-2.616 26 1314 3 31 - 2.9Ireland

......--12 7 81 8 8 2.1 -Morocco

......4.54.610 5 2610 - 5 - -Peru

......--9 - -- - - - -Spain

......--4 2 43 1 2 - 1.5Tunisia

......--- 7 44 0 8 - -Turkey

......14.3-41 24 3036 20 36 15.8 0.0United States

Other 3 - 0 9 9 14 - - 4.6 - ... ...


2.72.72.72.950 33 3549 35 33 2.7 2.7Secondary

Imports: 176 ...25.932.0 ...202 226 273 230 228 4.616.4(10) (10)

......1.30.19 10 812 10 11 0.1 1.7Algeria

......0.10.843 8 918 4 14 0.1 0.2Australia

......--2 2 -11 6 2 - -Austria

......1.11.25 11 1010 8 13 0.3 1.2Belgium

......0.50.115 2 317 11 2 0.1 0.5Bulgaria

......1.00.04 3 21 1 4 0.3 0.7China

......0.00.01 4 07 5 4 - 0.0Germany

......1.70.624 14 1834 4 19 - 2.3Kazakhstan

......-0.14 2 01 5 2 - 0.1Korea Rep

......0.30.115 15 419 17 21 0.0 0.0Macedonia

......-0.09 9 018 20 9 0.0 -Netherlands

......--3 1 14 3 1 - -Poland

......2.31.218 12 1115 17 15 0.8 -Romania

......1.92.4- 15 210 7 18 0.5 1.6Russian Federation

......16.03.015 89 9019 72 99 1.4 13.7Spain

......--3 1 -6 1 1 - -United Kingdom

Other 7 11 33 38 33 51 6.7 1.0 5.8 3.8 ... ...

Exports: 7 ...0.60.7 ...2 3 2 1 7 0.80.2(10) (10)

......-0.0- 0 00 - 0 - -France

......0.00.14 0 01 - 0 - 0.0Slovenia

Other 2 2 3 2 1 7 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 ... ...

Consumption 348 31.534.940.9 31.5374 348 389 389 389 13.425.9

Principal Uses:* 655 650 657 321 315 308 Brass

30 34 34 Chemicals


18 16 15 Semis

88 80 73 Zinc Alloys

5 5 4 Miscellaneous

* Consumption of refined zinc and the direct use of zinc recovered from scrap materials.(10) January-October.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 49 62Zinc: Country Tables: JapanZinc: Tableaux des Pays: JaponThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 45 3.94.53.8 5.143 45 48 48 41 3.64.4

Imports: 575 ...53.338.0 34.5559 544 563 504 497 39.551.2(11) (11)

...22.811.522.7249 178 165185 221 193 4.7 12.8Australia

...0.2-4.259 38 2745 49 45 0.1 0.6Canada

...-3.3-11 3 612 - 3 - -Chile

...--0.11 0 00 0 0 - -China

...--2.644 21 2737 21 26 4.9 2.6Mexico

...1.46.912.172 94 103119 114 105 6.2 8.4Peru

...-3.42.118 19 237 21 22 1.9 2.1Russian Federation

...3.07.25.070 77 7382 65 83 16.1 19.1United States

Other 50 70 53 86 72 74 2.4 5.6 5.8 7.8 7.1 ...

Stocks: 83 57.055.951.1 56.791 74 91 56.962.42.01.71.41.31 2 2 2 0.8 1.3At Mines

55.055.049.761.182 89 72 89 56.1 54.7At Smelters


45.543.741.136.2541 535 541547 533 535 44.5 41.3Primary

7.77.78.16.1103 100 9793 119 100 8.5 9.5Secondary

Imports: 64 ...3.61.7 1.917 41 42 41 41 3.02.3(11) (11)

...-0.30.32 3 32 4 4 0.3 0.1Canada

...0.20.20.250 19 138 23 19 0.7 0.3China

...1.2-0.711 12 166 13 14 1.1 0.8Peru

Other 0 0 2 7 6 9 1.1 0.9 1.2 2.4 0.4 ...

