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COPPIOR SCRAP
For release November 5 , 1945 . CONSUMERS REPORT NO . 1
STOCKS OF COPPER AND BRASS SCRAP DECLINE SLIGHTLY IN JULY

A monthly survey covering consumption or copper and brass scrap and the re
sulting secondary metal production has been started by the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior . The first report covers July 1945 and sta
tistics will be released regularly for succeeding months . Four other secondary
metal surveys conducted by the Bureau on aluninuin , lead and tin , zinc , and the
transactions of nonferrous scrap metal dealers , have been on a monthly basis since
early in the war , and regular monthly reports have been issued for publication and
for government agencies .
In the copper report , tables are given for scrap stocks , for scrap consumption ,
and for secondary copper and copper -alloy production , Copper scrap stocks held by
consumers declined slightly in July , totaling 100,845 short tons at the end of the
month compared with 102,616 at the beginning . Total scrap consumption was 98,006
tons in July , the largest item being, yellow brass , of which 38,679 tons were
consumed . Most of this item was new scrap consumed by brass mills , A large per
centage of the scrap used by these mills is plant scrap which has been generated
by fabricators and returned to the brass mills for remelting . Plant scrap is
classed as new scrap because it is metal that has not yet reached the stage of final
use , and is not to be considerea as an element of the available supply of metal .
On the other hand , old scrap is material that has worn out in service or become
obsolete and has been salvaged for re-use . The metal recovered from old scrap can
therefore be considered as part of the over-all available supply .
Smelters recovered an estimated 20,719 tons of copper from old scrap in July
and 10,498 tons from new scrap . Se.condary recovery of copper by manufacturers and
foundries , including brass mills and chemical plants , totaled 14,456 tons from old
scrap and 21,205 tons from new scrap .
Brass ingot production totaled 27,860 tons in July , lower than for any month
in 1943 , 1944 and the elapsed portion of 1945 . Brass ingot makers consumed 4,545
tons of alloying ingredients other than copper and brass . scrap so that their
secondary recovery was 23 ; 275 tons . Total secondary recovery by brass mills was
31,381 tons and by foundries 16,243 tons , Refiners reclaimed 9,711 tons of
electrolytic grade copper and 178 tons of casting copper from scrap .
Prepared by Herbert L , Cullen and A. J. 1c Dermid , under the supervision of Charles

White Herrill, Chief, lietal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
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Table 1 . Consu ers ' stocks of purchased copper-base scrap
in July 1945 , gross --Height; in short tons .
Stocks Stocks
Scrap item - July 1 , July 31 ,
1945 1945
No. I wire and heavy .. 6,998 6,447

lio . 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light .. 4,544 4,404
Composition or red brass .. 5,389 5.973
Railroad - car boxes ... 5,148 5,714
Yellow brass .. 33,747 35,686
Fired cartridge cases .. 4,013 3,672
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 770 825
Bronze.io 4,764 4,913
Nickel silver . 1,106 1,029
Low brass ... 2,172 1,873
Aluminuri bronze, ... 780 799
Low-grade scrap and residues ... 33,185 29,510
Total copper-base scrap 102,616 100,845
Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper scrap

in July 1945 , gross weight , in short tons .
Remelters, smelters Manufacturers

and refiners and foundries Total
Scrap item
New old New old scrap
scrap scrap scrap scrap used
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,462 3,277 1,092 1,639 7,470

No. 2 wire ,mixed heavy , . & light 1,461 3,583 783 544 6,371
Composition or red brass . 1,849 : 4,336 , 535 1,248 7,968
Railroad - car boxes.. 85 5,100 5,185
Yellow brass ... 1,847 7,309 28,637 886 38,679
Fired cartridge cases . 1,546 8,733 10,279
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Auto radiators ( unsweated ).... 1,343 6 1,349

Bronze .. 776 2,378 1,525 5,830
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Nickel silver . 57 155 459 14 685
Low brass . , 1,246 864 349 ‫גב‬ 2,470
Aluminum bronze .. 113 96 57 4 270
Low -grade scrap and residues .. 7,813 3,418 212 7 11,450
Total.copper - base -scrap . 16,624 28,390 33,275. 19,717 98,006
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Table 3. Production of secondary copper and copper-alioy products
in July 1945 , in short tons .
Item produced from Gross weight

scrap produced
Brass and bronze ingots

Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 3,288
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-lä-42 ) 2,473
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 9,253
Leaded senired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,045
High-leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ). 2,802
( 84-6-5-2 ) . 329
( 75-5-20 ) . 440
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,055
Manganese bronze .. 2,957
Aluminum bronze . 329
Nickel silver .. 214
Low brass .. 124
Silicon bronze .. 570
Conductor pronze ... 12
Hardeners and special alloys 248
Miscellaneous .. 1,721
Total brass and bronze ingots ... 27,860

Electrolytic copper .. 9,711
Casting copper .... 178
Copper and brass powder and granulated material .. 200
Brass will products .... 1 / 31,381
Copper in chemical products . . 923
Copper in iron and steel ... 156
Copper and brass castings .. 1 16,243
1 / Gross weight of secondary metal produced .
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For release November 30 , 1945 . CONSUMERS REPORT NO . 2
CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SCRAP DOWN 4 PERCENT IN AUGUST 1945
Consumption of copper and brass scrap by smelters; refiners , brass mills ,

foundries and manufacturers was 4 percent less in August than in July , according
to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . Stocks in the
hands of these consumers also declined 4 percent , totaling 96,921 short tons at
the end of August compared with 100,845 tons at the end of July : Production of
brass ingot continued on a downward trend , dropping to 26,690 tons , and secondary
recovery from copper and brass scrap in other products decreased from 58,800 tons
in July to 57,827 tons in August .
The decline in consumers ' stocks of scrap was most pronounced in yellow brass
and low grade scrap , inventories of which fell 5,136 tons and 2,611 tons respec
tively , but stocks of bronze scrap rose 2,486 tons . Stocks of most of the other
higher priced items advanced also . The drop in consumption of copper- base scrap
was similar to that in stocks in that it was greatest in yellow brass , use of which
fell il percent to 34,613 tons , and in residues , whose consumption dropped 8 percent
to 10,485 tons ; whereas consumption of bronze scrap rose 35 percent to total 7,845
tons .
Production of brass and bronze ingot in August totaled 26,690 tons compared
with 27,860 tons in July. The greatest decreases were a 589- ton drop in tin bronze
and an 886 - ton decrease in output of mangane se bronze , Production of leaded yellow
brass increased 494 tons to a total of 1,549 tons and that of leaded semired brass
332 tons to a total of 2,377 tons . Recovery of copper and other metals from copper
base scrap in brass mill products amounted to 31,894 tons , a slightly larger total
than in July . Secondary recovery in electrolytic copper totaled 8,282 tons , coir
pared with 9,711 tons in July , and foundries reclaimed 15,452 tons in brass and
bronze castings in August compared wi th 16,243. tons in the precedi ng month.
From the old copper - base scrap which they consumed : in august; shelters and re
finers recovered an estimated 19,133. tons of copper , and from new scrap 9,982 tons ,
Manufacturers and foundries recovered 15,447 tons of copper from old scrap and
20,665. tons from new scrap . These figures do not include any of the zinc ; tin and
other metals besides copper recovered .
The August decrease in consumption of copper scrap and in recovery of secondary

metal. was no doubt due in large measure to the closing of many plants during the
Vj- day holiday, but there was also a lack of demand all during the month among con
sumers for red and yellow brass scrap , rod brass turnings and old rolled brass . This
was evidenced by a shading of one- quarter to one - half cent per pound in the prices
paid for these items in several centers of consumption ,
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White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch.
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For release November 5 , 1945 . CONSUMERS RAPORT NO . 1
STOCKS OF COPPER AND BRASS SCRAP DECLINE SLIGHTLY IN JULY

À monthly survey covering consumption of copper and brass scrap and the re
sulting secondary metal production has been started by the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior .. The first report covers July 1945 and sta
tistics will be released regularly for succeeding months ; Four' other secondary
Lietal surveys conducted by the Bureau on aluninuin , lead and tin, zinc , and the
transactions of nonferrous scrap metal dealers , have been on a monthly basis since
early in the war , and regular monthly reports have been issued for publication and
for government agencies .
In the copper report , tables are given for scrap stocks , for scrap consumption ,
and for secondary copper and copper - alloy production , Copper scrap stocks held by
consumers declined slightly in July , totaling 100,845 short tons at the end of the
month compared with 102,616 at the beginning. Total scrap consumption was 98,006
tons in July , the largest item being yellow brass , of which 38,679 tons were
consumed . Most of this item was new scrap consumed by brass mills , A large per
centage of the scrap used by these mills is plant scrap which has been generated
by fabricators and returned to the brass mills for renelting . Plant scrap is
classed as new scrap because it is wetal that has not yet reached the stage of final
use , and is not to be considered as an element of the available supply of metal .
On the other hand , old scrap is material that has worn out in service or become
obsolete and has been salvaged for re-use . The metal recovered from old scrap can
therefore be considered as part of the over-all available supply ,
Smelters recovered an estimated 20,719 tons of copper from old scrap in July
and 10,498 tons from new scrap . Secondary recovery of copper ty manufacturers and
foundries , including brass nills and chemical plants , totaled 14,456 tons from old
scrap and 21,205 tons from new scrap .
Brass ingot, production totaled 27,860 tons in July, lower than for any month
.
in 1943 , 1941 and the elapsed portion of 1945 . Brass ingot makers consumed 4,545
tons of alloying ingredients other than copper and brass . scrap so that their
secondary recovery was 23,275 tons . Total secondary recovery by brass mills was
31,381 tons and by foundries 16,2143 tons , Refinors reclaimed 9,711 tons of
electrolytic grade copper and 178 tons of casting copper frosu scrap .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. ic Dermid , under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill , Chief , lietal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
( over )
Table 1. . Consumers stocks of purchased copper- base scrap
in August 1945 , gross weight, in short tons .
Stocks Stocks Stocks

Scrap item July 1 , July 31 , August 31 ,
1945 1945. , 1945
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 6,998 6,447 6,998

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light . 4,544 4,404 5,499 ,
Composition or red brass . 5,389 5,973 6,053
Railroad - car . boxes .... 5,148 5,714 5,272
Yellow brass , ... 33,747 35,686 30,550
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 770 825 915
Bronze ... 4,764 4,913 7,399
Nickel silver . 1,106 1,029 959
Low brass , . 2,172 1,873 1,753
Aluminum bronze .... 780 799 735
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 33,185 29,510 26,899
Total copper - base scrap 102,616 100,845 96,921

in August 1945 , gross weight, in short tons ,
Remelters , smelters Manufacturers

Total
and refiners and foundries
Scrap item : scrap
New old New Old used
scrap scrap scrap scrap
No. 1 wire and heavy.... 1,710 2,838 1,457 1,292 7,297

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy & light 1,340 3,170 1,125 579 6,214
Composition or red brass .. 1,898 4,671 610 | 1,492 8,671
Railroed - car boxes .. 85 5,264 5,349
Yellow brass .... 1,878 6,327 22,447 3,961 34,613
Fired cartridge cases . 1,286 8,464 : 9,750
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Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 1,304 ll , 1,315

Bronze .. 977 2,254 3,922 692 7,845
Nickel silver . 78 161 :554 + -6 799
Low brass ... 852 687 313 43 11,895
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 6,483 3,346 649 7 10,485
Total copper - base scrap 15,343 26,277 31,099 121,813 94,532
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Table 3 . Production of secondary copper and copper - alloy products
in August 1945 , in short tons ,
Gross weight
Item produced from scrap produced

Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ..... 2,699
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ). 2,349
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 9,283
Leaded semired brass ( 51-3-7-9 ) .. 2,377
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 2,651
( 84-6-8-2 ). 629
( 75-5-20 ) ... 372
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ). 1,549
Low brass ..... 73
Silicon bronze , 198
Conductor bronze .. 154
Hardeners and special alloys . 208
Miscellaneous . 1,559
Total brass and bronze ingots , .

26,690
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade .. 8,282

Casting copper ..... 240
Copper and brass powder and granulated material. 434
Brass mill products...... 31,894
Copper in chemical products .. 1,408
Copper in iron and steel .... 117
Brass and bronze castings , .. 15,452
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CONSUMPTION OF COFPER SCRAP DOWN 27 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER 1945
Operations in the secondary copper industry suffered a pronounced setback in

September according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior.
Consumption of copper scrap decreased 27 percent to 69,094 short tons , compared
with à 23 - percent drop in the treatment of aluminum scrap and 12 percent in that of
zinc scrap in the same month , Stocks in the hands of corper scrap consumers rose
moderately to a total of 99,037 tons at the end of the month . Brass ingot makers !
output declined 5,676 tons or 21 percent , to 21,014 tons in September . Recovery of
copper from scrap in refined copper , brass mill products , brass and bronze castings
and miscellaneous products totaled 41,143 tons , compared with 57,827 tons in August .
The decline in total copper scrap consumption affected all types of scrap
except two whose consumption was relatively small . The decrease was most severe
in the large and important classifications : Consumption of yellow brass which
had fallen 4,066 tons in August decreased 12,230 tons to total 22,383 tons in
September . Treatment of fired cartridge cases declined from 9,750 tons in August
to 5,696 tons in September, due partly to the government s tockpiling order . Con
sumption of bronze scrap which had registered the greatest advance , 2,015 tons ,
in August, decreased 3,212 tons in September , Other items whose consumption de
creased substantially were railroad- car boxes , low brass , and low grade scrap .
Nearly all kinds of brass ingot participated in the 5,676 - ton decline in
total production , but most of it was accounted for in manganese bronze , output of
which fell 1,608 tons or 78 percent , in tin bronze , and in leaded tin bronze .
Production of the last two alloys decreased 1,191 and 875 tons respectively.
Recovery of secondary copper in products other than brass ingot in September
was reduced most in brass mill products , in which it fell from 31,894 tons in
August to 19,711 tons in September . The other major items in this group , electro
lytic-grade copper and brass and bronze castings were less , although appreciably,
affected . Month to month secondary copper recovery variations in the remaining
relatively small items are often counter to the general trend because they may be
due to changes in the operations of individual companies,
From the 21,702 tons of old copper -base scrap which they consumed in September ,
Smelters and refiners recovered an estimated 15,764 tons of copper and from 11,880
tons of new scrap used they reclaimed 8,242 tons of copper . Manufacturers and
foundries recovered 10,103 tons of copper from 13,602 tons of old scrap and 14,637
tons of copper from 21,910 tons of new scrap,
Prepared by Herbert I. Cullen and A, J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill, Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch.
Table 1 . Consumers stocks of purchased copper - base scrap
in September 1945 , gross weight , in short tons .
Stocks Stocks Stocks

Scrap item July 31 , August 31 , September 30 ,
1945 1945 1945
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 6,447 6,998 7,497

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light .. 4,404 5,499 6,126
Composition or soft red brass ... 5,973 6,053 5,743
Railroad- car boxes .. 5,714 5,272 4,996
Yellow brass .... 35,686 30,550 31,067
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 825 915 934
Eronze , ... 4,913 7,399 5,182
Pickel silver .. 1,029 959 1,290
Low brass , .. 1,873 1,753 1,962
Aluminum bronze .. 799 735 682
Low - grade scrap and residues . 29,510 26,99 30,02 €
Total copper-base scrap 100,845 96,921 99,037

in September 1945 , gross weight , in short tons .
Femelters , smelters Manufacturers Total

and refiners and foundries scrap
Scrap item New old used
Old Few
No , I wire and heavy . • 1,592 2,317 1,463 1,717 7,089

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy , and light 1,602 2,878 462 822 5,764
Composition or soft red brass .. 1,632 3,957 613 1,745 7,947
Railroad- car boxes .. 118 4,006 4,124
Yellow brass ... 1,272 4,366 16,410 335 22,383
· Fired cartridge cases : 714 4,982 5,696
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 1,24 4 1,285
Bronze ..... 816 2,031 1,250 536 4,633
Nickel silver . 97 115 623 838
Low brass .... 482 363 432 23 1,300
Aluminum bronze .. 279 184 3 466
Low - grade scrap and residues . 4,108 3,375 83 7,566
Total copper- base scrap 11,880 21,702 21 ; 339 14,173 6.9,094
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Table 3 . Production of secondary copper and copper-alloy products
in September 1945 , in short tons .
Item produced from scrap Gross weight

produced
Erass and bronze ingots
Tin bronze ( 88–10-2 ) .... 1,508

Leaded tin bronze ( 3E-6-13-43). 1,474
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 8,686
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) . 2,060
( 84-6-8-2 ) 550
( 75-5-20 ) . 360
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . 1,639
? ' anganese bronze . 463
Aluminum bronze .. 119
Low brass ..... 120
Hardeners and special alloys . 208
Wiscellaneous . 1,030
Total brass and bronze ingots .. 21,014
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade . 7,084

Casting copper .. 173
162
Copper and brass powder and granulated material .. .
Prass mill products .... 1.9,711

Copper in chemical products . 1,804
copper in iron and steel .... 77
Brass and bronze castings ... 12 , 232
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For release January 21 , 1946 . CONSUMERS REPORT NO.de
CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SCRAP UP 31 PERCENT IN OCTOBER 1945
Consumption of copper - base scrap , which had decreased 27 percent in September ,

increased 31 percent to '90 , 790 short tons in October , according to the Bureau of
Mines , United States Department of the Interior., The September decrease was no +
doubt due to factors involved in the August cessation of hostilities with Japan ,
and the quick recovery in October indicated that reconversion was not seriously
delaying peacetime production by the secondary metal industry. Receipts failed
to keep pace with consumption in October so that stocks declined to 90.,202, .tons
at the end of the monthe Production of brass ingot totaled 25.,682 tons in October ,
compared with 21,014 tons the preceding month and 26,690 tons in August ... Recovery
of secondary metals , including other metals as well as copper ,, from copper- base
scrap in products other than brass ingots , totaled 54,120 tons ,
Practically all copper scrap categories participated in the October increase
in total consumption , the exceptions being fired cartridge cases , use of which
declined 1,508 tons to 4,188 tons . Consumption of yellow brass increased 43
percent to 31,905 tons , a large part of this being contract termination scrap.
Use of soft red brass was increased by both smelters and foundries, the increased
consumption by the latter being caused by the operations of one company, which ,
however , has a number of plants . Consumption of low - grade scrap rose 57 percent
to 11,843 tons and this was also occasioned by the operations of one company .
Production of nearly all kinds of brass ingot increased in October , particu

larly the major and more expensive: kinds which are those containing tin , Output
of No. Il co position ingot rose to 10,190 tons and of leaded semired brass to
2,963 tops ., Prass ingot is produced chiefly from scrap when scrap is obtainable
but small amounts of refined metal are used at tines to bring the melted scrap
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to specific composition .
Recovery of secondary metals in other than brass ingot products increased most
in the three most important items : Recovery in . brass.mill products , brass castings
and electrolytic copper : totaled 25,855 tons , 15,299 . tons and .10,683 tons , respec
tively, compared with 19,711 tons , .12,132 tons and , 7,084 .tons in September .
From the 26,202 tons of old copper - base scrap.which they consumed in October ,
smelters and refiners recovered an estimated 19,385 .tons of copper , and from .
18,355 tons of new scrap used they reclaimed 11,807 tons of copper, Manufacturers
and foundries recovered 12,747 tons of copper from 16,648 tons of old scrap and
19,317 tons from 29,585 tons of new scrap.
Prepared by Herbert 1, Cullen and A. J, McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Économics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 , Consumers stocks of purchased copper - base scrap
in October 1945 , gross weight ,, in short : tonis .
August 31 September 30 October 31

Scrap item
1945 1945 1945
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 6,998 7,497 7,024

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy, and light .. 5,499 6,126 7,144
Composition or soft red brass... 6,053 5,743 6,506
Railroad car boxes .. 5,272 4,996 2,734
Yellow brass , ... 30,550 31,067 26,560
Fired cartridge cases .. 3,889 3,530 2,597:
Bronze ... 7,399 5,182 5,488 :
Nickel silver 959 1,290 1,292
Low brass.i . 1,753 1,962 1,582
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 26 899 30,028 28,028
Total copper -base scrap 96,921 99,037 .90,202

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in October 1945 , gross weight, in short tons.
Remeltérs, smelters Nanufacturers

Scrap item New old New Old ::: serap
scrap scrap scrap Scrap used
No , I wire and heavy .. 1,973. 12:,919 1,283 1,846 8,021

No. 2.wire , mixed heavy , and light . 2,412 3,915 959 588 7,274
Composition or soft red brass .. , 2,057 4,55 266 4,163. 11,341
Railroad car boxes .. - 68 . 5,392 5,480
Yellow brassii . 1,401 6,176 23,841 487 31,905.
Fired cartridge cases, i 21 3,367 4,188
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Auto radiators (unsweated ) 1,442 3 1,445

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Bronze .. 784 1,583 711 5,286

2,208
Nickel silver .... 65 156 521 11 753
Low brass ... , 637 . 480 1,052 21 2,190
Aluminum bronze.. 276 1,153 . 34 1 464
Low - grade scrap and residues . 8,750 2,989 46 58 11,843
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Table 3 . Production of secondary copper and copper -alloy products
in October 1945 , in short tons .
Gross weight
Item produced from scrap produced
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .... 1,927

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 10,190
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,963
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ),. 2,596
( 84-6-8-2 ) ... 263
( 75-5-20 ) , 328
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).. 1,540
Manganese bronze ..... 970
Aluminum bronze , . . 138
Nickel silver , 301
Low brass......... 171
Silicon bronze . 156
Conductor bronze , 28
Hardeners and special alloys ........ 513
Miscellaneous ... 1,098
Total brass and bronze ingots . 25,682

Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Casting copper ..
...
Electrolytic grade copper ........... 10,683
234
Copper and brass powder and granulated material ... 205
Brass mill products .... 25,855
Copper in chemical products........ 1,776
Copper in iron and steel ............ 68
Brass and bronze castings . 15,299
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COPPER SCRAP CONSULPTION DO ' I SLIGHTLY IN NOVET.BER 1945
Consumption of copper -base scrap by ingot makers , brass mills , foundries

and miscellaneous consumers decreased 3 percent to 88,000 short tons in
November according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the
Interior . Total stocks of scrap in the hands of these consumers rose ..
6,396 tons to 96,598 tons , owing chiefly to increased receipts by brass mills .
Trade paper reports indicated that the scrap metal market was an active
one in most areas , and opinions were expressed in some quarters that ceiling.
prices on copper scrap would soon be removed by 0.P.A. Production of brass
ingot in November totaled 24,901 tons which was 781 tons less than in October .
Secondary metal recovery from copper scrap in refined copper , brass , mill
products , brass castings and miscellaneous products other than brass ingot
was 53,118 tons .
The greatest individual decrease in November copper scrap consumption

was 1,607 tons in low grade material, most of which is treated by the larger
smelters for its copper content only . Consumption of fired cartridge cases
decreased from 4,138 tons in October to 2,215 in November and of railroad
car boxes from 5,480 tons to 4,254 . These losses were partially counter
balanced by a 2,330- ton increase in consumption of yellow brass and a 934 - ton
gain in the treatment of low brass , both of which types of scrap are used
in lärge aniounts by brass mills . Consumers ' stocks of both of these materials
increased notably .
Production of leaded tin bronze ingot decreased 44 percent in November

and that of soft red brass , which accounts for two fifths of the total
production , 5 percent or 503 tons. The only type of brass ingot to show an
important increase in output was leaded yellow brass which had a rise of
511 tons . Noveriber recovery of secondary metals from copper -base scrap .
totaled 23,527 tons in brass mill products , compared with 25,855 tons in
October . Secondary recovery in brass castings was 16,568 tons , which was
1,269 tons more than in October ,
From the 26,056 tons of old copper -base scrap which they consumed in
Tovember, smelters and refiners recovered an estimated 19,246 tons of copper
and from 16,466 tons of new scrap used they reclaimed 10,350 tons of copper .
Nanufacturers and foundries recovered 10,345 tons of copper. from 13,078 tons
of old scrap and 21,450 tons from 32,400 tons of new scrap .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A , J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

" hite Merrill , Chief, letal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 . Consuners stocks of purchased copper - base scrap
in November 1945 , gross weicht , in sort tons.
.
Scrap item September 30 , October 31 , liovember 30 ,
1945 1945 1945
lio . l wire and heavy .. 7,497 7,024 7,219

lio . 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light 6,126 7,144 7,702
Composition or sort red cras 5,743 6,506 5,485
Railroad car boxes ... 4,996 • 2,734 :. :2,040
Yellow brass .... 31,007 20,500 32,076
nuto radiators (u.si/cated ) 934 743 787
Bronze ... . 5,102 5,400 5,534 ...
Nickei silver . 1,290 1,292 1,401
Lov bras3...., 1,962 1,502 3,083
Aluminuu bronze . 682 504 657
L01 - grade scrap and residi.es .. 30,028 23,028 26,527
Total copper - base scrap , 99,037 90,202 96,598
Table 2. Consuption oỉ purchased cop er-base scrap

in lovember 1945, gross weight , in short tons .
Remelters , Si.elters Tanufacturers

Scrap iteru and refiners and four.dries Total
New Old New Old scrap
1
1o . l wire and heavy .
.
2,147 2,936 1,427 1,597 8,097
10. 2 wire , mixed hvavy , and light 1,482 3,056 1,169 919 7,226
Composition or soft red bráss . 1 , öll 4,435 213 4,040 10,499
Railroad car boxes .... 173 4,081 4 ,254
Yellow brass ... 1,903 6,875 25,202 255 34,235
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 1,4,2 12 1,404
Bronze ... 879 2,321 1,863 655 5,718
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Tickel silver ... l 103 496 5 745
Low brass .... 4-2 403 1,997 T 222 3,124
lluinwi bronne . 76 .79 31 1 187
LO !!- grade scrap and residues.. 2,042 2,503 12 76 10,230
Total copper-base scrica) 16,466 26,056 32,400 : 13,078 80,000
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in November 1945 , in short tonis .
Brass and bronze ingots Gross weight

produced
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ...... 1,911

Leaded tin bronze (88-6 - la -42) . 1,403
Leade i red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 9,687
Tigh -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 2,530
( 84-6-8-2 ) 898
( 75-5-20 ) ... 554
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 2,051
ilanganese bronze ... 573
Nickel silver ... 330
Low brass ... 166
Hardeners and special alloys . . .
502
Miscellaneous ... 792
Total brass and bronze ingots .. 24,901
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade copper.. 10,265

Casting copper ... 386
Copper and brass powder and granulated material .. 229
Copper in chenical products O 1,970
Copper in iron and steel .. 173
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COFFER SCRAP CONSUMFTI ON DOWN 8 PERCEILT IN DECEMBER 1945
Treatment of copper and brass scrap for recovery of secondary metals decreased
8 percent to 81,351 short tons . in December, according to the Bureau of lines ,
United States Department of the Interior : The percentage decrease was about the
same as that which occurred in consumption of aluminum •scrap in the same month and
was brought about by similar events. In both cases. consumption decline do because
of closing of plant's which , in the course of their operations, generate scrap. .
This caused' a scarcity of wanted types of material.. Snov'storms and cold weather
interfered with deliveries of scrap.in northern areas and there were indications
that some shippers were holding.stocks rintil after the first of the year in hopes
of downward tax revisions in 1946. Demand for copper scrap was strong, throughout
the month but was greater for brass mill scrap and 0.P.A. group 2 items than for
unalloyed copper and O.P.A. group 3. Total stocks of copper -base scrap in the
hands of consumers. totaled 98,122 tons on December 31 , which compares with 96,598
tons at the end of November , Production of brass ingot was 22,895 tons in December ,
2,006 less than in November and the estimated recovery of secondary metal from
copper scrap in December, other than in brass ingot , was 49,518 tons .
The December.decrease in consumption was most rironounced in yellow brass , low
grade scrap , and composition , use of which declined 3,467 tons , 3,021 tons and
1,580 tons respectively . On the other hand , consumption of fired cartridge cases
increased from 2,215 tons in November to 4,357 tons in December and treatment of
nickel silver , one of the smaller items , rose 543 tons or 72 percent .
Output of leaded tin bronze ingot , which had, decliner : 44 percent in November ,
increased to 1,741 tons in December and production.pi . leaded red brass , which de
clined 5 percent in November , decreased an additional. 3. percent in December to
9,375: tons . Production of leaded yellow brass , which had increased to..2,051 tons
in November , fell back to 1,267 tons in the final manth of the year ,
From the 24,714 tons of old copper - base scrap.which they consumed. in . December ,
smelters and refineris recovered an estimated :18,173 . tons of copper and from 13,268
tons of new scrap used, they reclaimed 8,909 tons of..capper : vanufacturers and
foundries recovered 10,568 tons of copper from 13,794 tons of old scran and 19,811
tons from 29,575 tons of new scrap.
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A.J. IcDermid , under the supervision of Charles
hite Perrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Économics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1. Consumers stocks of purchased copper-base scrap,
gross weight , in short tons .
Scrap Item October 22 November 30 December 31

1945 1945 1945
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 7,024 7,249 8,493

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light.. 7,144 7,702 7,992
Composition or soft red brass.. 6,506 5,985 6,416
Railroad car boxes . 2,734 2,640 2,793
Yellow brass.... 26,560 32,876 31,568
Fired cartridge cases ... 2,597 2,157 1,656
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 743 787 518
Bronze , 5,488 5,534 5,416
Nickel silver 1,292 1,401 1,570
Low brassi . 1,582 3,083 3,990
Aluminum bronze, 504 657 562
Low - grade scrap and residues . 26,028 26,527 27,148
Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper - base scrap ,

in December 1945 , gross weight, in short tons .
Remelters ,, smelters Manufacturers

Scrap item New Old 51d
New scrap
scrap scrap scrap Scrap used
No. 1 wire and heavy... 1,735 2,891 1,302 1,066 6,994

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 1,517 3,090. 1,612 1,612 7,831
Composition or soft red brass ... 1,821 4,170 205 2,723 8,919
Railroad car boxes, 168 3,946 4,114
Yellow brass ... 2,481 6,315 21,752 220 | 30,768
Fired cartridge cases... 975 3,382 4,357
Auto radiators (unsvea ted ). 1,553 4 1,557
Bronze , ... 526 2,413 2,278 605 5,822
Nickel silver ............. 89 171 1,018 10 1,288
Low brass ... 297 292 1,380 170 2,139
Aluminum bronze ... 185 134 28 347
Low - grade scrap and residues. 4,617 2,542 55 7,215
Total copper- base scrap 13,268 24,714 29,575 13,794 181,351
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in December 1945 , in short tons .
Gross weight
Brass and bronze ingots produced
Tin bronze ( 83-10-2 ) . 1,672

Leaded tin bronze ( 28-6-13-43 ) . 1,741
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ....... 9,375
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) .. 2,916
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 2,075
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 755
( 75-5-20 ) .... 764
Leaded yellow brass . 1,267
Manganese bronze..... 476
Aluminum bronze , 169
Nickel silver. 210
Low brass , .... 175
Silicon bronze , 123
Conductor bronze .... 29
Hardeners and special alloys, 422
Miscellaneous .. 726
Total brass and bronze ingots 22,895
Gross weight of
second ary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade copper......... 8,514

Copper and brass powder and granulated material , 312
Brass mill products . 25,134
Copper in chemical products . , 2,002
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 17 PERCENT IN JANUARY 1946
Production of brass and bronze ingot in January totaled 26,272 short tons,
according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior , This
figure is larger than for any month since August , when output was 26,690 tons , and
is 15 percent greater than the total for December : Demand for copper and brass
scrap was reported good throughout the month in all areas of the country . After a
conference of government officials , it was announced on January 23 that var Depart
ment policy would favor the return of copper and brass scrap from all overseas
commands except those in France , Belgium , England and the Netherlands .
The increase in total production of ingot was reflected in all classificati ons
except high - leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20 ) , of which output declined from 764 tons in
December to 306 tons in January , and aluminum bronze , production of which decreased
from 169 tons in December to 97 tons in January . Production of leaded red brass ,
the largest item , increased 1,747 tons or 19 percent. Other important gains were
397 tons or 31 percent in leaded yellow brass ingot (66-1-3-30 ) and 392 tons or
19 percent in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80–10-10 ) .
Miscellaneous copper products , including copper and brass powder , refined

copper and casting copper produced by secondary snelters , totaled 1,331 tons in
January The net recovery of secondary metal from purchased copper -base scrap by
these smelters was 25,911 tons .
In making brass ingot and the other products mentioned , 31,659 tons of copper
base scrap , 410 tons of primary copper and 1 ; 282 tons of other raw materials were
used , .
The largest scrap item was No. I composition of which 7 , 207 tons were con
Sumed . Yellow brass scrap consumpti on totaled 5 ; 595 tons ; that of bronze scrap
3,354 tons , that of No. 1 wire and heavy 3,430 tons and cons umption of No. 2 wire ,
mixed heavy , and light copper scrap 3,110 tons : Treatment of other items ranged
from 29 to 1,445 tons .
During the last half of 1945 the Bureau of lines published data each month on
consumption of copper scrap by all users , but for 1946 ' it is planned to issue only
information concerning operations of brass ingot makers on a monthly basis , and to
supplement this program with complete data on consumption of scrap , brass ingot ,
and primary copper at the end of each quarter ,
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. LicDermid, under the supervision of Charles

Thite Merrill , Chief , retal Economics Division ; Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap in
January 1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight, in short tons ,
Stocks Melted Stocks

Scrap Item Dec. 31 , Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1945 consumed 1946
No. I wire and heavy ..... 4,142 4,306 3,430 5,018
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light... 3,923 3,687 3,110 4,500
Composi tion or soft red brass , .. 3,763 7,510 7,207 4,066
Railroad car boxes ....... 71 99 79 91
Yellow brass , ... 7,029 5,507 5,595 6,941
Fired cartridge cases . 1,161 473 604 1,030
Auto radiators (unsweated ) .. 468 1,571 1,445 594
Bronze ,... 1,822 3,620 3,354 2,08€
Nickel silver .. 862 361 286 937
Low brass ... 1,665 829 624 1,870
Aluminum bronze........ 212 51 29 234
Low - grade scrap and residues.. 10,441 4,663 5,896 2,208
Total copper - base scrap 35,559 32,677 31,659 36,577
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in January 1946 ,

at secondary smelters , in short tons
Stocks Shipments Stocks

Kind of ingot Dec. 31 , Production to Jan. 31 ,
1945 consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ). 3,169 1,859 2,188 2,840
Leaded tin bronze ( 58-6-12-43 ). 2,008 1,744 2,198 1,554
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 6,364 11,122 12,084 5,402
Leaded semi - red brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) . 2,169 3,247 3,730 1,686
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .... 2,186 2,467 2,619 2,034
(84-6-8-2 ) 421 880 854 447
( 75-5-20 ) 456 306 461 301
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ... 2,135 1,664 1,961 1,838
Manganese bronze .... 1,991 563 764 1,790
Nickel silver ....... 553 276 305 524
Low -brass ..... 219 247 225 241
Silicon bronze , .... 222 185 188 219
Conductor bronze . 64 39 43 60
Hardeners and special alloys , 453 550 709 294
Miscellaneous .. 969 1,026 1,340 655
Total brass and bronze ingots 23,787 26,272 29,809 20,250
Miscellaneous copper products produced ...... 1,331

Primary copper consumed in copper- base alloy... - 466
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys...... 1,226
Net total secondary recovery from

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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DOTN 8 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY 1946
Output of brass ingot decreased from 26,272 short tons in January to 24,133
tons in February , according to the Bureau of Mines ... United States Department of
the Interior . However, the average daily production was slightly higher than in
January , which was the best month since August 1945 . This record was achieved by
the ingot makers in spite of the strike situation and a continuing scarcity of
scrap . There was no lack of demand for ingot but some smelters were reported re
fusing to book orders because rising costs made their margin of profit too low .
In the production of the different classifications of ingot the largest de
crease was 1,466 tons or 13 percent in No. I composition . The other important
changes were decreases of 491 tons in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ), 244 tons
in manganese bronze and an increase of 225 tons in high - leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20 ) .
All other variations were small .
Total purchased copper scrap consumption by brass ingot makers was 26,712 tons
in February , which corpares with 31,659 tons in January, and recovery of secondary
metal from. eopper -base scrap totaled 23,115 tons.. ". Consumption of all but three
items declined , that of low - grade scrap decreasing 2,757 tons to 3,139 tons and that
of bronze falling 598 tons to 2,756 tons. Consumption of composition scrap , the
largest item, decreased from 7,207 tons in January to 7,052 tons in February.
Stocks of copper scrap in the hands of ingot, makers totaled 39,852 tons at
the end of February which compares with 36,344. tons at the end of the preceding
month , Increases occurred in all categories except. composition and railroad car
boxes . In contrast , scrap metal dealers ' cooper-base stocks decreased from
66,970 tons at the end of January to 60,589 tons at the end of February and their
shipments to consumers fell from 46,605 tons in January, to 42,145 tons in February.
Ingot makers receipts of copper scrap totaled 30,229 . tons.in . February, compared
with 32,677 tons in the first month of the year ,
The reduction in the amount of industrial scrap ayailable focussed attention
of scrap buyers on government sales of surplus material and scrap.returned from
overseas . The Var Assets Administration had in final clearance an amendment to
S.P.A. Regulation 17 which would permit the Army and Navy to sell brass mill
scrap directly without having to turn it over to the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion for di sposal .
Prepared by Herbert I. Cullen and 4. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

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February 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight, in short tons .

Scrap Iter Jan. 31 , Receipts or Feb. 28,
1946 consumed 1946
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 4,227 3,304 2,762 4,769
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 5,141 3,405 2,738 5,208
Composition or soft red brass .. 4,391 6,373 7,052 3,712
Railroad car boxes .. 91 66 81 76
Yellow brass ... 6,961 5,336 5,286 7,011
Fired cartridge cases .... 880 1,058 455 1,483
Auto radiators ( uns eated ) . 609 1,525 1,428 706
Bronze , .... 2,084 3,140 2,756 2,468
Nickel silver .... 399 283 184 998
Low brass..... 1,356 1,184 781 2,259
Aluminum bronze . 221 186 50 357
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 8,984 4,360 2.139 10,205
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in February

1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight , in short tons .

Kind of ingot Jan. 31 , Production to Feb , 28 ,
1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 2,477 1,747 1,857 2,367
Leaded tin bronze ( 38-6-11-4 " ) 1,376 1,647 1,835 1,188
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 5,256 1 9,656 10,002 4,910
Leaded semi -red brass (81-3-7-9 ) 1,708 3,185 3,169 1,724
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 2,023 1,976 2,301 1,598
( 84-6-8-2 ) ... 442 823 790 475
( 75-5-20 ) .. 310 531 486 355
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,740 1,665 1,913 1,492
Aluminum bronze , 386 158 1.46 398 .
Nickel silver ......... 523 244 252 515
Lov brass.... 236 310 370 176
Silicon bronze . 154 163 144 173
Conductor bronze ... 60 64 72 52
Hardeners and special alloys. 320 580 502 398
Miscellaneous , 713 1,065 1,079 699
Total brass and bronze ingots 19,498 24,133 25,408 18,223"
Miscellaneous copper products produced , .. 792

Primary copper consumed in cooper -base alloy - 580
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in cooper
base alloys ...... -_1,230
purchased copper-base scrap 23,115
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 12 PERCENT IN MARCH 1946
Although copper and brass scrap continued to be scarce , the March output of
brass ingot, which is made chiefly from scrap , increased to 27,099 short tons ,
according to the Bureau of lines, United States Department of the Interior . Ingot
makers and other secondary smelters also produced 3,297 tons of other copper -base
products including refined conper , casting copper , copper powder , copper shot , and
brass mill billets . Total scrap consumption of 32,081 tons in March was 20 percent
greater than in February . Secondary metal recovered from copper - base scrap totaled
27,276 tons .
Under the terms of Order 3 to SPA Regulation 17 , effective March 8 , the Army
and Navy were authorized to sell available copper and copper -base alloy scrap
directly to the trade . This order was expected to expedite movement of government
owned scrap to consumers . At their annual meeting , in New York on March 19 , scrap
metal dealers opposed the placing of government restrictions or controls on the
exporting of scrap metal . Ingot makers , at their meeting a few days previously ,
had been in favor of placing export scrap under the same ceiling prices as that
sold for domestic consumption , Stocks of copper-base scrap held by dealers totaled
62,446 tons at the end of March compared with 45,250 tons at the end of March 1945
and there were some indications that dealers were building up stocks in hopes of
higher ceiling prices .
Production of ingot in March increased in all classifications with the excep
tion of three in which the decreases were all less than 100 tons . Output of No. 1
composition ingot increased 10 percent to 10,624 tons , which was 39 percent of the
total . Production of manganese bronze increased 431 tons or 135 percent , of leaded
yellow brass 428 tons or 26 percent and that of leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7-9 ),
250 tons or 8 percent .
Consumption of low - grade scrap , which had declined 47 percent in February,

increased 51 percent in March to 4,735 tons , Use of No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and
light copper scrap rose 2,019 tons or 74 percent , principally because of the in
creased consumption of No. 2 wire by one company . Consumption of auto radiators
increased 463 tons or 32 percent , and of yellow brass 352 tons or 6 percent , but
treatment of low brass decreased 351 tons . Consumption of composition scrap , the
largest item , was about the same as in February.

