Table 6.--U.S. consumption of zinc (Metric tons) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 254,000 308,800 268,000 272,100 331,000 416,700 375,300 384,500 293,900 293,100 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 254,000 308,800 268,000 272,100 331,000 416,700 375,300 384,500 293,900 293,100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 184,700 338,500 405,100 406,700 453,700 505,300 468,400 568,400 575,400 409,100 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 184,700 338,500 405,100 406,700 453,700 505,300 468,400 568,400 575,400 409,100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 335,700 235,000 317,800 e/326,500 e/429,100 e/528,000 e/553,400 e/381,900 e/567,900 665,000 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 335,700 235,000 317,800 326,500 429,100 528,000 553,400 381,900 567,900 665,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 750,600 660,600 741,000 806,100 773,200 726,900 713,400 741,800 645,800 877,400 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 750,600 660,600 741,000 806,100 773,200 726,900 713,400 741,800 645,800 877,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 847,300 773,600 894,400 802,200 1,015,900 915,200 848,800 787,700 867,400 796,400 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- 121,422 99,134 107,269 90,035 107,170 102,864 100,072 86,126 98,039 80,082 Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- 234,295 226,422 216,108 178,848 209,680 182,203 168,430 162,295 194,236 174,886 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 1,203,000 1,099,200 1,217,800 1,071,100 1,332,700 1,200,200 1,117,300 1,036,200 1,159,800 1,051,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 844,800 936,100 1,002,500 1,095,200 1,228,400 1,291,500 1,134,600 1,225,300 1,256,800 1,076,800 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- 88,225 92,154 94,987 96,114 111,486 114,937 103,692 112,590 114,951 113,199 Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- 162,391 181,354 185,427 201,880 240,479 244,622 218,530 245,477 274,038 235,745 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 1,095,400 1,209,600 1,283,000 1,393,200 1,580,400 1,651,100 1,456,800 1,583,400 1,645,800 1,425,700 ---------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 6.--U.S. consumption of zinc--Continued (Metric tons) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 1,137,700 1,286,700 1,364,400 1,168,200 839,400 1,028,900 999,500 1,050,600 1,000,600 811,100 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- 108,185 107,325 117,617 115,315 75,053 91,844 86,490 89,959 79,710 58,986 Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- 251,636 278,841 270,646 234,239 202,986 273,524 281,709 301,266 313,998 272,277 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 1,497,500 1,672,900 1,752,600 1,517,700 1,117,500 1,394,300 1,367,700 1,441,800 1,394,300 1,142,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slab zinc (rounded)1/- 840,900 795,000 934,000 980,000 961,000 999,000 1,052,000 1,089,000 1,060,000 991,000 Ores and concentrates (zinc content)2/----- 60,643 35,515 36,912 45,487 39,886 19,236 2,536 2,412 2,107 2,178 Secondary (zinc content)3/----------- 287,851 208,105 276,370 318,018 256,455 255,752 269,319 248,461 249,122 245,692 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total(rounded)1/- 1,189,400 1,038,600 1,247,300 1,344,000 1,257,000 1,274,000 1,324,000 1,340,000 1,311,000 1,239,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e/Estimated. NA Not available. 1/Data through 1981 are reported consumption of slab zinc; 1982 forward, data are apparent consumption of slab zinc. 2/Ores and concentrates used to make zinc chemicals and includes ore used directly for galvanizing. 3/Excludes secondary slab and remelt zinc.