At the same time, these decreases in consumption were compensated by a growing demand for cadmium for nickel-cadmium batteries, which accounted for 81% of the cadmium consumption in the United States in 2006.
Penurunan konsumsi pada aplikasi lain disebabkan oleh meningkatnya permintaan kadmium pada baterai nikel-kadmium, yang menyumbang 81% konsumsi kadmium di Amerika Serikat pada tahun 2006.