White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
In addition to the monthly data this report includes four new tablos giving
information for the first quart r of 1946 , The figures in the monthly section of
the rusort rofor only to secondary sre Iters but the new quarterly totals are for
all consumors including primary refiners, smelters, brass mills , vire mills, chori
cal plants , foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers . Coverage is fairly complete
except for foundrics, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers, many of which
are canvased on an annual basis only.
ablo 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap in

March 146 , at sicondary snelters, gross eight, in short tons
tocks cltid Stocks

Scrap isem Fub , 28 , deceipts or Par . 3.1.,
1246 1 / consumed 1946
No. 1 irc and heavy . 4,981 44,159 3,552 5,538

No. 2 rire , mixed heavy and light. 5,903 4,052 4,757 5,198
Composition or soft ra ? brasa 3,853 7,113 7,084 3,832
Railroad car boxos ,. 77 105 94 38
Yellow brass .. 9,24) 6,133 5,342 9,532
Fired cartridro ceses , .. 1,505 1,422 595 2,332
kuto radiators ( unscared 783 1,909 1,891 801
Bronze 2,475 3,154 2,973 2,676
Nickel silver .. 1,01,1 578 232 1,337
Low brass ... 485 393 226 652
Aluminun bronze . 362 132 50 4:45
Low - grade scrap and residues . 10,542 4,280 4735 10,083
Total cooper- base scrap 41,269 33,431 32,082 42,619
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Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in March
1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight, in short tons .
Stocks Stocks
Shipments
Kind of ingot Feb , 28 Production to Mar , 31 ,
1946 1 / consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 2,357 1,679 1,924 2,112
Loaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,971 , 10,624 10,885 4,710
Leaded semi - red brass ( 81-3-7-9) . 1,924 3,435 3,359 2,000
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,699 2,077 .. 2,230 1,546
( 84-6-8-2) 537 956 962 531
( 75-5-20 ) . 355 777 741 391
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).. 1,640 2,093 2,106 1,627
an ganese bronze .. ; 1,693 750 762 1,681
Aluminum bronze .... 403 103 161 345
Nickel silver ..... 520 366 359 527
Low brass ........ 181 -350 . 376 155
Silicon hronze........ 240 3.11 213 338
Conductor bronze ... 44 -51 : 72 24
Hardeners and special alloys 442 593 588 447
Miscellaneous ... 701 1.100 1,271 530
Total brass & bronze ingots 19,092 27,099 27,790 18,401
Miscellaneous copper products produced .... 3,297

Primary copper consumo in copper- base
alloy...... 1,338
Miscellaneous raw matrials consumed in
copper- base alloys.. 1,782
Net total. secondary recovery from
purchased cooper- base scrap 27,276
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Table 3 . Stocks of purcha sed copper-base scrap held by all consumers ,

gross weight in short tons
Jan. 1 liar , 31
Scrap item 1946 1946 .
No , l wire and heavy ... 7,204 8,068

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 5,071 6,549
Composition or soft red brass, 6,813 6,613
Railroad car boxes ..... 2,138 1,849
Yellow brass..... 25,691 ' 26,903
Fired cartridge cases, .... 1,629 3,448
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 468 802
Bronze ... 3,062 3,894
Nickel silver .......... 1,751 1,994
Lov brass .. 4,302 2,613
Aluminum bronze .... 370 521
Low - grade scrap and residues ..... 24,457 18,884
Total copper -base scrap 82,956 82,138
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Table 4 . Consumption of purchased copper - base scrap in
first quarter of 1946 , gross weight, in short tons
| Remelters , smelters Brass mills ,

and refiners manufacturers , Total
Scrap item
and foundries scrap
New old 01. . New Old used
No. 1 wire and heavy ....... 4,064 9,408 2,287 4,453 20,212
No. 2 vire , mixed heavy , & light 2,202 10,293 2,377 2,012 16,884
Composition or soft red brass ... 31,376
9,437 11,906 4,487 6,046
Railroad car boxes , 254 11,512 11,766
Yellow brass , 4,452 12,744 4,268
Fired cartridge cases .....
59,450 80,914
1,654 3,731 5,385
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Bronze ..... 1,532
Nickel silver ......
7,551 999 1,772 11,854
210 542 2,201 251 2,104
Low brass.....
1,020 138 5,393 1,713 E , 264
Aluminum bronze . , ... 18 111 76 83 288
Low - grade scran and residuos ... 28,331 116,190 87 145 44,753
Total coner - base scrap 51,266 . 240,128
75,555 77,357 35,950
Table 5. Consumption of primary copper' in first quarter of 1946

by smolters , brass mills , manufacturers and foundries , in short tons
Amount consumed
Item .
January February March Total
Cathodes.... 7,159 4,580 5,945 17,634

Wire Bars ..... 33,382 15,692 31,976 81,050
Ingots and Ingot Bars ... 11,203 7,894 10,040 29,137
Cakes and Slabs ... 17,067 12,113 12,322 41,502
Billets ......... 5,576 5,568 23,181
12,037
Other .. 190 106 105 401
Total 81,038 45,961 65,956 192,955
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produced
Tin bronze ( 82-10-2 )... 5,285

Leaded tin öronze ( 2-6-1-21) ...... 5,225
Leaded red brass ( 35-5-5-5 ) .... 31,402
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ). 9,867
Pigh - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 6,520
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,659
( 75-5-20 1,614
Leaded yellow brass ( 66_1-3-30 ) .. 5,422
Nickel silver ....... 886
Low brass,. 907
Silicon bronze .... 659
Conductor bronze . 154
Hardeners and special alloys... 1,723
Miscellaneous . 3,191
Total brass and bronze incots .... 77,504
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade comper ............. 14,434

Casting cooper .. 1,419
Copper and brass powder and granulated
material ..... 624
Brass mill products .. 76,825
Cooper in chemical products . 4,448
Conper in iron and steel.... (1)
Brass and bronze castings ...... 27,193
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Scrap item September 30 , October 31 , Tjovember 30 ,
1945 1945 1945
lio . l wire and heavy .. 7,497 7,024 7,249

lio . 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light 6,126 7,144 7,702
Composition or sort red crass 5,743 6,506 5,985
Railroad car boxes .. 4,996 • 2,734 . . : . 2,040
Yellow brass . 31,007 20,500 32,076
huto radiators ( ur.si/cated ). 934 743 737
Bronze , 5,102 5,408 5,534 ...
Nickei silver . 1,290 1,292 1.,401
Lovi bias3 ... 1,962 1,502 3,083
Alumir.un bronze.. 682 504 657
Loi - grade scrar and residues . 30,020 23,028 26,527
Table 2 . Consumption of purchased cop, er - base scrap

in lovember 1945 , gross weight , in short tons .
Remelters , Si.elters Manufacturers

Scrap iteni and refiners and fouridries Total
New : Old New old scrap
scrap scra scra ) scrap used
10. I wire and heavy ..... 2,147 2,936 1,427 1,597 8,097
Io . 2 wire , mixed hujavy, and light 1,482 3,056 1,169 . 919 7,226
Composition or soft red bross . 1,6ll 4,435 213 4,040 10,499
Railroad car boxus .... 173 4,081 4,254
Yellow brass .... 1,903 6,375 25,202 255 34,235
Fired cartridge cases . . . 1,000 1,215 2,215
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 1,4,2 12 1,464
Bronize ... 879 2,321 1,863 655 . 5,718
Tickel silver ... '81 103 496 1 5 745
Low brass .... 442 403 1,997 222 . 3,124
lluin bronze . 76 .79 31 1 187
Lo - grade scrap and residues . 7 , )‫دهند‬ 2,503 12 76 10,230
Total copper-base'scri. 16,466 26,056 32,400 23,078 80,000
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Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ...... 1,911

Leadei red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 9,687
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ... 3,079
Tigh - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10) 2,530
( 84-6-8-2 ) 898
( 75-5-20 ) ... 554
Tanganese ironze .... 573
Nickel silver ... 330
Low brass ... 166
Hardeners and special alloys . .
502
Miscellaneous ... 792
Total brass and bronze ingots ... 24,901
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade copper . 10,265

Copper and brass powder and granulated material . 229
Copper in chemical products. 1,970
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COFTER SCRAP CONSUMETI ON DOWN 8 PERCENT IN DECEMBER 1945
Treatment of copper and brass scrap for recovery of secondary metals decreased
8 percent to 81,351 short tons . in December , according to the Bureau of länes ,
United States Department of the Interior : The percentage decrease was about the
same as that which occurred in consumption of aluminum escrap in the same month and
was brought about by similar events , In both cases . consumpti on decline d. because
of closing of plants which , in the course of their operations,, generate scrap. •
This caused 'a scarcity of wanted types of material.. Snowstorms and cold weather
interfered with deliveries of scrap in northern areas and there were indications
that some shippers were holding.stocks until after the first of the year in hopes
of downward . tax revisions in 1946. Demand for copper scrap was strong , throughout
- the month but was greater for brass mill scrap and 0.P.A. group 2 items than for
unalloyed copper and 0.P.A. group 3. Total stocks of copper-base scrap in the
hands of consumers. totaled 98,122 tons on December 31 , which compares with 96,593
tons at the end of November , Production of brass ingot was 22,895 tons in December ,
2,006 less than in November and the estimated recovery of secondary metal from
copper scrap in December , other than in brass ingot , was 49,518 tons .
The December •decrease in consumption was most :ronounced in yellow brass , low
grade scrap , and composition , use of which declined 3,467 tons , 3,021 tons and
1,580 tons respectively. On the other hand , consumption of fired cartridge cases
increased from 2,215 tons in November to 4,357 tons in December and treatment of
nickel silver , one of the smaller items , rose 543 tons or 72 percent.
Cutput of leaded tin bronze ingot , which had, declined 44 percent in November ,
increased to 1,741 tons in December and production. pl . leaded red brass , which de
clined 5 percent in November, decreased an additional.3. percent in December to
9,375: tons , Produc ti on of leaded yellow brass , which had increased to. 2,051 tons
in November , fell back to 1,267 tons in the final manth of the year,
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From the 24,714 tons of old copper - base scrap .which they consumed. in . December ,
smelters, and refiner's recovered an estimated.18,173. tons of copper and from 13,268
tons of new scrap used, they reclaimed 8,909 tons of..capper : Tanufactur,ers and
foundries recovered 10,668 tons of copper from 13,794 tons of '07d scrap. and 19,811
tons from 29.,575 tons of new scrap .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. IcDermid, under the supervisi ön of Charles

"hite Merrill , Chief, Vetal Economics Division , Économics and Statistics Branch.
Table 1. Consumers stocks of purchased copper-base scrap,
gross weight, in short tons .
Oetober 31 November 30 December 31

Scrap Item
1945 1945 1945
No , l wire and heavy . 7,024 7,249 8,493

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light, ....
7,144 7,702 7,992
Composition or soft red brass .. 6,506 5,985 :, .. 6,416
Railroad car boxes .. 2,734 2,640 2,793
Yellow brass.... 26,560 32,876 31,568
Fired cartridge cases ... 2,597 2,157 1,656
Bronze , .. 5,488 5,534 5,416
Nickel silver . 1,292 1,401 1,570
Low brass, 1,582 3,083 3,990
Aluminum bronze , 504 657 562
Low - grade scrap , and residues 28,028 26,527 27,148
Total copper - base scrap 90,202 96,598 -98,122
Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper - base scrap ,

in December 1945 , gross weight, in short tons .
Remelters , smelters Manufacturers

Scrap item Old New 01d
New scrap
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,735 2,891 1,302 1,066 6,994
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light... 1,517 3,090. 1,612 1,612 7,831
Composition or soft red brass , .. 1,821 4,170 205 2,723 8,919
Railroad car boxes . 168 3,946 4,114
Yellow brass ... 2,481 6,315 21,752 220 30,768
Fired cartridge cases .... 975 : 3,382 4,357
Auto radi ators ( unswea ted ).. 1,553 4 1,557
Bronze , ... 526 2,413 2,278 605 5,822
Nickel silver.. 89 171 1,018 10 1,288
Low brass.... 297 292 1,380 170 2,139
Low - grade scrap and residues.. 4,617 2,542 56 7,215
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Gross weight
Brass and bronze ingots produced
Tin bronze ( 83-10-2 ) ... 1,672

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43) . 1,741
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 9,375
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ... 2,916
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 2,075
( 84-6-8-2 ) 755
( 75-5-20 ) .. 764
Leaded yellow brass ... 1,267
Manganese bronze.... 476
Aluminum bronze..... 169
Nickel silver.. 210
Low brass.. 175
Conductor bronze.... 29
Hardeners and special alloys .. 422
Biscellaneous ... 726
Total brass and bronze ingots 22,895
Gross weight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade copper . 8,514

Copper and brass powder and granulated material, 312
Brass mill products.. 25,134
Copper in chemical products , 2,002
Copper in iron and steol . 97
Srass and bronze castings . 13,031
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Production of brass and bronze ingot in January totaled 26,272 short tons,
according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . This
figure is larger than for any month since August , when output was 26,690 tons , and
is 15 percent greater than the total for December : Demand for copper and brass
scrap was reported good throughout the month in all areas of the country . After a
conference of government officials , it was announced on January 23 that War Depart
ment policy would favor the return of copper and brass scrap from all overseas
commands except those in France , Belgium, England and the Netherlands .
The increase in total production of ingot was reflected in all classificati ons
except high - leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20 ) , of which output declined from 764 tons in
December to 306 tons in Janua ry , and aluminum bronze , production of which decreased
from 169 tons in December to 97 tons in January . Production of leaded red brass ,
the largest item , increased 1,747 tons or 19 percent , Other important gains were
397 tons or 31 percent in leaded yellow brass ingot (66-1-3-30 ) and 392 tons or
19 percent in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .
Miscellaneous copper products , including copper and brass powder , refined
copper and casting copper produced by secondary Sinelters , totaled 1,331 tons in
January . The net recovery of secondary metal from purchased copper -base scrap by
these smelters was 25,911 tons .
In making brass ingot and the other products mentioned , 31,659 tons of copper
base scrap , 410 tons of primary copper and 1 ;282 tons of other raw materials were
used . The largest scrap item was No. I composition of which 7,207 tons were con
sumed . Yellow brass scrap consumpti on totaled 5 ; 595 tons , that of bronze scrap .
3,354 tons , that of No. 1 wire and heavy 3,430 tons and consumption of No. 2 wire ,
mixed heavy , and light copper scrap 3,110 tons . Treatment of other items ranged
from 29 to 1,445 tons .
During the last half of 1945 the Bureau of lines published data each month on
consumption of copper scrap by all users , but for 1946. it is planned to issue only
information concerning operations of brass ingot makers on a month ly basis , and to
supplement this program with complete data on consumption of scrap , brass ingot ,
and primary copper at the end of each quarter .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

Thite Merrill , Chief , l'etal Economics Division ;. Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
January 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight , in short tons ,

Scrap Item Dec. 31 , Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1945 consumed 1946
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 4,142 4,306 3,430 5,018
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.. 3,923 3,687 3,110 4,500
Composition or soft red brass ... 3,763 7,510 7,207 4,066
Railroad car boxes ...... 71 99 79 91
Yellow brass ..... 7,029 5,507 5,595 6,941
Fired cartridge cases ... 1,161 473 604 1,030
Auto radiators ( unsweated ). 468 1,571 1,445 594
Bronze ..... 1,822 3,620 3,354 2,088
Nickel silver ... 862 361 286 937
Low brass .. 1,665 829 624 1,870
Aluminum bronze..... 212 51 29 234
Low - grade scrap and residues ..... 10,441 4,663 5,896 9,208
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in January 1946 ,

at secondary smelters , in short tons

1945 consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) ... 3,169 1,859 2,188 2,840
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... , 6,364 11,122 12,084 5,402
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,169 3,247 3,730 1,686
High- leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) .... 2,186 2,467 2,619 2,034
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 421 880 854 . 447
( 75-5-20 ) .. 456 306 461 301
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) . 2,135 1,664 1,961 1,838
Nanganese bronze.... 1,991 563 764 1,790
Nickel silver ...... 553 276 305 524
Low brass ... 219 247 225 241
Silicon bronze .. 222 185 18a 219
Conductor bronze... 64 39 43 60
Miscellaneous .. 969 1,026 1,340 655
Miscellaneous copper products produced ......... 1,331

Primary copper consumed in copper - base alloy... - 466
base alloys....... 1,226
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DOTIN 8 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY 1946
Output of brass ingot decreased from 26,272 short tons in January to 24,133
tons in February, according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of
the Interior . However , the average daily production was slightly higher than in
January , which was the best month since August 1945 . This record was achieved by
the ingot makers in spite of the strike situation and a continuing scarcity of
scrap . There was no lack of demand for ingot but some smelters were reported re
fusing to book orders because rising costs made their margin of profit too low ,
In the production of the different classifications of ingot the largest de

crease was 1,466 tons or 13 percent in No. I composition , The other important
changes were decreases of 491 tons in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ), 244 tons
in manganese Bronze and an increase of 225 tons in high - leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20 ) .
All other variations were small .
Total purchased copper scrap consumption by brass ingot makers was 26,712 tons
in February, which compares with 31,659 tons in January , and recovery of secondary
metal from copper - base scrap totaled 23,115 tons.. ". Consumption of all but three
items declined , that of low - grade scrap decreasing.2,757 tons to 3,139 tons and that
of bronze falling 598 tons to 2,756 tons. Consumption of composition scrap , the
largest iten, decreased from 7,207 tons in January to 7,052 tons in February.
Stocks of cooper scrap in the hands of ingot, makers totaled 39,852 tons at
the end of February which compares with 36,344. tons at the end of the preceding
month , Increases occurred in all categories except, compo si tion and railroad car
boxes , In contrast , scrap metal dealers ' cooper - ba se stocks decreased from
66,970 tons at the end of January to 60,589 tons at the end of February and their
shipments to consumers fell from 46,605 tons in January. to 42,145 tons in February.
Ingot makers receipts of copper scrap totaled 30,220 . tons in February, compared
with 32,677 tons in the first month of the year ,
The reduction in the amount of industrial scrap ayailable focussed attention
of scrap buyers on government sales of surplus material and scrap.returned from
overseas . The Var Assets Administration had in final clearance an amendment to
S.P.A. Regulation 17 which would permit the Army and Navy to sell brass mill
scrap directly without having to turn it over to the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion for disposal .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and 4 , J., McDermid , under the .supervision of Charles
"hite Merrill , Chief , ' etal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch ,
February 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight, in short tons ,

Scran Iter Jan. 31 , Receipts or Feb. 28 ,
1946 consumed 1946
No , I wire and heavy . 4,227 3,304 2,762 4,769
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 5,141 3,405 2,738 5,808
Railroad car boxes . 91 66 81 76
Yellow: brass..... 6,961 5,336 5,286 7,011
Fired cartridge cases .... 880 1,058 455 1,483
Auto radiators ( uns eated ) 609 1,525 1,428 706
Bronze , ... 2,084 3,140 2,756 2,468
Nickel silver .. 999 283 184 998
Low brass ...... 1,356 1,184 781 2,259
Aluminum bronze ..... 221 186 50 357
Low - grade scrap and residues ... 8,984 4,360 3.139 10,205
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in February

1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight, in short tons .

Kind of ingot Jan. 31 , Production to Feb. 28 ,
1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 2,477 1,747 1,857 2,367
Leaded tin bronze ( 38-6-11-47 ) 1,376 1,647 1,835 1,183
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 5,256 9,656 10,002 4,910
Leaded semi - red brass ( 81-3-7-9) .. 1,708 3,185 3,169 1,724
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) ... 2,023 1,976 2,301 1,598
( 84-6-3-2 ) ... 442 823 790 475
( 75-5-20 ) 310 531 486 355
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . 1,740 1,665 1,913 1,492
Manganese bronze , 1,774 319 490 1,603
Aluminum bronze , ... 336 158 1.46 398 .
Nickel silver ........ 523 244 252 515 .
Low brass , ... 236 310 370 176
Conductor bronze .. 60 64 72 52
Hardeners and special alloys . 320 580 502 398
Miscellaneous..... 713 1,065 1,079 699

Miscellaneous coprer products produced .... 792
Primary copper consumed in copper - base alloy - 580
base alloys ....... -1,230
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 12 PERCENT IN MARCH 1946
Although copper and brass scrap continued to be scarce , the March output of
brass ingot , which is made chiefly from scrap , increased to 27,099 short tons ,
according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the Interior . Ingot
makers and other secondary smelters also produced 3,297 tons of other copper -base
products including refined conper , casting copper , copper powder , copper shot , and
brass mill billets . Total scrap consumption of 32,081 tons in March was 20 percent
greater than in February . Secondary metal recovered from copper - base scrap totaled
27,276 tons .
Under the terms of Order 3 to SPA Regulation 17 , effective March 8 , the Army
and Navy were authorized to sell available copper and copper -base alloy scrap
directly to the trade . This order was expected to expedite movement of government
owned scrap to consumers . At their annual meeting , in New York on March 19 , scrap
metal dealers opposed the placing of government restrictions or controls on the
exporting of scrap metal . Ingot makers, at their meeting a few days previously ,
had been in favor of placing export scrap under the same ceiling prices as that
sold for domestic consumption , Stocks of copper -base scrap held by dealers totaled
62,446 tons at the end of March compared with 45,250 tons at the end of March 1945
and there were some indications that dealers were building up stocks in hopes of
higher ceiling prices ,
Production of ingot in March increased in all classifications with the excep

tion of three in which the decreases were all less than 100 tons . Output of No. 1
composition ingot increased 10 percent to 10,624 tons , which was 39 percent of the
total . Production of manganese bronze increased 431 tons or 135 percent , of leaded
yellow brass 428 tons or 26 percent and that of leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7-9 ) ,
250 tons or 8 percent .
Consumption of low - grade scrap , which had declined 47 percent in February ,

increased 51 percent in March to 4,735 tons, Use of No , 2 wire , mixed heavy , and
light copper scrap rose 2,019 tons or 74 percent , principally because of the in
creased consumption of No. 2 wire by one company . Consumption of auto radiators
increased 463 tons or 32 percent , and of yellow brass 352 tons or 6 percent , but
treatment of low brass decreased 351 tons , Consumption of composition scrap , the
largest item , was about the same as in February .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J, McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

In addition to the monthly data this report includes four new tablos giving
information for the firs: quart : r of 1946, The figures in the monthly section of
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the report refor only to secondary shelters but the new quarterly totals are for
all consumors including primary refiners, smelters, brass mills , vire mills , cherri
cal plants , foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers . Coverage is fairly complete
Xunt for foundrics, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturcrs, many of which
are conversed on an annual basis only.
Tablc 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap in

" arch 1946, at secondary smelters, gross reight, in short tons
Stocks Welted Stocks

Scrap item Feb. 28 Receipts or Mar. 3.1.,
1246 17 consumed 1946 .
No. 1 ire and heavy .. 4,981 4,159 3,552 5,538

No. 2 zire , mixed heavy and licht... 5,903 4,052 4,757 5,198
Composition or soft red brass .... 3,853 7,113 7,084 3,632
Railroad car box s .. 77 105 94 88
Yellow brass .... 9,24 ). 6,133 5,842 9,532
Fired cartridre cases.. 1,505 1,422 595 2,332
Auto radiators ( un scared ?.. 783 1,909 1,891 801
Bronze .... 2,495 3,154 2,973 2,676
Nickel silver . 1,021 578 232 1,337
Low brass ..... 485 393 226 652
Aluminum bronze . 362 132 50 4:45
Low - crade scrap and residuos .. 10,542 4,280 4,735 10,083
Total cooper -base scrap 41,269 33,431 32,081 42,619
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1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight, in short tons .

Kind of ingot Feb. 28 , Production to Mar , 31 ,
1946 1 / consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 2,357 1,679 1,924 2,112
Leaded tin bronze ( 28-6-11-42 ) .. 1,385 1,834 1,782 1,437
Loaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 4,971 10,624 10,885 4,710
Leaded semi - red brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) . 1,924 3,435 3,359 2,000
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,699 2,077 .. 2,230 1,546
( 84-6-8-2) 537 956 962 531
(75-5-20 ) . 355 777 721 391
Leaded yellow brass (66–1-3-30 ) .. 1,640 2,093 2,106 1,627
Man ganese bronze .. 1,693 750 762 1,681
Aluminum bronze ... ii 403 103 161 345
Nickel silver ..... 520 366 359 527
Lovi brass... 181 350 . 376 155
Silicon bronze........ 240 3.11 213 338
Conductor bronze .. 44 · 51 ' .. 72 . 24
Miscellaneous ... 701 1,100 1,271 530
Total brass & bronze ingots 19,092 27,099 27,790 18,401

Primary copper consumed in conper- base
alloy... 1,338
Miscellaneous raw matrials consumed in
copper- base alloys .. -1,782
Net total. secondary recovery from
purchased copper- base scrap 27,276
1 / Revised .
Table 3. Stocks of purcha sed copper - base scrap held by all consumers ,
Scrap item Jan. 1 liar , 31

1946 1946 .
No , I wire and heavy.. 7,204 8,068

No. 2 ire , mixed heavy and light , 5,071 6,549
Composition or soft red brass, .. 6,813 6,613
Railroad car boxes .. 2,138 1,849
Yellow brass , .. 25,691 ' 26,903
Fired cartridge cases .... 1,629 3,448
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 468 802
Bronze ... 3,062 3,894
Nickel silver ........... 1,751 1,994
Lovi brass .. 4,302 2,613
Aluminum bronze , .. 370 521
Low - grado scrap and residues .. 24,457 18,884
Total copper - basc scrap 82,956 82,138
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first quarter of 1946 , gross weight, in short tons
Remelters, smelters Brass mills ,

Scrap item
and foundries scrap
New old New Old used
scrap scrap · scrap scrap
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 4,064 9,408 2,287 4,453 20,212
No. 2 vire , mixed heavy , & light 2,202 10,293 2,377 2,012 16,384
Composition or soft red brass ... 9,437 31 , 376
11,906 4,487 6,046
Railroad car boxes , 254 11,512 11,766
Yellow brass , 4,452 12,744 59,450 4,268 80,914
Fired cartridge cases ....
1,654 3,731 5,385
Auto radiators (unsweeted ) . 4,764 64 4,828
Bronze ... 1,532 7,551 999
Nickel silver .......... 1,772 11,854
210 542 2,201 251 3,104
Low brass , . 1,020 138 5,393 1,713 8,264
Aluminum bronze . 18 111 76 83 288
Low - grade scran and residues.... 28,331 16,190 7 145 44,753
Total coger - base scrap
51,266 . 75,555 77,357 135,950 240,128
Table 5. Consumption of primary coppar in first quarter of 1946

by smolters, brass mills , manufacturers and foundries, in short tons
Amount consumed
Item
January February March Total
Cathodes ...
Wire Bars ...
....... 7,159 4,580 5,945 17,634
33,382 15,692 31,976 81,050
Ingots and Ingot Bars.. 11,203 7,894 10,040 29,137
Cakes and Slabs .... 17,067 12,113 12,322 41,502
Billets ....... 12,037 5,576 5,568 23,131
Other . 190 106 105 402
Total 65,956 192,955

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in first querter of 1946 , gross weight in short tons

produced
Tin bronze ( E2-10-2 ) . 5,285

Leaded tin öronze (08-6-1-43 5,225
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 31,402
Leaded serired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) 9,867
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 6,520
( 84-6-8-2 ). 2,659
( 75-5-20 1,614
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) 5,422
Pangani se bronze . 1,632
Nickel silver ...... 886
Low brass ... 907
Hardeners and special alloys. 1,723
Miscellaneous .. 3,191
Total brass and bronze ingots .... 77,504
Gross vieight of
secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade corper . 14,434

Casting cooper ... 1,419
Copper and brass powder and granulated
material ..... 624
Brass mill products ... 76,825
Copper in chemical products .. 4,448
Corper in iron and steel .... (1)
Brass and bronze castings ........ 27,193
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 6. PERCENT IN APRIL 1946
Production by secondary copper smelters , in April totaled. 28,808 short tons of

brass ing ot and 2,408 tons of unalloyed copper , accordi ng to the Bureau of Vines ,
United States Department of the Interior , These figures compare with 27,099 tons
of brass ingot and 3,297 tons of unalloyed copper in March , Secondary smelters
consumed 33,736 tons of copper and brass scrap in April and recovered 27,664 tons
of second ary metal . Demand for scrap was keen and although it continued to be
scarce the amount generated at fabricating plants increased somewhat .
The competition for scrap developed some friction between ingot makers and
dealers . The former charged that the dealers , being allowed to buy scrap at over
ceiling rates , were hoarding it for higher prices. They also contended that cei ling
prices should apply to scrap for export. The dealers asserted that the ingot makers
would control the market if both domestic and export scrap sale prices had ceilings .
Dealers ' stocks of copper scrap increased 2,584 tons to. 65,030 tons in April but
their shipments to consumers increased 6,646 tons to a total of 48,340 tons . Ingot
makers had plenty of orders on their books but said they could make little or no
profit because of increased costs and because the scarcity of scrap made it nocos
sary for them to use primary metal ,
The important production increases for April were 1,014 tons or 10 percent in
No. I composition incot , 845 tons or 25 percent in leaded semired brass, and 224
tons or ll percent in high- leaded tin bronze , (80-10-10 ) . All these contain appre
ciable percentages of tin and lead and the .combined output of the three , 18,219
tons , was 63 percent of the total brass ingot.production . Among the decreases were
315 tons in leaded tin bronze , 281 tons in manganese bronze , and 212 tons in low
brass .
Consumption of low - grade scrap added 2.929- ton or 20 percent gain to the 51
percent rise which had occurred in March. Treatment of No , 2 wire , mixed heavy
and light copper scrap , after increasing 2,019 tons in March , declined 926 tons or
19 percent in April . Consumption of yellow brass rose 13 percent to 6,629 tons ,
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scrap held by secondary copper smelters increased 1,214 tons rcaching 43,153 tons
at the end of April .
Prepared by Herbert I. Cullen and A. J. ?'cDermid , under the supervi sion of Charles
White Verrill, Chiei , " etal Economic's Division , Economics and Statistics Branch ,
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap in
April 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight, in short tons
Stocks :
cited Stocks
Scrap item lar . 31 ,, Receipts or Apr. 30 ,
1946 1 / consumed 1946
No , I vire and heavy ... 5,685 4,613 3,932 6,366

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light... 5,019 4,473 3,831 5,561
Composition or soft red brass . 3,465 7,499 7,272 3,692
Railroad car boxes ... 79 73. 75 777
Yellow brass . 9,343 6,629
6,114 8,833
Fired cartridge cases .... 2,305 1,139 483 3,011
Auto radiators ( unsicated ). 777 1,924 1,902 799
Bronze .. 2,581 2,997 3,110 2,463
Nickel silver ..... 1,344 470 276 1,538
Low brass.... 661 519 430 750
Aluminum bronze , .. 245 139 102 482
Low - grade scrap and residues.... 10,230 4,940 5,694 2,476
Total coopcr - boso scrap 41,939 34,950 33,736 43,153

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Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments or brass ingot in April

1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight , in short tons
Stocks Shipments : Stocks

Kind of ingot ar . 31., Production to spr . 30 ,
1946 1 consumers 1926
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. 1,740 1 1,550 1,650 1,640
Lcaded tin bronze ( 22-6-13-4 ) .. 1,416 1. , 519 1,785 1,150
Lcaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,536 11,638 12,560 3,614
Leaded semi - red brass ( 31-3-7-9) .... 1,851 4,280 4,181 1,950
High - lcaded tin bronze ( 20-10-10 ) 1,594 2,301 2,480 1,415
( 84-6-8-2) 566 1,015 1,020 561
( 75-5-20 ) 423 867 765 525
Icadod yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .. 1,784 2,002 2,197 1,589
Manganesc bronze .. 1,926 269 709 1,686
Nickel silver ... 529 302 395 436
Low brass , 155 138 163 130
Silicon bronze 372 285 246 211
Conductor bronze , 22 61 49 34
Hardeners and special alloys . 22.4 402 205 221
L'iscellaneous ... 700 1,781 .1,653 528
Total brass and bronze incots 13,212 28,808 30,452 16,568

liiscellancous comper products produced , 2,408
Primary coppor consumed in copper - ase' alloy... 1,855
Miscellaneous ra " materials consumed in coppcr
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purchased corner - basc scrap 27,664
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DO IN 6 PERCENT IN MAY 1946
Brass ingot production was 27,137 short tons in May - 6 percent less than in
April - and consumption of copper - base scrap by ingot makers and other secondary
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smelters decreased from 33,736 tons in April to 29,866 tons in tay, according to the
Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . Although scrap metal
dealers ' shipments of copper-base scrap to consumers fell from 48,340 tons in April
to 29,558 tons in May , secondary smelters ' receipts of this scrap declined only
3,165 tons while their stocks rose from 43,292 tons at the end of April to 45,211
tons at the end of May . There was some indication that scrap was being held back
from the market in hopes of higher prices , but the smelters were nevertheless able
to raise their inventories to a total 27 percent greater than the quantity they had
on hand at the end of 1945 .
Other factors causing the copper scrap scarcity in May were the coal strike and
the shortago of refined copper , both of which reduced the generation of plant scrap ,
Another factor was the decrease in the supply of contract termination scrap . The
expected rise in prices did eventuate on May 29 when the Office of Price Administra
tion announced an increase of 2.375 cents per pound in the ceiling price of copper
and proportionate increases in brass ingot and scrap metal prices .
Types of brass ingot which had shorin the largest production increases in April
had the largest decreases in May , when output of composition ingot decreased 900
tons to 10,738 tons and that of loaded semired brass fell 638 tons to 3,642 tons ,
Production of manganesc bronze , however , which had decreased in April , rose 70 per
cent to 795 tons , and that of leaded tin bronze , which also had decreascd notably in
April , increased in May to 1,852 tons . Total secondary recovery from copper -base
scrap was 25,607 tons in May compared with 27,664 .tons in April ..
Consumption by secondary smelters of all kinds of copper -bast scrap.except fired
cartridge cases decreased in May , the largest declines being 2,072 tons .ar 36 percent
in low - grade scrap , 957 tons or 14 percent in yellow brass , and 639 tons or 9 percent
in composition . Treatment of fired cartridge cases nearly doubled in .May but the
total consumption of this material , 918 tons , makes it a minor item in ingot -maker
operations at this time .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. Ji *? cDermid , under the supervision of Charles

"hite Herrill, Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Isole 1 . Consuntion and stocks of purch sud copper -basc scrap in
May 1946 , ut secondary smelters , gross right , in short tons
Stocks icltid Stacks

Screo iter Apr. 30 , Recciots or Day 31 ,
1946 1 / Consumed 1946
10. I wire and heavy.. 6,389 4,156 3,883 6,662
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light , 5,926 4,044 3,301 6,169
Composition or soft rol bress... 3,832 6,375 6,633 3,624
Railroad car Boxos .. 38 26 21 43
1110 brass .... 9,131 5,432 5,672 2,891
Fir : cartriig cases . 3,009 1,509 918 3,600
Auto radiators ( unsve : toc ) 810 1,873 1,841 822
Bronzo . 2,436 2,410 2,745 2,101
Nickel silver .. 1,538 310 245 1,603
Low brsss ..... 77.7 304 405 .. 646
Aluminun bronze ... 450 152 80 522
Lovi - grade scrap and residues.ro 8,936 5,124 3,622 10,508
Total conper- base scrap 43,292 31. , 795 29,866 45,211

1 / Revised figures ,
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in my

1946 , 2 ° secondary smolters , gross weight , in short tons
I Stocks Shipments Stocks

Kind of insot Ar.30 , Production to May 31 ,
1946 11/1 consumers 1946
Tin bronze ( 38-10-2 ) .. 1,578 1,442 1,465 1,555

Leaded tin bronze ( 33-6-1-4 ) . 1,172 1,852 1,867 1,157
Leaded rod brass ( 95-5-5-5 )... 3,529 10,738 10,662 3,605
Ieaded scini - red brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) . 1,980 3,642 3,973 1,644
High - loaded tin bronze ( 50-10-10 ) 1,412 2,452 1,366
2,406
(84-6-3-2 ) 560 873 1,038 395
175-5-20 ) ... 525 757 882 393
Lezded ellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ,. 1,567 1,767 2,073 1,261
Yang inose bronze .. 1,7007 795 010 1,594
Aluminum bronze 372 146 160 358
Nickel silver .. 439 496 512 423
Lour brass ... 130 167 229 68
Silicon bronzc , ... 4.1.2 209 162 459
Hardeners and special allor's 497 699 309 387
piscellaneous , 551 1,103 1,242 412
Total brass and bronzo incots ..... 16,467 27,137 28,491 15,113
Wiscollaneous copcr products produced . 2,155

Primary copper consumed in co : per -base alloy.. 1,816
iscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
bast alloys .. -1,269
purchasod coppor-basc scrap 25,607
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 13 PERCENT IN JUNE 1946
Brass ingot production in June totaled 30,602 short tons , compared with 27,137
tons in May, according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the
Interior . Copper- base scrap consumption by ingot makers in June was 34,769 tons
4,903 tons more than in May. The increase in ceiling prices for copper - base scrap .
metals , which took effect on June 3 , caused a brief increase in the flow of such
scrap but did little to improve the over - all supply , which is dependent in the
highest degree on the activity of generators of scrap , the most important of which
are the fabricators and foundries . In an effort to effect equitable distribution
of government -owned scrap , the War Assets Administration on June 8 revoked Order
No. 3 to SPA Regulation 17 which permitted owning agencies to make direct sales of
scrap metal to dealers and consumers, Receipts of copper and brass scrap by secon
dary smelters in June were 1,334 tons greater than in May but were 1,650 tons less
than the June consumption total so that stocks decreased to 43,658 tons . Scrap
metal dealers shipped 49,957 tons of copper - base scrap to primary and secondary
smelters , foundries , and other consumers in June , compared with 29,558 tons in May
and 48,340 tons in April . .
The greatest June increases in production were registered in the more popular
types of ingot , output of No. 1 composition rising 1,814 . tons to 12,552 tons , that
of leaded semi - red brass 844 tons to 4,486 tons , and that of leaded yellow brass
499 tons to 2,266 tons . Production of hardeners decreased to 478 tons and of high
leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20 ) to 561 tons , Shipments to consumers were greater than
total production causing smelters ' inventories of ingot to decline to 13 ;654 tons .
Consumption by ingot makers of all types of copper and brass scrap increased
in June except for treatment of low brass sorap ; which showed a 'nominal decrease .
Use of composition scrap rose 866 tons or 13 percent, that of fired cartridge cases
589 tons or 64 percent and that of low grade residues 1,930 tons or 53 percent .
Consumption of the two items of unalloyed copper scrap increased an aggregate of
1,072 tons or 14 percent .
The most noticeable feature of the figures for the second quarter of 1946 is
the decline in the ratio of new scrap to old scrap consumed , which may be ascribed
to the decrease in the amount of plant scrap generated . This decline is true both
of the scrap consumed by the smelters and that used by the plants that consume
ingot as well as scrap. Smelters consumed a total of 51,266 tons of new scrap and
75,555 tons of old scrap in the first quarter of the year compared with 39,650 tons
of new and 77,840 tons of old scrap in the second quarter , Manufacturers and

White Merrill, Chief , Metal Economics Division, Economics and Statistics Branch .
foundries consumed 77,357 tons of now and 35,950 tons of old scrap ' in the first
quarter which compare with 60,532 tons of new and 64,084 tons of old scrap in the
sccond quarter . The total quantity of copper -base scrap used by all consumers in
the second quarter of 1946 - 242,106 tons -, was less than one percent more than
in the first quarter , but treatmérit of yellow. brass scrap was 92,388 tons in the
second period compared ivi th 80,914 tons in the first, and low - grade scrap consump
tion was 31,415 tons in the second quarter compared with 44,753. tons in the first .
Consumption of fired cartridge cases rose from 5,385 tons in the first quarter to
8,427 tons in the second .
Production of brass ingot increased from 77,504 tons in the first quarter of
1946 to 86,547 tons in the second , principally because of increases in the output
of the types included in the range of composition from 75-5-20 to 88-6-11-42. Pro
duction of electrolytic grade copper declined from 14,434 tons in the first quarter
to 8,899 tons in the second , because strikes caused several of the primary smelters
to be idle during the second period . Coverage of all copper -base scrop consumers
for the quarterly report is fairly complete except for foundries , chemical plants ,
anc miscellaneous manufacturers , many of which are canvassed on an annual basis only .
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap in

June 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight , in short tons

Scrap item May 31 , Receipts or June 30 ,
1946 1 consumed 1946
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 7,003 3,904 4,416 6,491

No. 2 wire , mixed hcavy and light ... 6,563 3,480 4,340 5,703
Yellow brass... 8,192 5,399 5,693 7,898
Fired cartridge cases ... 3,624 1,403 1,507 3,520
Auto radi ators ( unsweated ) . 826 1,938 1,857 927
Bronze .. 2,162 3,129 3,026 2,265
Nickel silver . 1,570 293 341 1,522
Low brass . 679 . 392 402 669
Low - grade scrap and residues ...... 10,544 5,899 5,552 10,891
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June 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight , in short tons

Scrap items May 31 , Production to June 30 ,
1946 il consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) .. 1,562 1,509 1,696 1,375
Leaded tin bronze 188-6-11-21).......
( 929 2,215 2,268 876
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 3,451 12,552 12,735 3,268
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ).... 1,548 4,486 4,422 1,612
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 390 853 893 · 350
( 75-5-20) . 391 561 696 256
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ... 1,177 2,266 . 2,212 1,231
Manganese bronze ... 1,524 .824 1,019 1,329
Aluminum bronze, 365 219 202 382
Nickel silver , 426 -389 418 397
Low brass , 67 . 168 137 98
Silicon bronze , 432 185 230 387
Hardeners and special alloys..... 204 478 455 227
Miscellaneous .. 616 1,305 1,555 366

Miscellaneous copper products produced ....... 3,680
Primary copper consumed in copper -base alloy, -
3,450
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in
copper - base alloys ....... -_4,027
purcha sed copper - base scrap 26,805
1 / Revised figures .
Table 3. Stocks of purchased copper - base scrap held by all consumers ,

Jan. 1 Mar. 31, June 30 ,

Scrap item 1926 1946 1946
No , I wire and heavy ..... 7,204 .8,068 10,210
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.. 5,071 6,549 6,483
Composition or soft red brass .... 6,813 6,613 5,749
Railroad car boxes ... 2,138 1,849 2,144
Yellow brass ,. 25,691 26,903 24,321
Fired cartridge cases .... 1,629 3,448 8,468
Auto radiators (unsweated ).... 468 802 927
Bronze , ... 3,062 3,894 3,493
Nickel silver . 1,751 1,994 2,349
Low brass , ... 4,302 2,613 2,059
Aluminum bronze .... 370 521 595
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 1 /37,933 1 /35,332 38,340
Total copper - base scrap 1 / 96,432 1 / 98,586 105,138

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Scrap item and foundries scrap
New ..910 . New Old used
No , l wire and heavy . 3,897 .11,962 1,195 5,112 22,166

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light, 568 .11,404 2,533 2,686 17,191
Composition or soft red brass ..... 9,687 .11,717 4,352 5,094 30,850
Railroad car boxes..... 126 9,494 9,620
Yellow brass ..... 4,456 .13,538 46,202 28,192 92,389
Fired cartridge cases .. ...2,998 . . .5,519 8,427
Auto radiators (unsweated ) ..5.,600 . 25 5,625
Bronze .... 916 ..7,965 ... ... 858 1,973 11,712
Nickel silver 130 ...732 . 2,249
. .678 ... 3,789
Low brass...... 900 ..337...3,126 4,187 3,550
Aluminum bronze ... 40 248 . 1 84 373
Low - grade scrap and residues ...... 19,056 11 , 303 16 1,040 31,415
Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in first half of 1946

by smelters , bras's mills , manufacturers and foundries , in short tons
Total Total Total

Item Ist April May June 2nd Ist six
quarter quarter / months
Cathodes ... 17,950 5,604 7,790 10,247 23,641 41,591

Wire bars.. 1 /112,435 38,527 39,747 / 49,395 127,669 240,104
Ingots and Ingot Bars ..... 29,137 12,239 17,722 16,8401 46,801 75,938
Cakes and Slabs .. 41,502 13,912 11,329 15,8581 41,099 82,601
Billets ... 23,181 5,813 8,761 20,700 43,881
6,126
Other ... 201 120 308 60 488 889
Total 1 /224,606 76,528 82,709 101,1611260,398 485,004
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in first half of 1946 , gross weight in short tons
Gross weight produced

Ist quarter 2nd quarter Ist half
1946 1946 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )..... 5,285 4,501 9,786

Leaded tin bronze ( 38-6-11-43 ).... 5,225 5,566 10,811
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ...... 31,402 34,928 66,330
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .... 9,867 12,408 22,275
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 6,520 7,264 13,784
( 84-6-8-2 )... 2,659 2,741 5,400
( 75-5-20 ) .... 1,614 2,185 3,799
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 5,422 6,035 11,457
Manganese bronze.. 1,632 2,088 3,720
Aluminum bronze . 358 563 921
Nickel silver .... 886 1,137 2,073
Low brass . 907 473 1,380
Silicon bronze . 659 679 1,338
Conductor bronze .. 154 141 295
Hardeners and special alloys .. 1,723 1,579 3,302
Miscellaneous .... 3,191 4,189 7,380
Total brass and bronze ingots.. 77,504 86,547 164,051
Gross weight of secondary metal recovered

Other products from
copper - base scrap lst quarter 2nd quarter Ist half
1946 1946 1946
Electrolytic grade copper .. 14,434 8,899 23,333

Casting copper ...
.
1,419 1,546 2,565
Copper and brass powder and granu
lated material .. 624 816 1,440
Brass mill products .. 76,825 - €5,974 : 162,799
Copper in chemical products . 4,448 3,995 8,443
Copper in iron and steel ........... (1) (1) (1)
Brass and bronze castings.......... 27,193 28,459 55, 652
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DULU Ó PERGEMT IN JULY 1946 .

