Table 1.--U.S. historical salient zinc statistics (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc Mine1/ Imports for production Produc- consumption Exports Consumption Net Price, Year ------------------ tion ------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------ import dollars Pri- Secon- (Recove- Slab Ore, zinc Slab Ore, zinc Slab Consumed All reliance per mary dary rable) zinc content2/ zinc content3/ zinc4/ as ore5/ classes6/ (percent)7/ pound8/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1859 45 NA 245 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1860 725 NA 925 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1861 1,350 NA 1,650 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1862 1,350 NA 1,600 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1863 1,550 NA 1,800 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1864 1,630 NA 1,900 NA NA 43 671 NA NA NA NA 13.90 1865 1,900 NA 2,200 NA NA 83 450 NA NA NA NA NA 1866 1,800 NA 2,000 NA NA 63 203 NA NA NA NA NA 1867 2,900 NA 3,300 NA NA 141 166 7,700 NA 9/7,700 NA NA 1868 3,350 NA 3,800 NA NA 463 378 8,731 NA 9/8,731 NA NA 1869 3,900 NA 4,500 NA NA NA NA 13,660 NA 9/13,660 NA NA 1870 4,900 NA 5,400 NA NA 49 693 13,362 NA 9/13,362 NA NA 1871 6,250 NA 7,000 NA NA 34 436 14,746 NA 9/14,746 NA NA 1872 7,070 NA 8,200 NA NA 28 167 17,251 NA 9/17,251 NA NA 1873 6,661 NA 8,000 NA NA 33 10 16,627 NA 9/16,627 NA NA 1874 11,900 NA 13,500 NA NA 19 115 16,240 NA 9/16,240 NA NA 1875 14,363 NA 17,200 NA NA 17 139 19,376 NA 9/19,376 NA 7.00 1876 15,400 NA 18,500 NA NA 61 461 17,860 NA 9/17,860 NA 7.20 1877 14,150 NA 16,900 NA NA 644 291 14,684 NA 9/14,684 NA 6.00 1878 17,800 NA 19,700 NA NA 1,154 728 17,791 NA 9/17,791 NA 4.90 1879 19,300 NA 23,000 NA NA 967 483 19,481 NA 9/19,481 NA 5.20 1880 21,082 NA 28,400 NA NA 620 590 27,646 7,335 10/34,981 NA 5.50 1881 27,450 NA 34,800 NA NA 676 516 29,308 7,257 10/36,565 NA 5.20 1882 30,631 NA 38,000 NA NA 675 494 40,306 7,257 10/47,563 NA 5.30 1883 33,451 NA 42,000 NA NA 386 138 42,315 8,709 10/51,024 NA 4.50 1884 34,967 NA 44,000 NA NA 57 216 38,004 9,435 10/47,439 NA 4.40 1885 36,911 NA 47,000 NA NA 46 310 39,294 10,886 10/50,180 NA 4.30 1886 38,683 NA 52,000 NA NA 349 396 40,445 13,063 10/53,508 NA 4.40 1887 45,667 NA 58,000 NA NA 164 54 49,217 13,063 10/62,280 NA 4.60 1888 50,714 NA 65,000 NA NA 28 206 52,555 14,515 10/67,070 NA 4.90 1889 53,397 NA 66,000 NA NA 399 1,213 54,388 12,316 10/66,704 NA 5.00 1890 57,772 NA 75,000 NA NA 1,494 3,508 57,538 17,200 10/57,538 NA 5.50 1891 73,367 NA 90,000 NA NA 1,948 171 71,327 17,200 10/88,527 NA 5.00 1892 79,161 NA 99,000 NA NA 5,667 41 73,465 19,958 10/93,423 NA 4.60 1893 71,515 NA 89,000 NA NA 3,301 44 69,058 17,461 10/86,519 NA 4.00 1894 68,336 NA 82,000 NA NA 1,636 -- 64,028 14,506 10/78,534 NA 3.50 1895 81,361 NA 96,000 NA NA 1,388 21 79,557 15,030 10/94,587 NA 3.60 1896 73,934 NA 88,000 NA NA 9,189 1,882 63,609 14,515 10/78,124 NA 3.90 1897 90,700 NA 109,000 NA NA 12,923 3,746 80,541 18,144 10/98,685 NA 4.10 1898 104,688 NA 129,000 NA NA 9,524 4,771 98,157 23,950 10/122,107 NA 4.60 1899 117,073 NA 146,000 NA NA 6,127 11,429 113,021 29,135 10/142,156 NA 5.80 1900 112,388 NA 150,546 NA NA 20,322 19,079 90,173 35,446 10/125,619 NA 4.40 1901 127,752 NA 167,646 NA NA 3,075 20,029 128,529 35,198 10/163,727 NA 4.10 1902 142,362 NA 