"Table 6. U. S. statistics for zinc.  Units are in metric tons, unless otherwise noted.  Blanks indicate no information.",,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Year,U.S. Primary Slab Production (Total),U.S. Primary Slab Production (Domestic Ore),U.S. Secondary Slab Production,U.S. Mine Production,"U.S. Imports (Blocks, Pigs or Slab)",U.S. Imports  (Ore + Concentrate)   Zn Content1,Year,U.S. Secondary Production2,U. S. Exports  (Slab),U. S. Exports (Ore + Concentrate)3,U. S. Consumption (Slab)4,U. S. Consumption (Ore and Concentrate)5,Year,U. S. Consumption (All Classes)6,World Mine Production7 (103 m tons),Price U.S8 (cents/lb),Price LME9 (cents/lb),,,,,,,,,
1900,112388,,,150546,,,1900,,20322,19079,90173,35446,1900,125619,477,4.40,,,,,,,,,,
1901,127752,,,167646,,,1901,,3075,20029,128529,35198,1901,163727,509,4.10,,,,,,,,,,
1902,142362,,,192922,406,,1902,,2937,25280,138511,40591,1902,179102,547,4.80,,,,,,,,,,
1903,144441,,,180194,183,,1903,,1380,17876,140052,48308,1903,188360,573,5.40,,,,,,,,,,
1904,169378,,,201951,309,727,1904,,9205,16289,164120,49343,1904,213463,704,5.10,,,,,,,,,,
1905,184929,,,213003,388,7301,1905,,5004,14037,181834,53724,1905,235558,739,5.90,,,,,,,,,,
1906,203908,,,201147,926,17816,1906,,4237,12574,200289,58915,1906,259204,788,6.10,,,,,,,,,,
1907,226669,,6396,235824,1550,33168,1907,,511,9234,205903,59944,1907,272538,827,5.80,,,,,,,,,,
1908,190893,,6495,212758,704,17614,1908,,1119,11842,194289,43549,1908,244104,810,4.60,,,,,,,,,,
1909,232022,,8412,277075,8545,37356,1909,,303,5650,245602,49114,1909,310094,868,5.40,,,,,,,,,,
1910,244200,,11597,297295,897,23078,1910,,8386,8941,223062,45896,1910,296733,907,5.40,,,,,,,,,,
1911,259932,246410,12740,302856,293,14454,1911,,13023,16584,254065,41841,1911,330140,1001,5.70,,,,,,,,,,
1912,307360,293844,23645,349578,9724,15937,1912,,6808,21182,308752,58089,1912,408701,1070,6.90,,,,,,,,,,
1913,314499,305950,23579,374967,4686,12244,1913,,12234,16069,267955,64067,1913,361587,1015,5.60,,,,,,,,,,
1914,320281,311544,18638,377082,177,11006,1914,,67594,10079,272140,64064,1914,364877,876,5.10,
1915,444084,415613,27001,533057,57,52316,1915,,119213,755,330991,72187,1915,459036,838,14.20,
1916,605506,511154,26105,638039,19,134397,1916,,137211,71,416685,81897,1916,577969,1010,13.60,
1917,607427,530338,15272,647159,16,65747,1917,,199639,1197,375251,88517,1917,564368,993,8.90,
1918,469856,446702,8997,577052,10,22506,1918,,96751,56,384458,93239,1918,537589,823,8.00,
1919,422515,410294,17915,498264,29,15430,1919,,132718,,293895,90909,1919,475194,659,7.00,
1920,420369,408274,19387,532993,0,20400,1920,,103661,,293060,106122,1920,497362,720,7.80,
1921,181891,179833,15942,232820,5986,2454,1921,,4495,,184703,51917,1921,295881,441,4.70,
1922,321395,320485,29926,428220,36,1750,1922,,31571,1538,338462,86104,1922,513990,686,5.70,
1923,463058,461154,35774,554009,1,2924,1923,,29885,2544,405071,106633,1923,609178,946,6.70,
1924,469322,467954,32192,578763,10,4218,1924,,69165,334,406652,99207,1924,602735,1003,6.30,
1925,519768,504060,35544,644870,0,12280,1925,,69264,62551,453680,100698,1925,647160,1131,7.66,8
1926,561023,555189,37012,702672,0,13215,1926,,38936,86411,505326,117934,1926,723867,1225,7.37,7
1927,537522,523409,38813,651850,35,8630,1927,,41454,42380,468446,110677,1927,679990,1310,6.25,6
1928,546652,536623,44149,630648,0,1512,1928,,22942,4099,568351,112491,1928,788199,1401,6.03,6