Brass ingot production , although it declined 6 percent in July to 28,752
short tons , had a slightly rising trend for the ten -month period ending July 31 ,
according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The
July decline was most apparent in the alloys containing appreciable amounts of
lead . Output of high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) decreased 923 tons to 1,634
tons , of composition ingot (85-5-5-5 ) 761 tons to 11,791 tons and that of leaded
tin bronze ( 88-6 - la - 4 ) 265 tons to 1,950 tons , but production of manganese
bronze increased 407 tons or 49 percent and that of tin bronze ( 88-10-2 and
88-8-4 ) 214 tons or 14 percent .
The uncertainty resulting from the suspension of price controls during most
of July had a depressing effect on market transactions in the types of scrap
metals which make up the major part of the raw materials used by brass ingot
makers . Smelters hesitated to pay higher than ceiling prices for 'scrap until
they could be sure of being able to sell their product at higher than ceiling :
ingot prices , and many dealers , knowing that demand 'would continue , were content
to hold their stocks of scrap until the price situation was clarified. On July
26 the new price control bill became effective and ceiling prices were set at
those in force on June 30. Secondary smelters ' receipts of copper-base scrap
totaled 30,631 tons in July compared with 33,119 tons in June, and as they con
sumed 31,818 tons , stocks declined to 42,472 tons' at the end of July . Scrap
metal dealers ' shipments of copper scrap to consumers which had reached a record
breaking 49,957 tons in June declined to 37,593 tons in July . An order promul
gated by the Office of International Trade , effective ruly 18 , requi'red individual
licenses for export of copper - base scrap .
Consumption of low - grade residues which had increased 1,930° tons' in June
declined 1,791 tons to 3,761 tons in July Treatment of composition scrap , the
largest and most important item , decreased 633 tons or 8 percent; that of No. 1
wire and heavy , 323 tons or 7 percent , and that of . bronze 183 tons or 6 percent .
The only large increase in July was 234 tons or 13 percent in the consuřiption of
auto radiators .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J.,McDerrijd , under the supervision or Charles .
" hite Merrill , Chief, Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
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July 1946 , at secondary smelters , gross weight , in short tons .

Scrap item June 30 Receipts or July 31 ,
: 1946 consumed 1946
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 6,491 3,639 4,093 6,037
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ... 5., 703. 4,532 4,379 5,856 .
Railroad car boxes .... 31 23 29 25
Yellow brass ...... 7,898 5,337 5,562 7,673
Fired cartridge cases , 3,520 1,283 1,455 3,348
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 927 1,781 2,091 617
Bronze ... 2,265 2,409 2,843 1,831
Nickel silver , 1,522 1 - 33 240 1,249
Low brass..... 669 338 407 600
Aluminum bronze ..... 496 58 92 462
Low - grade scrap and residues , . 10.891 3,942 3,761 11,072
Total cooper - base scrap 43,658 30,631 31,818 42,471
1 / Negative figure indicates shipients greater than receipts.

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1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight , in short ton's

Scrap item June 30 , Production to July 31 ,
1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,375 1,723 1,756 1,342
Leaded tin bronze: ( 88-6-11-43 )...... 876 1,950 1,770 1,056
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 3,268 11,791 11,923 3,136
Learled semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ... 1,612 4 ; 317 4,438 1,491
Hign - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 )... 1,476 1,634 1,880 1,230
( 84-6-8-2 ) , .. 350 797 612 535
( 575-5-20 ) ... 256 426 430 272
Le cine yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )..... 1,231 2,028 1,783 1,476
Manganese bronze ... 1,329 1,231 : .983 1,577
Aluminum bronze..ii . .
.382 280 243 419

Nickel silver ...... 397 384 270 511
Low brass..... 98 121 158 61
Silicon bronze ....... 387 319 284 422
Conductor bronze .. .24 . 75 73 26
Harieners and special alloys .. 227 797 755 269
Miscellaneous ici.. 366 .
859 839 386
Total brass and bronze ingots.. 13,654 28,752 28,197 14,209

Primary copper consumed in copper - base alloy.... 2,793
base alloys... 1,393
Net total secondary recovery from purchased
copper- base scrap 27,838
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For release November 5, 1946 CONSUMERS REPOPT NO . 14
PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT UP 2 PERCENT IN AUGUST 1946
Output of brass ingot in August totaled 29,412 short tons compared with 28,752
tons in July, according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the
Interior . The upward trend in production , which had begun in September 1945 , thus .
continued . Consumption of copper-base scrap by 68 brass ingot makers and 6 other

secondary copper smelters amounted to 32,175 tons , up 1 percent over July.. Con
sumption of refined copper in brass ingot increased faster than production of ingot
or consumption of scrap in the first two - thirds of 1945, rising from 466 tons in
January to 3,987 tons in august . This is a good indication of the scarcity of
copper scrap because the smelters would use scrap , if they could get it , rather
than refined metal ,
Production of high - leaded tin bronze ingot ( 80-10-10 ) increased 52 percent to

2,482 tons , regaining its June level of production , and output of leaded semired
brass rose 21 percent to 4,800 tons . These were the largest gains for the month ,
but were partly offset by a 615-ton decrease in production of manganese bronze
ingot and a 223 - ton decline in output of leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) . The
other changes were all smaller than those mentioned .
On August 27 the Office of Price Administration increased by .25 cents per

pound the ceiling prices of four types of brass ingot : soft red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ,
tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) , high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) , and yellow brass ,
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increase was made to enable ingot makers to recoup increased melting loss costs ,
for which no allowance had been made when scrap and ingot prices were raised on
June 3 .
The 357 - ton August gain in total scrap consumtion was brought about largely
by a 524 - ton increase in use of soft red brass scrap and a 665 -ton increase in
treat tent of lov grade scrap . These gains were partly counterbalanced by a 487- ton
decrease in consumption of fired cartridge cases and a 327- ton fall in the use of
auto radiators .
The British Ministry of Supply was reported to have contracted with three
North american refineries , one in Canada and two in the United States , for the re
fining of 110,000 tons of copper and brass scrap . The need for copper by the United
Kingdom was such that the copper only was to be returned , thé zinc and other alloyed
ingredients of the scrap being sacrificed .
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and too J. McD rmid , under the supervision of Charles
TVhite Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Di vi sion , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 , Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
August 1946 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight, in short tons

Scrap item July 31 Receipts or August 31 ,
1246 consumed 1946
No. 1 vire and heavy .. 6,037 3,920 4,047 5,910

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 5,856 3,834 4,469 5,221
Yellow brass .. 7,673 5,981 5,689 7,965
Fired cartridge cases ... 3,348 504 96€ 2,984
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) ..... 617 1,306 1,764 659
Bronze . 1,631 2,894 2,760 1,965
Nickel silver....... 1,249 297 248 1,298
Low brass ... 600 300 331 569
Low - grade scrap and residues , .. 11,072 4,868 4,426 11,514
Total copper- base scrap 42,471 31,286 32,175 41,532
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in tugust

1946 , at secondary copper smelters, gross weight , in short tons

Kind of ingot July 31 , Production to August 31 ,
1946 consumers 1941
Tinbronze( 88-10-2 ). 1,342 1,847 1,693 1,496
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43) .. 1,056 1,934 2,036 954
Leaded red brass ( 25-5-5-5 ) ... 3,136 11,952 12,082 3,006
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .. 1,491 4,800 4,626 1,665
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 535 646 724 457
( 75-5-20 ) ... 272 593 606 259
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).... 1,476 1,305 1,725 1,556
Yançanese bronze , .. 1,577 616 759 1,434
Nickel silver .. 511 459 440 530
Low brass ... 61 157 178 40
Silicon bronze ....... 222 173 205 390
Conductor bronze .... 26 97 91 32
Hardeners and special alloys ........ 269 821 820 270
Miscellaneous... 386 669 763 292
Total brass and bronze ingots... 14,209 29,412 29,698 13,923
Miscellaneous couper products produced ..... 4,898

Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloy. 3,987
base alloys ... 1,448
purchased coper - base scrap 28,575
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For release December 13 , 1946 CONSUMERS REPORT NO. 15
PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DOWN 13 PERCENT IN SEPTE "BER 1946
Production of brass ingot declined 13 percent to 25,698 short tons in September ,

total is comparable to the production for January but is lower than that for any
month of the elapsed portion of 1946 except February. Both plant scrap and old
scrap , the chief raw materials from which brass ingots are made , were scarce . Al
though total receipts of copper - base scrap at secondary smelters increased 6,000
tons in September the reason was that secondary refiners , whose principal product
is not brass ingot but refined copper , acquired large quantities of low - grade
copper -bearing material during the month . Stockş , receipts , and shipments to con
sumers, of copper - base scrap by scrap metal dealers all decreased in September .
Production of leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) , which constitutes two - fifths of the
total output of brass ingot, decreased 1,929 tons or 16 percent and production of
leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) , the next largest item , declined 548 tons or 11
percent . Output of high - leaded'tin bronze (87–10-10 ) , ʻleaded tin bronze ( 88-6-11-43)
and tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) decreased 17 percent , 17 percent and 21 percent respec
tively , the corresponding total production figures being 2,067 tons , 1,611 tons
and 1,466 tons , The greatest increase was 120. tons or 19 percent in high - leaded
tin bronze ( 84-6-8-2) ingot . Of the other ten types of ingot listed , four showed
minor decreases in production and six showed increases , none of them large .
Although brass ingot production decreased markedly in September , total copper
base scrap consumption by secondary smelters increased 4 percent to 33,324 tons
on account of high consumption of low - grade residues by refiners . There were no
other important increases in consumption , but treatment of composition scrap de
creased 901 tons to 6,489 tons , that of No, 2 wire, mixed heavy and light copper ,
596 tons to 3,873 tons and that of bronze scrap 498 tons to 2,262 tons ,
The quarterly figures show that consumers ' stocks of copper -base scrap increased
in each of the first three quarters of 1946. The most pronounced rises were in
unalloyed copper and low - grade scrap held by primary refiners , who were also res
ponsible for the increased consumption of these materials in the third quarter .
Brass mills increased their consumption of fired cartridge cases in the third
quarter, when 23,369 tons of this type of scrap were consumed , compared with 8,427
tons in the second quarter , Otherwise , third quarter copper scrap consumption
was not significantly different from that in the second quarter.

White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch ,
Production of brass ingot in the third quarter of the year totaled 83 , -62 tons
com ared with 86,547 tons in the second.. Output of individual types of ingot did
not very grcatly, but production of refined copper from scrap increased from 3,899
tons in the second quarter to 33,096 tons on the third , and that of brass mill
products from 91,009 tons in the second quarter to 110,770 tons in the third .
Quarterly coverage of consumers of copper -base scray is fairly complete in the case
of ingot makers , refiners, and brassmiths..but many of the foundries , chemical
plants and miscellaneous manufacturers report on an annual basis only.

September 1946 , at secondary smelters, gross weight , in short tons
Stocks Helted Stocks

Scrap .item Hug . - 31 , Receipts or Sept. 30 ,
1946 consumed 1946
No. I wire and heavy.. 5,902 3,955 3,918 5,939

No. 2 rire , mixed heavy and light . 5,221 3,313 3,873 4,661
Railroad car boxcs ..... 24 59 47 • 36
Yellow brass ... 7,961 6,079 5,567 8,473
Fircd cartridge cases .. 2,884 759 1,055 2,588
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 659 1,935 1,824 770
Bronze ... 1,962 2,347 2,262 2,047
Nickel silver ... 1,298 303 300 1 , 301
Lov: brass..... 569 263 323 509
Total copper -base scrap 41,570 37,359 33,324 45,605
.
September 1946 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight ,
in short tons

Kind of ingot Aug. 31 , Production to Sept. 30 ,
1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) ... 1,524 1,466 1,669 1,321
Leaded tin bronze (88-6-11-4 ) . 954 1,611 1,714 851
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 3,006 10,023 10,504 2,525
Leaded somired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) , 1,676 4,252 4,683 1,245
High - leaded tin bronne ( 80-10-10 ) . 1,193 2,067 2,182 1,078
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 457 766 742 481
( 75-5-20 ) ..... 259 435 477 217
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) , ... 1,556 1,866 1,785 1,637
Manganese bronze ..... 1,434 : .776 793 1,417
Aluminum bronze...... 350 ..334 204 480
Nickel silver ........... 530 , ..381 352 559
Low brass .... 40 ... 232 145 , 127
Silicon bronze . ... 387 . 231 311 307
Conductor bronze , .. 34 ..123 . 106 51
Hardeners and special alloys .. 270 ..940 805 405
Miscellaneous ... 252 195 188 259

Miscellaneous copper products produced.. 4,052
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys... - 3,209
base alloys .... - 1,382
Table 3 . Stocks of purchased copper -base scrap held by all consumers,

gross weight , in short tons
Jan. 1 , Mar. 315" - June 30 , Scpt . 30 ,

Scrap item 1946 1946 1946 1946
No , I wire and 'heavy .. 7,204 8,068 10,210 11,144

.
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.. 5,071 6,549 6,483. 5,470
Railro ad car boxes .. 2,138 1,849 2,144 2,913
Yellow brass .... 25,691 26,903 24,321 23,759
Fired cartridge cases .. 1,629 3,448 8,468 5,38 €
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 468 802 927 770
Bronze .. 3,062 3,894 3,493 3,101
Nickel silver....... 1,751 1,994 2,349 2,089
Low brass....... 4,302 2,613 2,059 1,432
Aluminum bronze.., ... 370 521 595 655
Low - grade scrap and residues. .
1 / 37,933 /
1 / 35,332 38,340 48,426
Total copper - base scrap 1 / 96,432 1 / 98,586 105,138 111,609
1 Revised figures .
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Table 4 . Consumption of purchascd 'copper - base scrap
in third quarter of 1946 , gross weight , in short tons
Pemelters , smelters Brass mills ,

... New · Old New Old used
No. I vire and heavy .... 15,543 18,098 906 5,922 40,469
No. 2 wire , mixed hcavy , and light , 629 12,156 2,248 1,838 16,871
Composition or soft red brass .... 9,513 11,232 4,337 4,861 29,943
Railroad car boxcs ..... 112 10,009 10,123
Yellow brass .. 3,965 12,853 51,875 29,049 97,742
Auto radiators ( unsveated ) .. 5,679 25 5,704
Bronze .... 1,136 6,729 333 2,383 10,581
Nickel silver .. 148 620 1,768 939 3,495
Low brass ... 828 213 2,418 3,364 6,843
.
Aluminum bronze ... . 32 150 11 274 467

Low - grade scrap and residues ..... 33,854 15,542 37 740 50,183
Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in first nine months

of 1946 , in short tóns
Total Total Total

Item 1st six July Hugust Sept. 3rd Ist nine
months quarter months
Cathodes .... 41,591 9,893 13,837 10,627 34,347

10,6271 75,938
Wire bars ... 240,104 30,284 49,859 42,458 |122,601 362,705
Ingots and Ingot Bars .. . 75,938 14,705 21,2091.22,095 58,009 133,947
Cakes and Slabs.. 82,601 13,201 ! 19,111 18,091 50,403 133,004
Billets ...... 43,881 7,093 :9,800 9,8531 26,746 70,627
Other .. 889 .81 61 62 204 1,093
Total 485,004 75,247 213,877 103,186 292,310 777,314
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in first nine months of 1946 , gross weight, in short tons

lst quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
1946 1946 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ...... 5,285 4,501 5,036

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43 ) .. 5,225 5,586 5,495
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-51... 31,402 34,928 33,766
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) . , 9,867 12,408 13,369
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80–10-10 ) 6,520 7,264 6,183
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,65 ? 2,741 2,209
( 75-5-20 ) . 1,614 2,185 1,474
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 5,422 6,035 .. 5,699
Manganese bronze .... 1,632 2,088 2,623
Aluminum bronze ..... 358 563 975
Nickel silver...... 886 1,187 1,224
Low brass .. 907 473 510
Silicon bronze ...... 659 679 723
Conductor bronze .. 154 141 295
Hardeners and special alloys ..... 1,723 1,579 2,558
Miscellaneous .. 2,191 4,189 1,723
Total brass and bronze ingots . 77,504 86,547 83,862
Other products from Gross weight of secondary metal recovered

copper - base scrap
Ist quarter 2nd quarter 1 3rd quarter
1946 1946 1946
Electrolytic grade copper 14,434 3,899 33,096

Casting copper ... 1,419 1,546 840
Copper and brass porder and
granulated material.... 624 -816 733
Brass mill products 1 /..... 2 / 79,397 2 91,009 110,770
Copper in iron and steel ... (3) (3) (3)
Brass and bronze castings ...... 27,193 28,459 26,105
1 / Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .

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After declining 13 percent in September , brass ingot production increased 30
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base scrap but were able to obtain only 36,572 tons so that inventori es declined
to 43,260 tons , The scarcity of industrial scrap for both refiners and ingot
makers increased the popularity of government scrap sales and to insure equitable
distribution , the Civilian Production Administration on September 24 promulgated
a ruling allocating scrap from these sales to consumers in cases where the lots
were over 10,000 pounds. Scrap metal dealers were thus excluded from transactions
in the allocated lots but were still permitted to bid over - ceiling prices for all
other scrap offerings ,
The chief factor in the 30 - percent October increase in total ingot production
was a 3,627 - ton rise in output of 'soft red brass, alloy . Production of leaded
semired, brass ingot totaled 5,617 tons compared with 4,252 tons in September , that
of tin bronze increased 1,099 tons to 2,565 bors , and output of leaded tin bronze
rose 754 tons to a total of 2,365 tons for the month of October , Gains in produc
tion in ten other items were all under 250 tons and of the two decreases , the
larger was 198 tons in aluminum bronze .
The greatest increases in copper -base scrap consumption by secondary smelters

in October were 2,416 tons or 37 percent in composition scrap and 1,577 tons or
28 percent in yellow brass , In 1945 and other war years, ingot makers consumed
more yellow brass scrap than composition , but in every month of the first ten
months of 1946 they used more composition than yellow brass , Consumption of
bronze scrap , after decreasing 498 tons in September , increased 758 tons to 3,020
tons in October and treatment of No. 1 wire.and heavy scrap rose 599 tons to
total 4,517 tons , Consumption of all other copper - base scrap items increased in
October but in smaller amounts than the increases mentioned .
On October 4 the Office of Price Administration announced the appointment of

an advisory comraittee for the brass and bronze ingot industry.
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. YcDernid , under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill, Chicf , ? ' etal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Tablo 1. Consumption and stocks of purchascd copper - basc scrap in
October 1946 , at sccondary copper smelters , gross vicight, in short tons
Stocks Felted Stocks

Scrap item Sept. 30 , receipts or Oct. 31 ,
1946 1 / consumed 1946
No , I wire and heavy .. 5,864 3,847 4,517 5,194
1.c. 2.wire , mixed heavy and light, 4,568 4,098 4,001 4,665
Composition or soft rod brass .. 4,040 8,802 8,905 3,937
Failroad car boxes ..... 36 66 77 25
Yellow . brass.. 9,024 6,641 7,144 8,521
Fired cartridge cascs . 2,588 1,067 1,267 2,308
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) ... 756 2,089 2,159 686
Bronze .. 2,048 2,749 3,020 1,777
Nickel silver ...... 1,301 380 363 1,318
Low brass ..... 509 485 421 573
Aluminum bronze ... -577 26 55 548
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 15,193 6.322 7,687 13,628
: Total cooper - base scrap 46,504 36,572 39,816 43,260
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in October
1946 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight , in : short tons

Kind of ingot Sept. 30 , Production to Oct. 31 ,
1946 1/ consumers 1946
Tin bronzé ( 88-10-2 ) .... 1,312 2,565 2,218 1,659

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43 ). 851 2,365 2,121 1,095
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 2,524 13,650 13,232 2,942
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .... 1,236 5,617 5,632 1,221
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,068 2,301 2,200 1,169
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 489 860 1,019 330
( 75-5-20 ) ... 216 455 435 236
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Manganese bronze .... 1,406 972 1,015 1,363
Aluminum bronze , 481 136 340 .277
Nickel silver .... 559 535 573 521
Low brass , .... 127 151 163 115
Conductor bronze .. .51 . 160 134 77
Hardeners and special alloys , , 405 978 904 479
Miscellaneous 215 423 368 270
Total brass and bronzo ingots , ... 12,884 33,549 32,946 13,487
Miscellaneous copper products produced 3,613
Primary copper consumed in copper - base alloy - 3,518
Miscellancous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys : 1,672
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PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT DOWN 13 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER 1946

Brass ingot production , which had risen to 33,549 short tons in October , de
creased 13 percent to 29,193 tons in November , according to the Bureau of Mines,
United States Department of the Interior . It often happens that after such a sharp
advance as occurred in October there is a decrease in production , but if the number
of working days in October and November are compared it will be seen that the daily
average rate of output was slightly higher in the latter month . Ingot makers con
sumed 32,780 tons of copper -base scrap in November, and purchased approximately the
same amount . Although controls on scrap metal prices were not removed until
November 10 , rumors of an impending ceiling removal were rife before that and did
not make for an active market . After November 10 there was some hesitancy among
both sellers and buyers of scrap , who were waiting for prices to stabilize . Dealers '
receipts of copper -base scrap , 33,247 tons , were 15 percent less than in October
and those of the secondary smelters 11 percent less . Dealers ' shipments to con
sumers in November totaled 36,697 tons .
By the end of the month the price of refined copper had risen to 19.50 cents ,
which is five and one - eighth cents higher than the price in effect previous to
November 10 , and scrap prices had increased proportionately , but the supply of
scrap remained meager . Fabricators and foundries also had difficulty in getting
enough sheet , pipe , ingot , etc. , so it was not surprising that by improving
operating methods they were reducing the amount of process scrap generated .
.
Sonsumption of soft red brass and yellow brass, the principal types used by
ingot makers , decreased from 8,905 tons and 7,144 tons , respectively, in October
to 8,113 tons and 6,068 tons in November .. Trvatment of low - grade scrap and resi
dues totaled 4,244 tons in November compared with 7,887 tons in October , a decline
of 46 percent . Other large decreases were 544 tons or 25 percent in consumption
of auto radiators and 797 tons or 26 percent , in that of bronze scrap. There were
no significant increases in consumption of scrap , but consumption of refined copper
by ingot makers, was 4,490 tons in November compared with 3,518 tons in October ,
The greatest decreases in November brass ingot producti.on occurred in the first
four items in the table : Output of composition ingot decreased 1,665 tons to 11,985
tons , that of tin bronze 868 tons to 1,697 tonş, that of leaded ţin bronze 866 tons
to 1,499 tons and production of leaded semired, brass fell 719. tons or 13 percent.
Output of high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) incrcasca 207 tons and that of manganese
bronze 264 tons ,
Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A, J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill , Chief, Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
November 1946 , at secondary copper smelters, gross weight , in short tons
Stocks clted Stocks

Scrap item Oct. 31 , Receipts or Nov. 30 ,
1946 consumed 1946
To , I wire and heavy .... .... 5,194 3,650 4,386 4,458

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ... 4,655 5,125 4,316 5,474
Yellow brass .... 2,521 5,606 6,068 ? ,059
Fired cartridge cases.. 2,388 1,219 1,004 2,603
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 686 1,543 1,615 614
Bronze . 1,777 2,322 2,223 1,876
Nickel silver ... 1,318 265 . 355 1,228
Low brass ... 573 243 357 459
Aluminum bronze .. 548 . 1/ 64 73 411
Low - grade scrap and residues.... , 13,628 4,328 4,244 13,712
Total copper - base scrap 43,260 | 32,576 32,780 43,056
1 Negative figure indicates shipments greater than receipts,

November 1946 , at secondary copper smelters, gross weight , in short tons

Kind of ingot Oct. 31 , Production to Nov. 30 ,
1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 1,659 1,6.97 1,855 1,502

Laded tin bronze ( 88-6-11-4 ). 1,095 ‫ وهارة‬9 1,844 751
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 22,942
. 11,985 12,896 2,031
Leaded semired brass ( 31-3-7-9 ) . 1,221 4,898 5,020 1,098
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,169 2,508 2,681 995
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 330 824 892 262
( 75-5-20 ) .. 236 385 386 235
Manganese bronze . 1,363 1,236 1,158 1,442
Nickel silver .. 521 640 537 624
Low brass.... 115 146 200 61
Silicon bronze... 277 173 208 242
Conductor bronze , .. 77 64 81 59
Miscellaneous . 270 317 345 222
Total brass and bronze ingots ... 13,487 29,193 30,915 11,765

Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloy 4,490
• base alloys 1,658
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BRASS INGOT PRODUCTION UP 12 PERCENT IN DECEMBER 1946
Output of brass ingot totaled 32,842 short tons in December compared with
29,193 tons in November , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Depart
ment of the Interior. Copper -base scrap consumption by secondary copper smelters ,
at 37,456 tons , was 14 percent higher than in November , although the coal strike
caused reduction of activity at some smelters , Ingot makers ' receipts of scrap
were 38,052 tons , causing stocks to rise to 40,993 tons at the end of the month .
Their consumption of refined copper was 3,319 tons in December , 1,171 tons less
than in the preceding month . On December 3 the Civilian Production Administration
revoked Direction 19 to Priorities Regulation 13 which had provided for channeling
all government copper-base scrap directly to consumers , This action put dealers
on the same footing at government scrap sales as smelters and other processors .
Consumption of No. 2 wire, mixed heavy , and light copper scrap increased from
4,316 tons in November to 5,796 tons in December , that of composition scrap from
8,113 tons to 9,426 tons , and that of auto radiators from 1,615 tons to 2,447 tons .
Receipts of all of these items were greater than consumption in December . Treat
ment of fired cartridge cases rose 565 tons or 56.percent in December but treatment
of yellow brass , the second largest item remained about the same as in November .
There were no noteworthy decreases in consumption of copper or brass scrap types .
The December increase in total brass ingot production was evidenced chiefly
in three of the more popular alloys including. No. 1. composition , leaded semired
brass and leaded tin bronze : Increases in these items were 2,248 tons , 718 tons
, and 381 tons respectively, which brcught their production for the month to 14,233
tons , 5,616 tons and 1,880 tons . The rising. trend in total brass ingot output
which obtained during all of 1946 was caused largely by. increases in monthly out
put of the two items first mentioned . While production of brass ingot was in
creasing in December , shipments to foundries and other consumers were declining
and totaled 28,679. tons, compared with 30,915 tons in November causing smelters '
stocks to increase 4,163 tons to 15,928 tons ,
Comparison of data on use of copper materials for the third quarter of 1946
with that for the fourth quarter shows that an overall increase in activity oc
curred in the latter period with emphasis on consumption of composition scrap ,
copper bearing residues , unalloyed copper scrap and railroad car boxes . Treatment
of yellow brass scrap and fired cartridge cases declined slightly. Consumption of
refined copper wire bars , ingots , cakes and billets by fabricators was greater in
the fourth quarter of the year than in the third but use of cathodes decreased .

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controls on November 10 ..
Preliminary figures for the year 1946 , ' öhtained by combining the figures for
the four quarters indicate that total copper-base scrap consumption for the year
was 1,092,684 tons . The final total will be much larger because it will include
data from many brass foundries and small consumers which are tabulated on an annual
basis only and are not included in the quarterly or preliminary annual figures.
However , this total will still be considerably less than that for 1945 which was
1,470,737 tons ,

December 1946 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight, in short
tons .
Stocks Felted Stocks Total

Scrap item Nov. 30 , Receipts or Dec. 31 , consumeg
1946 1 consumed 1946 in 19262
nyo. 1 wire and heavy . 4,458 4,579 4,414 14,623 47,422
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 5,475 5,905 : 5,796 i 5,584 : 50,569
Railroad car boxes .. 24 21 19 26 614
Yellow brass .. 8,009 6,301 6,088 8,222 72,826
Fired cartridge cases . 2,635 1,122 1,569 2,188 : 13,479
Auto radiators ( unsweated) 613 2,857 2,447 1,023 21,263
Bronze 1,876 2,715 2,438 2,153 : 33,163
Nickel silver . 1,225 261 366 1,120 4,359
Low brass .. 410 247 317 340 ! 5,126
Aluminum bronze . 393 5 35 363 1,100
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Low - grade scrap and residues .. 11,099 2,643 4,541 10,400 70,586
Total copper-base scrap 40,397 38,052 37,456 40,993 406,468

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2 ) Preliminary figures
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December 1946 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight ,
in short tons

Kind of alloy 1
Nov. 30, ' Production to Dec. 31 ,

1946 consumers 1946
Tin bronze (88-10-2) 1,502 1,745 1,653 1,594
Leaded tin bronze (89-6-13-44) 751 1,880 1,404 1,227
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 2,031 14,233 12,282 3,982
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) .... 1,098 5,616 4,713 2,001
High - leaded tin bronze ( 20-10-10 ) 995 2,720 2,304 1,421
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 262 749 673 338
( 75-5-20 ) 235 474 348 361
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ... ; 1,477 2,097 , . 2,072 1,502
Aluminum, bronze : 315 212 .. . : 190 337
Nickel silver .. 624 623 .. 621 626
Low brass ... 61 138 . 147 .. 52
Silicon bronze . ! 242 172 167 247
Conductor bronze 59 57 .. 62 54 .
Hardeners and special allcys . 430 666 , 665 . 431
Miscellaneous 242 234 283 . 193
Total brass and bronze ingots 11,765 32,842 . 15,928

28,676
Fefined copper consumed in cooper - base alloy 3,319
Hiscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys.ii . - 1,740
Table 3 .. Stocks of purchased copper -base scrap held by all consumers ,

gross weight , in short tons
Scrap item Jan, 1 , ar . 31 , June 30 , Sept. 30 , Dec. 31 ,

1946 1946 1946 1926 ! 1946 12
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 7,204 8,068 10,210 11,144 14,103
No : 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 5,071 6,549 6,483 5,470 6,520
Composition or soft red brass . .
6,813 6,613 5,749 6,462 7,387
Railroad car boxes ... 2,138 1,849 2,144 2,913 4,499
Yellow brass ... 25,691 26,903 24,321 23,759 1 23,833
Fired cartridge cases . 1,629 3,448 8,46 € 5,388 5,145
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 468 802 927 770 1,023
Bronze ... 3,062 3,894 1 3,493 3,101 4,165
Nickel Silver ... 1,751 1,994 : 2,349 . 2,089 1,908
Low brass .... 4,3021 2,613 2,059 1,432 1,270
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Aluminum bronze . 370 521 595 655 414
Low - grade scrap and residues . 2 / 37,233.2 , 35,332 38,340 48,426 45,057
Total copper - base scrap 2/ 96,432 21 98,566 i 105,138 111,609 i 115,344

1 / Prelininary figures
2 / Revised figures
Remelters
Table 4 . Consumption of purchased copper -base scrap

in 4th quarter of 1946 , gross weight, in short tons
Remelters smelters Brass mills , To tal Total

and refiners manufacturers, in in
& foundries fourth 1946 1
Scrap item
New Old New Old quarter
No. 1 wire and heavy . .. 19,189 14,899 1,656 4,290 40,034 ! 122,881
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & lt . 1,192 12,959 4,203 1,538 19,892 70,838
Comp . or soft red brass... 11,908 14,536 4,954 5,272 36,669 129,338
Railroad car bo xes..... 122 13,147 13,269 44,778
Yellow brass ..... 4,992 14,308 61,441 14,325 95,064 366,108
Fired cartridge cases .. 156 3,684 18 , 244 22,084 59,265
luto radiators (unswea ted ) 6,221 14 6,235 22,392
Bronze ... 1,290 6,391 485 3,172 11,338 45,485
Nickel silver . 272 812 2,175 345 1 3,604 13,992
Low brass ...... 912 183 3,071 1,233 5,399 29,056
Aluminum bronze .. 21 142 91 63 317 1,445
Low - grade scrap & residues .. 41,533 18,545 33 644 60,755 187,106
Total copper - base scrap 81,465 92,802 78,109 62,284 314,660 1,092,684
1/ Preliminary figures .
Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in 1946 ; in short tons
To tal Total To tal

Item Ist ninel Oct. Nov. Dec. 4th in
months quarter 1946 1
Ca thodes ... 75,938 10,488 12,312 9,210 32,010 107,948
Wire ·Bars .... 362,705 54,782 36,186 45,570 136,538 499,243
Ingots and Ingot Bars ... 133,947 26,925 21,695 21,895 70,515 204,462
Cakes and Slabs... 133,004 19,375 17,657 17,739 54,771 187,775
Billets .... 70,627 10,780 10,447 10,047 31,274 101,901
Other .... 1,093 1 1,268 442 358 2,06 8 3,161
Total
777,314 123,618 98,739| 104,819 327,176 1,104,490
1/ Preliminary figures .
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Table 6 . Production of seconda ry copper and copper - alloy products
in 1946 , gross weight , in short tons
.
Gross wcight producod

j Total
Brass and bronze ingots Ist 2nd 3rd 4th production
quarter quarter quarter quarter 1946 1 )
1946 1946 1946 1946
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) .. 5,285 4,501 5,036 6,002 20 , €24

Leaded tin bronze ( 38-6-11-4 ) 5,225 5,586 5,495 5,746 22,052
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 31,402 34,928 33,766 39,889 139,985
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) 9,867 12,408 13,369 16,131 51,775
High - leaded tin bronze (30-10-10 ) . 6,520 7,264 6,183 7,531 27,498
( 84-6-8-2) 2,659 2,741 2,209 2,455 15,064
( 75-5-20) .. *1,614 2,185 1,474 1,314 6,587
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .. 5,422 6,035 5,699 6,158 23,314
Panganese bronze.. 1,632 2,088 2,623 3,435 9,778
Aluminum bronze .. 358 563 975 572 2,467
Nickel silver .. 886 1,187 1,224 1,797 5,094
Low brass .... 907 473 510 435 2,325
Silicon bronze ... 659 679 723 621 2,682
Conductor bronze .. 154 141 295 282 871
Hardeners and special alloys . 1,723 1,579 2,558 2,287 8,147
Miscellaneous .... 3,191 4,189 1,723 957 10,060
Total brass and bronze ingots 77,50486,547 343,523

83,862 35,610
Other products from
copper-base scrap 1 lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
quarter quarter quarter quarter 1946 1 /
Electrolytic grade copper ....... 14,434 8,899 33,096 24,536 80,965

Casting copper ... 1,419 1,546 840 1,104 2,909
Copper and brass powder and
granulated material ... 624 816 733 997 3,170
Brass mill products 2 ) ....... 3 /79,397 3 /91,009 110,770 109,226 390,402
Copper in chemical products ... 4,448 3,995 3,399 1 4,067 15,900
Copper in iron and steel , .. ( 4) ( 4) (2) ( 4) ( 4)
Brass and bronze castings , 27,193 28,459 26,105 31,469 113,226
1 ) Preliminary figures .
2 ) Includes brass nill billets made by ingot makers .
3 Revised figures .
4 / Insufficient coverage to make possible the publication of this data .
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BRASS INGOT PRODUCTION DON 6 PERCENT IN JANUARY 1947
Production of brass ingot in January , although 6 percent less than in December ,

was 2,209 tons more than the average monthly output for 1946 , according to the
Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . While producing 30,836
short tons of brass ingot , and 4,260 tons of refined copper , co per powder and
other copper products , in the first month of 1947 , secondary copper smelters con
sumed 36,942 tons of copper - base scrap , not much less than •was used in December . .
Smelters ' scrap receipts were about the same as consumption , leaving their inven
tories at nearly the same total as in December . Scrap metal dealers ' shipments of
copper and brass scrap to consumers rose from 48,475 tons in December to 68,094
tons in January, but the increase apparently went to consumers other than ingot
makers , Near the end of the month the market price of No. 1 wire and heavy copper
scrap advanced to 18.75 cents . At the same time custom smelters increased their
price for electrolytic copper to 20.5 cents a pound , Connecticut Valley.
Purchases of No , l wire and heavy copper scrap by smelters decreased from
4,579 tons in December to 2,596 tons in January . Consumption of this item dropped
from 4,414 tons to 3,541 tons and that of No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light scrap
from 5,796 tons in December tº 4,895 tons in January . The only other large decrease
was 744 tons or 47 percent in consumption of fired cartridge cases , Treatment of
low grade scrap and residues totaled 5,485 tons in January, compared with 4,541 tons
in December . Consumption of composition scrap increased 500 tons to a total for
January of 9,926 tons , and use of auto radiators ( unsweated) rose 384 tons to 2,831
tons ,
Production of No. I composition , always the largest ingot item , declined 20

percent or 2,791 tons in January , a greater decrease than for any month in 1946 .
Output of leaded tin bronze decreased 615 tons or. 33 percent and that of high - leaded
tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) dropped 392 tons or 14 percent. Production of the other two
types of high - leaded tin bronze , ( 75-5-20) and ( 84-6-8-2 )., increased .409. tons and
326 tons respectively, and that of leaded semired brass rose 382 tons to a total of
5,998 tons ,
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Stocks Meltoc. Stocks

Scrap item Dec. 31 , Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1936 1 Consumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 4,794 2,596 3,541 3,849

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light ... 5,675 5,137 4,895 5,217
Railroad car boxes ... 21 127 45 103
Yellow brass .. 8,285 7,158 6,225 9,218
Fired cartridge cases ... 2,159 476 825 1,810
Auto radiators ( unsweated) ... 1,068 3,374 2,831 1,611
Bronze .... 2,185 2,823 2,549 2,459
Nickel silver .. 1,126 312 345 1,093
Low brass .... 342 307 228 221
Aluminum bronzei . 364 18 47 335
Low - grade scrap and residues . 10,576 4,387 5,495 9.478
To tal copper-base scrap 41,631 37,176 36,942 41,865

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January 1947 , at secondary copper" smelters , gross weight , in short tons .