192,922 406 NA 2,937 25,280 138,511 40,591 10/179,102 NA 4.80 1903 144,441 NA 180,194 183 NA 1,380 17,876 140,052 48,308 10/188,360 NA 5.40 1904 169,378 NA 201,951 309 727 9,205 16,289 164,120 49,343 10/213,463 NA 5.10 1905 184,929 NA 213,003 388 7,301 5,004 14,037 181,834 53,724 10/235,558 NA 5.90 1906 203,908 NA 201,147 926 17,816 4,237 12,574 200,289 58,915 10/259,204 NA 6.10 1907 226,669 6,396 235,824 1,550 33,168 511 9,234 205,903 59,944 272,538 NA 5.80 1908 190,893 6,495 212,758 704 17,614 1,119 11,842 194,289 43,549 244,104 NA 4.60 1909 232,022 8,412 277,075 8,545 37,356 303 5,650 245,602 49,114 310,094 NA 5.40 1910 244,200 11,597 297,295 897 23,078 8,386 8,941 223,062 45,896 296,733 NA 5.40 -------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 1.--U.S. historical salient zinc statistics--Continued (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc Mine1/ Imports for production Produc- consumption Exports Consumption Net Price, Year ------------------ tion ------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------ import dollars Pri- Secon- (Recove- Slab Ore, zinc Slab Ore, zinc Slab Consumed All reliance per mary dary rable) zinc content2/ zinc content3/ zinc4/ as ore5/ classes6/ (percent)7/ pound8/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1911 259,932 12,740 302,856 293 14,454 13,023 16,584 254,065 41,841 330,140 NA 5.70 1912 307,360 23,645 349,578 9,724 15,937 6,808 21,182 308,752 58,089 408,701 NA 6.90 1913 314,499 23,579 374,967 4,686 12,244 12,234 16,069 267,955 64,067 361,587 NA 5.60 1914 320,281 18,638 377,082 177 11,006 67,594 10,079 272,140 64,064 364,877 NA 5.10 1915 444,084 27,001 533,057 57 52,316 119,213 755 330,991 72,187 459,036 NA 14.20 1916 605,506 26,105 638,039 19 134,397 137,211 71 416,685 81,897 577,969 NA 13.60 1917 607,427 15,272 647,159 16 65,747 199,639 1,197 375,251 88,517 564,368 NA 8.90 1918 469,856 8,997 577,052 10 22,506 96,751 56 384,458 93,239 537,589 NA 8.00 1919 422,515 17,915 498,264 29 15,430 132,718 -- 293,895 90,909 475,194 NA 7.00 1920 420,369 19,387 532,993 -- 20,400 103,661 -- 293,060 106,122 497,362 NA 7.80 1921 181,891 15,942 232,820 5,986 2,454 4,495 -- 184,703 51,917 295,881 NA 4.70 1922 321,395 29,926 428,220 36 1,750 31,571 1,538 338,462 86,104 513,990 NA 5.70 1923 463,058 35,774 554,009 1 2,924 29,885 2,544 405,071 106,633 609,178 NA 6.70 1924 469,322 32,192 578,763 10 4,218 69,165 334 406,652 99,207 602,735 NA 6.30 1925 519,768 35,544 644,870 -- 12,280 69,264 62,551 453,680 100,698 647,160 NA 7.66 1926 561,023 37,012 702,672 -- 13,215 38,936 86,411 505,326 117,934 723,867 NA 7.37 1927 537,522 38,813 651,850 35 8,630 41,454 42,380 468,446 110,677 679,990 NA 6.25 1928 546,652 44,149 630,648 -- 1,512 22,942 4,099 568,351 112,491 788,199 NA 6.03 1929 567,396 42,953 657,236 205 13,073 13,073 64 575,427 125,192 808,952 NA 6.49 1930 451,819 31,614 540,161 255 23,441 4,203 -- 409,050 95,254 582,693 NA 4.56 1931 264,894 19,618 372,234 249 708 583 12 335,658 68,039 470,783 NA 3.64 1932 187,922 13,352 258,757 281 1,727 5,870 -- 234,961 49,895 339,731 NA 2.88 1933 278,671 27,294 348,613 1,715 1,935 1,039 734 317,787 65,317 453,193 NA 4.03 1934 329,843 17,863 398,006 1,565 12,952 4,631 3,285 326,496 68,946 458,948 NA 4.16 1935 381,593 25,991 469,834 4,032 9,544 1,467 418 429,099 78,018 581,967 NA 4.33 1936 446,455 38,291 522,152 