1929,567396,555321,42953,657236,205,13073,1929,,13073,64,575427,125192,1929,808952,1451,6.49,5
1930,451819,443941,31614,540161,255,23441,1930,,4203,,409050,95254,1930,582693,1394,4.56,4,,,,,,,,,
1931,264894,264894,19618,372234,249,708,1931,,583,12,335658,68039,1931,470783,1000,3.64,3,,,,,,,,,
1932,187922,187922,13352,258757,281,1727,1932,,5870,,234961,49895,1932,339731,805,2.88,2,,,,,,,,,
1933,278671,277608,27294,348613,1715,1935,1933,,1039,734,317787,65317,1933,453193,983,4.03,3,,,,,,,,,
1934,329843,322383,17863,398006,1565,12952,1934,,4631,3285,326496,68946,1934,458948,1168,4.16,3,,,,,,,,,
1935,381593,373927,25991,469834,4032,9544,1935,,1467,418,429099,78018,1935,581967,1332,4.33,3,,,,,,,,,
1936,446455,446156,38291,522152,10578,156,1936,,34,222,527982,87090,1936,709871,1461,4.90,3,,,,,,,,,
1937,505215,500009,46769,568226,33755,3035,1937,,226,285,553383,101605,1937,758104,1621,6.52,5,,,,,,,,,
1938,404914,395539,28679,468742,6559,4409,1938,,,122,381925,62596,1938,522944,1568,4.61,3,,,,,,,,,
1939,460157,445480,45748,529621,28086,30393,1939,,4096,275,567898,77111,1939,798679,1635,5.12,3,,,,,,,,,
1940,612599,535228,44376,603340,9204,40494,1940,,71750,406,665018,87090,1940,907883,1621,6.34,5,,,,,,,,,
1941,745724,592028,53980,679595,36549,140178,1941,,81020,,750637,122470,1941,1086368,1749,7.48,5,,,,,,,,,
1942,809093,571488,48258,696741,32978,256885,1942,,121507,,660584,104326,1942,1031676,1800,8.25,5,,,,,,,,,
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Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Year,U.S. Primary Slab Production (Total),U.S. Primary Slab Production (Domestic Ore),U.S. Secondary Slab Production,U.S. Mine Production,"U.S. Imports (Blocks, Pigs or Slab)",U.S. Imports  (Ore + Concentrate)   Zn Content1,Year,U.S. Secondary Production2,U. S. Exports  (Slab),U. S. Exports (Ore + Concentrate)3,U. S. Consumption (Slab)4,U. S. Consumption (Ore and Concentrate)5,Year,U. S. Consumption (All Classes)6,World Mine Production7 (103 m tons),Price U.S8 (cents/lb),Price LME9 (cents/lb),,,,,,,,,
1943,854849,539095,43740,675123,50943,468694,1943,,88395,1,740968,104326,1943,1157226,1840,8.25,5
1944,788618,521135,44486,651941,57721,376485,1944,,19573,,806148,128820,1944,1223677,1625,8.25,5
1945,693598,423732,44672,557336,87779,300762,1945,,7060,,773204,118841,1945,1191969,1274,8.25,5
1946,660668,416584,40384,521478,94406,151396,1946,,42841,81,726876,121563,1946,1101486,1405,8.73,8
1947,728011,462717,54016,578428,65374,176740,1947,,96769,1274,713374,132449,1947,1087273,1580,10.50,13
1948,714648,488035,56536,571506,83910,121394,1948,,59454,3218,741837,120656,1948,1114419,1858,13.58,14
1949,739158,536558,49932,538145,113910,99369,1949,,53260,2654,645771,79832,1949,900135,1899,12.15,14
1950,765181,533689,60754,565516,140915,215514,1950,,11718,1034,877369,121563,1950,1247865,2128,13.88,15
1951,799804,564111,44141,617964,79871,179618,1951,,33121,2803,847284,121422,1951,1203002,2290,17.99,21
1952,820530,522383,49996,604186,102560,491979,1952,,52357,3057,773632,99134,1952,1099189,2522,16.21,19
1953,831077,449452,47967,496620,206524,407990,1953,,16301,2679,894418,107269,1953,1217795,2940,10.86,9
1954,727948,345013,61700,429526,145275,436282,1954,,22674,,802223,90035,1954,1071106,2930,10.69,10
1955,874076,528810,59912,466902,176955,348947,1955,220,16392,,1015877,107170,1955,1332727,3180,12.30,11
1956,892316,426461,65433,492003,222012,419463,1956,191,7995,775,915159,102864,1956,1200226,3360,13.49,12