Exports: 73 ...4.14.1 4.995 64 62 56 49 3.93.5(11) (11)

...0.60.1-5 - 16 1 - - -Bangladesh

...1.6-0.68 15 1310 13 16 1.2 1.3Indonesia

...0.20.00.614 10 512 8 10 0.2 0.2Philippines

...2.11.71.430 18 2037 23 20 1.8 1.7Taiwan, China

...---7 - -9 - - - -United States

...-0.30.33 9 515 12 10 0.7 0.3Vietnam

Other 5 7 6 5 5 6 0.5 0.1 2.1 0.5 0.5 ...

Consumption 633 54.552.244.1 54.5603 619 623 623 613 53.146.1

Stocks:19.019.019.821.924 20 23 22 19.9 19.2Consumer Stocks

5.05.06.56.82 1 1 2 1.7 5.5Merchant Stocks

82.378.377.473.588 56 61 54 79.5 77.0Producers

Principal Uses:* 633 54.552.244.1 54.5603 619 623 623 613 53.146.15.55.55.15.159 66 6363 65 66 4.7 5.4Brass

31.031.025.728.2409 371 359366 384 371 31.1 30.0Galvanizing

4.84.82.33.450 57 5558 51 57 4.9 5.4Oxides/powders

0.30.30.20.16 3 27 3 3 0.1 0.2Rolled Zinc

7.87.83.86.881 92 9279 87 92 9.0 8.6Zinc Alloys

5.15.17.02.628 33 4131 31 33 3.3 2.7Miscellaneous

* Refined zinc only. (11) January-November.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 50 63Zinc: Country Tables: MexicoZinc: Tableaux des Pays: MexiqueThousand tonnes


Jan-Dec DecNovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 429 46.039.837.6 46.0446 472 462 462 433 37.035.4Exports: 117 ......5.8 ...131 105 62 39 123 7.018.8(9) (9)

......2.3-13 0 414 13 1 1.0Belgium ...

......--6 9 310 11 14 -France ...

......2.85.550 13 6028 22 26 -Japan ...

......--- - -12 9 2 -Peru ...

......-3.235 10 551 40 12 0.1Switzerland ...

......0.23.54 4 138 2 5 0.1United States ...Other 9 8 9 3 3 38 6.6 5.8 0.6 ... ... ...

Refined Zinc:28.729.729.129.7311 337 335306 320 337 29.7Production: 29.728.329.328.829.3307 333 331302 316 333 29.3Primary 29.3

0.30.30.30.34 4 44 4 4 0.3Secondary 0.3Imports 1 ......0.0 ...0 1 2 2 1 0.10.1Exports: 151 ......16.8 ...161 181 189 134 142 24.315.2(9) (9)

......--6 0 04 - 0 -Colombia ...

......0.40.67 3 35 8 4 0.6Costa Rica ...

......13.613.2130 105 113142 153 147 17.5United States ...

......1.71.02 7 64 8 10 0.2Venezuela ...Other 7 6 13 29 20 19 0.5 6.1 1.1 ... ... ...

Consumption 210 20.320.320.3 20.3225 236 240 240 244 20.320.3(9) January-September.

Zinc: Country Tables: Peru

Table 51

Zinc: Tableaux des Pays: PérouThousand tonnesOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 1,056 107.088.3105.2 100.21,219 1,36 1,209 1,209 1,223 103.4104.1Exports: 747 ...82.047.6 ...906 900 879 751 775 96.061.2(10) (10)

......3.73.616 28 2941 32 32 3.7Algeria -

......--24 25 1325 46 25 -Australia -

......-14.7157 107 89147 70 128 13.0Belgium 18.7

......-19.585 99 94115 104 117 9.4Brazil 18.3

......--15 13 69 15 16 2.9Bulgaria -

......7.36.726 63 4658 58 68 3.1Canada -

......5.7-80 13 1083 55 15 -China 2.1

......--5 20 1817 28 25 7.4Finland -

......--13 - -7 10 - -India -

......4.97.169 44 7179 106 59 5.0Japan -

......9.63.787 113 77186 145 118 2.3Korea Rep 2.3

......8.74.662 104 19458 114 123 22.9Spain 31.5

......--27 23 1937 38 32 6.8Thailand -

......7.7-39 72 7429 54 87 15.0United States 7.1Other 41 14 25 33 27 35 1.4 4.5 - 2.0 ... ...


