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Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity *zinc*

Zinc is the 23rd most abundant element in the earth's crust. Sphalerite, zinc sulfide, is and has been the principal ore mineral in the world. Zinc is necessary to modern living, and, in tonnage produced, stands fourth among all metals in world production - being exceeded only by iron, aluminum, and copper.  Zinc uses range from metal products to rubber and medicines.  About three-fourths of zinc used is consumed as metal, mainly as a coating to protect iron and steel from corrosion (galvanized metal), as alloying metal to make bronze and brass, as zinc-based die casting alloy, and as rolled zinc. The remaining one-fourth is consumed as zinc compounds mainly by the rubber, chemical, paint, and agricultural industries.  Zinc is also a necessary element for proper growth and development of humans, animals, and plants; it is the second most common trace metal, after iron, naturally found in the human body.

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### **Monthly Publications**

Mineral Industry Surveys
                            - Zinc    PDF Format:      2024: |  Jan  |  Feb  |  Mar  |  Apr  |  May  |  **Jun**  |      2023: |  Jun  |  Jul  |  Aug  |  Sep  |  Oct  |  Nov  |  Dec  |    XLSX Format:      2024: |  Jan  |  Feb  |  Mar  |  Apr  |  May  |  **Jun**  |      2023: |  Jun  |  Jul  |  Aug  |  Sep  |  Oct  |  Nov  |  Dec  |
                            - U.S Production of Selected Mineral Commodities (Quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys)

### **Annual Publications**

Mineral Commodity Summaries
                            - Zinc    PDF Format:       |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  **2024**  | 
                            - Appendixes |

Minerals Yearbook
                            - Zinc    PDF Format:       |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  **2020**  |    XLS Format:       |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018**** |  2019  |  **2020**  |  2021 tables-only release  |  **2022 tables-only release**  |
                            - Archive       |  1932-1993  |
                            - Recycling-Metals

### **Special Publications**

                            - Critical Minerals Review 2021
                            - Factors that Influence the Price of Al, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Rare Earth Elements, and Zn  Open-File Report 2008-1356
                            - Flow Studies for Recycling Metal Commodities in the United States  C-1196-A-M
                            -  Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States  Data Series 140                               - Zinc 
                            - Historical Zinc Smelting in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., with Estimates of Atmospheric Zinc Emissions and Other Materials  Open-File Report 2010-1131
                            -  International Mineral Exploration Activities From 1995 Through 2004  Data Series 139
                            - The Materials Flow of Zinc in the United States 1850-1990  U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 72-92
                            -  Metal Prices in the United States through 2010  Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188
                            -  Statistical Compendium                                - Zinc 
                            - Zinc - The Key to Preventing Corrosion   Fact Sheet 2011-3016

### **Links**

                            - International Lead and Zinc Study Group

### Contacts

#### Amy Tolcin

##### Mineral Commodity Specialist

National Minerals Information Center

atolcin@usgs.gov

703-648-4940