1957,894299,489600,65764,482387,243873,616356,1957,174,9784,6,848780,100072,1957,1117283,3420,11.40,10
1958,708735,314104,42279,373765,168458,487792,1958,167,1881,,787733,86126,1958,1036155,3370,10.31,8
1959,724538,316102,52452,385829,149197,384768,1959,199,10550,1,867448,98039,1959,1159724,3400,11.46,10
1960,725309,303091,62352,395013,109701,347396,1960,180,68170,12,796403,80082,1960,1051371,3620,12.95,11
1961,768200,374923,50110,421288,113567,324457,1961,166,45409,1515,844782,88225,1961,1095398,3770,11.55,10
1962,797774,406505,53415,458574,123373,351372,1962,184,32751,123,936053,92154,1962,1209560,3870,11.63,8
1963,809739,430012,54706,480131,120050,337399,1963,190,30711,15,1002542,94987,1963,1282956,4036,12.01,10
1964,865531,482592,64951,521503,121670,282529,1964,207,24054,35,1095215,96114,1964,1393210,4433,13.57,15
1965,902107,500054,75858,554429,139667,365537,1965,247,5388,,1228412,111486,1965,1580377,4751,14.50,14
1966,929924,474984,75535,519416,254290,359585,1966,252,1276,,1291528,114937,1966,1651088,4960,14.50,13
1967,851692,397849,66683,498419,201397,391286,1967,224,15249,,1134592,103692,1967,1456814,5175,13.85,12
1968,926137,453131,72452,480305,276407,439806,1968,250,29947,,1225295,112590,1968,1583362,5483,13.50,12
1969,944014,416175,64005,501786,294616,512772,1969,279,8435,,1256796,114951,1969,1645785,5483,14.65,13
1970,796337,366460,69995,484560,235988,408932,1970,240,261,,1076785,113199,1970,1425728,5483,15.32,13.36
1971,695297,366276,73412,455899,294159,423989,1971,253,12107,,1137664,108185,1971,1497485,5483,16.13,14.08
1972,574411,363753,66876,433924,468691,157907,1972,285,3923,,1286705,107325,1972,1672870,5483,17.75,17.13
1973,529323,362075,75466,434408,535920,139864,1973,272,13214,,1364350,117617,1973,1752613,5483,20.66,38.55
1974,503658,314787,71246,453477,493333,121321,1974,235,17293,,1168178,115315,1974,1517732,5483,35.95,56.13
1975,397394,279376,52513,425792,340124,388769,1975,204,6257,,839445,75053,1975,1117484,5483,38.96,33.76,,,,,,,,,
1976,452554,346429,62192,439543,630612,141342,1976,276,3187,,1028876,91844,1976,1394268,5725,37.01,32.38,,,,,,,,,
1977,408364,322208,45914,407889,503621,109277,1977,284,215,,999505,86490,1977,1367704,5945,34.39,26.71,,,,,,,,,
1978,406698,267350,34774,302669,622470,106315,1978,304,723,10973,1050585,89959,1978,1441810,5928,30.97,26.88,,,,,,,,,
1979,472481,255344,53212,267341,524130,87499,1979,317,279,20095,1000606,79710,1979,1394314,5985,37.30,33.59,,,,,,,,,
1980,340456,231850,29396,317103,410163,182370,1980,274,302,54457,811146,58986,1980,1142409,5954,37.43,34.47,,,,,,,,,
1981,346563,259835,50192,312418,612007,245710,1981,291,323,54232,840875,60643,1981,1189369,5845,44.56,38.34,,,,,,,,,
1982,228176,193284,74288,303160,456233,66809,1982,211,341,77289,795000,35515,1982,1038600,6054,38.47,33.74,,,,,,,,,
1983,235694,210315,69390,275294,617679,63156,1983,279,427,60168,934000,36912,1983,1246300,6160,41.39,34.73,,,,,,,,,
1984,253132,198912,78113,252768,639228,86172,1984,318,760,30579,980000,45487,1984,1344000,6419,48.60,40.46,,,,,,,,,
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Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,Table 6. Cont.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Year,U.S. Primary Slab Production (Total),U.S. Primary Slab Production (Domestic Ore),U.S. Secondary Slab Production,U.S. Mine Production,"U.S. Imports (Blocks, Pigs or Slab)",U.S. Imports  (Ore + Concentrate)   Zn Content1,Year,U.S. Secondary Production2,U. S. Exports  (Slab),U. S. Exports (Ore + Concentrate)3,U. S. Consumption (Slab)4,U. S. Consumption (Ore and Concentrate)5,Year,U. S. Consumption (All Classes)6,World Mine Production7 (103 m tons),Price U.S8 (cents/lb),Price LME9 (cents/lb),,,,,,,,,