Kind of ingot Dec. 31 Production to Jan. 31 ,
1946 1). ; consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. 1,580 1,999 1,969 1,609

Leaded tin bronze ( 99-6-13-4 ) 1,215 1,265 1,507 973
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 4,174 11,442 10,982 4,634
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) 2,023 5,998 5,401 2,620
High- leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 1,427 2,328 2,00l 1,674
( 84-6-3-2) .. 361 1,075 912 524
( 75-5-20 ) ... 392 883 816 459
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30) .. 1,436 2,054 1,979 1,511
Manganese bronze .. 1,576 1,039 1,201 1,414
Aluminum bronze .... 344 213 152 405
' Nickel silver .. 490 620 504 606
Low brass ..... 125 192 207 110
Silicon bronze ... 257 198 210 245
Miscellaneous .. 218 597 313 502
Total brass and bronze ingots . 16,135 30,836 29,106 ( 17,265

Refined copper consumed in copper- base alloys 3,503
copper-base alloys - 1,663
purchased copper -base scrap 29,930
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FEBRUARY BRASS INGOT PRODUCTION MAINTAINED AT JANUARY LEVEL
Total brass ingot production in February was 23,983 short tons compared with
30,836 tons in January , according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department
of the Interior . The 6 percent decrease was due to the shorter month because the
daily rate of production was greater in February . The level of activity in the
second ary copper industry was high considering that cold weather and snow slowed
movement of scrap and caused a shortage of natural gas in fabricating plants and
smel ters using that fuel . Copper and brass scrap prices weakened slightly , partly
because the flow of industrial scrap was increasing and partly because buyers were
loath to acquire material which was difficult to handle during the bad weather ,
Decreases in consumption , ranging from 6 percent in No. 2 wire , mixed heavy,

and light copper to 10 percent in auto radiators , were registered in the five
largest copper and brass scrap items in February. Consumption of radiators had
been increasing in recent months and the trend should continue as more old auto
mobiles are replaced with new ones , The biggest tonnage decreases were 660 tons
or 7 percent in composition scrap and 576 tons or 9 percent in yellow brass . Con
sumers' receipts of scrap were approximately the same as their consumption , which
totaled 34,107 tons ,
There were four sizeable decreases in production of individual types of brass

ingot in February and one large increase ., The decreases
decreases were
were :: leaded semired
brass , 1,181 tons ; miscellaneous or stock ingot , 432 tons ; hardeners , 262 tons ;
and high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) , 253 tons . The corresponding production
of the sc itoms was 4,817 tons , 165 tons , 572 tons , and 2,075 tons , respectively .
Output of leaded tin bronze incrcased 463 tons to 1,728 tons , which only partly
offset a January decrease of 615 tons , Production of composition ingot was nearly
the same as in January .

White Verrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap in
February 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight , in short tons .
Stocks Meltid Stciis

Scrap item Jan. 31 , Receipts ; or Feb. 2 '
1947 1 / consumed
No. I wire and heavy .... 3,340 3,016 3,272 3,5 € /

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light.. 5,914 5,033 4,633 , 78
Composition or soft red brass .. 5,559 10,015 9,265
Railroad car boxes .... 103 | 2 - 79 12 12
Yellon brass ..... 8,331 5,626 5,629 1,30 €
Fired cartridge cases .. 1,810 326 569 1,567
Auto radiators ( unsweeted) 1,613 2,994 2,548 2,012
Bronze ... 2,459 2,992 2,514 2,237
Nickel silver ... 1,075 407 332 1,150
Low brass .... 421 301 253 465
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 2516 3,364 5,059 2,52 ).
Total copper-base scrap 40,977 34,959 34,107 40,929
1 Revised figures .
2 ) Negative receipts indicatcs shipments greater than receipts .
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass inɛot in

February 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight , in short tens
Stocks Shipments Sticks ,

Kind of ingot Jan. 31 , Production to b . 23 ,
1947 consumers 14 ?
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,609 2,069 1,820 1,458

Leaded tin bronże ( 88-6-13-4 ) 973 1,728 1,409 1,292
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 4,634 11,429 10,942 , 121
Leaded semired brass ( 31-3-7-9) 2,620 4,817 4,109 . 3,529
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( 84-6-8-2 ) . 522 1,017 723 003
( 75-5-20) . 459 907 088 37?
Leaded, yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ... 1,511 2,123 1,665 29
Manganese bronze , 1,414 1,091 1,273 22
Aluminum brcnzc ... 405 1ll 166 30
Nickel silver ... 606 521 443 594
Low brass ... 110 151 113 178
Silicon bronze .. 245 156 163 233
Conductor bronze . 62 51 55
Hardeners and special alloys . 517 . 572 590 499
Miscellaneous.. 502 165 222 44,5

Miscellaneous copper products, produced 2,239
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys - 1,340
copper- base alloys 1,614
Net total second ry recovery from
purchased copper- basc scrap 29,268
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BRASS INGOT PRODUCTION LITTLE WIG II RCH 1947
Secondary copper smelters produced 29,204 short tons of brass ingot in March ,
total was slightly more than that for February but was spread out over a longer
month , Early in March , two leading refiners raised their selling price of electro
lytic copper from 19.50 to 21.50 cents a pound , delivered Connecticut Valley , and
the increase soon became general, As a result , prices of copper scrap and brass
ingot were also increased but this did not cause ingot makers in general to increas
their stocks of scrap or to speed up their operations .
Consumption of No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light copper scrap increased 25
percent to 5,779 tons in March and that of yellow brass 14 percent to 6,442 tons .
Use of composition scrap advanced a modest 4 percent and there were moderate in
creases in the consumption of several other items . These increases were partly off
set by a 1,724-ton decrease in the treatment of residue scrap and a 344 -ton decline
in use of No. 1 wire and heavy copper . Total copper -base scrap consumption by sec
ondary copper smelters was 34,980 tons compared with 34,107 tons in February .
The variations in production of the different types of ingot.in March were not
as large as those in scrap consumption , the largest being an increase of 682 tons ir.
output of leaded red brass ingot to a total of 12,1ll tons and a rise of 312 tons or
18 percent in production of leaded tin bronze . Output of miscellaneous ingot in
creased over 300 percent , but this classification includes stock ingot and a number
of types which are not readily reported under groups more definitely specified in
the form , Sizable decreases occurred in March in the production of some of the
popular kinds of ingot , including 412 tons in leaded semired brass , 266 tons in
( 84-6-8-2) ingot and 205 tons in ( 80-10-10) .
Consumption of copper -base scrap by all consumers in the first quarter of 1947
totaled 379,256 tons, representing an increase of 64,596 tons over the total for the
final quarter of 1946. Factors in this rise were the increased consumption of re
sidues and unalloyed scrap by the 14 primary copper plants which use scrap, and in
creased use of yellow brass scrap by brass mills . The primary producers consumed
39,728 tons of unalloyed scrap in the first quarter of 1947 or 91 percent more than
they did in the last quarter of 1946 , and 79,454 tons of residues , or 83 percent
more than in the final quarter of 1946 . While these increases were occurring, con
sumption of unalloyed copper scrap by secondary copper smelters , most of which are

Shite Nerrill , Chief , Metal Economics Division, Economics and Statistics Branch .
ingot makers , was decreasing 9 percent .The only item to register an appreciable
decrease in total consunption was fired cartridge cases , treatment of which declined
from 22,084 tons to 15,256 toris .
All of the scrap treated by the primary producers , with the exception of a few
thousand tons consuned in chemicals , was used to make refined copper , production of
which increased from 24,536 tons in the last 3 months of 1946 to 65,356 tons in the
first quarter of 1947. Only 1,787 tons of the latter amount was produced by secon
dary smelters . Production of brass ingot declined 7 percent to 89,023 tons in the
first quarter , but output of the other major items increased .

march 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight , in short tons

Scrap item Feb , 28, Receipts or Mar. 31 ,
1947 consumed 1947
No , I wire and heavy 3,584 2,319 2,928 2,975

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 6,338 5,133 5,779 5,692
Coposition or soft red brass .. 1 /6,163 9,768 9,625 6,306
Yellow brass ....
1 / 8,452 6,694 6,442 8,704
Fired cartridge cases . 1,567 351 670 1,248
Auto radiators ( unsweated) . 2,059 3,715 2,861 2,913
Bronze ... 2,937 2,955 2,686 3,206
Nickel silver .. 1,150 274 325 1,099
Low brass , ... 469 248 293 424
Aluminun bronze , 11 352 13 10 355
Low - grade scrap and residues . 7,821 3,259 3,335 7,745
Total copper - base scrap 1/40,904 34 ; 767 34,980 40,691
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in March 1947 , at secondary copper smolters , gross weight ,
in short tons

Kind of ingot Feb. 28 Production to liar , 31 ,
1947 consumers 1047
Tin bronze ( 32-10-2 ) 1,858 2,060 1,96 € 1,950
ini tin bronze (88-6-11-4 ) . 1,292 2,040 2,046 1,286
In de red brea ? 155-5--5.- 5) 5,121 12,111 12,834 5,378
Leaderi sumir o brass ( 7-7-9) 3,328 4,405 4,842 2,892
High - eaded tin brc.2017-10-10 ) . 1,652 1,870 1,899 1,623
11-8-2 ) 808 751 824 735
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Leaded yell w brass (66 .. 1.3.30 ) . , 1 2,084 2,128 2,407 1,705
Manganese bionde , 1,232 1,172 1,039 1,365
Aluninun bronze oursos 350 73 117 306
Nick silver 684 239.. 263 660
Lor brass 148 189 1:50 187
Silicon dron 0,000 ! . 238 269 230 277
Conductor bronze . . 28 72 49 51
Hardeners and social alloys. 290 499 503 495
Miscellanecus , . , 1/ 330 696 633 393
Total brass and bronze ingcts .. 20,30 29,204 29,410 19,24

Wiscollaneous copper products produced ... 2,931
Refinca compor consumed in copper - base alloys .. 1,217
basc alloys.. - 1,225
et total secondary recovery from
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Table 3. Stocks of purchased copper - base scrap huld by all consumers ,

gross weight, in short tons
Scrap item January 1 , March 31 ,

1947 ? 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy . 14,270 12,130

No. 2 wire , mixud heavy and light . 6,612 7,152
Composition or soft red brass.., 7,377 9,141
Railroad car boxes . 4,486 2,398
Ycllow brass... 23,229 29,654
Fired cartridge cases .. 5,116 6,681
Auto radiators (unsweated) 1,063 2,919
Bronze .... 4,165 5,099
Nickel silver .... 1,897 1,356
Low brass .. 1,286 1,029
Aluminum bronze ...... 441 412
Low - grade scrap and residues..... 45,112 50,572
Total copper -basc scrap 115,663 129,073
11 Reviscd figures. Includes cnly companies reporting on a monthly basis .

Pabie 4. Consumption of purchased copper-base scrap in
first quarter of 1947 , gross weight , in short tons
Remelters , smelters Brass mills ,

New Old New old used
10 , I wire and heavy 35,125 ! 13,2646 2,721 4,324 55,416

10. 2 wire , mixed heavy , and light .: 1,816 14,565 6,037 1,557 23,975
Coposition or soft red brass . 13,064 15,753 4,609 5,040 38,466
Abroad car boxes..... 83 13,671 13,754
Ylow brass . 4,892 13,424 86,061 3,054 107,430
Fireu cartridge cases. ... 15 2,049 13,192 15,256
Bronz ... 1,317 6,432 557 3,095 11,401
Micael silver . 320 682 3,377 33 4,412
Lon brass .... 534 190 6,016 204 6,994
Aluminum brorze .. 8 73 48 38 167
Low -grade scrap and residues ... 41,931 51,402 378 93,711
Table 5 . Consumption of refined copper in first

quarter of 1947 , in short tons.
Total
Item January February March first
quarter
Catriodes ... 9,399 7,909 7,515 24,823

Wira bers .. 52,154 4,8,747 50,491 151,392
Ingot and Ingot Ears . 22,807 15,593 17,110 55,510
Cakes and Slabs .. 21,835 19,494 17,601 58,930
Billets .... 13,240 12,828 12,068 38,136
Ctrer ... 18 17 18 53
Total 119,453 107,588 104,303 328,844

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in first quarter of 1947 , gross weight , in short tons

produced
Tin bronze ( 83–10–2 ) . 6,127

Leaded tin brorze (85-6-11-4 )..... 5,033
Leeded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 34,982
ieaued seired brass ( 61-3-7-9 ) . 15,220
High - leadei tin bronze ( 80–10-10 ) .... 6,273
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,843
( 75-5-20 ) .. 2,420
Leaded yellow brass ( óó - 1-3-30 ) . 6,305
..anese bronze . 3,302
Alu irun bronze ...... 397
Nickel silver ........ 1,380
Low Ora3s .. 532
Silicori bronze ... · 623
.

Hardeners and special alloys , 1,905
wiscellaneous ... 1,458
Total brass and bronze ingots .... 89,023
Gross weight of
Other products from secondary metal
copper -base scrap recovered
Electrolytic grade copper ... 65,356

Cooper and brass ponder and granulated
material ... 1,016
Brass mill products 1 / ... 116,030
· Copper in chemical products . 4,897
Copper in iron and steel .. (2)
Brass and bronze castings ..... 34,211
1 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .

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BRASS INGOT IN APRIL 1947
Production of brase ingot decreased 7 percent to 27,137 short . tons in April ,

according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . On
April 3 prices of the 20. 10-10 and 88-10--2 groups of ingot were raised one - half to
2 cents per pound because of the increase in the price of grade A tin to 80 cents .
About April 21. horever , the weak market for brass ingot in general , caused a de
crease of about a cent a pound in most types . Brass scrap prices declined in com
pany with those for ingot but the demand for unalloyed copper scrap by refiners
remained strong .
Total copper-hase scrap consumption by ingot makers amounted to 32,978 tons

in April compared with 34,980 tons in March . The greatest decreases were in un
alloyed copper scrap , use of No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light declining 1,324 tons
or 23 percent ; that of No. I wire and heavy falling 615 tons or 21 percent . Con
sumption of composition scrap decreased 518 tons but only 5 percent . Treatment of
low - grade scrap and residues by secondary smelters increased 1,001 tons to total
4,336 tons for the month . Consumption of unalloyed scrap , refinery brass and re
sidues by the primary producers who use scrap in addition to ore and concentrates ,
was large but data from these plants are available only on a quarterly basis .
Output of leaded tin bronze decreased 31 percent to 1,403 tons in April and
that of tin bronze 13 percent to 1,790 tons but production of high - leaded tin
bronze ( 80-10-10 ) increased 12 percent to 2,087 tons . Production of composition
ingot , the type most used , decreased in the same' ratio as the total ingot output,
falling to 11,206 tons in April ,

April 1947 , at secondary copper smelters, gross weight, in short tons .
Scrap item March 31 , Receipts : or April 30 ,
1947 consumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 2,975 2,221 2,313 2,883

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light. 5,692 3,799 4,455 5,036
Yellow brass .... 8,704 5,985 6,281 8,408
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Fired cartridge ases . 1,248 144 . 373 1,019
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,913 2,806 2,715 3,004
Bronze ... 3,206 2,881 2,785 3,302
Nickel silver . 1,099 187 211 1,075
w brass ..... 424 234 ! 312 346
Aluminum ' bronze .. 355 1 / -85 36 234
Low-grade scrap and residues . 7,745 3,269 4,336 6,678
Total copper -base scrap 40,691 .30,897 32,978 38,610
1/ Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .

April 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight, in short tons
Stocks1 / Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot March 31 , Production to April 30 ,
1947 consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 68-10-2 ) 1,766 1,790 1,878 1,678

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-42 ) 1,286 1,403 1,419 1,270
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 5,405 11,206 10,850 5,761
Leaded semired brass (81-3--7--9 ) .. 2,899 4,413 4,432 2,880
Hign -- leaded tin bronze ( 80-10--10 ) .. 1,626 2,087 2,022 1,691
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 735 701 640 796
( 75-5-20 ) ... 402 724 642 484
Nickel silver 660 428 403 685
Low brass ... 186 237 193 230

Total brass and bronze ingots . 19,666 27,137 26,620 20,183

Primary coppser consumed in copper -base alloy -740
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Miscellaneou raw materials consumed in

copper -base alloys -1,118
copper-base scrap 27,394
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BRASS INGOT IN MAY 1947
The decline in output of brass ingot which had begun in April was accelerated
in May , according to the Bureau of Mines , 'United States Department of the Interior .
Production totaled 23,781 short tons in the latter month compared with 27,137 tons
in April and 29,204 tons in March . Prices for brass scrap and for ingot continued
to decline but purchase and consumption of unalloyed copper scrap , refinery brass
and residues by refiners continued high because the price of copper held firm .
Consumption of the major copper and brass scrap items by ingot makers decreased
in May , treatment of composition scrap falling 1,640 tons or 18 percent , that of No.
2 wire, mixed heavy and light copper scrap 576 tons or 13 percent , and use of bronze
scrap 453 tons or 16 percent , Consumption of auto radiators decreased 5 percent to
2,573 tons but was nevertheless well above that for any month of 1946. Treatment of
low grade scrap and residues , which had increased to 4,336 tons in April , fell back
to 3,462 tons in May . Consumption by secondary smelters of all types of copper - base
scrap totaled 28,495 tons in May compared with 32,978 tons in April .
The May reduction in output of brass ingot was reflected in all the leading
types, production of No. l.composition declining 15 percent or 1,638 tons, that of
leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) 11 percent or 484 tons and that of 80-10-10 ingot
22 percent or 453 tons. Stocks of ingot in the hands of producers increased over
2,000 tons but their scrap inventories declined from 38,610 tons in April to 34,021
tons at the end of May .

White Merrili , Chief, Metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap in
May 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , gross weight, in short tons .
Scrap item April 30 , Receipts or May 31 ,
1947 consumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 2,883 1,368 1,945 2,306
: Composition or soft red brass .. 6,595 6,801 7,467 5,929
Yellow brass .. 8,408 5,086 5,775 7,719
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Fired cartridge cases . 1,619 253 443 829
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 3,004 2,354 2,573 2,785
Bronze .... 3,302 1,895 2,332 2,865
Nickel silver . 1,075 275 341 1,009
Low brass ..... 346 273 222 397
Low- grade scrap and residues . 6,678 2,877 3,462 6,093
Total copper - base scrap .... 38,610 23,906 28,495 34,022

May 1947,, at secondary copper smelters , gross weight , in short tons .
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Kind of ingot ; April 30,1 Production to May 31 ,
1947 consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10--2 ) ... 1,678 1.495 1,246 1,927

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 5,761 9,568 8,753 6,576
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,880 3,929 3,319 3,490
High --leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,691 1,634 1,429 1,896
( 84-6-8-2 ) 796 517 431 882
( 75-5-20 ) 484 651 583 552
252 115 129 238
Aluminum bronze .
Nickel silver ... 685 489 372 802
Low brass .. 230 145 131 244
Hardeners and special alloys ... 376 462 362 476
Miscellaneous .... 372 181 187 366
Total brass and bronze ingots.... 20,183 23,781 21,471 22,493

Miscellaneous copper products product.d . 2,195
Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys . -1,204
base alloys ... -1,178
copper - base , scrap ... 23 , 594
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The sharply declining trend in production of brass ingot which began in April ,
continued in June according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the
Interior . The price of copper , firm in April and May, fell to 213 cents a pound
early in June and brass ingot prices , which had been declining steadily experienced
a further decrease of more than a cent a pound in the latter part of the month . In
got production decreased 16 percent to 19,863 short tons in June and consumption of
copper -base scrap by ingot makers declined 11 percent to 25,380 tons .
The decrease in scrap consumption was chiefly in the brass and bronze items,
as use of No. 1 wire and heavy copper scrap increased 217 tons to a total of 2,162
tons and treatment of low grade copper -bearing scrap and residues increased 276 tons
to 3,738 tons . Consumption of composition scrap decreased 17 percent or 1,273 tons ,
that of yellow brass 16 percent or 944 tons , and treatment of auto radiators de
clined 30 percent or 778 tons .
Most of the leading types participated in the 16 percent decrease in total

output of brass ingot, the declines ranging from 180 tons or 9 percent in leaded
yellow brass scrap to 2,116 tons or 22 percent in composition scrap . The only note
worthy increase in production was 228 tons or 21 percent in manganese bronze .
The figures for the second quarter of 1947 are not strictly comparable to those
for the first quarter because brass foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers were
not asked to report on a monthly basis after the March reports were filed . Total
stocks of scrap at the end of the second quarter show a 26 percent increase , chief
ly because of the rise in stocks of refinery brass and residues in the hands of
primary refiners . The increase in stocks of yellow brass scrap is attributable to
brass mill purchases. Total copper-base scrap inventories of brass ingot makers
decreased about 20 percent during the second quarter while those of the primary pro
ducers increased about 80 percent .
The absence of foundry reports accounts for the low consumption figure for
railroad - car boxes in the second quarter . Although it is not ascertainable from the
table primary producers consumed il percent more scrap in the second quarter of the
year than in the first . They produce most of the secondary refined copper ; output
of this item increased from 65,356 tons in the first quarter to 74,236 tons in the
second . The abnormal increase in production of casting copper for the second quar
ter occurred because one plant which ordinarily makes copper shot , and from that
copper sulfate, sold some copper shot instead of converting it to sulfate .
White Merrill, Chief, metal Economics Division , Economics and Statistics Branch .
June 1947, at secondary copper smelters , gross weight, in short tons
Scrap item tay 31 , Receipts or June 30 ,
1947 consumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,306 1,914 2,162 2,058
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light ... 3,835 2,921 3,872 2,884
Coinposition & soft red brass ... 5,929 6,515 6,194 6,250
Railroad-car boxes .. 33 33 29 37
Yellow brass .... 7,719 4,815 4,831 7,703
Cartridge cases . 829 729 472 1,086
Auto radiators (Unsweated ). 2,785 1,642 1,795 2,632
Bronze .... 2,865 1,907 1,772 3,000
Nickel silver .... 1,009 355 240 1,124
Low brass ... 397 148 268 277
Low - grade scrap and residues. 6,093 3,301 3,738 5,656
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipnents of brass ingot in

June 1947, at secondary copper smelters , gross weight in short tons
Kind of ingot May 31 , Production to June 30 ,
1947 consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 81)-10-2 ) ... 1,927 1,074 1,113 1,888

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ) . 1,287 923 1,005 1,205
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ). 6,576 7,452 7,289 6,739
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ... 3,490 3,097 2,899 3,688
High leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 1,896 1,594 1,542 1,948
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 862 383 344 921
( 75-5-20 ) .. 552 702 635 619
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ... 2,118 1,837 1,792 2,163
Nickel silver . 802 348 419 731
Low brass ... 244 87 89 242
Conductor bronze .. 37 67 : 59 45
Hardeners & special alloys .... 476 442 413 505
Miscellaneous copper products produced .. 2,741
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys . 813
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Table 3. Stocks of purchased copper -base scrap held by companics
reporting on a monthly or quarterly basis , gross weight, in short tons
Scrap item January 1 , March 31 , June 30 ,
1947 1 / 1947 1947 2 /
No. I wire and heavy .... 14,270 12,130 7,970
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and licht... 6,612 7,152 4,063
Railroad - car boxes . 4,486 2,398 37
Yellow brass ... 23,829 29,654 36,657
Cartridge cases .. 5,116 6,681 9,857
Au to radiators ( unsweated ) . 1,068 . 2,919 2,632
Bronze .. 4,168 5,099 3,062
Nickel silver .. 1,897 1,856 1,903
Low brass .. 1,286 1,029 845
Lour- grade scrap and residues .. 45,113 50,572 89,101 ,
Total copper -base scrap 115,663 129,073 162,646

1) Revised figures .
Not strictly comparable because foundries reported on a monthly basis only up to
March 31 .
Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper -base scrap in

second quarter of 1947 , gross weight, in short tons
Femelters , smelters Brass mills Total
and refiners and scrap
Scrap itcm chemical plants used
NEW I Old New Old
No. I vire and heavy .. 38,022 15,044 2,521 3,089 58,676

No. 2 wire , nixed heavy , & light 1,747 16,385 5,850 1,345 25,327
Composition or soft red brass .. 10,083 1 12,684 525 23,292
Railroad - car boxes ... 108 108
Yellow brass .. 4,900 12,176 73,052 210 90,338
Cartridge cases ... 16 1,272 342 10,369 11,999
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 7,084 7,084
Bronze .... 984 5,903 269 7,156
Nickel silver ... 142 650 3,773 27 4,592
Low brass .. 674 129 4,780 5,583
Low - grade scrap and residues. 44,033 47,704 91,737
Total copper-base scrap . .

100,605 119,209 91,157 15,040 326,011
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Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in the first half of 1947 , by companics
reporting on a monthly or quarterly basis , in short tons
Total Total
Item April May June second first
quarter ) / half
Cathodes ... 6,794 6,574 5,641 19,0T , 4 ;L,
Wire bars .... 49,796 45,043 47,918 142,757 294,149
Ingot and ingot bars .. 13,294 12,636 9,704 35,634 91,144
Cakes and slabs .. ..
20,982 .18,478 17,462 56,922 115,852
Billets ... 11,693 11 , 570 12,055 35,318 73,454
Other .... 37 l 7 45 98
Total ... 102,596 94,302 92,787 289,685 618 , 529
1 / Not strictly comparable to first quarter figures because foundries reported on !
a monthly basis only up to march 31 . 1
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Table 6 . Production of secondary copper and copper -alloy products
in first half of 1947 , gross weight , in short tons

First Second First
Brass and bronze ingots quarter quarter half
1947 1947 1947
Tin or nie ( 88-1: -2 ) .... 6,127 4,329 10,456

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ) 5,033 3,570 8,603
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 34,982 27,841 62,823
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .... 15,220 11,440 26,660
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10) .. 6,273 5,267 11,540
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 2,843 1,601 4,444
( 75-5-20 ) .. 2,420 2,030 4,450
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . 6,305 5,798 12,103
Manganese bronze .. 3,302 3,612 6,913
Nickel silver .. 1,380 1,263 2,643
Low brass ... 532 470 1,002
Silicon bronze .... 623 432 1,055
Hardeners and special alloys. 1,905 1,275 3,180
Miscellaneous . 1,458 588 2,046
Total brass and bronze ingots.. 89,023 70,121 159,144

Other products from First Second First
copper - base scrap quarter quarter half
1947 1947 1947
Electrolytic grade copper .. 65,356 74,236 139,592

Casting copper .. 915 2,265 3,18
lated material .... 1,016 ( 2) (2)
Brass mill products 1/ ...... 116,030 104,236 220,266
Copper in chemical products ... 4,897 4,491 9,388
Copper in iron and steel ..... (2) (2) (2)
Brass and bronze castings . 34,211 (3 ) (3 )
1 ) Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .

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Output of brass ingot continued to decline in July , falling perdent to

16,393 short tons , according to the Bureau of lines, United States Department of
the Interior . às in previous months of the decline , ingot makers ' stocks of
copper-base scrap decreased , but this time only about 2 percent , In wril , l'ay
and June decreases in prices for copper -base scrap and brass ingot had accompanied
lowered output but in the latter part of July increases in scrap prices caused a
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The 3,596 - ton decrease in total copper -base scrap consumption was most appar
ent in residues , use of which declined 31 percent , and yellow brass , consumption
of which fell 25 percent . Treatinent of No. 1 wire and heavy scrap decreased from
2,162 tons in June to 1,726 tons in July and that of No. 2 wire , m.lxed heavy and
light copper scrap from 3,872 tons to 3,222 tons . These figures do not include
scrap used by primary refiners who are large consumers of refinery brass , unalloyed ,
and residue scrap but who report on a quarterly basis only.
Percentage declines in production of ingot were greatest in yellow brass and
manganese bronze alloys , 60 percent in the case of the former and 39 percent in
the latter . Output of leaded somired brass totaled 2,247 tons in July compared
with 3,097 in June , and that of No. I composition ingot 6,511 tons in July com
pared with 7,452 tons in tho previous month .
Taslo 1 . Composition and stocks of purchased copper -nase scrap in
July 1947 , at secondary smeltcrs . Gross vieight in short tons .
Stocks Delted Stocks
Scbap item June 30 , Reccipts or July 31 ,
1947 consumed 1942
Ho . lire and heavy 2,058 2,141 1,726 2,473
No , 2 wir , mixed heavy & light ... 2,884 3,774 3,222 3,436
Railroad - car boxes .. 37 16 26 37
Yellon brass . 7,703 3,477 3,621 7,559
Cartridge cases .... 1,086 342 3830 1,048
Auto radiators ( unstcated) 2,632 1,477 1,691 2,418
Bronze 3,000 1,608 1,931 2,677
Siakol silver 1,124 173 278 1,019
Low brass 277 172 191 257
Los - grade scrap and residues 5,655 2,351 2,567 5,440
Total copper- base scrap 32,932 21,294 21,784 32,442

July 1947 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Shin onts Stocks
Kind of ingot June 30 , .Production to July 31 ,
1947 Consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 93-10-2 ) 1,883 1,180 1,120 1,948
Leaded tin bronzo ( 88-6-1-4) 1,205 842 891 1,156
Icedod red brass ( 25-5-5-5 ) 6,739 6,511 6,966 6,284
Leaded senired brass ( 81-3-7-9) 3,688 2,247 2,706 3,229
High - leeded tin bronzo ( 80-10-10 ) 1,948 1,590 1,756 1,772
( 84-6-3-2 ) 921 405 499 € 27
( 775-5-20 ) 619 737 550 806
Leaded yello" brass (66-1-3-30 ) 2,163 1729 932 1,960
Hanganese bronze 1,520 815 958 1,377
Nickel silvr 731 375 272 834
LOW DIS3 ..... 212 129 163 208
Conductor bronze 45 56 52 49
Hardoners special alloys 505 297 355 447
Total brass and bronze ingots .. 23,048 16,393 17,791 21,650
Miscellaneous coopcr products produced 1 , E46
Refined copper consumed in copper-baso
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BRASS INGOT IN UGUST 1947
.The decline in output of brass ingot which had continued for 4 months was
arrested in August , when production increased 19 percent to 19,539 short tons ,
according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the Interior ,
Ingot makers ' copper - base scrap consumption increased by the same percentage
as ingot output . Receipts of scrap were 2,062 tons less than consumption so
that stocks declined to 30,380 tons. Scrap was not plentiful in the dealers '
markets and prices edged upward .
The largest increase in scrap consumption in August was 1,247 tons in yel
low brass , the second largest item. Use of composition scrap, the largest item,
increased from 6,148 tons in July to 6,938 tons in August, Unalloyed copper
scrap items also registered good increases , consumption of No. 2 wire , mixed
heavy and light rising from 3,222 tons in July to 4,186, tons in August and that
' of'No . 1 wire and heavy from 1,726 tons in July to 2,138. tons in the succeeding
month . Sizable increases also occurred in the treatment of all other major
items .
Production of compositior. ingot , the most popular type , increased 1,256

tons or 19 percent in nugust and that of Leaded yellow brass , 997 tons or 137
percent . The only other large increases in output were 552 tons to a total of
2,132 tons in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) and 383 tons to a total of 2,630
tons in leaded semired 'brass , Production of high - leaded tin bronze ( 75-5-20)
decreased 422 tons or 57 percent .
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; 0 , H wire and heavy 2,473 1,919 2,138 2,254
So. 2 wire , mixed heavy : Itetit 2,436 2,436 4,168 3.338
Composition or soft red brass 5,232 805 936 650
sailroad -car boxes 37 16
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Yellow brass 7,559 4,634 868 1,325
Cartridge cases 1,04 € 486 312 1,222
auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,418 1,565 2,918 2,085
Bronze 2,677 1,662 2,087 2,232
Nickel silver : 1,019 194 177 2,036
Lov brass 257 229 201 285
Low grade scrap and residues 5,440 3, 134 2,974 5,600
Total copper -base scrap 32,442 23,756 25,818 30, 380
17 regative receipts indicata shiomento reater than receipts ,
Table 2. Stocks , produetion , and shiments of brass tagot in jurust

1947, at secondary copper Onelters, Grass zeight in short tons ,
Kind of ingot July 31, to Aug. 31,
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Tin bronze ( 80-10-2 ) 1 , 948 75

1,2929 1,374 1,849
Leaded tin bronze (18-6-1-51-4 ) 1, 156 1,066 1,019
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5 ) 6,284 7,767 7,637 6,414
Leaded senired brass (81-3-7-9 ) 3,229 2,630 2,898 2,961
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,772 2,132 1,807 2,097
( 4-6-8-2 ) 827 467 448 E46
( 75-5-20 ) 806 315 593 528
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) 1,960 1,726 1,420 2,266
Langanese bronze 1,377 776 958 1,195
Aluminun bronze 284 90 135 239
Low brass 208 220 172 256
Hardeners & special alloys 447 419 423 443
iscellaneous 281 254 290 245
Total brass bronze ingots 21,650 19,539 19,756 21,433

l'iscellaneous copper products produced 2,176
Refined copper consumed in copper -base
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Miscellaneous raw materials consumed
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BRASS INGOT IN SEPTEMBER 1947

The August output of brass ingot , 19 percent higher than in the previous
month , was maintained in September when production totaled 19,554 short tons ,
according to the Bureau of Vines , United States Department of the Interior . This
total was virtually the same as that for August but consumption of copper - base
scrap by secondary smelters was 3 percent or 885 tons higher, The increased
consumption occurred in low grade scrap and emerged in miscellaneous copper
products , the most important of which were refined copper and brass mill billets .
So few secondary smelters refine copper that it is necessary to include data for
that material in the miscellaneous category of the monthly table to avoid reveal
ing operations of individual companies . Most refined copper is produced by pri
mary plants which report on a quarterly basis only and for that reason the
greater part of the refined copper production appears only in the quarterly
figures ,
Trade papers reported the market for non - ferrous scrap metals as being dull
in most sections in September but this was based on dealers ' statements rather
than on secondary smelters' purchases ofAround
or 26 percent greater than in august .
copperthe
-base scrap , which were 6,262 tons
middle of the month some , but
not all , producers made reductions in prices for brass ingot ranging up to a cent
a pound .
Although total brass ingot production was about the same in September as in
August the September outputs of several types varied considerably from those of
the previous month . Production of leaded semired brass increased 26 percent and
of leaded tin bronze 35 percent but decreases in outputs of tin bronze , high
leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) and leaded yellow brass counterbalanced the gains .
The statistics for the third quarter of 1947 show that activity decreased
in nearly every category, of consumption and production reaching a low point in
July and recovering somewhat in August and September except that old low - grade
scrap consumption by smelters and refiners increased from 47,704 tons in the
second quarter to 68,609 tons in the third . About 35 percent of the latter
amount was fired cartridge cases from foreign sources which were consumed by the
primary producers and were classed as low - grade scrap because nothing but the
copper was recovered except for whatever zinc could be reclaimed from the flue
dust . The greatest change in production was the decrease in brass mill products
from 104,236 tons in the second to 69,318 tons in the third quarter .
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September 1947, at secondary oopper ; smelters. „ Gross weight, in short tons
Scrap item Aug. 31 , Receipts or Sept. 30 ,
1947 con sumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,254 2,026 1,966 2,314
Composition or soft red brass ..... 4,699 7,422 6,841 5,280
Railroad- car boxes .... 14 32 13 33
Yellow brass , 7,325 5,714 4,403 8,636
Cartridge cases , 1,222 371 402 1,191
nuto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,085 2,181 1,972 2,294
Bronze ... 2,252 2,233 2,216 2,269
Nickel silver .. 1,036 192 307 921
Low brass .. 285 199 200 284
Total copper-base scrap 30,390 30,018 26,703 33,695
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in .

September 1947 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross vieight in short tons
Kind of ingot Aug. 31 , Production to Sept. 30 ,
1947 consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,849 1,094 1,154 1,789
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 6,414 7,558 7,804 6,168
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 2,097 1,494 1,613 1,978
( 84-6-8-2 ) 846 574 599 821
( 75-5-20 ) 528 473 555 446
Manganese bronze ... 1,195 · 959 859 1,295
Aluminum bronze , 239 195 141 293
Nickel silver ... 834 468 331 971
Low brass . 256 95 166 185
Silicon bronze ... 186 219 177 228
Hardeners & special alloys . 443 311 326 428
Miscellaneous , .... 245 170 172 243
Total brass and bronze ingots 21,433 19,554 ! 19,902 21,085

Miscellaneous copper products produced ........ 6 3,728
Refined coppser consumed in copper -base . alloysi . 613
Miscellaneou raw matcrials consumed in copper
base alloys ..... 927
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Table 3. Stocks of purchased copper-base scrap .
Gross weight in short tons .
January 1 , March 31 , June 30 , Sept. 30 ,

Scrap items 1947 1 ] 2 1947 2 1947 3 / 1947 37
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 14,270 12,130 7,970 7,964

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light , 6,612 7,152 4,063 5,275
Railroad - car boxes. 4,486 2,398 37 33
Yellow brass ... 23,8291 38,245
29,654 36,657
Cartridge cases . 5,116 6,681 9,857 10,585
Bronze , .. 4,168 5,099 3,062 2,392
Nickel silver .. 1,897 1,856 1,903 1,847
Low brass .. 1,286 1,029 845 816
Aluminum bronze, 441 442 ..267 309
Total copper-ba se scrap 115,663 129,073 162,646 173,278
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Includes stocks held by all consumers except foundries ,

third quarter of 1947 . Gross weight in short tons .
Remelters , smelters Brass mills Total

Scrap item chemical plants used
New old New Old

No , I wire and heavy .. 23,164 15,265 3,672 : 820 42,921

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , & light 1,738 14,429 3,687 616 20,470
Composition or soft red brass , .. 8,867 11,077 403 20,347
Railroad - car boxes .... --
46 - 46
Yellow brass... 2,557 10,334 44,720 338 57,949
Cartridge cases .. 7 112 7,047 8,253
1,087
Auto radiators ( unsweated) 5,581 5,581
Bronze ... 1,018 5,200 101 6 6,325
Nickel silver .. 190 574 2,957 44 3,765
Low brass... 513 78 3,016 116 3,723
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 24,443 68,609 93,052
Total copper -base scrap .... 62,497 132,302 58,704 8,987 262,490
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Table 5 . Consumption of refined copper in third quarter
of 1947 by all consumers except foundries.
Total
Item July August September third Total. first
quarter nine months
Cathodes.... 3,864 3,167 4,136 11,167 54,999

ire bars ..... 39,959 46,052 49,365 135,376 429,525
Ingot and ingot bars.. 7,385 7,421 8,441 23,247 *114,391
Cakes and slabs . ... 16,412 18,288 18,472 53,172 169,024
Billets ..... 10,140 11,818 12,094 34,052 107,506
Otherio 28 51 50 129 227 :
Total...... 77,788 86,797 92,558 .. 257,143 875,672
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Table 6. Production of secondary copper and copper - alloy
products in third quarter of 1947. Gross weight in short tons .

