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Lead: United States

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Industry Overview
Market Size and Trends | Market Segmentation | Production | Trade | Global Overview
Environmental and Regulatory Issues

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Demand Forecasts
Market Environment | Market Forecasts | Production Forecasts

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Resources

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ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts 2016 US lead demand and production in metric tons of lead
content. Total demand is segmented in terms of market by:

batteries (ie, grids, posts, and oxides)

metal products
other markets such as glass and ceramic products, paint, and
chemicals.

Lead production is provided by source:

recycled
mine.

To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in an annual series from 2001 to
2011; total production and the various demand and production segments are reported at
five-year intervals for 2006 and 2011. Forecasts emanate from the identification and
analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as
their expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities
between reported years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of
five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are
generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as
demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2016. The result of any particular
year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, longterm trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Lead: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from various primary,
secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated August 2012

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the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

212231
331419

1031
3339

331491

332492

332992
335911
423520

Lead Ore and Zinc Ore Mining

Primary Smelting and Refining of
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and
Aluminum)
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and
Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and
Extruding
Secondary Smelting, Refining, and
Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except
Copper and Aluminum)
Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing
Storage Battery Manufacturing
Coal and Other Mineral and Ore
Merchant Wholesalers

3341

3356

3482
3691
5052

Lead and Zinc Ores

Primary Smelting and Refining of
Nonferrous Metals (except copper and
aluminum)
Secondary Smelting and Refining of
Nonferrous Metals (except copper and
aluminum)
Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of
Nonferrous Metals (except copper and
aluminum)
Small Arms Ammunition
Storage Batteries
Coal and Other Minerals and Ores
(merchant wholesalers)

Copyright and Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Market Size & Trends .............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Lead Demand Trends, 2001-2011 ............................................................... 2
Market Segmentation ............................................................................................................................... 3
Chart 2 | United States: Lead Demand by Market, 2011 .................................................................... 3
Batteries. ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Metal Products. ................................................................................................................................... 6
Other Markets. .................................................................................................................................... 7
Production ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Chart 3 | United States: Lead Production by Source, 2011 ................................................................ 9
Recycled. ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Mine. ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chart 4 | United States: Lead Trade (thousand metric tons of lead content) ................................... 11
Global Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Chart 5 | Global Lead Mine Production by Country, 2011 ................................................................ 12
Environmental & Regulatory Issues ....................................................................................................... 13
Demand Forecasts ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 14
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Lead Demand ............................................................... 14
Market Forecasts ................................................................................................................................... 15
Table 2 | United States: Lead Demand by Market (thousand metric tons of lead content) .............. 15
Batteries. ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Metal Products. ................................................................................................................................. 17
Other Markets. .................................................................................................................................. 17
Production Forecasts ............................................................................................................................. 18
Table 3 | United States: Lead Production by Source (thousand metric tons of lead content) .......... 18
Recycled. .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Mine. ................................................................................................................................................. 18
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 20
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 21
The Doe Run Resources Corporation .............................................................................................. 21
Hecla Mining Company..................................................................................................................... 22
Teck Resources Limited ................................................................................................................... 23
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 24
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 25
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