1985,261209,198005,72563,226545,610900,90186,1985,256,1011,23264,961000,39886,1985,1257000,,40.37,36.23,,,,,,,,,
1986,253369,191079,62912,202983,665126,75786,1986,256,1938,3269,999000,19236,1986,1274000,6675,38.00,34.19,,,,,,,,,
1987,261345,203275,82589,216327,705985,46464,1987,269,1082,16921,1052000,2536,1987,1324000,6985,41.92,36.2,,,,,,,,,
1988,241294,196476,88492,244314,749130,62966,1988,248,482,33590,1089000,2412,1988,1340000,6781,60.20,53.37,,,,,
1989,260305,229870,97904,275883,711554,40974,1989,249,5532,78877,1060000,2107,1989,1311000,6839,82.02,77.64,,,,,
1990,262704,230470,95708,515355,631742,46684,1990,246,1238,220446,991000,2178,1990,1239000,7150,74.59,66.46,,,,,
1991,253000,218000,122000,518000,549000,45400,1991,229,1250,382000,933000,,1991,1170000,7270,52.77,50.67,,,,,
1992,272000,227000,128000,523000,644000,44500,1992,238,565,307000,1040000,,1992,1280000,7260,58.38,56.24,,,,,
1993,240000,214000,141000,488000,724000,33100,1993,217,1410,311000,1110000,,1993,1350000,6960,46.15,43.64,,,,,
1994,217000,201000,139000,570000,793000,27400,1994,222,6310,389000,1190000,,1994,1420000,7050,49.26,45.26,,,,,
1995,232000,223000,131000,603000,856000,10000,1995,222,3060,424000,1230000,,1995,1460000,7280,55.83,46.82,,,,,
1996,225400,214000,140000,586000,827000,15100,1996,237,1970,425000,1210000,,1996,1450000,7480,51.11,46.5,,,,,
1997,226700,195000,140000,592000,876000,49600,1997,234,3630,461000,1260000,,1997,1490000,7540,64.56,59.7,,,,,
1998,234000,192000,134000,709000,879000,46000,1998,292,2000,552000,1290000,,1998,1580000,7680,51.43,46.4,,,,,
1999,241000,180000,131000,808000,966000,74600,1999,267,1000,531000,1340000,,1999,1610000,8040,53.48,48.8,,,,,

"1.  From 1904-1909 represents estimates (Minerals Yearbook, 1926); for 1910-1936  represents zinc content of general imports.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2. Excludes secondary slab and remelt zinc.  Units are in 1000 metric tons.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"3.  Zinc content of ore and concentrate, 1900-1915, estimated at 50 percent of that shipped; 1907-1915 virtually all willemite concentrate, containing 50 percent zinc.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"4.  Data through 1981 reported as consumption, 1982 and forward data reported as apparent consumption.",,,,,,
5.  1901-1907 data for zinc oxide and zinc-lead from ore; 1908-1918 data for pigments from ore; 1919-1924 data for pigments and salts from ore; 1925-1956 data for zinc oxide from ore; 1957-1988 includes ore directly for galvanizing.,,,,,,
6.  Based on apparent consumption of slab zinc plus zinc content of ores and concentrates and secondary materials used to make zinc dust and chemicals. ,,,,,,
"7.  Prior to 1947 world production represents smelter production; thereafter it represents mine production.  The former is approximately 10 percent  lower, on average.",,,,,,
"8.  Source: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Nonferrous Metal Prices in the United States through 1988. Special Publication 1989, p. 125-130.",,,,,,
9.  London Metal Exchange.,,,,,,
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