First Second Third First nine
quarter quarter quarter months
1947 1947 1947 ..1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 6,127 4,329 3,549 14,005

Loaded tin bronze ( 88-6-14-43) 5,033 3,570 3,025 11,628
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) 34,982 27,841 21,836 84,659
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) . 6,273 5,267 5,206 16,746
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 2,843 1 1,601 1,446 5,890
( 75-5-20 ) ... 2,420 2,030 1,525 5,975
Aluminum bronze .. 397 399 428 1,224
Nickel silver . 1,380 1,263 1,144 . 3,787
Low brass ..... 532 470 444 1,446
Silicon bronze .. 623 432 531 1,586
Hardeners and special alloys . 1,905 1,275 1,027 4,207
Miscellaneous . 1,458 588 632 2,678

Other products from First Second i Third First nine
copper - base scrap quarter i quarter quarter | months
1947 1947 1947 1947
Electrolytic grade copper ... 65,356 74,236 63,453 203,045

Casting copper ... 915 2,265 362 3,542
lated material .... 1,016 ( 2) ( 2) ( 2)
Brass mill products l... 116,030 104,236 69,318 289,584
Copper in chemical products. 4,897 4,491 1,768 11,156
Copper in iron and steel .. *( 2 ) ( 2) ( 2) (2 )
Brass and bronze castings..... 34,211 ( 3) ( 3) ( 3)
Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers ,

Insufficient coverage to make possible the publication of this data .
3 Not reported .
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CONSUMERS REPORTS 28 , 29 , 30
CONSUMPTION OF COPPER MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION

OF SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS INGOT IN THE FINAL QUARTER
OF 1947
Production of secondary metal from copper- başę scrap by brass milis, refiners ,
brass ingot makers and chemical plants in the final quarter of 1947 was greater
than in the third quarter but slightly less than in the second , according to the
Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The trend was downward
for the first 7 months of the year and upward for the last 5. The principal groups
using copper and brass scrap are the brass mills which consume chiefly plant scrap
returned to them by fabricators , the primary refiners which consume mostly refinery
brass and low - grade copper bearing material , and the brass ingot makers whose
product is made largely from old bronze , brass, and copper scrap. The brass mill
products totaled 94,403 short tons in the fourth quarter of 1947 compared with
69,318 tons in the third quarter and 104,236 tons in the second . The next largest
producers of secondary copper in the last quarter of 1947 were the primary refiners
which were responsible for most of the 71,305 tons of electrolytic grade copper
produced from scrap in the final 3 months of the year , Comparative figures for the
second and third quarters were 74,236 tons and 63,453 tons respectively. Brass
ingot makers produced 69,434 tons of brass ingot in the last quarter of 1947 ,
70,121 tons in the second and 55,486 tons in the third .
Consumption of copper -base scrap was roughly the same in the fourth quarter as
in the second except that use of yellow brass was 15 percent less , and that of
low - grade scrap 27 percent greater in the fourth quarter . Scrap stocks held by con
sumers , except low - grade scrap , did not vary much during the year .
The figures as presented in the table showing consumption of refined copper for
the first three quarters of 1947 for wire bars are revised , based on data received
subsequent to the time the figures were first published ... Information on consumption
of refined copper was first gathered in 1945 and complete coverage has not yet been
attained . The total quantity used in 1947 is shown as 1,411,952 tons . If the
foundries used 20,000 tons in the 9 months in which they were not covered by the
survey the total quantity used by all consumers would be 1,431,952'.tons. The total
quantity of primary copper withdrawn on domestic account in 1947 as pu lished in
Mineral Market Report MS No. 1582 was 1,290,000 tons , To this should be added
274,350 of secondary refined copper giving a total of 1,564,350 tons which may
be taken as the apparent national consumption . The discrepancy between the two
totals is 132,398 tons but should decrease as coverage improves .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and A. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

October 1947 , at 'secondary.copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Velted Stocks

Scrap item Sept. 30 , Receipts or Oct. 31 ,
1947 Consumed 1947
No. 1 wire and heavy.. 2,314 2,519 2,074 2,759

No 2 wire, mixed heavy & light .. 4,186 6,327 6,019 4,494
Railroad- car boxes ... 33 12 10 35
Yellow brass ... 8,636 5,135 5,902 7,869
Cartridge cases .. 1,191 457 417 1,231
Auto radiators ( Un sweated ) 2,294 2,839 2,550 2,583 .
Bronze ..... 2,269 2,573 2,598 2,244

Nickel silver .. 921 143 178 886
Low brass.... 284 215 255 < 244
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 5,996 4,518 3,571 6,943
Total copper -base scrap ....... 33,695 32,084 31,622 34,157
Table 2. Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot in October

1947, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight short tons .
Kind of ingot Sept. 30 , Production to Oct. 31 ,
1947 Consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,789 1,489 1,457 1,821

Leaded tin bronze(88-6-13-43) . 1,161 1,525 1,426 1,260
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 6,168 9,030 8,616 6,582
Leaded semi-red brass ( 81-3-7-9) 3,033 3,901 3,744 3,190
High leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,978 1., 900 1,645 2,233
( 84-6-8-2 ) 821 574 591 804
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( 75-5-20 ) 246 747 614 579
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Nickel silver . 971 270 451 790
Low brass 185 145 163 167
Hardeners & Special alloys ,. :::::: 428 329 340 417

Refined copper consumed in copper-base
alloys..... -755
in copper - base alloys ... -1,062
purchased copper -base scrap ..... 24,762
1.
2
Table 3 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - ba se scrap in
November 1947 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons
Stocks lelted Stocks
1947 Consumed 1947
No , I wire and heavy ... 2,759 2,677 2,344 3,092
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light. * 4,494 5,751 5,202 5,043
Composition or soft red brass , 4,557 6,717 6,311 4,963
Railroad - car boxes ..... 35 28 21 22
Yellow brass ..... 7,869 5,202 5,025 8,046
Cartridge cases .. 1,231 286 451 1,066
Bronze .... 2,244 2,246 2,270 2,220
Nickel silver ...... 886 310 285 911
Low brass .. 244 293 230 307
Low - grade scrap and residues.. 6,943 5,082 4,398 . 7,627
Total copper -base scrap ..... 34,157 30,590 28,755 35,992
Table 4 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in November

1947, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons
Stocks | Shipments Stocks

1947 Consumers 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,821 1,505 1,268 2,058

Leaded tin bronze (88--6-12-43) . 1,260 1,166 1,524 902
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 6,582 7,428 8,324 5,686
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) 3,190 3,355 3,765 2,780
( 84-6-8-2 ) 804 748 692 860
( 75-5-20) 579 585 545 619
Mangane se bronze . 1,287 1,051 1,090 1,248
Nickel silver . 790 292 267 815
Low brass , .. 167 214 214 167
Conductor bronze . 51 -45 66 30
Hardeners & special alloys .... 417 325 325 417
238 171 195 214
Miscellaneous ..
alloys .... -831
in copper-base alloys .... 961
copper - base scrap .. 21,965
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Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap in
December 1947 , at secondary smelters Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Nov. 30 , Receipts or Dec. 31 ,
1947 Consumed 1947
No 1 wire and heavy... 3,092 2,147 2,508 2,731
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy . & light . 5,043 5,773 5,733 5,083
Composition or soft red brass . 4,96.3 7,658 8,344 4,277
Railroad - car boxes .. 42 * 5. 41 6
Yellow brass ... 8,046 6,254 6,139 8,161
Cartridge cases .. 1,066 458 829 695
Auto radiators ( unsweated) 2,354 2,843. 3,293 1,904
Bronze ... 2,220 2,189 2,686 1,723
Nickel silver ....... 911 456 293 1,074
Low brass ... 307 268 355 420
Aluminum bronze .... 321 11 200 132
Low grade scrap and residues , 7,627 4,246 3,718 8,155
Total copper -base scrap 35,992 32,508 34 ; 139 34,361
Table 6. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in December 1947 ,

at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
T Stocks Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot Nov. 30 , Production to Dec. 31 ,
1947 Consumers 1947
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 2,058 1,487 1,525 2,020

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 ). 902 1,736 1,490 1,148
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5--5 ) . 5,686 10,031 9,815 5,902
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,991 2,248 2,080 2,159
(84-6-8-2 ) 860 762 662 960
( 75-5-20) 619 763 585 797
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .. 1,502 1,847 1,807 1,542
Manganese bronze ... 1,248 1,215 1,107 1,356
Aluminum bronze.. 256 114 112 258
Nickel silver .. 815. 392 417 790
Low brass .... 167 128 176 119
Silicon bronze ... 316 118 169 265
Hardeners and special alloys .. 417 435 423 429
Miscellaneous.... 214 448 488 174

Refined copper consumed in copper - base
allcys ..... -1,503
in copper /base alloys .... -1,274
copper-base scrap . 26,548
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Table 7 . Consumers ' stocks of purchased copper-base scrap .
Gross weight in short tons.
Jan. l ,: March 31 , June 30 , Sept. 30 , Dec. 31 ,
Scrap items 1947 1/2 1947 27' 1947 3 1947 3' 1947 33]
No , I wire and heavy... 14,270 12,130 7,970 7,964 6,529
No. 2 wire , mixed Heavy and light 6,612 7,152 4,063 5,275 6,390
Railroad - car boxes . 4,486 2,398 37 33 6
Yellow brass ... 23,829 29,654 36,657 38,245 37,409
Cartridge cases .. 5,116 6,681 9,857 10,585 9,289
Auto radiators ( un sweated ) 1,068 2,919 2,632 2,294 1,904
Bronze .. 4,168 5,099 : 3,062 2,392 1,831
Nickel silver .. 1,897 1,856 1,903 1,847 1,874
Low brass .. 1,286 1,029 845 816 906
Aluminum bronze .... 441 422 267 309 266
Low - grade scrap and residues ..... 45,113 50,572 89,101 98,181 66,297
1 Revised figures .
Includes stocks held by all consumers .
3 Includes stocks held by all consumers except foundries .
Table 8. Consumption of purchased copper - ' ase scrap in

fourth quarter of 1947. Gross weight in short tons .
Remelters, smelters Brass mills Total

Scrap item and refiners . and scrap
Chemical plants used
New Old New Old

No. 1 wire and heavy .. 24,611 15,255 4,506 1,801 46,173
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy & light 2,279 19,055 5,327 1,899 28,560
Composition or soft red brass .. 9,514 13,165 398 23,077
Railroad - car boxes ..... 72 72
Yellow brass ... 4,141 12,925 59,130 230 76,426
Cartridge cases 9 1,688 198 16,431 18,326
Auto radiators ( un sweated ) 8,047 8,047
Bronze .. 1,446 6,108 139 7,693
Nickel silver .. 128 610 3,584 6 4,348
Low brass ....... 764 77 4,624 5,465
Aluminum bronze .. 10 229 -120 119
Low - grade scrap and residues 30,921 85,948 116,869
Total copper - base scrap : 73,843 : 163,179 77,786 20,367 335,175
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24,823 4,584 3,004 4,392 11,980 66,97
Cathodes 19,009
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75
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Wire 138,6
bars 8,
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,534 7,832 8,224 24,288
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and
Ingots 19,457 226,8
21
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slabs
and
Cakes 58,9
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34,067 13,099 15,182 3
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53 45 129 71 58 52 181
Other
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Table 10 , Production of secondary copper and copper -alloy
products in third quarter of 1947. Gross weight in short tons .

First Second ! Third Fourth Total in
quarter quarter quarter quarter 1947
1947 1947 I 1947 1947
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )...... 6,127. 4,329 3,549 4,481 .

18,486
Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-43 ) 5,033 3,570 3,570 4,427 16,055
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 34,982 ! 27,841 21,836 26,489 1l1,148
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) 15 , 220 11,440 8,186 11,056 45,902
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 6,273 5,267 5,206 5,854 22,600
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,843 1,601 1,446 2,084 7,974
( 75-5-20 ) 2,420 2,030 1,525 2,095 8,070
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) 6,305 5,798 ; 3,792 4,954 20,849
Manganese bronze .... 3 , 302 3,611 2,550 3 , 382 12,845
Aluminum bronze . 397 399 428 379 1,603
Nickel silver .. 1 , 280 1,263 1 1,144 954 4,741
Low brass ... 532 470 444 487 1,933
Silicon bronze ... 623 432 531 558 2,144
Conductor bronze .. .. 223 207 165 222 817
Hardeners and special alloys .. 1,905 1,275 1,027 1,089 5,296
Miscellaneous.... 1,458 588 632 923 3,601
Total brass and bronze ingots 89,023 70,121 55,486 69,434 283,064
Gross veight of secondary metal recovered

Other products from First Second Third | Fourth Total in
copper - base scrap quarter quarter quarter quarter 1947
1947 1947 i 1947 : 1947
Electrolytic grade copper ..... 65,356 74,236 63,453 71,305 274,350

Casting copper ...... 915 2,265 362 474 4,016
Copper and brass powder and
granulated material .. 1,016 (2 ) (2 ) (2) (2 )
Brass mill products 16 ..... 116,030 104,236 69,318 94,403 383,987
Copper in chemical products ... 4,897 4,491 1,768 3,924 15,080
Copper in iron and steel ..... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2 )
Brass and bronze castings .. 34,211 1 (3) ( 3) ( 3) (3)
1 / Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers ,
2) Insufficient coverage to make possible the publication of these data.
3 / Not reported .
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BRASS INGOT IN JANUARY 1948
Output of brass ingot in January 1948 totaled 26,323 short.tons, 2 percent

more than in December but 4,513 tons or 15 percent less than in January 1947 ,
according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior .
Shipments to consumers during the month were 2,396 tons greater than production
causing ingot stocks to decline but scrap stocks increased be cause ingot makers
purchased 1,771 tons more than they used . Consumption of scrap totaled 33,743
tons compared with 36,942 tons in January 1947 , the decline for January 1948 being
due to decreased use of composition and low - grade types of scrap .
Severe winter weather conditions handi capped:scrap metal transportation in

January in northern areas and rising prices of tin and zinc also affected the
market . Refiners and ingot makers increased their prices for copper and brass
scrap early in the month but decreased them later . Prices of ingot also declined
fractionally late in the month . Some brass mills increased the prices of their
products toward the last of the month and this action strengthened the prices
paid for brass mill scrap .
Prepared by helena M. Meyer and A. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill, Chief , Metal Economics Branch, Economics and Statistics Division .
Table 1 . Consumtion and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap in
January 1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
1947 1 ] consumed 1948
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,729 2,309 2,088 2,950

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy d . light 5,102 6,632 6,018 5,716
Composition or soft red brass 4,323 9,731 8,717 5,337
Railroad - car boxes . 6 56 33 29
Yellow brass .... 8,205 6,378 6,479 8,104
Cartridge cases. 705 707 437 975
Auto radiators ( unswea ted )... 1,907 3,236 2,983 2,160
Bronze .. 1,717 2,915 2,654 1,978
Low brass ... 423 181 320 284
Aluminum bronze ....... 132 2 17 117
Low grade scrap and residues ... 8,139 3,042 3,649 7,532
' Total copper -ba se scrap 34,351 35,514 33,743 36,122
1 /Revised figures

January 1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons
1947 1 / consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. 2,021 1,638 1,813 1,846

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 )* 1,152 1,366 1,541 976
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 5,887 10,132 11,282 4,737
Leaded semi red brass (81-3-7-9 ) 2,790 4,368 4,498 2,660
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10–70 ) 2,158 2,393 2,608 1,943
( 84-6-8-2 ) 959 680 8214 795
( 75-5-20 ) 797 1,154 1,443 508
Leaded yellow brașs ( 66-1-3-30 ) 1,549 1,993 1,874 1,668
Aluminum bronze .... 253 132 153 232
Nickel silver .... 789 399 435 753
Low brass... 118 187 197 118
Silicon bronze .. 265 225 225 265
Hardeners & special alloys ..... 429 419 421 427
lliscellaneous .. 175 69 177 67
Total brass and bronze ingot 20,769 26,323 28,719 18,373

Tiscellaneous copper products produced .... 2,770
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys 264
base alloys -1,260
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BRASS INGOT IN FEBRUARY 1948
During February 25,816 short tons of brass ingot and 2,067 tons of unalloyed
copper products were produced by 71 secondary copper smelters , according to the
Bureau of vines, United States Department of the Interior . Ingot output was 2
percent less than in January and 1 percent less than in December . February cop
per - base scrap consumption by these plants was 32,892 tons and their receipts of
Consumers !
scrap were 33,404 tons , resulting in stock increase to 36,634 tons .
stocks of copper base scrap were increasing during the final quarter of 1947 and
the first two months of 1948 but the total on hand at the end of the period was
4,295 tons less than at the end of February 1947.

The winter of 1947-48 was exceptionally cold , Handling and transportation
of scrap metal was hindered and the cold weather reduced the flow of natural gas ,
the fuel used by many smelters . The weather was probably the principal cause of
the fluctuations in supply and prices of brass scrap in February. Brass ingot
prices also fluctuatei , fractionally, although the prices of refined copper , tin ,
lead , and zinc remained firm,

White Merrill , Chief, Metal Economics Branch , Economics and Statistics Division.
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in. February
1948 , at secondary copper smelters.." Cross weight in short tons .

Scrap Item Jan. 31 Receipts or Feb. 29
1948 Consumed 1948
No, I wire and heavy 2,950 2,354 2,629 2,675

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light 5,716 5,390 5,367 5,739
Yellow brass .... 8,104 6,052 5,502 8,654
Cartridge cases.. 975 543 574 944
Auto radiators ( un sweated ) . .
2,160 2,805 2,785 2,180
Bronze .... 1,978 3,049 2,921 2,106
Nickel silver .. 940 300 330 910
Low brass ..... 284 205 204 285
Low grade scrap and residues ... 7.532 3,267 3,540 7259
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in February 1948,

at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons ,
Stocks Shipment Stocks

Kind of Ingot Jan. 31 Production to Feb. 29
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ). 1,846 1,297 1,333 1,810

Leaded tin bronze ( 80-6-14-43). 976 1,447 1,285 1,138
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5- ) , 4,737 10,330 9,712 5,355
Leaded semired brass (81.- 3-7-9- ) . 2,660 3,689 3,559 2,790
2,244 2,175 2,012
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,943
763 666
( 84-6-8-2 ) 795 634
( 75-5-20) 508 1,330 1,019 819
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) 1,668 1,686 1,734 1,620
Aluminum bronze . .
232 269 193 308
Nickei. silver .. 753 480 404 829
Low brass .. , 118 222 175 165
427 468 431 464
Hardeners & special alloys . 163
Miscellaneous 67 191 95
Total brass and bronze ingot 18,373 25., 816 24,179 20,010
Refineä couper consumed in copper - base alloys -171
Miscellaneous may materials consumed in coppert
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CONSUMER REPORT NO : 33

OF SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS INGOT IN THE FIRST QUARTER
OF 1948 .
Consumption of copper and brass scrap in the first quarter of 1948 resulted in
the production of 78,855 short ' tons of brass ingot , 61,886 tons of refined copper ,
107,517 tons of brass mill products and 4,805 tons of miscellaneous products ,
according to the Bureậu of Mines, United States Department of the Interior ;" Con
sumers of this scrap included 71 brass ingot makers., 15 primary plants , 39 brass
mills , and 12 plants which produce copper chemicals , Foundries were not included
because they report on an annual basis only . In the first quarter of 1947, the
latest quarterly period for which reports from foundries were tabulated , they
:: recovered 34,211 tons of secondary metal from copper - base scrap. Wire mills do not
use scrap but they consumed most of the 213,822 tons of wire bars reported used
during the first quarter of 1948 .
Total consumption of scrap by all consumers in the first quarter , 335,946 tons ,
was virtually the same as in the final quarter of 1947 but that of the brass ingot
makers was 7,171 tons or 8 percent more , and that of the brass mills and chemical
plants together 9,321 tons or 9 percent more . These gains in consumption were
offset by the 15,721- ton decrease in use of scrap by the primary producers .
There were some fluctuations in demand for copper-base scrap , but they were
of local and temporary significance because supplies of all major primary metals
were short . Total - stocks of scrap held by all consumers together , declined from
138,312 tons at the end of December to 120,492 tons at the end of March a.lthough
the brass ingot makers increased their scrap inventories 2,845 tons in the same
period .
.
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap in March
1948 , at secondary sommer see literis Gross
; weight in short tons.
Stocks
:) Stoeks ' Melted
Scrap'itėm Feb. 29 , Receipt's or Mar. 31 ,
194808 Consumed 1948
No , I wire and heavy . 2,675 2,335 , 2,386 2,624

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & Tight. 5,739 *** 4,893 5,629 5,063
Composition or soft red brass , ... 5,685 9,503 19,526 5,662
Railroad - car.boxes .. 43 73 86 30
Yellow brass ... 8,654 6,407 6,364 8,697
Cartridge cases . 944 431 621 754
Auto radiator's ( unsweated ) ... 2,180 3,288 2,976 2,492
Bronze ..... 2,106 2,826 2,606 2,326
Nickel silver . 920 287 266 931 ,
Low brassi 285 302 304 283
Aluminym bronze . 154 1 /-13 34 107
Total copper - base scrap . 36,63435,614 35,052 37,196
1 ) Negative receipts indicates shipments greater than receipts.
Table 2 , Stocks , production , and shipments, of brass ingot in March

1948 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons ,

Kind of ingot Feb , 29., Production To Mar. 31 ,
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) 1,810 1,972 1,767 2,015

Leaded tin bronze ( 80-6-17-4 ) .. 1,138 1,491 1,542 1,087
Leaded red brass ( 95-5-5-5 ) .. 5,355. 10,653 i 10,313 5,695 4
Leaded semired brass (31-3-7-9) 2,790 3,653 3,498 2,945

High leaded tin bronze (80-10-10- ) 2,012 1,865 1,903 1,974
(84-6-8-2) 666 741 778 629
( 75-5-20) 819 894 912 801"
Manganese bronze .... 1,523 1,259 1,370 1,412
Nickel silver ... 829 475 387 917
Low brass ... 165 258 215 208
Silicon bronze .. 295 203 192 307
Hardeners & special alloys .. 464 420 410 474
Total brass and bronze ingots , 20,010 26,776 25,871 20,855

alloys .. -245
in copper - base alloys..... -1,098
purchased copper-base scrap ........ 28,745
Table 3. Consumers ' 1 stocks of purchased copper -base scrap.
January 1 , March 31 ,
Scrap items 1948 2 / 1948
No. 1 wire and heavy . 4,713 4,759 ..

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 8,642 7,946
Composition or soft red brass . 4,333 5,662
Railroad - car boxes ..... 6 30 .
Yellow brass , 37,991 33,148
Cartridge cases .. 9,509 6,444
Bronze ..... 1,825 2,384
Nickel silver .. 1,775 1,666 ..
Low brass ,. 910 602
Aluminum bronze ... 266 234
Low - grade scrap and residues... 66,435 55,125
Total copper -base scrap ..... 138,312 120,492
i Includes refiners , brass ingot makers , brass mills , and chemical plants but
not foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers .
2 Revised figures.
first quarter of 1948. Gross weight in short tons .
Brass ingot makers Brass mills Total

Scrap item used
Chemical plants
New old New Old
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 8,145 12,311 4,144 1,841 26,441
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 11,317 24,310 4,909 1,617 42,153
Composition or soft red brass ... 11,693 15,563 302 27,558
Railroad - car boxes ...... 137 137
Yellow brass ..... 4,174 14,173 73,578 278 92,203
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Cartridge cases . 1,632 12,557 14,189

Auto radiators (un sweated ) 8,743 8,743
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Bronze , 1,023 7,152 256 8,431

Nickel silver ... 191 753 ;
3,711 47 4,702
Low brass . 733 96 4,190 5,019
Aluminum bronze ... 61 44 105
Low - grade scrap and residues.... 29,618 76,647 106,265
Total copper - base scrap ....... 66,894 161,578 91,134 16,340 335,946
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Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in first quarter
of 1948 by all consumers except foundries.
Total in
Item January February March first quarter
Cathodes ... 6,407 6,826 7,358 20,591

Sire bars .. 68,952 70,841 74,029 213,822
Ingots and ingot bars . 8,062 9,172 10,900 28,134
Cakes and slabs ...... 16,776 14,895 18,290 49,962
Billets . 13,790 11,456 15,723 40,969
Other .... 4 21 3 28
Total ... 113,991 113,211 126,303 353,505

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Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 4,907

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43) 4,304
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 31,115
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) 11,710
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 6,502
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,055
( 75-5-20 ) . 3,378
Manganese bronze . 3,709
Nickel silver .... 1,354
Low brass .. 667
Silicon bronze ... 605
Hardeners and special alloys . 1,307
Miscellaneous .... 699
Total brass and bronze ingots ....... 78,855
Other products from Gross weight of

copper-base scrap secondary metal
recovered
Electrolytic grade copper 1 / ...... 61,886

Casting copper ..... 575
Brass mill products 2 ) ..... 107,517
Copper in chemical products ... 3,892
Miscellaneous.. 338
1. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on toll basis .

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Secondary coprer smelters produced 28,888 short tons of brass ingot and
2,523 tons of other copper products in April , compared with 26,716 tons of
ingot and 3,372 tons of other products in March , according to the Bureau of
Mines , United States Department of the Interior. post of the secondary copper
smelters are ingot makers but a few produce refined copper , copper shot , copper
powder or chemicals . All these plants consumed 34,941 tons of scrap in April ,
virtually the same total as in March . Production in April was relatively

greater because of a decrease in " in-process inventory dựring the month ; " in
process" stocks at the end of March were larger than usual .
There were increases in consumption of most scrap items in April but.large
decreases in use of unalloyed and low - grade scrap offset them. Production of
leaded red brass , high-leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) and leaded tin bronze in
creased 977 tons, 650 tons and 547 tons respectively and there were no decreases
of consequence ,

White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Branch , Economics and Statistics Division.
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- ba se scrap in April ,
1948, at secondary.camper,, smelters cross weight,in short tons,
Scrap Item Mar. 31 Receipts or Apr 30

1948 Consumed 1948
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No , l wire and heavy 2,624 2,289 2,512 2,401
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light 1
5,003 4,496 4,683 4,816
Railroad - car.boxes.. 30 1 72 73 29
Yellow brass... 8,697 6,651 6,30 8,46 €
Cartridge cases .. 754 294 405 643
Auto radiators (un sweated ) ... 2,492 2,942 3,366 2,068
Bronze ..... 2,326 2,725 3,006 2,045
Nickel silver .. 931 279 195 1,015
Low brass .... 283 272 276 278
Aluminum bronze , 107 O 19 88
Low grade scrap and residues ... 8,287 3,276 3,289 8,274
Total copp r-base scrap 37,196 33,021 34,941 35,276
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in spril 1948 ,

at secondary copper smelters, Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Shipment Stocks
Kind of Ingot Mar. 31 Production to Apr , 20
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 89-10-2 ) ... 2,015 1,844 1,781 2,078

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43) .. 1,087 2,038 1,773 1,352
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 5,695 11,630 10,651 6,674
Leaded semi-red brass ( 81-3-7-9) . 2,945 3,615 3,789 2,772
High- leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,974 2,515 2,382 2,107
( 84-6-8-2) 629 811 774 666
( 75-5-20 ) . 801 2,046 904 943
Nickel silver.... 917 295 365 847
Low brass..... 208 246 235 219
Silicon bronze ... O O O
307 223 209 321
Hardeners & special alloys .. 474 565 -491 548
Miscellaneous ... 199 306 349 156
Total brass and bronze ingot 20,355 28.888 27,598 22,145
Miscellaneous copper products produced ... 2,523
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys -162
base alloys -1,309
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Production of brass ingot decreased 14 percent to 24,877 short tons in

May according to the Bureau of Mines , United states Department of the Interior .
Copper and brass scrap consumed in making ingot totaled 31,989 tons , 8 percent
less thän in April , but secondary smelters! stocks of scrap increased 2,639 tons .
The price of refined copper remained firm but prices paid by ingot makers for
copper and brass scrap declined fractionally during the month , The tendency for
brass scrap prices , to fluctuate since the war is in contrast to the continuing
uptrend in the price for refined copper. This condition results from the fact
that demand for copper wire , which is made from refined copper only, has been
much stronger than that for copper -base castings, which are made chiefly from
brass, ingot produced from brass scrap by the secondary smelters, If refined
copper , lead , tin and zinc , all of which are in tight supply , could be economi
cally recovered from brass and bronze scrap the value of such scrap would be
considerably enhanced ,
Declines in consumption of 5 major scrap items in May ranged from 7 to 18

percent but were partly offset by an increase of 24 percent in use of low - grade
scrap. Contributing to the 14 percent.decrease in total ingot production were
declines of 2,185 tons in output of No. I composition ingot , 480 tons' in tin
bronze, and reductions of over 200 tons each in ('80-10-10 ) , (84-6-8-2 ) , and
( 88-6-13-4 *) ingot .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and A. J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill , Chief , Retal Economics Branch , Economics and Statistics Division .
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Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - bass scrap in May 1948 ,
at secondary copper smelters. Gross.weight , in short tons .

Scrap item Apr. 30 , Receipts or May . 31 ,
1948 consumed 19148
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,431 2,374 2,091 2,684
Jo . 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 4,816 5,614 4,441 5,989
Composition or soft red brass... 5,151 9,093 8,861 5,383
Railroad - car boxes .... 29 29 21 37
Yellow brass. 8,468 6,415 6,419 8,464
Cartridge cases .. 643 363 .220 786
Auto radiators ( unsweated) 2,068 2,734 2,844 1,958
Bronze ...... 2,045 2,782 2,464 2,363
Nickel silver . 1,015 376 287 1,104
Low brass . 278 314 233 359
Low - grade scrap and residues... 8,274 4,515 4,096 8,693
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass inġot in May 1948 , at

secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot Apr. 30 , Production to May 31 ,
1948 consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 82-10-2 ) ... 2,078 1,364 1,589 1,853

Leaded tin bronze ( 63-6-11-45) 1,352 1,672 1,504 1,520
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 6,674 9,445 9,734
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ... 6,385
2,771 3,786 3,970 2,587
(24-6-8-2) 666 566 .603 629
( 75-5-20 ) ... 943 1,055 1,205 793
Leaded yellow brass (66 + 1-3-30 ) ... 1,705 2,065 1,767 2,003
Manganese bronze ... 1,329
Aluminum bronze .
1,151 1,224 1,256
360 110 149 321
Nickel silver . 847 399 352 884
Low. brass . 219 182 269 132
Silicon bronze .... 321 184 238 267
Conductor bronze ..
69 104 82 91
Hardeners & special alloys , 548 448 439 557
Miscellaneous ... 156 217 197 176
Total brass and bronze ingots 22,145 24, 877 25,392 21,630
Miscellaneous copper products produced ..... 4,711
Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys , .. -152
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CONSUPTION OF COPPER A TEPIALS. AND PRODUCTION. . .
OF SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS INGOT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
OF 1948
Output , of brass ingot which had decreased 14 percent in May increased 10 per
cent to 27,418 short tons in June according to the Bureau of lines , United States
Department of the Interior . The price of tin wa's advanced 9 cents to $ 1.03 per
pound on June 1 , resulting in advances of up to 2 cents a pound in the prices for
ingot , depending on tin content , The price increases did not depress the ingot .
market , however , a large part of the June increases in production and shipments
being due to increased output of the high - tin items . · Total ingot production , .
78,855 tons in the first quarter of the year , rose to 81,183 tons in the second
quarter .
The 2,552 - ton June rise in copper scrap consumption to 34,541 tons , which
accompanied the increased ingot production , included increases of 1,003 tons in
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light copper scrap ; 582 tons in composition and 437 tons
in yellow brass scrap . The scrap consumption figures for the second quarter of 1948
show increases in use of unalloyed scrap and decreases in treatment of residues ,
both changes being attributable to scrap operations of refiners , . There was also a
decline in treatment of yellow brass scrap' by brass mills. Total scrap consumption
for the quarter was 320,536.tons , 15,410 tons less than in the previous 3 months .
Consumption of refined copper in the second quarter totaled 325,756 tons compared
with 353,505 tons in the first quarter,: The decline was caused by the reduction
in consumption of wire bars from 213,822 tons in the first quarter to 188,742 tons
in the second . Average quarterly consumption of wire bars in 1947 was 206,801
tons , Production of refined copper continued at approximately the first quarter
rate .
Prepared by Helena M. D'eyer and A. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

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Table 1. Consumption and stocks' of purchased copper -base scrap in June
1948 at secondary smelters , Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Melted : Stocks
1948 Consumed : 7948
No , I wire and heavy : 2,684 2,305 2,156 2,833

No , 2 wire mixed heavy & light . 5,989 5,397 5,444 5,942
Railroad- car boxes , .. 37 : 50 65 22
Yellow brass ... a 8,464 6,519 6,856 8,127
Cartridge cases .. 786 449 . 326 909 .
Auto radiators (un sweated ) 1,958 2,784 2,793 1,949
Bronze .. 2,363 2,476 2,592 2,247
Nickel Silver . 1,104 355 471 928
Low brass ..... 359 304 246 417
Total copper-base scrap . 37,915 33,721 34,541 37,095
Table 2 . Stocks , production and shipments of brass ingot in June

1948 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons.
Stocks Shipments Stocks .:

Kind of Ingot Kay 31 , Production to June 30 ,
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,853 1,778 1,651 1,980

Leaded red brass ( 85--5-5-5 ) . 6,385 10,337 10,055 6,667
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ... 2,587 3,744 3,506 2,825
High -- leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 )). 2,176 2,408 2,330 2,254
:( 84-6-8-2 ) . 629 622 609 642 :
( 75-5-20) .. 793 1,365 1,577 581
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ...6 2,003 1,895 1,814 2,084
Manganese bronze.ie ' 1,256 1,479 1,052 1,683
Nickel silver ...... 884 600 455 1,029
Low brass . 132 211 241 102
Silicon bronze .... 267 127 141 253
Conductor bronzè ..... 91 38 43 86
Hardeners & special alloys .. 557 447 2.86 518 3
Miscellaneous .... 176 314 325 165

Miscellaneous copper products produced 2,913 1

alloys ..... 97
in coprer - base alloys .... -1,408
purchased copper - base scrap , . 28,826
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Table 3. Consumers' 1/ stocks of purchased copper - base scrap .
Gross weight in short tons ,
January 1, Parch 31,. June 30 ,

Scrap Items 1948 2 / 1948 1948
Po , 1 wire and heavy 4,773 4,759 4,830

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 8,642 : 7,946 8,548
Composition or soft red brass .. , 4,333 -5,662 4 ; 792
Railroad - car boxes.. 6 30 22
Yellow brass.. 37,991 33,148 31,703
Cartridge cases .... 9,509 6,444 4,270
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) .. 1,907 2,492 1,949
Bronze .... 1,825 2,384 2,346
Ni ckel silver .... 1,775 1,666 1,706
Low brass... 910 602 1,172
Aluminum bronze ... 266 234 198
Low - grade scrap and residues 66,435 55,125 62,355
Total copper - ba se scrap ...... 138,312 120,492 123,891
1/ Includes refiners , brass ingot makers, brass mills , and chemical plants but not
foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers .
second quarter of 1948. Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item Chemical plants used
New Old New Old

No , I wire and heavy .. 12,027 11,662 5,246 . 2,515 . 31,444
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light 14,801 21,925 5,848 2,811 45,385
Composition or soft red brass.. 11,429 17,115 719 86 29,349
Railroad - car boxes...... 159 159
Yellow brass ,. 4,550 15,605 65,542 285 85,982
Cartridge cases .. 952 14,075 15,027
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) .. 9,002 9,002
Bronze ..... 1,172 6,891 102 8,165
Nickel silver .... 244 710 3,890 54 4,898
Low brass .. 714 41 3,665 4,420
Low - grade scrap and residues ... 27,448 59,122 86,570
Total copper -base scrap ..... 72,381 143,229 85,100 19,826 1320,536
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Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in first half of
1948 by all consumers except foundries
Total Total Total

Item first April J'ay. June second second
quarter quarter half...
Cathodes ... 20,591 7,155 5,549 6,377 19,081 39,672

T.ire bars .... 213,822 65,388 62,214 . 61,140 188,742 402,564
.
Ingots and ingot bars . 29,134 8,782 9,187 9,397..27,366 55,500

Cakes and slabs ... 49,961 15,551 16,357 18,548 50,456 100,417
Billets .... 40,969 13,382 12,889 13,467 39,738 80,707
Other .... 28 122 1:21 130 : 37.3 :: 401 .
Total : 353,505 110,380 106,317 *109,059 325,756 679,261
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Table 6 . Production of secondary copper and cooper - alloy products
in first half of 1948. Gross weight in short tons ,
Brass and bronze ingots Gross weight produced

First Second First
quarter quarter half
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. 4,907 4,986 9,893

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-4 ) 4,304 5,609 9,913
Leaded red brass ( €5-5-5-5 ) .... 31,115 31,412 62,527
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) ... 11,710 11,145 22,855
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 6,502 7,052 13,554
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 2,055 1,999 4,054
( 75-5-20) .. 3,378 3,466 6,844
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) . 5,860 6,150 12,010
Manganese bronze ..... 3,709 3,928 7,637
Nickel silver ...... 1,354 1,294 2,648
Low brass ... 667 639 1,306
Silicon bronze , 605 534 1,139
Conductor bronze ... 119 250 369
Hardeners & special alloys . 1,307 1,460 2,767
Miscellaneous ... 689 837 1,526
Total brass and bronze ingots .. 78,855 81,183 160,038
Other products from

copper - base scrap Gross weight of secondary metal recovered
First Second First
quarter quarter half
Electrolytic grade copper 1 61,886 60,256 122,142

Casting copper ... 575 3,141 3,716
Brass mill products 2/ ........... 107,517 97,092 204,609
Miscellaneous ..... 338 171 509
Total secondary production from

copper - base scrap ... 253,063 244,828 497,891
Less material included in above
total from other than copper - base
scrap .... 4,623 4,057 8,680
purchased copper -ba se scrap . 248,440 240,771 489,211
Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on toll basis .