Exports: 121 ...11.211.0 ...127 137 113 96 84 7.47.3(10) (10)

......0.90.822 16 75 10 19 0.7Brazil 0.5

......1.21.011 10 89 9 12 0.7Chile 0.8

......2.01.615 19 2016 19 23 2.4Colombia 1.6

......-1.64 9 1410 16 12 0.5Japan 1.4

......0.1-43 22 051 41 24 -United States -

......1.10.911 6 89 8 8 1.0Venezuela 0.5Other 16 26 34 15 14 27 1.3 2.1 5.7 6.4 ... ...

Consumption 67 6.54.22.9 3.871 61 80 80 63 7.10.3(10) January-October.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 52 64Zinc: Country Tables: Russian FederationZinc: Tableaux des Pays: Russie, Fédération deThousand tonnes


Jan-Dec DecNovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 164 15.415.415.4 15.4162 159 162 162 185 15.415.4Imports: 104 ......5.1 ...99 116 41 31 34 -7.2(9) (9)

......--5 - -5 - - -Australia ...

......--4 3 -6 - 3 -Canada ...

......--- 0 -- - 0 -Iran ...

......-1.710 5 815 20 7 -Ireland ...

......--32 5 -51 37 5 -Kazakhstan ...

......--4 - -- 7 - -Mexico ...

......--16 - -- - - -Spain ...

......-3.79 6 6- - 6 -Tunisia ...

......-1.74 3 41 0 5 -Turkey ...Other 21 21 51 16 11 15 0.0 - 5.1 ... ... ...

Exports: 28 ......0.8 ...31 21 21 16 24 3.41.7(9) (9)

......--11 - -24 1 - -China ...

......0.81.715 13 164 15 18 3.4Japan ...

......--- 3 -4 5 3 -Korea Rep ...Other 2 - - 0 - 8 - - - ... ... ...


Imports 9 ......1.0 ...7 18 26 19 5 0.80.7(9) (9)

Exports: 108 ......2.3 ...110 83 104 69 31 2.82.8(9) (9)

......--24 8 -37 25 12 -Netherlands ...

......0.40.55 8 64 3 10 1.0Slovak Rep ...

......--10 - -1 - - -Switzerland ...

......1.92.257 50 2263 49 78 1.8Turkey ...Other 11 5 6 4 3 3 0.1 - 0.0 ... ... ...

Consumption 150 15.815.817.4 15.8153 189 163 163 190 16.816.6


Zinc: Country Tables: Kazakhstan

Table 53

Zinc: Tableaux des Pays: KazakstanThousand tonnes

Ores/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 320 33.833.833.8 33.8376 392 404 404 405 33.833.8Exports: 11 ......... ...... 26 56 ... ... ......

............5 ... ...... 22 55 ...Uzbekistan ...Other 6 ... 4 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...


Exports: 56 ......... ...... 225 276 ... ... ..................- ... ...... 94 141 ...China ...............- ... ...... 10 - ...Iran ...............14 ... ...... - 18 ...Italy ...............12 ... ...... 1 65 ...Netherlands ...............1 ... ...... 8 20 ...Russian Federation ...............9 ... ...... 12 22 ...Slovak Rep ...............11 ... ...... - - ...United States ...

Other 8 ... 100 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Consumption 34 2.92.92.9 2.935 35 35 35 35 2.92.9

N.B. Trade data are incomplete.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 54 65Zinc: Country Tables: United KingdomZinc: Tableaux des Pays: Royaume-UniThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Imports: 108 ...0.00.0 ...115 8 0 0 0 0.00.0(10) (10)

......--57 - -73 6 - - -Australia

......--4 - -8 - - - -Canada

......--9 - -14 - - - -Honduras

......0.00.06 0 00 0 0 - 0.0Ireland

......--- - -- 0 - - -Namibia

......--12 - -2 2 - - -Peru

......0.0-20 0 017 0 0 - -United States

Other 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - ... ...

Exports 0 ...-0.0 ...8 0 0 0 0 0.00.0(10) (10)

Refined Zinc:----90 - -98 14 - - -Production:

Imports: 111 ...12.39.2 ...106 174 142 111 110 11.614.8(10) (10)

......--5 12 4- 15 12 - -Australia

......--- 0 -0 8 0 - -Bulgaria

......--0 - -5 6 - - -China

......-0.746 2 314 0 2 0.2 -Finland

......0.20.65 8 125 11 12 0.1 4.2Germany

......--4 1 07 5 1 - -Netherlands

......6.210.831 61 6560 79 74 5.9 8.0Norway

......--4 10 02 23 11 - -Russian Federation

......2.82.73 13 271 12 24 5.5 -Spain

Other 12 11 15 5 4 1 - - 0.0 0.0 ... ...