10,578 156 34 222 527,982 87,090 709,871 NA 4.90 1937 505,215 46,769 568,226 33,755 3,035 226 285 553,383 101,605 758,104 NA 6.52 1938 404,914 28,679 468,742 6,559 4,409 -- 122 381,925 62,596 522,944 NA 4.61 1939 460,157 45,748 529,621 28,086 30,393 4,096 275 567,898 77,111 798,679 NA 5.12 1940 612,599 44,376 603,340 9,204 40,494 71,750 406 665,018 87,090 907,883 NA 6.34 1941 745,724 53,980 679,595 36,549 140,178 81,020 -- 750,637 122,470 1,086,368 NA 7.48 1942 809,093 48,258 696,741 32,978 256,885 121,507 -- 660,584 104,326 1,031,676 NA 8.25 1943 854,849 43,740 675,123 50,943 468,694 88,395 1 740,968 104,326 1,157,226 NA 8.25 1944 788,618 44,486 651,941 57,721 376,485 19,573 -- 806,148 128,820 1,223,677 NA 8.25 1945 693,598 44,672 557,336 87,779 300,762 7,060 -- 773,204 118,841 1,191,969 NA 8.25 1946 660,668 40,384 521,478 94,406 151,396 42,841 81 726,876 121,563 1,101,486 24 8.73 1947 728,011 54,016 578,428 65,374 176,740 96,769 1,274 713,374 132,449 1,087,273 25 10.50 1948 714,648 56,536 571,506 83,910 121,394 59,454 3,218 741,837 120,656 1,114,419 (11/) 13.58 1949 739,158 49,932 538,145 113,910 99,369 53,260 2,654 645,771 79,832 900,135 1 12.15 1950 765,181 60,754 565,516 140,915 215,514 11,718 1,034 877,369 121,563 1,247,865 39 13.88 1951 799,804 44,141 617,964 79,871 179,618 33,121 2,803 847,284 121,422 1,203,002 24 17.99 1952 820,530 49,996 604,186 102,560 491,979 52,357 3,057 773,632 99,134 1,099,189 39 16.21 1953 831,077 47,967 496,620 206,524 407,990 16,301 2,679 894,418 107,269 1,217,795 47 10.86 1954 727,948 61,700 429,526 145,275 436,282 22,674 -- 802,223 90,035 1,071,106 49 10.69 1955 874,076 59,912 466,902 176,955 348,947 16,392 -- 1,015,877 107,170 1,332,727 43 12.30 1956 892,316 65,433 492,003 222,012 419,463 7,995 775 915,159 102,864 1,200,226 45 13.49 1957 894,299 65,764 482,387 243,873 616,356 9,784 6 848,780 100,072 1,117,283 47 11.40 1958 708,735 42,279 373,765 168,458 487,792 1,881 -- 787,733 86,126 1,036,155 56 10.31 1959 724,538 52,452 385,829 149,197 384,768 10,550 1 867,448 98,039 1,159,724 53 11.46 1960 725,309 62,352 395,013 109,701 347,396 68,170 12 796,403 80,082 1,051,371 46 12.95 1961 768,200 50,110 421,288 113,567 324,457 45,409 1,515 844,782 88,225 1,095,398 46 11.55 -------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 1.--U.S. historical salient zinc statistics--Continued (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc Mine1/ Imports for production Produc- consumption Exports Consumption Net Price, Year ------------------ tion ------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------ import dollars Pri- Secon- (Recove- Slab Ore, zinc Slab Ore, zinc Slab Consumed All reliance per mary dary rable) zinc content2/ zinc content3/ zinc4/ as ore5/ classes6/ (percent)7/ pound8/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1962 797,774 53,415 458,574 123,373 351,372 32,751 123 936,053 92,154 1,209,560 47 11.63 1963 809,739 54,706 480,131 120,050 337,399 30,711 15 1,002,542 94,987 1,282,956 49 12.01 1964 865,531 64,951 521,503 121,670 282,529 24,054 35 1,095,215 96,114 1,393,210 44 13.57 1965 902,107 75,858 554,429 139,667 365,537 5,388 NA 1,228,412 111,486 1,580,377 51 14.50 1966 929,924 75,535 519,416 254,290 359,585 1,276 NA 1,291,528 114,937 1,651,088 54 14.50 1967 851,692 66,683 498,419 201,397 391,286 15,249 NA 1,134,592 103,692 1,456,814 52 