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BRASS INGOT IN JULY 1948
July brass ingot production was 20,848 short tons, the lowest monthly
total for the year up to that time and 24 percent less than in June , according
to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior: Ingot pro
duction in July 1947 ( 16,393 tons) was the lowest for that year and came at
the end of a 7 month period during which monthly output had decreased uninter
ruptedly except in March , when a slight increase occurred .--" Inr -1948. production
held at about the same rate in the first half of the year and the July decrease
was due , to a great extent , to vacation reductions in the labor force and plant
shut downs for repairs. In the last days of the month the prices of copper and
lead were increased 2 cents and that of zinc 3 cents per pound. Brass ingot
prices were at once increased proportionate amounts and the advances spread to : :
the scrap items in a few days .
Copper-base scrap consumption by ingot makers totaled 26,800 tons in July

compared with 34,541 tons in June , all items participating in the 22 percent
decrease . Use of yellow brass scrap declined 2,258 tons , a quantity equal to
one third of the June consumption . Treatment of composition scrap declined . "
1,843 tons or 20 percent and that of byoroduct residues 1,075 tons or 26.per
cent . Purchases of scrap by these smelters, although'about 4,000 tons less:
than in June , were 3,000 tons greater than consumption so thë i their stocks at
the end of July had increased to 40,000 tons .
The declines in production of individual types of ingot' were also large
although three of the smaller items showed slight increases . Output of No. 1
composition ingot , the largest item , decreased from 10,337 tons in June to
8,218 tons in July. Production of leaded .tin bronze decreased 56 percent.and...
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Table 1 .Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in July 1948 ,
at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight , in short tons .
Scrap item June 30 , Iteceiptis or July 31 ,
1948 consumed 1943
To . 1 wire, and heavy .. 2,838 2,319 2,014 3,143
Railroad- car boxes.. 22 57 33 46
Yellow brass ... 8,098 5,322 1,598 8,822
Cartridge cases.... 999 158 255 812
Auto radiators ( vnşveated ) 1,946 2,637 2,473 2,110
Bronze .... , 2,308 1,896 2,667
2,245
Nickel silver... 990 321 216 1,095
Low brass .... 426 190 138 478
Low -grade scrap and residues .. 8,781 3,548 3,058 9,271
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in July 1948 , at

secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks, Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot June 30 , Production to July 31,
1948 consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 1,90 1,504 1,584 1,900

Leaded tin bronze ( 38-6-11-4 ) 1,406 832 986 1,252
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 6,667 8,218 8,773 6,112
( 84-6-8-2 ) :, 642 680 694 628
( 75-5-20 ) ... 58 1,300 1,077 804
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 2,084 1,342 1,420 2,006
Wanganese bronze .. 1,683 754 1,129 1,308
Aluminum branze . 336 126 125 337
Nickel silver.. 1,029 236 368 877
Low brass... 102 .. 170 143 129
Silicon bronze .. .253 : 130 129 254
Piscellaneous... 165 28 86 107

Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys . -179
base alloys .. - 891

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1 BRASS INGOT IN AUGUST 1948
Brass ingot production which had decreased 24 percent -tó 20,848 short tons in
July increased 21 percent in August to 25,315 tons, according to the Bureau of ::
Mines , United State's Department of the Interior . The increase . was expected because
the low production in July was not caused by any lowering of demand for ingot but
by vacation reductions in the labor force and plant shut downs , Increases in
prices for copper , lead and zinc , which took place at the end of July , were re
flected both in prices smelters paid for scrap and in those they received for
ingot , but output was not much below the monthly average for the elapsed portion of
1948 and was probably about the same as it would have been if the price increases
had not occurred .
Secondary copper smelters, so called because their principal raw material is

copper -base: scrap , consumed 33,933 ' tons of that material in August compared with
26,800 tons in July and 34,541 tons in June . . Consumption of composition scrap was
8,646 tons-1,046 ton's more than in July and 797 tons less than in June , Treatment
of yellow brass increased 2,119 tons in August after. decreasing 2;258 tons -in July ,
The corresponding figures for No. 2 wire, mixed heavy , and light copper scrap were
1,324 tons and 930 tons, The August increases in the use of low - grade scrap and
in bronze were comparable to their July decreases..;
Output of most ingot items which had undergone large decreases in July in
creased by substantial amounts in August but production of tin bronze ( 88-10-2)
declined 1 percent following a 15 percent decrease in July and that of high - leaded
tin bronze ( 75-5-20) after declining 5 percent in July decreased 54 percent in
August . The August increases in output of composition ingot, leaded tin bronze
(88-6-12-47) and high -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10.) were 1,375 tons , 672 tons and
239 tons respectively and their July decreases were 2,119 tons , 1,067 tons and
577 tons .
Prepared by Helen a a . Meyer and A. J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

White Merrill , Chief , Metal Economics Branch , Economics and Statistics Division
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -ba se scrap in
August 1948 at Secondary Copper Smelters, Gross weight in short tons ,
Stocks l'elted Stocks

Scrap item July 31 , Receipts or Aug. 31 ,
1948 Consumed 1948
1 ... wire and heavy . 3,143 2,042 2,453 2,732

No , 2 Wire, mixed heavy & light .. 6,451 5,081 5,838 5,694
Railroad - car boxes.. 46 117 140 23
Yellow brass ... 8,822 6,409 6,727 8,514
Cartridge cases. 812 272 205 879
Auto radiators (unsneated) ... 2,110 3,225 2,765 2,570
Bronze , ... 2,667 2,425 2,510 2,582
Nickel Silver . 1,995 250 386 989
Low brass . 473 183 202 459
Table 2 . Stocks, producto!), od shipments of brass ingot in

August 1948 at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Shipments i Stocks

1 1943 consumers 1948
Tin bronze . ( 88-10-2 ) 1,900 1,491 1,631 , . 1,760

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-1-47 ) , 1,252 1,504 1,259 1,387
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 6,112 9,593 10,075 5,630
Leaded Semired brass ( 31-3-7-9) ... 2,464 4,274 : ! 4,558 2,180
( 84-6-8-2) . 628 596 598 626
( 75-5-20) .. 804 592 747 649
Manganese bronze ... 1,308 : 1,108 1,011 1,405
Aluminum bronze ... 337 191 175 :: 353
Nickel silver ..... 877 414 332 959
Low brass... 129 198 . 210 117
Silicon bronze ... 254 263 219 298
Miscellaneo'is .... 107 452 304 255
Total brass and bronze ingots 20,822 25,315 ! 25,947 20,190
Miscellaneous copper products produced.coco , 3,916
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys . - 284
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in concr
base alloys ..... 1,082
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OF SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN GOT IN THE THIRD QUARTER
OF 1948 Saata
Production of brass ingot was slightly lower in September than in August - 24,802
short tons compared with 25,315 tons - according to the Bureau of Nines, United
States Department of the Interior . Differences in outputs of individual types of
ingot were small , the largest variation being an increase of 330 tons or 3 precent
in production of leaded red,brass , the largest item. Use of copper -base scrap by
the ingot makers was 10 percent lower in September than in August and while con
sumption of some kinds.of. scrap dropped , that of others increased considerably .
Treatment of No. 1 wire and heavy co : per scrap decreased 343 tons to 2,110 tons and
that of yellow brass 699 tons to 6,018 tons, but consumption of low grade scrap ,
auto radiators and No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light copper scrap increased 567
tons, 369 tons and 247 tons respectively,
Data for the third quarter of 1948 cover scrap operations of primary copper
producers, brass mills and chemical plants as well as those of the brass ingot
makers . The first group are refiners and while they consumed 110,964 tons of scrap
compared to 94,318 for the ingot makers their secordary recovery was 21,803 tons
less than the 77,856 tons recovered by the ingot makers . The reason for the
disparity is that the refiners use such a large proportion of low - grade scrap .
Total secondary recovery for the third quarter was 244,110 tons which is two percent
less than in the first quarter and two percent more than in the second . • The only
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large group of consumers not covered in the quarterly figures is the foundries
whose quarterly recovery from copper -ba se scrap may be assumed at around 30,000 tons .
Consumption of refined copper was 325,756 tons in the second quarter of 1948 and
352,251 tons in the third, the increase being chiefly due to a rise in consumption
of wire bars from 188,742 tons to 205,550 tons ,
A recent interesting development in the use of brass scrap is the separation

of this material into copper and zinc by a distillation process at one of the large
chemical plants . The slab zinc produced is of commercial grade and the coper is
sufficently pure to be used in making copper sulfate,
Prepared by Helena 11. Meyer and A , J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill, Chief , Metal Economics Branch , Economics . and Statistics Division .
Table 1. Consumption and stocks. of purchased .cooper -base scrap in September
1948, at secondary copper šméitérs,. : Gross' weight in short tons.;
Scrap item Aug. 31 , Receipts or Sept. 39 ,
1948 Consumed 1948
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,732 2,140 2,110 2,762

No. 2 wire mixed heavy & light .. 5,694 5,897 6,085 5,506
Railroad- car boxes .. 23 63 42 45
Yellow brass , ... , 8,514 5,879 6,018 8,375
Auto radiators ( Unsweated) 2,570 3,033 3,134 2,469
Bronze ... 2,582 2,430 2,408 2,604
Nickel silver , 989 222 243 968
Low brassi . 459 170 230 399
Lou - grade scrap and residues ..... 9,078 3,637 4,620 8,145
Total copper -base scrap ..... 39,387 32,817 33,577 38,627
Table 2. Stocks , production and shipments of brass ingot in September

1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of inrot Aug. 31 , Production to Sept. 30 ,
1948 Consumers 1948
:
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1,760 1,299 1,201 1,358

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) 5,630 9,923 9,631 5,922
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) ; 2,180 4,401 4 ; 346 2,235
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 626 737 771 592
( 75-5-20 ).. 649 869 978 540
Manganese bronze ,. 1,405 994 : 1,141 1,258
Nickel silver .. 959 306 390 875
Low brass ..... 117 236 235 118
Silicon bronze .. 298 257 279 . 276
Hardeners & special alloys. 441 449 464 426

alloys.... 130
in copper - base alloys .. 1,061
purchased copper - base scrap ....... 27,350
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*January 1, March 31 ,, June 30 , September 30 ,

Scrap items 1948 2 1948 1948 1948
No. 1 wire and heavy. 4,713 4,759 4,830 6,458

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light . 8,642 7,946 8,548 9,192
Comoosition or soft red brass . 4,333 5,662 4,792 6,420
Railroad- car boxes. 6. 30 22 45
Vellow brass, ... 37,991 33,148 ..37,703 27,906
Cartridge cases .. 9,509 6,444 49270 4,928
Auto radiators ( ụnsweated ) 1,907 2,492 j...1,949 .. 2,469
Bronze .. 1,825 2,384 2,346 . ? , ?17
Nickel silver .... .1,706 .. 1,512
1,775 1,666
Low brass , 910 602 1,172 1,095
Aluminum bronze .... 266 234 198 232
Lor - grade scrap and residues. 66,435 55,125 62,355 59,284
Total copper - base scrap ... 138,312 120,492 123,891 122,258
1 / foundries
Includes refiners , brass ingot makers , brass mills , and chemical plants but not
and miscellaneous manufacturers .
Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper -base scrap in
third quarter of 1948 . Gross weight in short tons.

Scrap item
New Old New old
scrap scrap scrap
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No, I vire and heavy . 10,010 11,041 5,134 1,118 27,303

No. 2 mire , mixed heavy & light .. 11,744 26,376 5,072 1,850 45,042
Composition or soft red brass , 10,275 14,320 538 25,133
Railroad - car boxes ...... 214 214
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Yellow brass . 3,661 | 13,675 74,342 817 92,495

Cartridge cases .... 4 773 13,551 14,328
1
Bronze... 837 5,967 217 7,021

Nickel silver .. 483 362 4,113 59 5,017
Low - brass ... 524 45 3,777 92 4,438
Aluminum bronze.... 1 55 36 92
1 Total copper - base scrap...... 59,980 145,302 93,229 17,487 315,998
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Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in first nine months
of 1948 by all consumers except foundries ,
Total Total
Item July August September third first
quarter 9 months
Cathodes ...... : 5,257 6,724 ..7,739

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19,720 59,392
ire bars ... 54,825 78,227 ....72,498 ....205,550 608,114
Ingots and in ot bars .... 7,800 10,540 ... 9,906 .. 28,246 83,746
Cakes and slabs.... 16,351 18,607 .19,228
1. 54,186 154,603
Billets ...... 12,523 15,932 .16,041 44,496 125,203
Other .. 8 33 12 : 53 454
Total 96,764 130,063 .125,424 352,251 1,031,512
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Brass and bronze ingots Gross Weight produced

First Second Third First
quarter quarter quarter nine months
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) 4,907 4,986 4,294 14,187

Lended tin bronze (88-6-17-43 ) 4,304 5,609 3,703 13,616
- Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 31,115 31,412 27,734 90,261
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 2,055 1,999 2,013 6,067
( 75-5-20 ) . 3,378 3,466 2,761 9,605
Aluminum bronze ...... 574 422 464 1 1,460
Nickel silver........ 1,354 1,294 956 3,604
Low brass , ... 667 639 604 ! 1,910
Silicon bronze ... 605 534 650 1,789
Conductor bronze , .. 119 250 160 529
Hardeners & special alloys .. 1,307 1,460 1,420 4,187
Miscellaneous .... 689 837 634 2,160
Total brass and bronze inrots ... 78,855 81,183 70,965 231,003
Other products from

First Second Third First
quarter quarter quarter nine months
Electrolytic grade copper 1 / ... 61,896 60,256 56,645 178,787

Casting copper ... 575 3,141 910 4,626
Brass mill products 2 / ....... 107,517 97,092 114,598 319,207
Copper in chemical products .... 3,892 2,985 4,517 11,394

copper - base scrap .... 253,063 244,828 248,018 745,909
scrap ... -4,623 -
- 4,057 3,908 -12,588
purchased copper -base scrap ...... 248,440 240,772 244,110 733,321
1. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on toll basis .

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Production of brass ingot totaled 25,482 short tons in October and was at
about the same level as in August and September , according to the Bureau of Mines,
United States Department of the Interior . - The most important changes in outputs
of individual types of ingot were increases of 26 percent, 18 percent and 14 per
cent in high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) , leaded tin bronze and yellow brass ingot
respectively , and a decrease of 12 percent in production of leaded semired brass .
Copper -base scrap consumption by ingot makers and other secondary smelters was
32,641 tons in October compared with 33,577 tons . in September . There were increases
of up to 4 percent in consumption of a nụmber of the larger items but use of

residues declined 1,333 tons and treatment of auto radiators 290 tons , Consumption
of unalloyed types of scrap has changed radically since 1946 . In that year con
sumption of No. 1 wire and heavy copper scrap and . of. No : - 2. wire ;' mixed heavy and
light averaged about 4,000 tons per month each but.consumption of the former
declined in the first part of 1947 to about 2000 .tons per month and has remained
at that rate while consumption of the latter increased duri.ng .1-947 to the 6,000
ton level and has remained there during 1948 .

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October 1943 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
Stocks , elted Stocks

1948 Consumed 1948

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light .. 5,506 5,978 6,166 5,318
Composition or soft red brassi . 6,388 8,463 8,645 6,206
Railroad - car boxes ... 45 70 79 36
Yellow brass ... 8,375 5,048 6,275 7,148
Auto radiators ( unsweated) . 2,469 2,492 2,844 2,117
Bronze .... 2,604 2,187 2,307 2,484
Nickel silver . 968 227 392 803
Low brass ... 399 158 147 410
Low grade scrap and residues .. 8,145 3,155 3,287 8,013
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in

October 1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

Sept. 30 , Production to Oct. 31 ,
Kind of ingot
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 83–10m2 )... 1,858 1,262 1,344 1,776

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) ... 5,922 9,814 9,229 6,507
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) . 2,235 3,890 3,706 2,419
High- leaded tin bronze ( 80--10--10 ) 2,046 2,285 1,924 2,407
( 84-6-8-2) 592 928 625 895
( 75--5.- 20 ) . 540 689 697 532
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ..... 1,637 2,039 1,941 1,735
Nickel silver ... 875 494 410 959
Low brass 118 242 275 85

Miscellaneous coper products produced , .. .
3,463
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys 162
Miscellaneous raw -materials consumed in copper
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CONSIT PTION OF COPPER ATERIALS DE PRODUCTION OF SECOND.RY
CCPPER AND BRASS INGOT IN THE FOURTH QUERIR OF 1948 ..
Production from copper base scrap by brass mills , ingot makers , refiners and
chemical plants in the fourth quarter of 1948 totaled 255,917 short tons, according
to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the Interior... This quantity was
only 5 percent greater than the lowest quarterly output for the year whereas in 1947
production by the same groups ranged from a high of about. 311,000 tons in the first
quarter to a low of 190,000 in the third .
Output of brass ingot increased from 70,965 tons in the third quarter to 72,268
tons in the fourth and totaled 303,271 tons for the entire year , compared with the
final total of 284,868 tons for all of 1947. Production of refined copper from
scrap increased 18 percent to 66,764 tons in the last quarter , but the total for the
year , 245,551 tons , was 10 percent lower than in 1947. Brass mills, the greatest
producers of secondary metal fron.copper - base scrap , produced a little less in the
fourth quarter than in the third and accounted for 431,696 tons in all of 1948 , com
pared with' 384,004 tons in 1947.-.
Total consumption of copper -base scrap by all consumers except foundries and
miscellaneous manufacturers increased from 315,998 tons in the third quarter to
331,607 tons in the fourth . Of the total increase 2,485 tons were in No. 1 wire
and heavy scrap , 8,000 in No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light, and 11,417 tons in low
grade scrap These increases were due to operations of refiners because the brass
mills and ingot makers used approximately the same quantities of scrap in the third
quarter as in the fourth . Consumption of refined copper increased from 352,251 tons
in the third quarter to 357,754 tons in the fourth due to increased operations of
wire mills .
Although the price of copper remained at 23.5 cents from late July through
De cember , there were indications in December that the spread between .supply and
demand was narrowing. The price in the New York area of No. 1.copper .scrap , for
which refiners were paying as high as 22 cents a pound in November , .was quoted at
20.5 cents in December .
Prepared by A. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles White Herrill, Chief,

Metal Economics Branch, Economics and Statistics Division .
November 1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

1948 Consumed 1948
No , l wire and heavy .. 2,641 2,136 2,206 2,571

Yellow brass .. 7,148 6,556 6,311 7,393
Auto radiators ( unsweated ). .
2,117 2,438 2,288 2,267
Bronze .... 2,484 1,974 2,045 2,413
Nickel silver . 803 256 262 797
Low brass ... 410 181 294 297
Aluminum bronze . 127 .13 10 150
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 8,013 4,342 4,228 8,127
Total copper -base scrap....... 35,981 33,812 32,227 37,566
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in November

1948 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight. short tons .

1948 Consumers 1928
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1,776 1,297 1,402 1,671

Leaded tin bronze (88-6a1-42 ) 1,167 1,608 1,374 1,401
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 )... 6,507 8,879 9,383 6,003
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ... 2,419 4,143 4,103 2,459
( 84-6-8-2 ). 895 669 529 1,035
( 75-5-20 ) .. 532 472 578 4,26
Teaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 1,735 2,348 2,610 1,473
Manganese bronze .. 1,161 909 974 1,096
Nickel silver ... 959 289 390 858
Low brass .... 85 240 260 65
Silicon bronze .. 257 252 251 258
Miscellaneous ... 321 204 219 306
alloys..... - 207
Miscellaneous rav ! materials consumed
in copper - base alloys.... -1,305
purchased copper - base scrap . 25,890
December 1948 , at secondary copper smelters . " Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Nov. 30 , Receipts or Dec. 31,
1948 Consumed 1948
No. 1 wire and heavyiie 2,571 1,878 2,258 2,191

Composition or soft red brass .. 7,173 8,437 . 8,442 7,168
Railroad - car boxes .... 56 ... 94 .. .92 . 58
Yellow brass ... 7,393 5,371 5,917 6,847
Cartridge cases .. 665 .134 254 545
Auto radiators .( ursweated ) ....
. 2,267 2,424 . 2,613 2,078
Bronze .. 2,413 2,034 .. , 2,322 2,075
Nickel silver ........ 797 ..267 ... 248 816
Low brass .... 297 ..129 ... 132 294
Low - grade scrap and residues ... 8,127 1,673 1,994 7,806
Total copper - base scrap .. 37,566 27,336 30,768 34,134
Table 4. 'Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in December


Kind of ingot Nov. 30, Production to Dec. 31 ,
1948 Consumers 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .... 1,672 1,439 1,462 1,648

Leaded tin bronze (88-6 -i3-41 ) ... 1,401 860 1,069 1,192
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) . 6,003 9,128 1,812 6,219
High - leaded tin bronze (80–10–10 ) 2,552 1,455 1,865 2,142
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,035 463 693 805
( 75-5-20 ). 426 619 575 470
Aluminum bronze .. 338 . 152 163 327
Nickel silver .. 858 365 440 783
Low brass .... 65 222 173 114
Hardeners & special alloys .. 428 630 467 591
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Total brass and bronze in : ots ... 20,437 22 ; 820 :23,161 20,096
Miscellaneous copper products produced..... 4,276
alloys.... -173
Net total seconda ry recovery from purchased
copper - base scrap ... 25,636
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Scrap item Jan., l , March 31, June 30 , Sept. 30, Dec. 30,
1948 2 1948 1948 1948 1948
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 4,713 4,759 4,830 6,458 4,546
Composition or soft red brass ... 4,333 5,662 4,792 6,420 7,187
Railroad - car boxes...... 6 30 22 45 58
Yellow brass , ... 37,991 33,148 31,703 27,906 23,647
Cartridge cases .. 9,509 6,444 4,270 4,928 2,406
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) .. 1,907 2,492 1,949 2,469 2,078
Bronze . 1,825 2,384 2,346 2,717 2,180
Nickel silver 1 ; 775 1,666 1,706 1,512 1,419
Low brass ..... 910 602 1,172 1,095 858
Aluminum bronze ... 266 234 198 232 259
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 66,435 -55,125 62,355 59,284 50,004
1 Include's refiners, brass ingot makers, brass mills, and chemical plants but not
foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , Preliminary figures.
2 Revised figures .
Table 6. ' Consumption of purchased copper -ba se scrap in

fourth quarter of 1948 . Gross weight in short tons . 1 /
Brass mills Total
Brass ingot makers
New old New old
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 13,688 10,349 4,584 1,167 29,788

Composition or soft red brass ... 11,025 14,686 385 13 26,109
Railroad - car boxes .... 198 198
Yellow brass ... 4,065 14,440 73,665 2,105 94,275
Cartridge cases.. 813 1,520 9,545 11,878
Auto radiators (unsweated ). 7,745 7,745
Bronze ... 50 134 245 429
Nickel silver .. 115 787 3,967 59 4,928
Low brass ..... 520 55 4,576 28 5,179
Aluminum bronze . . . 72 5 77
Low - grade scrap and residues... 24,202 73,757 97,959
1 Preliminary figures .
Table 7 . Consumption of refined copper by all consumers
except foundries. 1
Item Brass Wire Chemical Secondary Total

mills mills plants smelters
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Cathos 23 . 18,220 136 18,362
Wire bars . 16,951 192,734 209,685
Ingcts and ingot bars , , 23,128 5,822 365 29,315
Cakes and slabs , .. 55,637 1 55,638
Billets , ...
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Other .. 5 8
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Total .... 158,683 198,556 8 507 357,754
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Cathodes . 77,177 552 77,753
Wire bars .... 62,140 755,659 817,799
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Ingots and ingot bars .. 90,614 21,095 1,350 113,061
Cakes and slabs .... 210,227 14 210,241
Billets ... 169,838 112 169,950
Other ... 325 128 462
Total ...... 610,321 776,754 35 2,156 11,389,266

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in 1948.1/Gross weight in short tons.
Brass and bronze ingots Gross weight produced

quarter quarter quarter quarter in 1948
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 44,907 4,986 4,294 3,998 18,185

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-1-43 ) .. 4,304 5,609 3,703 4,076 17,692
Leaded red brass ((85-5-5-5 ) ...... 31,115 31,412 27,734 27,821 118,082
Leaded semired brass (81–3–7-9) . 11,710 11,145 11,846 12,105 46,806
High-leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 6,502 7,052 5,721 5,606 24,881
( 84-6-8-2 ) 2,055 1,999 2,013 2,060 8,127
(75-5-20 ) 3,378 3,466 2,761 1,780 11,385
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) 5,860 6,150 5,149 6,241 23,400
Manganese bronze .. 3,709 3,928 2,856 3,069 13,562
Aluminum bronze ...... 574 422 464 513 1,973
Nickel silver ...... 1,354 1,294 956 1,148 4,752
Low brass .. 667 639 604 704 2,614
Silicon bronze .. 605 534 650 655 2,444
Conductor bronze ... 119 250 160 168 697
Hardeners & special alloys ... 1,307 1,460 1,420 1,695 5,882
Miscellaneous .. 689 837 634 629 2,789
Total brass and bronze ingots . | 79,855 81,183 70,965 72,268 303,271
Other products from

quarter quarter quarter quarter in 1948
Electrolytic grade copper 2! 61,886 60,256 56,645 | 66,764 245,551

Casting copper ... 575 3,141 910 562 5,188
Brass mill products 3 ..... 207,517 97,092 114,598 112,489 431,696
Copper in chemical products. 3,892 2,985 4,517 3,001 14,395
Miscellaneous . 338 171 383 833 1,725

copper -base scrap ... 253,063 244,828 248,018 255,917 1,001,826
scrap .... -4,623 -4,057 -3,908 -4,459 -17,047
purchased copper - base scrap .... 248,440 240,771 244,110 251,458 984,779
Preliminary figures .
Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on toll basis .
Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .
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BPASS INGOT IN JANUARY 1949
Production of brass ingot in January 1949 totaled. 21,472 short' tons ,, 6 percent
less than in the preceding month , and 15 percent less than the monthly average for
the year 1948, according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the
Interior .
The largest individual decrease from December fiqures was 1,188 tons in
composition ingot ; other declines included 471 tons in leaded yellow brass and 415
tons in leaded semired brass . There were increases in production ranging from 127
to 271 tons in four items and minor changes in others .
Total consumption of copper -base scrap by secondary smelters was 29,247 tons,
5 percent less than in December . The over -all decrease would have been much greater
except for a 2.,402
, - ton , or 120 percent , increase in the use of low - grade scrap .
A few of the larger plants consume most of this lov- erade material and their Januc.ry
use of it was unusually hich , January decreases in consumption of both yellot brass
and composition scrap exceeded 800 tons , and treatment of auto radiators declined
344 tons , or 13 percent .
Although the price of electrolytic copp..r , delivered Connecticut Valley , re
mained at 23.5 cents, prices of cooper and brass scrap continued the declines which
began in De cember .
Prepared by á . J. I'cDermid , under the supervision of Charles 'hite l'errill, Chief,

l'etal Economics Branch, Economics and Statistics Division ,
January 1949 at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons .
1948 Consumed 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,191 2,161 2,427 1,925

Yellow brass ....... 6,847 5,031 5,079 6,799
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 2,078 2,525 2,269 2,334
Bronze .. 2,075 2,803 2,144 2,734
Nickel silver .. , 816 224 221 819
Low brass ..... 294 122 180 236
Total copper - base scrap ....... 34,134 29,962 29,247 34,849
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in January

1949 at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
1948 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze (88-10-2) . 1,648 1,596 1,533 1,711

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-43 ) ... 1,192 1,102 1,252 1,042
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 )...... 6,219 7,940 8,441 5,718
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) . . 2,430
. 3,657 3,477 2,610
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ), 2,142 1,726 1,805 2,063
( 84-6-8-2 805 590 528 867
( 75-5-20 ) . 470 652 597 525
Aluminum bronze ,. 327 207 271 263
Nickel silver , 783 401 339 845
Low brass .. 114 177 224 67
Hardeners and special alloys ...... 591 468 516 543
Miscellaneous .... 300 124 148 276
Total brass and bronze ingots..l.20,096 21,472 22,137 19,431
alloys ... - 127
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Brass ingot production decreased 13 percent in February to 18,706 short tons ,

following a drop of 6 percent in January , according to the Bureau of Mines, United
States Department of the Interior . Output of No. 1 composition ingot , the most
important item, decreased 1,568 tons or 20 percent and production of leaded semired
brass and tin bronze declined 24 and 23 percent respectively . Output of leaded tin
bronze rose 24 percent and that of manganese bronze 4 percent . Prices paid by ingot
makers for scrap and by foundries for ingot continued to fall although the price for
refined copper remained at 23.5.cents per pound , delivered Connecticut Valley . Prices
paid by refiners for unalloyed copper scrap , refinery brass and copper bearing ma
terial also decreased .
Total consumption of copper - base scrap by secondary smelters was 5,202 tons or
18 percent less than in January and their receipts of scrap declined one third to
20,112 tons . Use of tin bronze scrap remained virtually the same as in January but
consumption of the other important classifications decreased as follows : composition
scrap 21 percent , No. 1 wire and heavy 19 percent , No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light
copper scrap 29 percent , yellow brass 16 percent , auto radiators 18 percent and low
grade scrap 15 percent .

White Merrill, Chief , Metal Economics Branch , Economics and Statistics Division .
February 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . : Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item Jan. 31 , Receipts or Feb. 28 ,
1949 : Consumed 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,925 1,732 1,960 1,697

Yellow brass ... 6,799 3,775 4,280 6,294
Cartridge cases 815 113 282 646
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) .. 2,334 1,386 1,861 1,859
Bronze . 2,734 2,331 2,175 2,890
Nickel silver . 819 1 / -3 199 617
Low brass ... 236 89 149 176
Low-grade scrap and residues . 7,644 2,647 3,734 6,557
17 Negative receipts indicates shipments greater than receipts .
Table 2 . Stocks , production and shipments of brass ingot in
February 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot Jan , 31 , Production to Feb. 28 ,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,711 1,230 1,276 1,665
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 5,718 6,372 6,251 5,839
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 2,063 1,569 1,488 2,144
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 867 556 438 985
( 75-5-20 ) ... 525 758 371 912
Nickel silver .. 845 335 429 751
Low brass ... 67 224 172 119
Silicon bronze ,. 340 164 247 257
Hardeners & special alloys 543 421 487 477

Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys .. -121
Miscellaneous raw - materials consumed in copper
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COPPER' AND BRASS INGOT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1949
Output of brass ingot declined in each of the first 3 months of 1949 and total
ed 56,891 short tons for the quarter compared with 72,268 tons in the final quarter
of 1948 , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior ,
The general decline in business activity which began in December continued through
the following quarter and was accompanied by decreases in prices paid for scrap
metals by dealers and smelters and by foundries for secondary ingot . Prices of
primary metals resisted the downward trend but the price of lead experienced its
first decline from the 1948 high point on March 8th , and that of zinc on March 23rd .
Producers held the price.of refined copper at 23.5 cents into April ,
Scrap operations of the brass mills decreased as did those of the brass ingot
makers, secondary recovery from copper -base scrap in brass mill products receding
from 112,489 tons in the last quarter of 1948 to 83,841 tons in the first quarter of
1949 but primary producers extracted more refined copper from scrap than in any
quarter of 1948 or 27 percent more than the average quarterly production in that
year . Consumption of refined copper in ingot form by domestic industry except
foundries declined from 357,754 tons in the final quarter of 1948 to 316,661 tons
in the opening quarter of 1949 .
As could be inferred from the secondary production trend , consumption of
alloyed and low - grade scrap items, the types used by refiners , increased during the
period and use of the others decreased . Brass ingot makers reduced their consump
tion of composition and yellow brass scrap from . 25,771 tons and 18,505 tons , respec
tively , in the last quarter of 1948 to 19,713 . and . 13,153 . tons in the first quarter
of 1949. Brass mills consumption of yellow brass, their most important item, de
clined from 75,770 tons to 58,737 tons in the same period.. The total quantity of
copper -base scrap used by all consumers except fouņuries was 310,494 tons compared
with 331,607 tons in the preceding quarter , Total stocks of scrap metal held by
consumers , were about the same at the end of 1948 as at the end of March 1949 but
ingot makers' stocks decreased 6,000 tons , whereas those of primary refiners , brass
mills and chemical plants increased 2,000 tons each ,
Prepared by A. J. McDermid , and Helena M. Peyer under the supervision of Charles

March 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,

Scrap item Feb , 28 , Receipts or Mar. 31 ,
1949 Consumed 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy 1,697 1,837 2,052 1,482

Composition or soft red brass... 6,773 5,564 6,031 6,306
Yellow brass , ...... 6,294 3,025 5,526
3,793
Auto radiators (unsweated ) . 1,859 1,172 1,298 1,733
Bronze . 2,890 1,910 1,928 2,872
Nickel silver . 617 86 195 508
Low brass ... 176 123 125 174
Low-grade scrap and residues .... 6,557 3,374 4,038 5,893
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in March

1949, at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight short tons .
Kind of ingot Feb. 28 , Production to May 31 ,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) , 1,665 1,186 1,191 1,660

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-4 ) 1,383 1,039 989 1,433
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 5,839 5,562 5,650 5,751
Leaded semired brass (81–3–7–9 ) ... 2,894 2,332 2,524 2,702
High -leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 2,144 1,523 1,574 2,093
( 84-6-8-2 ) 985 357 409 933
( 75-5-20 ) 912 494 797 609
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30) ..! 1,439 1,283 1,313 1,400
Manganese bronze ... 06 1,2 876 921 1,161
Aluminum bronze ... 285 150 .. 191 2012
Low brass .. 119 259 202 176
Conductor bronze ...... 54 52 59 47
Hardeners and special alloys ..... 477 367 391 453
Total brass and bronze ingots ,. 20,606 16,713 16,877 20,442

alloys ... 98
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed .
in copper - base alloys . - 830
Net total secondary recovery from “
purchased copper-base scrap ......, 18,173
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Dec.31 , Mar. 31 ,
Scrap items 1948 1949..
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 4,546 4,693

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 6,370 6,521
Composition or soft red brass ... 7,187 6,575
Railroad- car boxes . 58 28
Yellow brass ... 23,647 24,590
Cartridge cases , 2,406 1,524
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,078 1,733
Bronze .
2,180 3,022
Nickel silver ......... : 1,419 1,190
Low brass .... 858 954
Aluminum bronze . 259 231
Low - grade scrap and residues ... 50,004 49,460
Total copper - base scrap 101,012 100,521
1 / Includes refiners , brass ingot makers , brass mills and chemical plants but not
Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers .
Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper-base scrap in

first quarter of 1949. Gross weight in short tons .
Brass ingot maker's Brass mills Total
New Ola New Old
No. 1 wire and heavy 1/ 11,490 TI/ 13,306 3,900 1,717 30,413
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . | 1 /12,618 1 / 33,661 6,270 2,949 55,498
Railroad - car boxes .. 96 96
Yellow brass .... 2,546 10,607 ; 55,033 3,704 71,890
Cartridge cases 2. 626 242 5,365 6,235
Auto radiators (unsvreated ) -
5,428 5,428
Bronze . 852 5,395 207 6,454
Nickel silver 89 525 3,525 51 4,190
Low brass ... 433 23 4,029 19 4,504
Aluminum bronze , .. 2 103 41 146
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 1 /31,349 1/ 73,835 105,184
Total copper - base scrapo .... 67,331 155,368 73,648 14,147 310,494
I7 of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following : Unalloyed copper
Scrap 23,069 tons of new and 30,436 tons of old ; and of low grade scrap and res
idues 23,979 tons of new and 69,038 tons of old .
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of 1949 by all consumers except foundries .
Item Brass Wire Chemical Secondary Total

mills mills plants smelters
Cathodes . 16,053 3 .6 125 16,187

Wire bars . 15,553 185,152 200,705
Ingots and ingot bars . 21.857 5,212 208 27,277
Cakes and slabs ....... 43,274 2 43,276
Billets , ... 29,200 9 29,209
Other 3 . 4 7
Total ... 125,937 190,367 348 316,661

in first quarter of 1949 .

Brass and bronze ingot Last quarter First quarter
1948 1949
Tin bronze (88-10-2) 3,998 4,012
Leaded tin bronze (89-6-14-43) 4,076 3,502
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 27,821 19,874
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .... 12,105 8 , 782
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 5,606 45818
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1,780 1,904
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )..... 6,241 4,029
Manganese bronze 3,069 3,113
Aluminum bronze 513 579
Nickel silver 1,148 996
704 660
Low brass , .. 642
Silicon bronze 653
Conductor bronze 168 148
Hardeners and special alloys ....... 1,695 1,256
Miscellaneous 629 1,073
Total brass and bronze ingots ... 72,268 56,891
Other products from

Secondary metal recovered
copper -base scrap
66,764 81,307
Electrolytic grade copper 1 /.....
Casting copper 562 1,238
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Brass mill products2b..........
Copper in chemical products ........ 3,001 5,349
Miscellaneous ... 833 3,933
255,917 232,559
copper -base scrap ..............
Less material in brass ingot from
other than copper - base scrap ... -4,459 -3,223
purchased copper -base scrap ........ 251,458 229,336
Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
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BRASS INGOT IN AY 1949
Output of brass ingot decreased 1,339 short tons to a total of 11,189 tons in
Tay , according to the Bureau of lines, United States Department of the Interior . The
lay decrease was small compared to the 4,185-ton drop of the previous month , but
continued the unbroken decline which had begun in November 1948 . The lay output was
a record low and was 5,204 tons less than the low point of the last previous sus
tained decline which ended in July 1947 .
The third reduction of the month brought the price of copper to 17,625 cents on
ray 25 and there vas a consequent weakening of scrap and brass ingot prices . Ingot
makers ' consumption of copper -base scrap declined 8 percent in lay and their scrap
inventories continued to decrease , amounting to 25,278 tons at the end of the month
compared with 26,806 tons a month earlier . In the current downward trend and that of
1947 both activity and size of inventories de creased . Secondary smelters stocks of
copper - base scrap at the end of Tay 1947 totaled 34,021 tons .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and A. J. TicDermid under the supervision of Charles

Thite Flerrill, Chief, i'etal Economics Branch, Economics and Statistics Division .
May 1949 at secondary copper smelters ,' Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item Apri... 30 po
Receipts or May 31,
1929 Consumed 1949
lio . I wire and heavy .. 1,608 1,712 1,763 1,557

No. 2 vire mixod heavy & light . 3,073 2,160 2,283 2,950
Railroad - car bores ....... 25 2 2 25
Yellow brass .... 2,876
5,397 2,439 4,960
Auto radiators ( unsweated )... 1,469 693 851 1,301
Bronze , .. 2,456 750 1,012 2,134
Nickel silver ... 562 140 176 526
Low brass . 187 34 32 139
Total copper - base scrap ..... 26,80 € 14,642 15,170 25,278
Table 2 . Stocks , productiсn and shipments of brass i'?gct in Yay

1949 at secondary copper smelters . Gross wei glit in short tons .
Stocks Shipients Stocks

Kind of ingot April 30 , Production to May 31 ,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze (88-70-2 ) ... 1,573 820 732 1,609

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-4 ? ).. 1,521 508 707 1,322
Leaded red brass (55-5-5--5 ) ..... 5,527 3,748 4,555 4,720
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7-9 ). 2,745 1,921 2,088 2,578
High - leaded tin bronze 80-10-10 ) 2,205 927 1,059 2,073
( 84-6-8-2 ) 856 344 297 903
( 75-5-20 ) . 691 289 423 557
Ieaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ) . 1,230 868 1789 1,459
Manganese bronze ...... 1,206 685 711 1,130
Nickel silver ... 577 224 253 548
Low brass .... 99 ‫בגן‬ 138 72
Hardeners & special alloys ..... 422 263 235 450

alloys .... - 85
in coppor - base alloys ... - 531
purchased copper - haso scrap ......... 12,518
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COPPER AND BRASS INGOT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1949
Production of brass ingot decreased from 56,891 short tons in the first quarter
of 1949 to 35,477 tons in the second , according to the Bureau of lines , United
States Department of the Interior , Other reductions in output of secondary metal
from copper - base scrap were 33,808 tons or 40 percent in brass mill products and
3,319 tons or 7 percent in production of refined copper from scrap . Although
quarterly output of brass ingot declined , that for June was 5 percent greator than
for jay .
The price of copper dropped from 23-375 cents a pound at the end of the first
quart r to 16 cents near the end of the second quartor of 1949 and the price of zin
from 16 cents to 9. These changes followed decrcases in consumption of refined
coprer , of copper -base scrap and in purchases of scrap by all classes of consumers
canvassed on the monthly survey . Consumption of copper -base scrap by brașs mills
declinod 38 percent in the second quarter, that: by . secondar ; copper smelters 33

percent , and that by primary.producers 7 percent... Consumption of refined copper by
wire mills, which do not use scrap, decreased 28 percent . Stocks of copper and
brass scrap held by smelters and refiners decreased 22 pcrcent in the second quarter
of 1949 but those of the brass mills increased 8 percent ,
Prepared by Helena li, leyer, and Archie J, lícDermid under the supervision of Charles
Thite Perrill, Chief, lietal Economics Pranch , Economics and Statistics Division .
June 1949 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item May 31 , Receipts or June 30,
Consumed 1949
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No. 1 wire and heavy 1,557 1,646 1,689 1,514
No. 2 wire mixed heavy & light. , 2,950 2,000 2,470 2,480
Composition or soft red brass...... 5,315 3,857 4,435 4,737
Railroad - car boxes. 25 54 3 76
Yellow brass .. 4,960 2,477 2,427 5,010
Cartridge cases.. 539 85 130 494
Auto radiators (unsweated )... 1,301 906 901 1,306
Bronze 2,134 1,143 1,384 1,893
Nickel silver ... 526 271 250 547
Low brass ... 139 66 39 166
Aluminum bronze . 124 - 7 23 94
Low grade scrap and residues....... 5,708 2,570 3,222 5,057
Total copper - base scrap ......... 25,278 15,068 16,972 23,374
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in June

1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight short tons .
Kind of ingot May 31 , Production to June 30,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronce (88-10-2 ). 1,609 764 859 -1,514

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6 - la -42) 1,322 609 725 1,206
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) ...... 4,720 4,215 4,411 4,524
High - leaded tin bronze (80–10-10 ).. 2,073 823 903 1,993
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 903 294 427 770
( 75-5-20 ) . 557 523 361 719
Leaded yellow brass (66ml - 3-30 ) .... 1,459 675 742 1,392
Nanganese bronze .. 1,180 562 687 1,055
Low brass .. 72 116 111 77
Conductor bronze.... 29 37 31 35
Hardeners and special alloys ....... 450 396 362 484
Total brass and bronze ingots .... 18,720 12,760 12,681 17,799
alloys ............... 89
in copper - base alloys... 534
Not total secondary recovery from
purchased copper- base scrap ...... 13,186
Table 3. Consumers !'
Consumers 1 stocks of purchased copper - base scrap .
Dec. 31, Mar. 31, June 30,

Scrap items 1948 1949 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 4,546 4,693 3,420

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & : light . 6,370 6,521 6,381
Composition or soft red brass .. 7,187 6,575 4,763
Railroad - car boxes .............. 58 28 .: 76
Yellow brass ...... 23,647 24,590 25,533
Cartridge cases ... 2,406 1,524 1,734
Auto radiators (un sweated ) . 2,078 1,733 1,306
Bronze ... 2,180 3,022 2,063
Nickel silver 1,479 1,190 1,361
Low brass ... 858 954 * 705
Aluminum bronze 259 231 185
Total copper - base scrap ...... 101,012 100,521. 83,275
1 / Includes refiners , brass ingot makers, brass mills and chemical plants but not

second quarter of 1949 . Gross weight in short tons .
Drass ingot makers Brass mills Total

Scrap item
New Old New Old
No. 1 wire and heavy........... 1 / 11,106 1,/ 13,375 2 / 3,300 2 ) 1,231 29,012
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light 11,344 1// 21,815 /
2 5,753 2 / 1,066 39,978
Composition or soft red brass .. 5,790 7,290 289 232 13,601
Railroad - car boxes... 11 -
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Yellow brass , 1,847 6,396 30,429 2 / 3,174 - 41,846
Cartridge cases ... 4 463 201 2,720 3,388
Auto radiators (unsweated )..... 2,734 2,734
Bronze ... 656 3,278 429 4,363
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Nicke .I silver , 31 522 2,436 52 3,041

Low brass . 130 79 3,630 28 3,917
Aluminum bronze , .. 74 25 99
Low -grade scrap and residues ... 125,713 1/ 74,799 100,512
Total copper - base scrap ..... 56,671 130,836 46,492 8,503 242,502
1 / of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following: Unalloyed copper
scrap , 21,962 tons of new and 24,272 tons of old ; and of low - grade scrap and resi
dues 20,942 tons of new and 69,577 tons of old .
2 / of the totals shown chemical plants reported the following : Unelloyed copper
scrap, 102 tons of new and 1,82 tons of old ; and of brass scrap 2,400 tons of old.
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Brass Wire Smelters

Item mills mills and Total
miscellaneous
Cathodes . 8,004 31 8,035

Wire bars.... 8,429 133,043 141,472
Ingots and ingot bars . 10,705 5,154 172 16,031
Cakes and slabs ... 29,780 1 29,781
Billets ............ 13,594 3 13,597
Other . 99 30 129
Totals in second quarter 70,611 138,197 237 209,045
1 Excludes consumption by foundries and miscellaneous manifacturers which report

on an annual basis and which consume from 2 to 3 percent of the total .
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in first half of 1949

Brass and bronze ingot
Last quarter First quarter Second quarter
1948 1949 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) .....909 3,998 4,012 2,476

Leaded tin bronze 48-6-11-24 4,076 3,502 1,828
- Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 )....... 27,821 19,874 11,888
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) ... 12,105 8,782 5,839
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 5,606 4,818 2,894
( 84-6-8-2 ). 2,060 1,503 913
(75-5--20 ) 1,780 1,904 1,209
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )... 6,241. 4,029 2,774
Maganese bronze ... 3,069 3,113 1,910
Nickel silver. 1,148 996 773
Low brass .. 704 660 292
Silicon bronze . 655 642 511
• Conductor bronze , 168 148 77
Hardeners and special alloyse ..... 1,695 1,256 869
• Kiscellaneous . 629 1,073 905
Total brass and bronze ingots .. 72,268 56,891 35,477
Other products from

copper - base scrap Secondary metal recovered
Electrolytic grade copper 1 / ...... 2 /61,965 2 ) 76,602 73,283

Casting copper ..... ..... 06.2/ 5,361 2 5,943 3,893
Brass mill products 3 .......... 112,489 83,841 50,033
Copper in chemical products ....... 3,001 5,349 2,963
Miscellaneous . 833 3,933 1,827

copper - base scrap ....... 255,917 232,559 167,476
Less inaterial in brass ingot from
other than copper - base scrap ... - 4,459 - 3,223 -1,888
purchased copper -base scrapo .... 251,458 229,336 165,588
1. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .

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Production of brass ingot continued to decrease in July dropping 17 percent to
9,785 short tons , according to the Bureau of lines, United States Department of the
Interior . Three cuts had reduced the price of copper from 17.625 to 16 cents a
pound in June , but by July 11 the price was again at 17.625 cents where it remained
past the end of the month . Prices of lead , zinc and scrap retals also increased in
July .
Ordinarily such price rises mean increased industrial activity . July , hoviever ,
is the month in which many smelters suspend operations in order to make repairs and
to permit employees to take vacations , The Fourth of July holiday also reduced out
put for the month and the long hot spell thich afflicted most parts of the country
throughout July served to slow the rate of industrial activity . Brass ingot ship
ments were 16 percent greater than production indicating that output did not keep
pace with denando Secondary copper smelters bought 13 percent more scrap than they
consumed , causing stocks to increase , showing that the industry considered the
market to be improving . In previous months of the current dorintrará trend in oper

ations stocks of scrap had decreased ,
Copper - base scrap consuription at secondary copper smelters totaled 14,297 tons ,
2,675 tons less than in June ; the largest decreases in individual items vere 1,123
tons or 25 percent in composition scrap and 543 tons or 17 percent in lor - grade
materials , Output of composition ingot decreased 908 tons or 22 percent .
Prepared by Helena li. lleyer and Archie Jo licDernid , under the supervision of Charles
thite lerrill, Chief, lietal Economics Branch, Economics and Statistics Division ,
July 1949 at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons.
Scrap item June 30, Receipts or July 31,
1949 Consumed 1949
No , I wire and heavy. 1,514 1,839 1,462 1,891

No. 2 vire ,mixed heavy & light ... 2,480 2,697 1,962 3,215
Composition or soft red brass.... 4,737 3,770 3,312 5,195
Railroad - car boxes , 76 8 1 83
Yellow brass , 5,010 2,593 2,700 4,903
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 1,306 687 730 1,263
Bronze ... 1,893 1,149 1,194 1,848
Nickel silver . 547 162 124 585
Low brass 166 77 55 185
Aluminum bronzo . , 94 21 24, 91
Low - grade scrap and residues..... 5,057 3,083 2,678 5,462
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Kind of ingot June 30, Production to July 31 ,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,514 625 684 1,455

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-164 )::: 1,206 549 647 1,108
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) ....... 4,5224 3,307 4,099 3,732
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ).. 2,190 1,985 2,023 2,152
High leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,993 580 692 1,881
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 770 169 257 682
( 75-5-20 ) ...
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Ieaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )... 1,392 848 1,068 1,172
Manganese bronzes . 1,055 493 534 1,014
Nickel silver .... 0 629 131 225 535
Low brass ... 77 198 145 130
Silicon bronze , 308 ..94 , 103 299
Hardeners and special alloys..... no 484 193 246 431
Miscellaneous ...... 733 267 154 846

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Miscellaneous rav materials consumed
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After following a downward trend for 9 months production of brass ingot in

creased 50 percent to 14,686 tons in August, according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . The largest increases in individual type .
were 1,841 tons in composition metal , 1,142 tons in leaded semired brass and 560
tons in yellow brass ingot . As in July , ingot shipments were greater than output.
The price of copper remained unchanged at 17.625 cents a pound but prices paid for
copper and brass scrap increased fractions of a cent .
Consumption of copper -base scrap by secondary smelters in August increased

2,986 tons or 21 percent to total 17,283 tons . Normally scrap consumption increase
or decreases by about the same percentages as ingot production . One reason for the
difference in percentage of increase in August was that the average grade of the
scrap treated was 10 percent higher than in July . Consumption of low - grade scrap
and residues de creased 45 percent in August whereas use of composition and yellot
brass scrap increased 62 and 36 percent respectively . Another reason was that in
August more of the scrap total was consumed in brass ingot and less in making re
fined copper , powder , chemicals and brass mill billets , than was the case in July .
August receipts of scrap by these smelters were slightly greater than in July but
stocks declined about a thousand tons .
Prepared by Helena 1. lleyer and Archie J. i cDermid , under the supervision of Charle:
V.hite l'errill , Chief, Metal Economics Branch , Minerals Division .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased comper - base scrap in
August 1949 at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks llelted Stocks

Scrap item July 31. , ' ' Pe ceipts or Aug. 32
1949 Consumed 1949

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light .. 3,215 2,120 2,081 3,254
Railroad - car boxes , 83 1. 4 EO
Yellow brass .. 4,903 3,466 3,677 4,692
Cartridge cases ... 455 19 119 355
Auto radiators (unsweated ).... 1,263 1,295 1,297 1,261
Bronze ... 1,848 997 1,301 1,544
Nickel silver . 585 122 185 522
Low brass . 188 70 90 168
Table 2. Stocks , production and shipments of brass ingot in August


Kind of ingot July 31 , Production to Aug. 3
1949 Consuners 1949
Tin bronze (38-10-2 ) . 1,455 792 820 1,427

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-43 ) 1,103 627 682 1,063
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 3,732 5,148 5,703 3,177
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) . 2,152 , 3,127 3,292 1,987
High leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,881 996 1,160 1,717
( 84-6-8-2 ) 682 383 386 679
( 75-5-20 ) ... 567 315 329 553
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .... 1,172 1,408 1,521 1,059
Aluminum bronze : 198 148 180 166
Nickel silver , 535 230 , 268 497
Low brass .. 130 81 103 108
Miscellaneous , 826 265 207 902

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COPPZR AID BRASS INCOT IN TE . TIIRD. RIIARTOR OF 1949 .
Reversing the declining trend of the first two quarters , production of brass
ingot increased 17 percent to 41,474 short, tons in the third quarter of 1949 ,
according to the Bureau of ines, United States Department of the Interior . The
activity of the ingot makers was lover in July than in any other month of the year
throueh September but operations in August and September. raised the total output for
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the third quarter above that for the second .. Secondary metal production at brass
mills also increased , reaching 57,640 tons in the third quarter , compared with
50,033 tons in the second . Secondary refined copper output of the primary producers,
another group using large quantities of scrap , experienced a 62 percent decrease to
28,329 tons .
Total consumption of copper - base scrap by principal consuming groups except
foundries tas 175,937 tons in the third quarter 66,565 less than in the previous
quarter . Primary refiners reduced their consumption of unalloyed and lovr - grade
scrap much more than their use of primary materials . Brass mills increased their
consumption of scrap a moderate 5,251 tons but their use of refined copper rose
32,885 tons . These changes in operations by tiro important consumer groups indicate
that the decrease in total scrap consumption vas caused by scárcity of scrap rather
than lack of demand for it . A scarcity of copper and brass scrap was also noted in
press reports , many of which were to the effect that little scrap tas being offered
for sale by dealers , Ingot makers ' consumption of copper - base scrap increased
4,205 tons in the third quarter . Treatment of composition scrap, the type most used
by ingot makers rose to 15,581 tons , and that of yellov: brass by brass mills to
40,085 tons .
One chemical plant reported the use of -brass scrap in the manufacture of copper
sulfate . In the processes used, the metals .contained in the scrap are separated
and recovered by chemical means .
Prepared by Helena 1. l'eyer and Archic J. icDermid under the supervision of Charles
White Perrill, Chief, iietal Economics Branch , linerals Division
September 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item Aug. 31 , Receipts or Sept. 30,
1949 Consumed 1929
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,942 1,995 1,937 2,000

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy &c light .. 3,254 3,958 3,990 3,222
Railroad - car boxes 80 12 12 82
Yellow brass .. 4,692 4,225 3,994 4,923
Cartridge cases ..... 355 218 174 399
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) ... 1,261 2,028 1,848 1,441
Bronze . 1,544 1,587 1,504 1,627
Nickel silver . 522 297 184 635
Low brass ..... 168 72 87 153
Total copper- base scrap ....... 24,209 23,359 23,283 24,285
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in September

1949, at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight short tons .
Kind of ingot Aug. 31 , Production to Sept. 30,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,427 830 969 1,288

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43) 1,063 887 904 1,046
Leaded red brass ( 85--5-5-5). 3,177 6,424 6,210 3,392
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) . 1,987 3,726 3,991 1,722
( 84-6-8-2) 679 522 453 748
( 75-5-20 ) . 553 449 505 497
Leaded yellow brass (66–1-3-30 ).. 1,059 1,579 1,571 . 1,067
Manganese bronze . 1,037 638 667 1,008
Nickel silver ... 497 211 346 362
Low brass. 108 111 171 48
Miscellaneous.... 904 1 / - 85 226 593

alloys .... 89
in copper - base alloys........ 741
purchased copper - base scrap ......... 19,537
1 Negative production indicates consurption greater than production .
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Gross weight in short tons . " .
Dec. 31 , Mar. 31 , June 30, Sept. 30,
Scrap items
1948 1949 1949 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy . 4,546 4,693 3,420 3,632

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light. 6,370 6,521 6,381 7,026
Railroad - car boxes............ 58 28 ....76 .. 82
Yellow brass ..... 23,647 24,590 25,533 ... 22,151
Cartridge cases.. 2,406 1,524 -1,734 1,132
Auto radiators (unsweated )...... 2,078 1,733 -1,306 1,441
Bronze ... 2,180 3,022 -2,063 1,789
Nickel silver 1,419 1,190 1,361 1 ,;547
Low brass...... 858 954 705 577
Total copper- base scrap ....... 101,012 100,521 83,275 74,379
1 Includes "refiners , brass ingot makers, brass mills and chemi cal plants but not

third quarter of 1949. Gross weight in short tons .
Now old New old
No. l wire and heavy .. /

1 , 2,674 1 , 9,479 | 21,3,231 2),
/ 1,103 16,487
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light . 1 4,719 1 23,811 / 3,953
2 2 919 23,402
Railroad - car boxes.. 16 16
Yellow brass , ... 2,785 7,582 40,085 1,201 51,653
Cartridge cases .. 349 -58 3,453 3,860
Auto radiators (un sweated ) . 3,876 3,876
Bronze 856 3,144 208 4, 208
Nickel silver . 18 476 1,809 80 2,383
Low brass ... 218 13 3,685 3,924
Aluminum bronze .... 4 67 3 13 58
Low -grade scrap and residues.... 1/ 12,393 1 / 37,656 50,489
1 of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following: Unalloyed copper
scrap 6,474 tons of new and 11,120 tons of old; and of lor-grade scrap and residues
8,345 tons of new and 34,642 tons of old .
of the totals shown chemical plants reported the following : Unalloyed copper
scrap , 64 tons of new and 1,490 tons of old ; and 2,621 tons of old brass scrap .
3 / Negative consumption indicates increase in stocks of home scrap.
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third quarter of 1949 .
Brass Wire Smelters

miscellaneous
Cathodes... 1.2,090 2 12 12,104

Wire bars... 9,439 139,5.12 148,981
Ingots and ingot bars . | 12,598 4,677 118 17,393
Cakes andslabs ....... 37,090 1 37,091
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Totals in third quarter 103,496 144,221 156 247,873
1 Excludes consumption by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers which report

on an annual basis and which consume from 2 to 3 percent of the total .
Table 6. Production of secondary copper and copper - alloy products
in first three quarters of 1949 .

Last First Second Third
Brass and bronze ingot quarter quarter quarter quarter
1948 1949 1949 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).. 3,998 4,012 2,476 2,247

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-42.). 4,076 3,502 1,828 2,073
Ieaded red brass (85-5-5-5)...... 27,821 19,874 11,888 14,879
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ).... 12,105 8,782 5,839 8,828
High - loaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ).. 5,606 4,818 2,894 2,693
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 2,060 1,503 913 1,074
( 75-5-20 ) ... 1,780 1,904 1,209 956
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ) .... 6,241 4,029 2,774 3,835
Maganese bronze ..... 3,069 3,113 1,910 1,813
Nickel silver . 1,148 996 773 572
Low brass .. 704 660 292 390
Hardeners and special alloys....... 1,695 1,256 869 798
Miscellancous . 629 1,073 905 447
Total brass and bronze ingots..... 72,268 56,891 35,477 41,474
Other products from

Electrožytic grade copper 16 ....... 2 /61,965 2//, 76,602 73,283 27,343

Casting copper ... 2/ 5,361 2 5,943 3,893 3,581
Brass mill products 3/ .......... 112,489 83,841 50,033 57,640
Copper in chemical products ........ 3,001 5,349 2,963 3,403
liscellaneous...... 833 3,933 1,827 910

copper - base scrap ...... 255,917 232,559 167,476 134,351
other than copper -bese scrap..... · 4,459 - 3,223 - 1,888 - 2,049
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BRASS INGOT IN OCTOBER 1949
Continuing the rising trend which began in August , production of brass and
bronze ingot increased 13 percent to 19,264 short tons in October, according to the
Bureau of lines , United States Departinent of the Interior , There were substantial
increases in output of the three largest items which include composition , leaded
semired brass and yellow brass , Decreases when they occurred , were small .
Consumption of copper - base scrap by the ingot makers totaled 24,541 tons. It
exceeded monthly closing stocks for the first time in 1949 although the difference
was slight. Usually brass ingot makers ' total scrap inventories exceed monthly
scrap consumption by from 5,000 to 10,000 tons. In the months following hily 1947
and July 1949 , horrever , this difference lessened until the two items were virtually
equal, this coincidence occurring in December 1947 and October 1949 . In succeeding
months of 1947 the normal difference was re -established and probably will be re
established in 1949. July was the month of lovest activity in 1947 and 1948 and
through October has that distinction for 1949 . In 1947 and 1949 a stead - increase
in activity followed a sustained decline . In 1943 there were no sustained rising or
declining trends and ending stocks for all months wore greater than scrap consump
tion,
The low level of consumors ' inventories in October, and their policy of buying
only for immediate needs , made scrap prices sensitive . They weetiened during the
first part of the month but strengthened torrard the end. However, there is no
evidency of ovo swvply at any time , It is the opinion of some authorities that the
average size and importance of scrap metal dealcr plants are increasing so that
when tho market is weak they can hold metal in stock rather than sell it .
Consumption of composition and yellow brass increased 5 and 22 purcent rospec

tively in October but use of alloyod scrap items declined, Excess of receipts
over consumption caused stocks of the unalloyed group to increase 23 percent.
Preparcd by jlclena M.: oyer and Archie J. licDermid, urder the supirvision of Charles
Thite Tcrrill , Chief, I'etal Economics Branch; " in rals Division ,
October 1949 , at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Sept. 30, Receipts or Oct. 31,
1949 Consumed 1949
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,000 2,459 1,918 2,541

Composition or soft red brass ..... . 3,735 6,476 6,926 3,285
Yellow brass .... 4,923 4,568 4,892 4,599
Cartridge cases ... 399. 155 185 369
Auto radiators ( un sweated ) . 1,441 1,988 2,028 1,401
Bronze .. 1,627 1,804 1,703 1,728
Nickel silver . 635 256 308 583
Low brass.... 153 64 98 119
Total copper - base scrap....... 24,285 24,729 24,542 24,473
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in

October 1949 , at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot Sept. 30, Production to Oct. 31 ,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ).. 1,288 1,008 989 1,307

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ). 1,046 834 1,034 846
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5).. 3,392 7,127 7,201 3,317
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) .. 1,787 1,121 1,167 1,741
( 84-6-8-2 ). 748 389 506 631
( 75-5-20 ) .. 497 359 443 413
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .... 1,067 2,007 1,996 1,078
Manganese bronze . 1,008 901 828 1,081
Nickel silver ... 362 275 210 427
Low brass....... 48 162 170 40
Silicon bronze ... 288 124 169 243
Conductor bronze ........ 22 32 31
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Miscellaneous copper products produced........ 3,058
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys . - 147
base alloys ... - 902
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Output of brass ingot increased from 19,264 short tons in October to 21,516
tons in November according to the Bureau of ilines, United States Department of the
Interior . This total was virtually the same as in January before a six -month
decline in activity dropped production to 9,785 tons in July . However , the November
total was still 3,756 tons below the monthly average for 1948. The greatest indi
vidual November increase was 1,052 tons in production of composition ingot followed
by 390 tons in leaded tin bronze and 374 tons in leaded semired brass , The demand
for copper and copper alloy products which had been rising since July resulted in
an advance in the price of electrolytic copper delivered Connecticut Valley from
17,625 to 13,5 cents a pound on November third .
Copper - base scrap consumption by secondary copper smelters totaled 30,224 tons
in November , 5,683 tons more than in October . of the increase 3,209 tons consisted
of unalloyed copper scrap , 951 tons of low - grade materiál ana 569 tons of bronze .
Scrap receipts also rose , exceeding consumption by 2,079 *tons and increasing stocks
to 26,552 tons .
Prepared by Helena r . Meyer and Archie J. JicDermid , under the supervision of Charles
White Berrill , Chief, letal Economics Branch , " inerals Division .
Table I. " Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
November 1949 , at secondary copper smelters, Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Oct. 31, Receipts or Nov. 30 ,
1949 Consumed 1949
No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 3,897 6,175 5,669 4,403
Railroad - car boxes ...... 92 72 55 109
Yellow brass .. 4,599 5,293 5,124 4,768
Cartridge cases... 369 233 223 379
Auto radiators (unsweated ) ... 1,401 2,661 2,409 1,653
Bronze . 1,728 2,224 : 2,272 1,680
Nickel silver ... 583 332 473 442
Low brass ... 119 116 86 149
Aluminum bronze ......... 130 39 26 143
Total coppermbase scrap . 24,473 32,303 30,224 26,552

November 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons.

Kind of ingot Oct. 31 , |Production to Nov , 30,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).. 1,307 1,036 982 1,362

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-14-43)... 846 1,224 1,046 1,024
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5).... 3,317 8,179 7,879 3,617
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) .... 1,814 4,584 4,599 1,799
High - leaded tin bronze (80~ 10–10 ).. 1,742 1,360 1,389 1,712
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 631 474 461 644
( 75--5--20 ) . 413 422 347 488
Leaded yellow brass (66–103-30). 1,078 1,854 1,876 1,056
Manganese bronze .. 1,081 700 677 1,104
Nickel silver . 427 387 299 515
Low brass , 40 184 148 76
Hardeners and special alloys....... 434 448 482 400
Miscellaneous ... 217 72 115 174
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AND SECONDARY COPPER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1949
Production of brass ingot totaled 61,485 short tons in the fourth quarter of
1949 compared with 41,474 tons in the third quarter according to the Bureau of lines,
United States Department of the Interior . Although the output for the fourth quarter
was greater than for any other in 1949 it was smaller than that for any quarter in
1948. Recovery of copper from scrap by primary refiners was sharply reduced in the
final six months of 1949 , amounting to 28,756 tons and 38,639 tons in the third and
fourth quarters respectively, compared with 151,780 tons in the first half of the
year . The de crease was caused in part by the labor strike from the end of June to
the end of October at the Carteret plant of the Anerican 3ietal Company , a large con
sumer of scrap . Total output of the primary refineries; however , increased over 70
percent to an estimated 352,000 tons in the fourth quarter of 1949. Recovery from
copper -base scrap at brass mills folloved the same pattern as at the brass ingot
plants , amounting to 90,299 tons in the last quarter compared with 83,841 in the
first, 50,033 in the second, and 57,640 in the third .
Data given in monthly and quarterly reports are preliminary . The figures are
subject to revisions from substitution of final for preliminary reports and additions
of data from foundries and a few other plants which report on an annual basis . Total
secondary recovery by foundries for 1949 is estimated at about 100,000 tons and their
consumption of copper - base scrap at 120,000 tons .
Total consumption of copper -base scrap by principal consuming groups except

foundries increased from 175,937 tons in the third to 229,020 tons in the fourth
quarter of 1949. Use of major items by all groups increased except for a 42 percent,
17,638 -ton cut in treatment of low - grade scrap by the primary.refiners . Total con
sumption of copper -base scrap by brass mills increased 46. percent and their con
sumption of refined copper 50 percent. Use of refined copper by wire mills increased
from 144,221 tons in the third quarter of 1949 to 168,992 tons in the fourth ,
A large proportion of the scrap used by brass mills consists of process scrap,
generated by fabricators, and returned to the mills for remelting. Considerable
quantities of scrap are also provided by scrap dealers, especially in' times when
operations are expanding and consumption of raw materials is increasing. Some brass
mills in December were obtaining over half of their purchased scrap from dealers .
Prepared by Helena 1. i'eyer and Archie J. I'cDermid , under the supervision of Charles
lihite l'errill , Chief, l'etal Economics Branch , llinerals Division .
De cember 1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Nov. 30, Receipts or Dec. 31 ,
1949 Consumed 1949
No , l tire and heavy . 2,557 2,338 2,745 2,250
No. 2 vire , nized heavy & light .. 4,403 5,490 5,216 4,777
Composition or soft red brass.. 3,795 7,753 7,145 4,103
Railroad -car boxes ...... 109 89 65 193
Yellow brass , uelser 4,768 6,207 5,576 5,459
Cartridge cases , 379 297 2016 430
Auto relatos (ungweated to go.... 1,653 2,902 2,552 2,033
Bronze 1,680 2,203 1,7777 2,106
Nickel silvers ........ 442 247 149 540
Low brass.:-* 149 120 119 150
Low - grade scrap and residuese .... 6,374 3,981 4,395 5,960
Table 20 Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot in December

1949 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,

Kind of ingot NOV , 30, Production to Dec. 31,
1949 Consumers 1949
Tin bronze ( 88--10-2) 1,361 1,152 1,068 . 1,445

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-11-4 ) ;:: 1,024 · 954 1,032 946
Leaded red brass (85-5-5--5 )..... 3,617 7,448 7,423 3,642
Leaded semired brass (81--3--7-9) .. 1,799 5,028 4,417 2,410
( 84-6-8-2) 644 343 432 555
( 75--5-20 ). 488 479 525 442
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ).. 1,056 1,770 1,771 1,055
Manganese bronze ....... 1,104 863 870 1,097
Alın inum bronze .........
0 283 263 246 305
Mckel silvero . 515 : 112 213 414
LOT brasse , 76 74 82 68
Conc uctor bronze ... 23 21 31 33
Hardeners and special alloys . 400 447 415 .432
Miscellaneous .... 174 331 199 306

Refined copper consumed in copper- base
alloys ... -- 134
in copper - base alloys ... - 945
purchased copper- base scrap .. 24,254
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Gross Weight in short tons .
Dec , 31 , Har . 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
Scrap items 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949
No , I wire and heavy .. 4,546 4,693 3,420 3,632 4,190

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light. 6,370 6,521 6,381 7,026 9,153
Composition or soft red brass . 7,187 6,575 4,763 3,737 ... 4,429
Railroad - car boxes ...... 58 28 76 81 133
Yellow brass . 23,647 24,590 25,533 22,152 16,900
Cartridge cases ... 2,406 1,524 1,734 1,132 986
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,078 1,733 1,306 1.9.441 ..2,033
Bronze . 2,180 3,022 2,063 1,789 2 ; 223
Nickel silver 1,419 1,190 1,361 1,547. 1,531
Low brass ..... 858 954 705 577 720
Aluminum bronze ... 259 231 185 216 212
Low - grade scrap and residues... 50,004 49,460 35,748 31,550 50,464
Total copper - base scrap ...... 102,012 100,521 83,275 74,879 92,974
1 / Preliminary figures. Includes refiners, brass ingot makers, brass mills and
plants but not foundries .
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Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper - base scrap in fourth

quarter of 1949. Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item and refiners 1 and scrap
Chemical plants 2 ) used
New old New Old

No. 1 wire and heavy .. 6,384 14,316 4,473 1,209 26,382

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light.. 9,877 21,055 7,143 2,476 40,551
Composition or soft red brass . 9,302 11,819 420 21,531
Railroad - car boxes . 388 388
Yellow brass..... 4,013 11,519 62,906 696 79,134
Cartridge cases .. 2 652 399 1,311 2,364
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 6,989 6,989
Bronze 1,123 4,628 213 5,964
Nickel silver . 45 885 3,403 113 4,446
Low brasso ...... 286 16 4,015 12 4,329
Low -grade scrap and residues ..... 15,699 21,107 36,806
Total copper- base scrap ....... 46,735 93,487 82,981 5,817 229,020
1 of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following: Unalloyed copper
scrap 14,714 tons of new and 15,523 tons of old ; and of low - grade scrap and
residues 9,022 tons of new and 16,327 tons of old .
2 / of the totals shown chemical plants reported the folloving: 36 tons of nev: and
2,979 tons of old .
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Brass Wire Smelters

Item mills mills and
. Total
miscellaneous
Cathodes ......... 29,692 3 98 29,793

Wire bars ...... ... * 11,632 165,801 177,433
Ingots and ingot bars , 25,763 3,187 126 29,076
Cakes and slabs.i .. 53,164 47 53,211
Billets . 34,668 31 34,699
Other 6 .6
Totals ....... 154,919 308 3244 , 218

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Cathodes ... 65,839 8 272 66 ; 119

Wire bars.... 45,053 623,538 668,591
Cakes and slabs....... 163,308 51 163,359
Billets .. 109,721 ..65 109,786
Other ... 119 46 165
Total s ....... 454,963 641,776 1,058 1,097,797
1 / Preliminary figures . Does not include consumption by foundries which are esti
mated to have consumed a total of 25,000 tons of refined copper in 1949.
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Table 6. Production of secondary copper and copper - alloy products
in 1949. 1
Gross weight produced , short tons .

Brass and bronze ingot in
quarter quarter quarter quarter
1949 1949 1949 1949 1949
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).. 4,012 2,476 2,247 3,196 11,931
Leaded tin bronze 788-6-154253 3,502 1,828 2,073 3,012 10,415
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 19,874 11,888 14,879 22,754 69,395
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 )... 8,782 5,839 8,828 13,822 37,271
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 4,818 2,894 2,693 3,618 14,023
( 84-6-8-2) . 1,503 913 1,074 1,206 4,696
( 75-5-20 ) . 1,904 1,209 956 1,260 5,329
Leaded yello w brass (66-1-3-30 ), 4,029 2,774 3,835 5,631 16,269
Manganese bronze . 3,113 1,910 1,813 2,464 9,300
Aluminum bronze , 579 319 421 840 2,159
Nickel silver ... 996 773 572 774 3,115
Low brass ...... 660 292 390 420 1,762
Silicon bronze ... 642 511 384 652 2,189
Conductor bronze , 128 77 64 110 399
Hardeners and special alloys , 1,256 869 798 1,313 4,236
Miscellaneous .... 1,073 905 447 413 2,838
Total brass and bronze ingots... 56,891 35,477 41,474 61,485 195,327
Other products from

Electrolytic grade copper 2/..... 76,602 73,283 27,343 38,000 215,228

Casting copper ... 5,943 3,893 3,581 4,721 18,138
Brass mill products 33)........... 83,841 50,033 57,640 90,299 281,813
Copper in chemical products...... 5,349 2,963 3,403 2,821 14,536
Miscellaneous...... 3,933 1,827 910 547 7,217
copper - base scrap ..... 232,559 167,476 134,351 197,873 732,259
other than copper - base scrap ... - 3,223 - 1,888 - 2,049 - 3,428 -10,588
purchased copper -base scrap .... 229,336 165,588 132,302 194,445 721,672
1 Preliminary figures. Does not include production by foundries which are esti
mated to have recovered 100,000 tons of secondary metal from copper and brass
scrap in 1949 .
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BRASS INGOT IN JANUARY 1950
The 24,066mton output of brass ingot in January 1950 vas greater than for any
month since October 1948 according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department
of the Interior . The January production was 16 percent greater than that for De
cember and continued the rising trend which began in August 1949. Output of compo
sition ingot increased 23 percent to 9,164 tons , of 80-10-10 bronze 59 percent or

673 tons , and of yellow brass 435 tons or 25 percent .
Total cooper - base scrap consumption by ingot makers in January vas 33,066 tons
compared with 29,879 tons in December , The largest gain vas 1,533 tons in consump
tion of composition scrap . There were increases of over 500 tons cach in use of
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light copper scrap , yellow brass , auto radiators and
bronze but consumption of low grade scrap and residues decreased 997 tons . During
the month the Bureau of Federal Supply arrarded contracts for conversion of around
40,000,000 pounds of cartridge cases into ingot, presumably for addition to the
national stockpile . Inventories of copper and brass scrap held by ingot makers ,
after increasing in Novembor and December , vere virtually unchanged in January .
Prepared by Helena H. lieyer and Archie J. NicDermid , under the supervision of Charles
V.hite lerrill, Chief, letal Economics Branch , Pinerals Division .
Table 1 .Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
January 1950, at secondary copper smelters . Gross veight in short tons .

Scrap item Dec. 31, Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1949 Consumed 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 2,250 2,626 2,840 2,036

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light... 4,777 4,938 5,632 4,083
Yellow brass ... 5,459 6,828 6,042 6,245
Bronze . 2,106 2,504 2,402 2,203
Low brass .. 150 23.1 • 206 175
Table 2. Stocks , production, and shipinents of brass ingot in January

1949 Consuners 1950
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )....... 1,445 1,006 950 1,501

Leaded tin bronze ( 83–6-13-43 ). 926 1,162 963 1,145
Leaded red brass ( 85.- 5-5-5) . ...... 3,642 9,164 8,271 4,535
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) , 2,410 4,796 4,724 2,482
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 555 490 499 : 546
( 75-5-20 ) .. 442 696 461 677
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 )... 1,055 2,205 2,109 1,151
Manganese bronze.eu 1,097 1,065 992 1,170
Nickel silver .. 4141 305 254 465
Low brass , oro .. 68 279 245 102
Silicon bronze.oeone 33.2 250 238 343
Conductor bronze ... 33 . 38 40 31
Hardeners and special alloys ....no 432 464 520 376
Miscellaneous . 306 50 - 356 712
Total brass and bronze ingots ... | 15,066 24,066 21,976 17,156
alloys ....... - 201
Miscellaneous raw ma terials consumed
in copper -base alloys ................ -1,065
purchased copper - base scrap .......... 27,122
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Production of brass ingot in February was 20,920 short tons , 3,146 less than in
January , but the daily output was virtually the same in each month according to the
Bureau of l'ines, United States Department of the Interior . The February decline
(1,589 tons ) in production of composition ingot was of the same order as the January
increase but that of leaded semired brass was 1,088 tons compared with a 32 - ton de
crease in January . Other February changes were less than 300 tons each .
Total coppermbase scrap consumption in February by secondary copper smelters

was 28,607 tons . Recovery of copper , zinc and other metals as brass ingot , refined
copper , copper shot, brass mill billets, chemicals and powder , from copper and brass
scrap by these smelters totaled 22,885 tons , or 20 percent less than the scrap con
sumption . This percentage is an approximation of the melting loss but is not exact
because some scrap used in January energed as production in February and some of the
scrap recorded as consumed in February was still in process at the end of that month .
In January recovery was 18 percent less than consumption ,
February was the fifth successive month in which brass ingot makers ' closing
inventories of scrap were lover than their monthly total copper - base scrap con
sumption . The se inventories had not previously been less than usage at least as far
back as January 1947 when ingot makers ' scrap stocks were first published separately
by the Bureau of lines . Usually the ingot makers ' scrap stocks exceed their monthly
scrap consumption by from 5,000 to 10,000 tons . l'any 'ingot makers are also scrap
metal dealers so the size of their inventories is some indication of the stocks held
by dealers .
Prepared by Helena 1 .. i'eyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles
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February 1950, at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Jan. 31, Receipts or Feb. 29
1950 Consumed 1950
No , 1 vire and heavy .... 2,036 2,449 2,379 2,106

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light .. 4,083 3,573 4,323 3,333
Pailroad - car boxes .........
. 171 178 151 198
Yellow brass ..... 6,245 6,100 4,839 7,506
Cartridge cases .... 432 255 263 424
Auto radiators (unsweated ) .. 1,942 2,719 2,632 2,029
Bronze .. 2,208 2,368 2,243 2,333
Low brass ... 175 194 208 161
Aluminun bronze ..... 122 43 14 151
Total copper - base scrap ........ 28,398 23,361 28,607 28,152
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in February

1950, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot, Jan. 31 , Production to Feb. 28 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 98-10-2 ) . 1,501 1,216 1,251 1,466

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 )........ 4,535 7,575 8,054 4,056
Leaded semired brass (81–3-7-9 ).... 2,482 3,708 3,933 2,257
High - leadeà tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,630 1,954 1,662 1,922
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 546 381 378 549
( 75-5--20 )... 677 504 639 542
Low brass ... 102 145 96 151
Silicon bronze ... 343 233 251 325
Conductor bronze ... 31 -33 29 35
Total brass and bronze ingots.... 17,1.56 20,920 21,258 16,818

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in copper - base alloys ...... - 918
purchased copper-base scrap ....... 22,885
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Production of secondary copper products by each of the three principal groups

consuming copper - base scrap increased about 11,000 short tons in the first quarter
of 1950, according to the Burcau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior .
Output of the brass mills increased from 90,299 tons in the fourth quarter of 1949
to 101,009 tons in the first quartor of 1950 ; production of the secondary copper
smelters, chiefly brass ingot , rose from 66,291 tons to 77,034 tons and that of the
primary refiners , largely refined copper , from 38,639 tons to 49,588 tons . Total
secondary output of all consumers except foundries was 229,228 tons in the first
quarter of 1950 , 3,331 tons less than in the same period of 1949 which was the
quarter of highest production in that year . Output of composition ingot , comprising
37 percent of the total brass ingot production, was 26,129 tons and was greater than
for any quarter of 1949 .
It is noteworthy that the ratio of the output of secondary copper products

(which is an approximation of the recoverable metal content of the scrap consumed )
to the consumption of refined copper was 67 percent in 1949 and in the first part
of 1950 , whereas in 1948 it was 72 percent . This condition shows that the use of
scrap in proportion to refined copper declined in 1949 and early 1950 as compared
with 1948, indicating that less scrap was available in the later periods . The drop
may be attributed to the drying up of sources of military scrap , decreases in plant
demolition and ship breakage , which provide old scrap , and higher costs of handling
and transporting scrap metals .
Copper - base scrap consumption by the groups covered in the monthly survey
totaled 286,148 tons in the first quarter of 1950 compared vith 229,020 tons in the
final quarter of 1949, representing an increase of 25 percent. Chief individual
increases were 103 percent or 37,924 tons in low grade scrap , most of which is used
by the primary refiners, 17 percent in use of composition scrap and 10 percent in
yellow brass . The refiners also consumed 43 percent of all the unalloyed copper
scrap but total consumption of this material increased only 2 percent.
Prepared by Helena l . Meyer and Archie J. ilcDermid , under the supervision of

Charles White Herrill , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
March 1950 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item Feb. 28 , Receipts or Mar. 31 ,
1950 Consuned 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,106 2,013 2,070 2,049

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light .. 3,333 5,068 4 , 744 3,657
Yellow brass .. 7,506 7,320 5,850 8,976
Auto radiators (unsveated )........ 2,029 2,937 3,215 1,751
Bronze 2,333 2,178 2,679 1,832
Nickel Silver ... 438 288 308 418
Low brass .. 161 132 142 152
Low - gra e scrap and residues , .... 5,092 1,984 2,312 4,754
Total copper - base scrop ....... 28,152 31,324 30,887 28,589
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in llarch

Kind of ingot Feb. 28 , Production to Mar. 31 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) 1,466 1,367 1,357 1,476

Leaded red brass (95-5-5-5) ..... 4,056 9,390 9,464 3,982
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) ... 2,257 4,860 4,715 2,402
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ). 1,922 2,293 2,232 1,933
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 549 646 634 561
(75-5-20 ) . 542 826 547 841
Alumimim bronze 234 360 399 245
Nickel silvur . 450 411 355 506
Low brass . 151 149 204 96
Silicon bronze ..... 325 3.19 245 399
Hardeners and special alloys...... 367 522 498 391
Miscellaneous .. 698 1 -37 199 462
Refined copper consumed in copper- base
alloys... 179
in copper - base alloys ..... -2,988
purchased copper - base scrap ...... 27,392
1 Negative production indicates cor.sumption greater than production .
Table 3 . Consumers ' } / stocks of purchased cooper - base scrap .
December 31, March 31,
Scrap items 1949 1950
No , l wire and heavy ... 4,190 4,037

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & Light. 9,153 5,831
Composition or soft red brass , 4,429 4,185
Railroad - car boxes.......... 133 178
Yellow brass ..... 16,900 18,697
Cartridge cases.. 986 1,058
Auto radiators (unsweated ). 2,033 1,751
Bronze 2,223 1,892
Nickel silver . 1,531 1,397
Low brass ....... 720 677
Alumimum bronze . 212 165
Low - grade scrap and residues..... 50,464 43,323
Total copper -base scrap ........ 92,974 83,191
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Includes refiners , brass ingot makers, brass mills and chemical plants but not
and miscellaneous manufacturers .
Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper - base scrap in first

quarter of 1950. Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item and refiners 1 and scrap
Chemical plants 2/ \ used
New old New old
No , I wire and heavy .