Exports 16 ...0.10.1 ...16 3 1 1 1 0.00.2(10) (10)

Consumption 191 14.614.614.6 14.6185 188 185 185 175 14.614.6

Stocks:

10.010.010.010.09 9 9 10 10.0 10.0Consumers

Zinc Alloys:Imports 6 ...1.21.7 ...6 14 16 14 9 1.30.8(10) (10)

Exports 22 ...3.54.8 ...22 22 27 22 33 2.63.7(10) (10)

Principal Uses:* 226 221 225 32 31 31 Brass/Bronze

48 44 45 Diecasting Alloys


General Galv. 50 51 52

Sheet/Strip Galv. 45 46 49

Tube Galv. 1 1 1

Wire Galv. 10 10 11

3 3 3 Rolled Zinc

5 4 4 Zinc Dust

19 20 19 Zinc Oxide

12 10 10 Miscellaneous

(10) January-October.* Data, supplied by World Bureau of Metal Statistics, include direct use of scrap zinc.

ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"Table 55 66Zinc: Country Tables: United StatesZinc: Tableaux des Pays: Etats-UnisThousand tonnes


DecJan-Dec NovOctSepAugJulOres/Concentrates (Zinc Content):Production 842 63.366.864.2 54.3784 768 739 739 747 71.567.5Imports:* 84 ...16.70.6 20.9122 164 231 201 153 17.616.4(11) (11)

...---17 19 942 44 28 - -Australia

...---- 14 137 37 18 - 4.3Ireland

...0.1-4.111 6 2713 9 7 0.3 3.0Mexico

...20.3-11.855 160 10161 75 178 17.3 8.9PeruOther 1 0 - 1 1 3 0.6 - 0.6 0.6 0.6 ...

Exports:** 698 ...50.6199.3 49.3827 822 746 713 778 197.8164.4(11) (11)

...-24.424.424 37 4930 24 37 - -Australia

...3.012.212.2151 74 3699 115 74 5.4 3.0Belgium

...3.328.56.286 147 176172 220 153 59.4 30.3Canada

...--33.536 33 34- 37 33 - -Finland

...---33 21 1828 55 21 17.7 -Germany

...--21.317 0 3811 42 0 17.1 -Italy

...6.031.49.8142 98 129210 109 111 29.6 -Japan

...24.873.537.1141 170 17778 142 184 22.0 3.7Korea Rep

...---52 - -52 40 - - -Netherlands

...12.229.219.9- 87 84122 39 87 9.1 13.5Spain

...---14 0 124 0 0 0.9 -United KingdomOther 3 1 0 46 46 37 - 36.6 0.0 - 0.0 ...

Refined Zinc:30.330.931.232.0329 354 355339 350 354 29.4 29.4Production:19.319.920.221.0179 224 223189 200 224 18.4 18.4Primary11.011.011.011.0150 130 132150 150 130 11.0 11.0Secondary

Imports:* 827 ...50.246.0 57.7878 792 868 802 632 51.157.8(11) (11)

...---1 - -5 - - - -Argentina

...4.60.4-30 27 2221 14 27 - 1.2Australia

...-5.84.618 26 3930 22 26 4.1 5.3Brazil

...36.826.538.0447 488 422526 522 536 30.1 24.5Canada

...0.0--7 12 11 0 17 - 0.5China

...---89 2 -93 20 2 - -Kazakhstan

...2.5--11 32 63 1 32 - 2.5Korea Rep

...13.413.315.2141 130 140136 150 144 16.9 16.1Mexico

...---51 30 135 40 30 0.0 0.1Peru

...---9 - -9 2 - - -Poland

...---15 - -11 - - - -Russian Federation

...---7 - -4 - - - -South Africa

...---- - -- - - - -SpainOther 2 3 20 53 53 1 - 0.0 0.1 - 0.4 ...