13.85 1968 926,137 72,452 480,305 276,407 439,806 29,947 NA 1,225,295 112,590 1,583,362 58 13.50 1969 944,014 64,005 501,786 294,616 512,772 8,435 NA 1,256,796 114,951 1,645,785 59 14.65 1970 796,337 69,995 484,560 235,988 408,932 261 NA 1,076,785 113,199 1,425,728 53 15.32 1971 695,297 73,412 455,899 294,159 423,989 12,107 NA 1,137,664 108,185 1,497,485 60 16.13 1972 574,411 66,876 433,924 468,691 157,907 3,923 NA 1,286,705 107,325 1,672,870 61 17.75 1973 529,323 75,466 434,408 535,920 139,864 13,214 NA 1,364,350 117,617 1,752,613 65 20.66 1974 503,658 71,246 453,477 493,333 121,321 17,293 NA 1,168,178 115,315 1,517,732 60 35.95 1975 397,394 52,513 425,792 340,124 388,769 6,257 NA 839,445 75,053 1,117,484 63 38.96 1976 452,554 62,192 439,543 630,612 141,342 3,187 NA 1,028,876 91,844 1,394,268 59 37.01 1977 408,364 45,914 407,889 503,621 109,277 215 NA 999,505 86,490 1,367,704 58 34.39 1978 406,698 34,774 302,669 622,470 106,315 723 10,973 1,050,585 89,959 1,441,810 67 30.97 1979 472,481 53,212 267,341 524,130 87,499 279 20,095 1,000,606 79,710 1,394,314 63 37.30 1980 340,456 29,396 317,103 410,163 182,370 302 54,457 811,146 58,986 1,142,409 60 37.43 1981 346,563 50,192 312,418 612,007 245,710 323 54,232 840,875 60,643 1,189,369 65 44.56 1982 228,176 74,288 303,160 456,233 66,809 341 77,289 795,000 35,515 1,038,600 58 38.47 1983 235,694 69,390 275,294 617,679 63,156 427 60,168 934,000 36,912 1,246,300 65 41.39 1984 253,132 78,113 252,768 639,228 86,172 760 30,579 980,000 45,487 1,344,000 68 48.60 1985 261,209 72,563 226,545 610,900 90,186 1,011 23,264 961,000 39,886 1,257,000 70 40.37 1986 253,369 62,912 202,983 665,126 75,786 1,938 3,269 999,000 19,236 1,274,000 73 38.00 1987 261,345 82,589 216,327 705,985 46,464 1,082 16,921 1,052,000 2,536 1,324,000 69 41.92 1988 241,294 88,492 244,314 749,130 62,966 482 33,590 1,089,000 2,412 1,340,000 70 60.20 1989 260,305 97,904 275,883 711,554 40,974 5,532 78,877 1,060,000 2,107 1,311,000 61 82.02 1990 262,704 95,708 515,355 631,742 46,684 1,238 220,446 991,000 2,178 1,239,000 40 74.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. 1/Recoverable mine production is estimated for 1859-99. 2/Imports Ore: 1904-09 were estimated (Minerals Yearbook 1926) and for 1910-36 were zinc content of general imports. 3/Exports Ore: 1897-1915 zinc content estimated at 50% of ore shipped; 1907-15 virtually all willemite concentrate (50% zinc). 4/Data through 1981 are reported consumption of slab zinc; 1982 forward, data are apparent consumption of slab zinc. 5/1880-1900 data for zinc oxide from ore; 1901-07 data for zinc oxide and zinc lead from ore; 1908-18 data for pigments from ore; 1919-24 data for pigments and salts from ore; 1925-56 data for zinc oxide from ore; 1957-88 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/Net import reliance is expressed as a percent of apparent consumption. Net import reliance is defined as exports minus imports plus adjustments for changes in industry and Government stocks. Apparent consumption in U.S. equals mine production plus old scrap plus net import reliance. 8/Source: U.S. Bureau of Mines. Nonferrous Metal Prices in the United States through 1988. Spec. Publ. 1989, pp. 125-130. 9/Data does not include ores and secondary consumed, data not available. 10/Data does not include secondary consumed, data not available. 11/Net exporter.