Exports 1 ...0.00.0 0.01 2 4 4 1 0.00.1(11) (11)

Consumption 1,179 89.683.581.0 90.51,217 1,152 1,251 1,251 1,072 82.391.3Stocks:

55.054.556.456.757 59 55 56 56.3 55.9Consumer Stocks10.010.210.210.210 10 10 10 10.2 10.2Merchant Stocks10.09.67.56.47 9 8 6 7.0 7.0Producers41.044.050.056.5115 112 104 72 54.5 47.0Stockpile

Principal Uses:^ 1,216 1,220 1,048 1,162 1,162 941 81.0 65.7 59.2 67.275.3 78.012.010.110.611.0148 188 147189 167 188 11.4 9.9Brass43.036.235.045.4578 644 514652 588 644 41.6 31.1Galvanizing17.015.014.418.0190 244 204233 222 244 16.1 12.8Zinc Alloys

Zinc Oxide:from slab 72 72 from ores 2 2

6.05.95.76.6226 86 7672 71 86 6.2 5.4Miscellaneous

* Imports for consumption.** Excluding re-exports. (11) January-November.

^ Apparent consumption of slab zinc, including secondary refined.

67Table 56 ILZSG: "Lead and Zinc Statistics"

Production and Consumption of Zinc: Annual TotalsProduction et Consommation du Zinc: Totales AnnuellesThousand metric tons

Western World Total WorldMine*Production

MetalProduction

MetalConsumption

Mine* Production

MetalProduction

MetalConsumption

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

+/-%

1972 4458 4104 4436 5516 56792.7 5866 10.07.93.411.68.6

1973 4544 4261 4839 5826 61901.9 6070 9.05.63.59.13.8

1974 4534 4371 4551 5994 5995-0.2 6129 -3.22.91.0-6.02.6

1975 4509 3764 3532 5483 5052-0.6 6176 -15.7-8.50.8-22.4-13.9

1976 4574 4118 4189 5811 57691.4 6249 14.26.01.218.69.4

1977 4854 4283 4263 5989 58476.1 6567 1.43.15.11.84.0

1978 4694 4304 4654 6038 6328-3.3 6401 8.20.8-2.59.20.5

1979 4610 4719 4761 6456 6437-1.8 6299 1.76.9-1.62.39.6

1980 4537 4475 4489 6133 6242-1.6 6108 -3.0-5.0-3.0-5.7-5.2

1981 4471 4556 4426 6127 6116-1.5 6004 -2.0-0.1-1.7-1.41.8

1982 4814 4330 4236 5855 59027.7 6275 -3.5-4.44.5-4.3-5.0

1983 4843 4645 4556 6124 61810.6 6289 4.74.60.27.67.3

1984 5095 4892 4704 6377 63505.2 6523 2.74.13.73.25.3

1985 5178 4996 4734 6480 63471.6 6651 0.01.62.00.62.1

1986 5073 4855 4882 6390 6547-2.0 6534 3.2-1.4-1.83.1-2.8

1987 5323 5062 5044 6627 67224.9 6846 2.73.74.83.34.3

1988 5065 5240 5265 6856 6848-4.8 6714 1.93.5-1.94.43.5

1989 5134 5216 5181 6774 67151.4 6802 -1.9-1.21.3-1.6-0.5

1990 5412 5212 5208 6746 66205.4 7126 -1.4-0.44.80.5-0.1

1991 5590 5409 5382 6895 66423.3 7160 0.32.20.53.33.8

1992 5687 5465 5432 7035 65971.7 7214 -0.72.00.80.91.0

1993 5249 5470 5555 7182 6609-7.7 6724 0.22.1-6.82.30.1

1994 5170 5381 5841 7123 6960-1.5 6798 5.3-0.81.15.1-1.6

1995 5330 5508 6290 7362 75193.1 6952 8.03.42.37.72.4

1996 5577 5529 6298 7464 75514.6 7283 0.41.44.80.10.4

1997 5498 5603 6531 7802 7822-1.4 7337 3.64.50.73.71.3

1998 5694 5734 6639 8042 80353.6 7569 2.73.13.21.72.3

1999 5899 5832 6818 8369 84823.6 8068 5.64.16.62.71.7

2000 6323 6141 7153 8982 90087.2 8839 6.27.39.64.95.3

2001 6618 6283 6897 9228 89194.7 8933 -1.02.71.1-3.62.3

2002 6469 6668 7117 9719 9387-2.3 8905 5.25.3-0.33.26.1

2003 6705 6643 7116 9868 98443.6 9579 4.91.57.60.0-0.4

2004 6545 6668 7421 10157 10456-2.4 9664 6.22.90.94.30.4

* Metal content by analysis.

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