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6,930 14,044 6,283 1,082 28,339
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light.. 8,788 22,123 7,866 1,359 40,136
Composition or soft red brass .... 11,332 13,991 25,323
Pailroad - car boxes .. 63 63
Yellow brass ... 4,237 12,492 69,325 712 86,766
Cartridge cases .. 2 757 376 3,333 4,468
Auto radiators (unsveated ). 8,946 8,946
Bronze ... 1,763 5,563 271 7,597
Ni ckel silver ... 48 864 3,734 54 4,700
Low brass . 521 41 4,309 16 4,887
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Total copper - base scrap..... 56,011 | 131,306 92,275 6,556 286,148

1 of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following: Una lloyed copper
scrap 14,747 tons of new and 14,882 tons of old ; and of low - grade scrap and
2 ) of the totals shown chemical plants reported the following :28 tons of new and
1,057 tons of old .
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1950. Gross weight in short tons .
Brass Wire Smelters

miscellaneous
Cathodes.... 30,755 4 174 30,933

Wire bars ... 15,356 174,955 190,311
Cakes and slabs...... 53,105 1 53,106
Billets... 37,682 37,682
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Totals ... 163,186 178,815 586 342,587
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Gross weight produced , short tons
Last quarter First quarter
1949 1950
l'in bronze (88-10-2 )..... 3,196 3,589

eaded tin bronze ( 88-6m1343 ) .. 3,012 3,893
(eaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ). 22,754 26,129
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ... 13, 322 13,364
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ). 3,618 6,057
(84-6-8-2 ) 1,206 1,517
( 75--5-20 ). 1,260 2,046
Leaded yellow brass (66-3-3-30 )... 5,531 6,619
Manganese bronze . 2 ,-464 3,080
Aluminum bronze . 340 862
Nickel silver . 774 940
Low brass 220 573
Silicon bronze ... 652 802
Conductor bronze ... се 210 112
Hardeners and special alloys.. 1,313 1,440
liscellaneous... 413 230
Total brass and bronze ingots.. 61,485 71,253

Other products from
copper - base scrap Secondary metal recovcred
Electrolytic grade copper 2 / 38,000 49,254
Casting copper... 4,721 5,291
Brass mill products 3% ........... 90,299 101,009
Copper in chemical products...... 2,32 ], 1,864
iscellaneous ...... 547 557

copper -base scrap ............. 197,873 229,228
other than copper - base scrap ... -3,428 -3,567
purchased copper- base scrap .. 194,445 225,661
1 / Does not include production by foundries which are estimated to have recovered
about 20,000 tons of secondary metal from copper and brass scrap .
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Output of brass ingot in April totaled 25,649 short tons, 618 less than in iarch
but greater than in any month in 1949 according to the Bureau of lines, United States
Department of the Interior . Production of semired brass increased 347 tons in April
as compared with 1,152 tons in liarch , and that of composition ingot 100 tons in April
as compared with 1,815 tons in March , The April decline in yello -brass ingot , 459
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Copper - base scrap consumption by secondary compor smelters increased 1,700 tons
in April , reaching 32,587 tons. The rise includedigains of 652 tons in 1: 0 , 1 wire
and heavy scrap , 374 tons in yellow brass and 575 tons in 10w - grade scrap . The
largest decrease was 224 tons in consumption of bronze scrap . Scrap stocks of these
smelters increased from 28,589 tons at the end of March to 29,147 tons at the end of
April , Since October 1949 brass ingot makers in general have been operating with
less than 30 days supply of scrap on hand ,
Prepared by Helena M. Leyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles
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April 1950, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item Mar. 31, Receipts or Apr. 30,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,049 2,526 2,722 1,853

No , 2 rire , mixed heavy & light .. 3,657 4,990 4,801 3,846
Composition or soft red brass , ... 4,166 9,885 9,428 4,623
Yellow brass , 8,976 6,230 6,224 8,982
Auto radiators (unsweated ) ... 1,751 3,032 3,077 1,706
Bronz e ... 1,631
1,832 2,254 2,455
Nickel silver , 118 342 389 371
Low brass ... 152 209 136 225
Aluminum bronze 1.59 32 16 175
Table 2. Stocks, production, and shipments of brass ingot in April

1950, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

Kind of ingot Mar. 31 , Production to Apr. 30 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ). 1,476 1,254 1,246 1,484

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-4 ) . 1,036 1,444 1,487 993
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 3,982 9,490 9,142 4,330
( 84-6-8-2 ). 561 471 494 538
(75-5-20 ) . 841 568 796 613
Leaded yellov! brass (66-1-3-30 ) .. 1,337 1,975 1,920 1,392
Nickel silver... 506 358 362 502
Low brass .. 96 190 202 84
Silicon bronze . . 399 216 206 409

alloys .... 183
in copper - base alloys ... - 1,062
purchased copper -base scrap .....
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Output of brass and bronze ingot in i'ay increased 3 percent to 26,492 short
tons compared to April according to the Bureau of anes , United States Department of
the Interior . This monthly total was greater than any since January 1947 when
30,836 tons were produced . Highest monthly output in 1946 was 33,549 tons in Octo
ber . May output of the group including tin bronze , leaded tin bronze and high leaded
tin bronze vas virtually the same as in April . The greatest individual increase was
469 tons in yellow brass ingot . Changes in remaining items were less than 150 tons
each .
Consumption of copper -base scrap by secondary copper smelters rose 6 percent to

34,508 tons in May, continuing the uptrend begun in August 1949. Use of low - grade
scrap and residues increased 546 tons or 19 percent, of unalloyed copper scrap 10
percent , of composition scrap 3 percent, and of yellow brass 5 percent. Consumption

of auto radiators declined 4 percent . Scrap receipts were 1,022 tons less than con
sumption causing stocks to decrease to 28,125 tons . At this level stocks were
6,383 tons short of being a 30 days supply at the current rate of consumption .
Stocks in ay were at approximately the level of December , January and February and
4,751 tons higher than in June 1949 , the low month for that year .
Prepared by Helena 1 , leyer and Archie J. IcDermid , under the supervision of Charles
white berrill, Chief , Base lietals Branch , linerals Division .
Table 1, Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
May 1950 , at secondary copper smelters, Gross weight in short tons.
Scrap item Apr. 30 , Receipts or Ilay 31 ,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy... 1,853 2,764 2,760 1,857

10. 2 wire , mixed heavy & lighto ... 3,346 5,635 5,518 3,963
Composition or soft red brass..... 47,623 9,208 9,720 4,111
Railroad - cer boxes . 175 224 211 188
Yellow brass .. 8,982 6,127 6,536 8,573
Cartridge cases .... 427 251 263 415
Auto radiators ( unsveated ) ........ 1,706 3,155 2,944 1,917
Bronze ... 1,631 2,386 2,473 1,544
Nickel silver .. 371 323 334 360
Low brass .. 225 189 254 160
Aluminim bronze , 175 30 62 143
Total copper- base scrapo ... 29,147 33,486 34,508 28,125

May 1950 , at secondary cop cr smelters , Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of scrap Apr. 30, Production to May 31 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ).. 1,484 1,342 1,337 1,489

Leaded tin bronzo 288-6-11-2
( )...:: 993 1,627 1,540 1,080
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ........ 4,330 9,574 10,272 3,632
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) .. 2,223 1,858 2,250 1,831
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 538 723 666 595
( 75-5--20 ).. 613 470 626 457
Manganese bronze 1,271 1,273 1,220 1,324
Nickel silver ... 502 414 381 535
Low brass... 84 239 153 170

alloys ............ - 195
Miscellaneous raw materials consumod
in copper - base alloys ..... -1,189
purchased copper - base scrap ..... 29,576
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COPPER SCRAP
For imediate release CONSU ERS REPORT NO . 60
CONSUPION OF COPPIA ATIPIALS AND PRODUCTION OF BRASS INGOT

AND SECONDARY COPPER IN JUI'E AND THE SECOND UATOR OF 1950
Production of brass ingot in !une increased 11 percent to 29,495 short tons

compared to icy according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the
Interior . Cver half of the gain was a 1,592-ton rise in output of composition
ingot . Cther increases were 797 tons in 80-10-10 --bronze and 230 tons in 88-10-2
alloy . Consumption of cox per-base scrap by secondary copper smelters increased to

37,591 tons in chune , continuing the uptrend begw in August 1949. Important indi
vidual increases were 1,133 tons in unalloyed scrap , 689 tons in composition and 754
tons in auto radiators . Sinelters stocks of scrap increased to 30,735 tons but were
6,306 tons short of constitutinę a 30 day supply at the current rate of consumption .
Data for the second quarter of 1950 shori an increase of 15 percent in output
of brass ingot and 11 percent in secondary metal recovery at brass mills compared
with production for the first quarter or the year , Production of refined copper
from scrap , which is carried on chiefly at prinary plants , decreased 15 percent.

Consumption of copper -base scrap by all consuners except foundries increascd from
286,148 tons in the first quarter to 300,336 tons in the secondo The increase com
prised advances in all major items except llo . I wire and heavy, and iow - grade scrap , .
use of which declined be cause of decreased scrap operations by primary producers ,
Prepared by Helena l . ; eyer ana Archie J. icDernid, under the supervision of

Charles Thite l'errill, Chief, Base lletals Branch, itinerals Division .
Table 1 , Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap in
Scrap item Jay 3.1 , Receipts OR June 30,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & lighton 3,963 6,228 6,550 3,641
Composition or soft red brass ..... 4,112 1.0, 126 10,409 4,128
Railrcadw.car boxesonco . 183 51 124 115
Yellor brass , .. 8,573 7,772 7,234 9,211
Auto radiators (uns eated ).... 1,917 4,314 . 3,698 2,533
Bronzea . 1,544 5,161 2,675 2,030
Nickel silvere , 360 587 467 480
Lot : brass..v ... 160 111 124
Low - grade scrap and residues., ..... 4,894 4,070 3,227 5,737
Total copper - base scrap ... vis 29,125 40,271 37,591 30,735
Table 2. Stocis , production , and siipinents of brüss ingot in Jure

1950, at secondary copper smeltors . Gross Voight in short tons .
Stocl : s 1 Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot May 31 , Production to June 30,
1950 Consurers 1950
1
Tin bronze ( 88-10--2 ).... 1,489 1,572 1,643 1,418
Leaded tin bronze ( 8E-6. 1. 42 ) .00u 1,080 1,532 1,542 1,072
Leaded red brass (85-15-15). 3,632 1,166 10,521 4,277
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-79 ) . , . 2,416 5,891 6,153 2,144
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10 10 ) . 1,831 2,655 2,590 1,896
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 595 459 510 5.17
175-5-20 ).. 257 7 € 679 52
Leaded yellow brass 166-1-3--30 ) . 1,403 2,497 2,566 1,334
Manganese bronze.ces .. 1,224 1,013 1,113 1,254
Alumni.nur bronze 208 249 46 291
Nickel silver ... ,
... 3. c . Our 535 279 294 520
Low brasso.... comCoroncnon 170 22 98 111
Silicon brorze . 387 249 255 381.
Corductor bronze , 23 85 74 39
Hardeners and special alloys , .c ... 400 707 675 432
Miscellaneous, .. 270 133 1- 276 679
Miscellaneous copper products produced 4., 391
alloys @oo
. os - 291
in copper - base alloys ,... · 11,055
purchased copper - base scrapse 32,540
1 Negative shipment figure indicates recoipts greater than shipments.
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Table 3 . Consumers : 1 / stocks of purchased copper-base scrap .
Gross weight, in short tons:
December 31 , March 31 , June 305

Scrap item 1949 1950 ! 1950
No. 1 rire and heavy . OOCJOONDOCO 4,190 4,037 4,357

10. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light 9,153 5,831 6,119
Composition or soft red brass 1,429 4,135 4,147
Railroad-car boxes ... 133 178 125
Yellow brass .. lú , 900 13,697 19,3944
Cartridge cases oo000corro . 986 1,058 1,161
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Auto radiators (unsweated ), 2,033 1,751 2,533
Bronze ... 2,273 1,992 2,106
Tickel silver 1,531 - , 397 1,545
Low brasse 720 677 546
Total copper - base scrap...... 92,974 83,191 99,243
1 / Includes refiners , brass ingot makers, brass mills and chemical plants but not
Soundries and miscellaneous mamifacturers .
Table 40 Consumption of purchased copper -uase scrap in second

quarter of 1950 , Gross weight in short tons ,
Prass ingot makers ürass mills Total

Scrap itein į and refiners I ' and scrap
Chemical plants a used
New üla New Old

Scrap Scru scrap scrap
10. I wire and heavy , co con 7,630 12,256 7,185 1,145 28,219
1o . 2 wire , mixed heavy ? licht. ! 9,090 27. ,414 10,659 2,174 43,337
Composition or soft red brass , .. 13,502 15,055 29,557
Itailroad - car boxes ..... 279 279
Yellow brassc.Dico . 14,810 15,086 73,464 726 34,086
Cartridge cases , ... core . 2 322 99 5,89 6,773
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Auto radiators (unoweated ) ... ovo 9,719 2,719

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Croize ... CO200.00 UOOOoo 1,754 5,850 238 7,842

l.ickel silverove 39 1,185 3,233 50 4,557
LOTT bass , 456 23 4,437 19 4,982
Alumimm bronze . 113 39 152
Low - grade scrap and residues .... 15,716 54,117 70,833
Total copper - base scrapgoooo 545001 136,938 99,454 9,313 300,336
1 / Of the totals shown prinary refiners reported the fożlowing : Unallo, ed copper
scrap 15,2: 12 tons of new and 9,553 tons of old ; and of 10w - grade scrap and
2 ! Cf the totals shown chemical plants reported the following : 27 tons of new and
1,168 tons of old ,
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Table 5 . Consumption of refined copper in second quarter of
1950. Gross height in short tons .
Prass Hire
Item mills mills Smelters Total
Cathodes ... 33,934 4 258 34,196

Tire bars ..... 15,359 176,782 40 192,181
Ingots and ingot bars... 26,918 4,227 351 31,496
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Cakes and slabs . 54,612 54,612
Billets ...... 43,509
43,509
Other , 25 25
Totals 174,332 181,013 674 356,019
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Table 6 , Production of secondary copper and copper alloy products. ]
Cross weight produced , short tors
Last quarter First quarter Second quarter
1949 1950 1950
Tin bronze ( 82-10-2) .. 3,195 3,599 4,168

Loaded tin bronze ( 88-6 3,012 3,893 4,603
Leaded red brass (35-5-5--5 ) ..... 22,754 26,129 30,230
Leaded scrired brass ( 81-3–7–9 ) . 13,822 13,364 16,152
High - leeded tin bronze (30–10–10 ) 3,619 6,057 6,719
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 1,206 1,517 1,653
(75-5-20 ) . , 1,260 2,046 1,784
Leaded yellot bross (66-1-3-30 )... 5,631 6,619 6,916
Manganese bronze ..... 2,464 3,050 3,532
Elurrinum bronze .. 840 862 1,181
Nickel silver... 774 940 1,051
Lom brass ... 420 573 471
Silicon bronze . 652 802 709
Hardeners end special alloys..... 1,313 1,440 1,918
iscellaneous .. 413 230 378
Total bress and bronzo ingotso . 61,485 71,253 81,636

Cthur products from
copcr - basc scrap Secondary metal recovered
Dlectrolytic grade copper 2 ) .. 38,000 49,254 41,529
Casting copper ...... 4,721 5,291 5,015
Brass mill products 36..... 90,299 101,009 111,914
Copper in chemical products .. 2,821 1,864 2,867
Miscellaneous ..... 547 557 40
copper - base sc: 2 por.... 197,873 229,228 242,961
other than comper - base scrap... -3,428 -3,567 . -3,981
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Net total secondary rocovory from

purchased coper -base scrap .... 194,445 225,661 238,980
1 does not include production by foundries vihich are estizted to have recovered
about 25,000 tons of seconda motor metal in cach quorter from copper and brass scrap
in brass and bronze castings .
31. Includes brass mill billets made by incot : akers ,
4 / Combined with totals for other products.
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Production of brass ingot in July totaled 22,721 short tons compared with
29,495 tons in June according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of
the Interior . The sharp decrease in output, following a 4 -month rise , can be attri
buted chiefly to reduced smelter operations during employees ' vacation periods ,
which , in the smelting industry, are customarily taken in July . Some of the decrease
can be assigned to apprehension over the Korean situation and to the possible es
tablishment of governmental price controls . If price ceilings had been set they
would probably have been at lower than current market levels .
The larger decreases in output of individual items were 43 , 34 , 28 , 20 and 19
percent in leaded tin bronze , yellow brass , high - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) , compo
sition and tin bronze ingot , respectively . Consumption of unalloyed copper scrap
increased 262 tons in July but use of composition scrap dropped 2,364 tons , of
yellow brass 2,243 tons , of low -grade material 783 tons , and of radiators 406 tons .
Total copper -base scrap consumption in July was 31,351 tons compared with 37,591
tons in June .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
Scrap item June 30 , Receipts or July 31 , 1
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No. 1 wire and heavy .. 2,217 2,527 2,505 2,239
Yellow brass ... 9,211 5,058 4,891 9,378
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Auto radiators ( unsweated ). 2,533 3,674 3,292 2,915
Bronze , 2,030 2,423 2,235 2,218
Nickel silver .... 480 474 309 645
Low brass .... 147 123 107 163
Total copper - base scrap ...... 30,785 34,601 31,351 34,035

Kind of ingot June 30 , Production to | July 31 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,418 1,270 1,380 1,308

Leaded tin bro nze ( 88-6-13-4à )..... 1,071 878 1,062 887
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,277 8,933 9,401 3,809
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3-7-9 ) ... 2,144 4,824 4,861 2,107
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80–10-10 ) .. 1,896 1,910 2,158 1,648
( 84-6--8-2 ) .. 514 608 594 528
( 75--5--20 ) .. 524 574 762 336
Leaded yellow brass (66-1--3-30 ) .. 1,334 1,643 1,850 1,127
Nickel silver .... 520 250 378 392
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Low brass ... 114 41 93 62

Silicon bronze .. 381 161 222 318
Miscellaneous .... 679 1 / -365 2 / --255 569
alloys ... -242
in copper - base alloys ...... -829
purchased copper - base scrap ... 27,020
Negative production figure indicates consumption greater than production .
Negative shipment figure indicates receipts greater than shipments ,
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For immediate release CCISU DRS REPORT NO . 62
BRASS INGOT IN AUGUST 1950
Production of brass ingot increased 46 percent to 33,067 short tons in August

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according to the Bureau of ' ines, United States Department of the Interior .
total compares with a vacation -depressed 22,721 tons in July and 29,495 tons in June .
Outputs of all types of ingot increased , most of them substantially .
Total consumption of copper - base scrap by secondary smelters also increased as
did use of the different items except No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light copper scrap,
and cartridge cases , use of vhich decreased slightly . Stocks of copper scrap , which
had increased 3,250 tons in July declined 1,495 tons in August to 32,540 tons which
is 11,435 tons less than were consumed during the month .
The final figures for August show that the preliminary estimate for that month,
released October 6 , was 8.5 percent low on total scrap consumption and one percent
low on total brass ingot production , There were larger errors in individual items ,
As the estimate for August was the first , the new series is still in the experi
mental stage , vihen the preliminary estima te tas tabulated, 50 percent of the total
scrap consumption had been reported and the estimate was released two weeks later
than planned . The accuracy of the data depends on the proportion of total scrap
consumption and ingot production vihich has beon reported by the date of tabulation .
Prepared by Helena l '. Heyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles
Thite merrill, Chief, Base letals Branch , Minerals Division .
August 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
! Stocks Melted Stocks

Scrap item July 31 , Receipts or August 31 ,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,239 3,086 3,350 1,975

No. 2 -wire , mixed heavy & light.. 3,495 7,136 6,986 3,645
Composition or soft red brass ..... 5,727 11,295 ll 780
11, 5,242
Railroad - car boxes . 167 187 12.8 206
Yellow brass .. 9,378 6,180 7,730 7,828
Cartridge cases ...... 456 392 225 623
Auto radiators ( unsweated )........ 2,915 4,133 4,331 2,717
Bronze 2,218 3,586 3,292 2,512
Nickel silver , 645 505 369 781
Low brass , ... 163 211 204 170
Alurrinum bronze .... 154 30 60 124
Lov - grade scrap and residues ...... 6,478 5,739 5,500 6,717
Total copper -base scrap ...... 32.,035 42,480 43,975 32,540

August 1950, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
Stocks Shipments 1 Stocks

Kind of ingot July 31 , Production to | August 31 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze (88–10–2 ) .... 1,308 1,712 2,834 1,186

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-4 )... 887 1,711 1,820 778
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 3,809 12,563 12,505 3,367
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ).. 1,648 2,519 2,788 1,379
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 528 912 952 488
( 75-5-20 )... 336 821 762 415
Nickel silver .. 392 360 360 392
Low brasse 62 170 126 86
Conductor bronze.. 21 55 45 31 1
Miscellaneous.. 569 1/ -431 2 / -255 393

alloys..... - 335
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CONSU: PTION OF COPPLR MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION OF BR.SS INGOT AND
SECONDARY COPPER IN SEPTE ! BOR ND THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1950
Production of bross ingot decreased 6 percent to 31,149 short tons' in September

according to the Bureau of incs , United States Department of the Interior , The
larger individual declines rere in leaded sorired brass , composition and yellow
brass ingot . Decreases in September scrap consumption by secondary smelters tiere
greatest in corposition , cuto radiators and yellow brass scrap .
The Septenbor monthly estinate of scrap consumed and brass ingot produced by
secondary shelters, released November 7 , checked final figures within one percent
on total scrap consur.iption and 3 percent on total ingot production . In the total
of 15 individual itens estimated the greatest error vas 7 percent in production of
tin bronze , Estintes for 9 items tore less than two percent off ,
Production of brass ingot in the third quarter of 1950 vras 86,937 tons , 22 per
cent more than in the second quarter and 41 percent more than in the first. Output
of refined copper fron scrap , 88 percent of vhich was made by primary refiners, de
creased to 38,368 tons co.pared with 46,544 tons in the second quarter and 54,545
tons in the first . Production by brass mills fron copper - base scrap declined 2
percent . activities of the latter plants were lirited on a shortage of refined
copper which caused a nuriber of rills to reduce operations to 3 or 4 days a week .
Lire mills consumed 196,130 tons of refined copper in the third quarter of 1950
corpored rith 181,013 tons in the second quarter .
Third quarter consumption of copper - base scrap , by all groups except foundries,
and totaling 316,721 tons, vas groater than in the first and second quartors of
1950, all quarters of 1949, and 9,000 less than the average quarterly consuription in
1948 , Total scrap stocks increased to 96,250 tons because of ? ? 0,000 - ton increase
in lovi- grade scrap held by refinors but scrap stocks of secondary smelters dropped
from 32,540 tons at the end of sugust to 30,934 tons at the end of September. Scrap
TICS scarce with sales in conversion deals reported at prices vcll above the nominal
quotations for refined coppür . Consurption rould have been greater had more scrap
been available ,
Prepared by Helena 1. cyor and ..rchic J. cDernid , under the supervision of Charles
Vhite Perrill, Chief, Base ' etals Branch , " incrols Division ,
September 1950 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item Aug. 31, Receipts or Sept. 30,
1950 Consumed 1950
No , I wire and heavy ...... 1,975 3,354 3,130 2,199

No , 2 vire , mixed heavy & light.... 3,645 6,375 6,471 3,549
Composition or soft red brass ...... 5,242 10,856 11,1.89 4,909
Railroad - car boxes... 206 166 132 240
Yellow brass , ... 7,828 6,307 7,228 6,907
Cartridge cases .... 623 237 354 506
Auto radiators (un sweated ).. 2,717 3,854 3,866 2,705
Bronze . 2,512 3,097 3,375 2,234
Nickel silver ... 781 323 412 692
Low brass .. 170 163 183 150
Low - grade scrap and residues....... 6,717 3,991 3,995 6,723
Total copper - base scrap........ 32,540 38,762 40,368 30,934
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brüss ingot in September

1950, at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons ,
Kind of ingot Aug. 31, Production to Sept. 30,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze 88-10-2) 1,186 1,959 1,908 1,237
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1ž4 ) 778 1,762 1,922 618
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) ..... 3,867 12,131 12,218 3,780
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .... 1,725 6,246 6,292 1,779
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80–10-10 ).. 1,379 2,553 2,480 1,452
( 84-6E- 2 ) .. 488 695 661 522
(75-5-20 ) 415 554 669 300
Leaded yellow brass (66-103-30 ) . 1,124 2,268 2,562 830
Manganese bronze .........
, ... 1,023 1,194 1,279 938
Aluminium bronze , . 279 411 418 272
Nickel silver .. 392 362 403 351
Low brass ... 86 221 142 56
Silicon bronze ..................... 260 352 345 267
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Conductor bronze , 31 100 59
Miscellaneous ...... 393 1 -368 2 / -200 225
Total brass and bronze ingots , 13,789 31,149 31,878 13,060

alloys .. . 262
in copper - base alloys ... - 1,313
Negative production figure indicates consumption greater than production ,
2 ) Negative shipment figure indicatos receipts greater than shipments.
Table 3 . Consumers ' 1 / stocks of purchased copper - base scrap .
Gross veight in short tons .
December 31 , 1 March 31 , June 30, September 30 ,

Scrap item 1950 1950 1950 1950
No , I wire and heavy ..... 4,190 4,037 4,357 4,416

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light , 9,153 5,831 6,119 5,023
Composition or soft red brass... 4,429 4., 185 4,147 4,909
Railroad - car boxes... 133 178 115 240
Yellow brass .. 16,900 18,697 19,844 16,371
Cartridge cases... 986 1,058 1,161 659
Auto radiators (unsvea ted ) . 2,033 1,751 2,533 2,705
Bronze . 2,223 1,892 2,106 2,299
Nickel silver . 1,531 1,397 1,545 1,780
Low brass , .. 720 677 546 836
1 Includesrefiners , brass ingotmakers, brass mills and chemical plants but not
Table 4. Consumption of purchased copper- base scrap in third

quarter of 1950. Gross veight in short tons .
and refiners 1 and scrap
Scrap item Chemical plants 2 / used
New Old New Old
No. 1.wire and heavy .. 9,525 13,410 6,588 1,463 30,986
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy & light. 10,598 25,999 9,083 1,610 47,290
Railroad - car boxes... 328 328
Yellow brass , .. 47,580 15,272 73,311 942 94,105
Cartridge cases ..... 4. 865 1,629 2,498
Auto radiators (unsweated ) . 11,490 11,490
Bronze ... 2,324 6,578 337 9,239
Nickcl silver..coc 64 1,029 4,434 38 5,565
Low brass..soo 473 27 4,422 19 4,941
Lot -grade scrap and residues.... 214,443 54,675 79,118
Total comper - base scrap.c...o 65,403 : 147,419 98,198 5,701 316,721
1 of the totals shown primary refiners reported the follorring : Unalloyed copper
scrap 18,556 tons of new and 11,364 tons of old ; and of lot - grade scrap and residues
17,632 tons of new and 49,573 tons of old ,
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of the totals shown chemical plants reported the follotring: 32 tons of new and
1,207 tons of old ,
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Table 5. Consumption of refined copper in third quarter

of 1950. Gross veight in short tons.
Brass Vire
Items mills mills Smelters Total
Cathodes .. 32,800 4 249 33,053

Wöre bars.... 16,091 191,673 98 -207,862
Ingots and ingot bars .. 29,151 4,453 ..495 34,099
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Cakes and slabs .... 53,398 53,898
Billets ..... 40,948 40,948
Other ... 1
Totals .... 172,388 196,130 843 369,861
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Table 6. Production of secondary copper and copper -alloy products . 1 .
Gross weight produced , short tons
1949 ..
1950 --- 1.9.50 1950

Brass and bronze ingot Last First Second Third
quarter quartor quarter quarter
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 3,196 3,589 4,168 4,941

Leaded tin bronze (88-6 -lžnhà) 3,012 3,893 4,603 4,351
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 )...... 22,754 26,129 30,230 33,627
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7–9 ) .. 13,822 13,364 16,152 18,057
High - leaded tin bronze ( 30-10-10 ). 3,618 6,057 6,719 6,982
(84-6-8-2 ) 1,206 1,517 1,653 2,215
( 75-5-20 ) . 1,260 2,046 1,784 1,969
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )... 5,631 6,619 6,916 6,691
Manganese bronze .......... 2,464 3,080 3,532 3,432
Aluminum bronze ... 840 862 1,181 1,245
Nickel silver .... 774 940 1,051 972
Low brass ... 420 573 471 322
Hardeners and special alloys ... 1., 313 1,440 1,918 2,333
Miscellaneous..... 413 230 378 2-1,164
Other products from

copper- base scrap Secondary netal recovered
Electrolytic grade copper 3 ....... 38,000 49,254 41,529 32,654

Casting copper ... 4,721 5,291 5,015 5,714
Brass mill products 4 /..... 90,299 101,009 111,914 109,792
Copper in chemical products . 2,821 1,864 2,867 3,052

copper -base scrap ..... 197,873 229,228 242,961 238,149
other than copper - base scrap.... - 3,428
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- 3,567 3,981 - 4,398
Net total secondary recovery from .
purchased copper -ba se scrap ..... 194,445 1 225,661 238,980 233,751
1 Does not include production by foundries which are estimated to have recovered
about 25,000 tons of secondary motal in each quarter from copper and brass scrap
in brass and bronze castings .
2 ) Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
3 Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis.
4 / Includes brass mill billets r.o.de by ingot makers.
5 Combined with totals for other products .
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For immediate release CONSU ENS REPORT NO . 62
BRASS INGOT AND BRASS | ILL PRODUCTION IN OCTOBER 1950
Production of brass ingot increased 15 percent to 35,668 short tons in October ,

a record high since the beginning of the monthly survey in July 1945 according to
the Bureau of ines, United States Department of the Interior . The greatest in
creases in output of individual types of ingot were 1,093 tons in leaded semired
brass and 1,907 tons in composition ingot, Consumption of composition scrap in
creased 1,371 tons and that of automotive radiators 1,050 tons , Total copper- base
scrap consumption by secundary copper smelters was 4,761 tons . Scrap stocks held
by these consumers declined to 30,681 tons which is about 20 days supply at current
consumption rates ,
Production from cooper and brass scrap at brass nills totaled 42,829 tons in
October compared with 32,775 tons in September . Their scrap consumption was 4,002
tons , 73 percent of it yellow brass ,
Prepared by Helena 1. l'eyer and Archie J , McDermid, under the supervision of Charles
Vhite Terrill, Chief, Base metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
Table 1. Consumption and stocks. of purchased coper - base scrap in
October 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Helted Stocks

Scrap item Sept. 30, Feceipts or Oct. 31 ,
1950 Consumed 1950
No , l wire and heavy.... 2,199 3,591 3,923 1,870

No. 2 wire , inixed heavy & lighto . 3,549 5,870 5,845 3,574
Railroad - car boxes ....... 240 150 119 271
Yellow brass ... 6,907 7,595 7,985 6,517
Auto r : diators (unsweated ) .. 2,705 4,835 4,915 2 , 624
Bronze .. 2,234 3,287 3,490 2,023
Nickel silver , 692 473 583 582
Lovi brass.. 150 252 233 169
Aluminum bronse .. 120 62 64 118
Lor - grade scrap and residues ..... 6,723 4,808 4,649 6,882
Total coper- base scrap...... 30,934 44,508 44,761 30,681
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shinments of brass ingot in

October 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,

Kind of ingot Sept. 30, Production to Oct. 31
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 38-10-2 ) ... 1,237 2,179 2,202 1,214

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-5xl - 43 ).. 618 2,0414 1,087 775
Leaded red brass ( 95--5-5-5 ) .... 3,780 13,228 13,264 3,744
Leaded semired brass (81–3–7-9)... 1,779 7,339 7,321 1,797
( 84-6--2 ) 522 757 369 410
(75-5--20 ) 300 991 986 305
Leaded yellow brass (66- ~ -30 ) ... $ 30 2,718 2,819 729
kanganese bronze , ... 938 1,597 1,520 915
Aluminun bronze .. 272 596 637 231
Nickel silver . 351 395 324 422
Low brass .. 56 78 96 38
Harderers and special alloys ..... 361 942 991 312
Piscellaneous ... 225 1-50 2/2 177

Miscellaneous couper products produced 3,262
Refined copper consumed in cooper -base
alloys . 184
Miscellaneous raw na terials consumed
in copper - base alloys... -1,415
Net total secondary recover , from
purchased corper - base scrap .. 37,331
1 Negativ ; production figuro indicates consurption greater than production .
2/ Negative shipment figure indicates receipts greater than shipments .
October 1950 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Sept. 30 , Receipts or Oct. 31,
1950 Consumed 1950
No , l wire and heavy ...... 872 2,680 2,789 763

No. 2 vire , mixed heavy & light ... 703 4,160 4,275 588
Composition or soft red brass .....
Railroad - car boxes .
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Yellow brass . 9,464 31,801 32,269 8,996
Cartridge cases ,... 153 388 456 85
Auto radiators (unsweated )...
Bronze ..... 65 127 53 139
Nickel silver.. 1,088 1,525 1,835 778
LO brass ... 686 2,214 2,330 570
Aluminum bronze , .. 42 14 5 61
Low - grade scrap and residues , .....
Table 4. Consumption of refined cooper 1 / in October 1950 .

Brass Wire Copper

Item mills mills smelters Total
Cathodes .... 9,467 2 75 9,544

Wire bars ... 5,887 73,717 20 79,624
Cakes and slabs .. 17,798 ‫ܐ‬
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Billets ... 13,302 13,302
Other ... 2 2
Totals 55,777 75,318 184 131,279
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , estimated at 1,750

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Production of brass ingot decreased 4 percent to 34,302 shordons in November
following a record output in October, according to the Bureau of Mines, United

States Department of the Interior . Cutput of yellow brass ingot increased 206 tons,
that of 80–10-10 ingot 165 tons , and that of the 84-6-8-2 type 232 tons . The se
gains were more than balanced by losses of 1,019 tons in production of composition
ingot , 226 tons in leaded tin bronze , and 124 tons 'in tin bronze ingot.
Consumption of copper - base scrap by ingot makers declined from 4,761 tons in
October to 43,698 tons in November and by brass mills from 44,002 tons in October to
41,842 tons in November . Use of most individual types of scrap by both of these
groups decreased but the ingot makers used 1,202 tons more of unalloyed copper scrap
in November than in October and 1,369 more than in September . Use of refined copper
by wire mills and brass mills totaled 67,986 tons and 53,159 tons, respectively,
compared with 75,318 tons and 55,777 tons in October ,
Stocks of scrap held by ingot makers declined for the fourth successive month
and were lower than the scrap consumption of these smelters in every month since
September 1949 , except for the month of July 1950.
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill , Chief, Base Fletals Branch, Minerals Division .
November 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Belted Stocks
Scrap item Oct. 31 , Receipts or Nov. 30,
1950 Consumed 1950

Composition or soft red brass..... 5,610 11,043 11,739 4,914
Railroad - car boxes...... 271 1166 52 153
Yellow brass ..... 6,517 7,762 7,905 6,374
Auto radiators (unsweated )... 2,624 4,651 4,791 2,484
Bronze .... 2,023 2,894 3,142 1,775
Nickel silver . 582 511 422 671
Low brass ... 169 232 253 148
Aluminum bronze ....... 118 73 53 138
Low - grade scrap and residues ....... 6,852 4,038 4,020 6,910
Total copper -- base scrap......... 30,68 ]. 42,076 43,698 29,059
1 Negative receipts figure indi cates shipments greater than receipts .

November 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons,

Kind of ingot Oct. 31, Production to Nov. 30 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze (88-10-2 )..... 1,214 2,055 2,135 1,134

Leaded tin bronze ( mm 42 ) .. 775 1,818 1,896 697
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 3,744 12,209 12,425 3,528
( 84-6-8-2) .. 410 989 915 484
( 75-5--20 ) ... 305 653 627 331
Leaded yellow brass ( 66–1–3-30 ). 729 2,924 2,912 741
Manganese bronze .... 915 1,405 1,448 872
Aluminum bronze .. 231 543 55.1 223
Nickel silver ... 222 277 406 293
Low brass .. 38 174 156 56
Ha rdeners and special alloys...... 312 990 1,000 302
Refined copper consumed in copper - baso
alloys ..... 177
purchased copper - base scrap ... 37,178
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Stocks lelted Stocks

Scrap item Oct. 31 , Receipts or Nov. 30,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. l wire and heavy ..... 763 1,949 2,07 ). 6 !)

No, 2 wire , mixed heavy & light , $ 88 4,683 4,231 1,040
Yellow brass ........ ...........
8,996 29,370 30,939 7,427
Cartridge cases . 85 1,301 757 629
Bronze 139 86 176 49
Nickel silver... 778 1,391 1,508 661
Low brass, 570 2,084 2,156 498
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1 / in November 1950 .

Secondary
Item Brass Wire copper Total
mills mills smelters
Cathodes .... 9,916 2 72 9,990

Tire bars .. 4,812 66,618 20 71,450
Ingots and ingot bars , 8,367 1,366 85 9,818
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Cakes and slabs , 17,376 17,376
Billets ... 12,687 12,687
Other ... 1 1
Totals.. 53,159 67,986 177 121,322
1 Consumption by foundries and niscellaneous manufacturers , estimated at 1,750

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Net total secondary recovery of metal from copper -base scrap by secondary
copper smelters decreased 2 percent to 36,374 short tons in December according to
the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The fall was eased
by an increase in output of refined copper by these plants which partlý - counter .
balanced the decline in their brass ingot production from 34,301 tons in November to
33,036 tons in December . Total ingot production in 1950 was 342,831 tons , greater
than in 1949 or 1948 , and about equal to that in 1947. Secondary output of brass
mills increased from 109,792 tons in the third quarter of 1950 to 131,895 tons in
the fourth but total production of secondary refined copper, nine - tenths of which is
made by the primary producers , declined 13 percent to 49,628 tons ,
Data given in monthly and quarterly reports are preliminary . The figures are
subject to revisions from substitution of final for preliminary reports and additions
of data from foundries and a few other plants which report on an annual basis .
Consumption of copper - base scrap by brass mills , smelters and refiners totaled
344,079 tons in the fourth quarter of 1950 compared with 316,721 tons in the third .
The chief individual increases were in the use of yellow brass by brass mills and in
consumption of low - grade scrap by primary refiners , It is estimated that tabulation
of copper -base scrap consumption in 1950 , including that by foundries, will total
about 1,400,000 tons when all reports have been received ,
Stocks of copper -base scrap in possession of the principal groups of consumers
were 101,419 tons at the end of 1950 compared with 92,974 tons a year previous . The
increase was due to increased inventories of low - grade material held by primary pro
ducers , Scrap stocks held by secondary copper smelters were about the same at the
end of 1950 as at the end of 1949 but scrap consumption by these plants was 51 per
cent greater . During 1949 their scrap stocks were usually greater than monthly con
sumption but in every month except July in 1950 stocks were less than monthly con
sumption .
The excise tax on imports of copper was reimposed on July 1 but legislation was
passed leaving imports of scrap metal on the free list . It was permissible to melt
scrap for convenience in shipment but the melted scrap was reported as ingot when re
ceived by consumers . A large percentage of imported scrap therefore constituted an
addition to the available supply of ingot without being entered in the records as
having been consumed in the production of ingot .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill, Chief, Base Metals Branch, Minerals Division .
Orders of the National Production Authority issued in 1950 that affected scrap
metal were : Order No. 1 that limited the quantities of material that could be
ordered , received or delivered ; 1-1) , providing rules for placing , accepting and
scheduling rated orders for copper and copper -base alloys , including those made from
scrap; M - 12 , reducing civilian use of copper and copper -base products including those
made from scrap ; and M - 16 which aimed at maintaining the flow of copper - base scrap in
normal channels and which limited conve deals .
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Table 1 . Consumers ' 1 / stocks of purchased copper - base scrap.

Scrap items Dec. 31 , Mar. 31 , i June 30 ,, Sept. 30 , Dec. 31 ,

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No. 1 wire and heavy ... 4,190 4,037 4,357 4,416 4,081
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light .. 9,153 5,831 6,119 5,023 7,005
Railroad - car boxes . 133 178 115 240 170
Yellow brass ....... 16,900 18,697 19,844 16,371 17,125
Cartridge cases . 936 1,058 1,161 659 766
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,033 1,751 2,533 2,705 2,580
Bronze . 2 ,223 1,892 2,106 2,299 1,550
Nickel silver .. 1,531 1,397 1,545 1 1,780 1,490
Low brass ..... 720 677 546 836 682
Aluminum bronze .. 212 165 200 162 174
Low - grade scrap and residues ..... 50,464 1 43,323 46,570 56,850 60,148
Total copper - base scrap ........ 92,974 83,191 89,243 96,250 101,419
1 Preliminary figures . Includes refiners, brass ingot makers , brass mills and
chemical plants but not foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers .
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December 1950 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item Nov. 30 , Receipts or Dec. 31 ,
1950 Consumed 1950
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,908 3,839 3,967 1,780

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy & light.... 3,295 6,869 6,479 3,685
Composition or soft red brass ...... 4,914 11,501 10,767 5,648
Railroad - car boxes ................. 153 68 51 170
Yellow brass ..... 6,374 7,400 7,809 5,965
Bronze ... 1,775 3,042 3,349 1,468
Nickel silver ... 671 506 410 767
Low brass.... 148 297 273 172
Low -grade scrap and residues....... 6,910 5,072 5,916 6,065
Total copper-base scrap ........ 29,059 43,695 43,986 28,768
Table 3. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in December

Stocks ! Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot Nov. 30, Production to Dec. 31 ,
1950 Consumers 1950
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ....., 1,134 2,167 2,135 1,166

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43 ).. 697 1,922 1,736 883
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) ....... 3,528 11,998 12,085 3,441
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7–9 ) ... 1,718 5,796 6,086 1 1,428
· High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,234 2,415 2,374 1,275
( 84-6-8-2 ). 484 999 1,063 420
( 75-5-20 ) . 331 875 875 331
· Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ... 741 2,630 2,585 786
Manganese bronze ..... 872 1,529 1. , 559 842
Nickel silver .... 293 437 458 272
Low brass ... 56 261 264 53
Silicon bronze ... 258 364 311 311
Conductor bronze .. 43 45 . 58 30

alloys ... -458
in copper - base alloys.. -1,541
purchased copper -base scrap ......... 36,374
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Scrap item Nov. 30, Receipts or Dec. 31 ,
1950 Conswned 1950
No , I wire and heavy .. 641 2,823 2,448 1,016

Yellow brass... 7,427 31,464 27,732 11,3.60
Cartridge cases .... 629 841 1,063 2:07
Bronze .. 49 : .328 295 82
Nickel silver ........ 661 1,486 1,424 723
Low brass , ... 498 7., 980 1,968 510
Total copper - base scrap . 11,009 45,223 40,286 15,946
Table 5. Consumption of purchased copper-base scrap in fourth

Total
Brass ingot makers Brass mills scrap
and refiners 1 / used
Scrap item
New Cld New Old
No , I wire and heavy . 9,758 15,390 6,315 994 32,487

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 13,840 24,028 12,376 1,482 51,726
Composition or soft red brass . 14,855 20,220 35,075
Railroad - car boxes .... 222 221
Yellow brass.... 5,500 18,198 90,141 796 114,635
Cartridge cases .... 4 963 10 2,267 3,249
Auto radiators ( unsveated ) 14,345 14,345
Bronze .... 1,853 8,134 523 1 10,511
Nickel silver . .
74 1,342 4,678 91 6,185

Low brass .... 704 55 6,410 42 7,211
Total copper - base scrap . 74,362 143,587 120,457 | 5,673 | 344,079

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scrap 21., 546 tons of new and 10,318 tons of old ; and of low - grade scrap and
residues 39,771 tons of new and 45,796 tons of old ,
Table 6. Production of secondary copper and copper - alloy products . 1 /
Gross weight produced , short tons ,
Brass and bronze ingot quarter quarter quarter quarter in
1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
Tin bronze (88-10-2) ..... 3,589 4,168 4,941 6,401 19,099

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 ) 3,893 4,603 4,351 5,784 18,631
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 26,129 30,230 33,627 37,435 127,421
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .. 13,364 16,152 18,057 20,265 67,838
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 6,057 6,779 6,982 7,432 27,190
( 84-6-8-2) . 1,517 1,653 2,215 2,745 8,130
( 75-5-20 ) . 2,046 1,784 1,969 2,519 8,318
Nanganese bronze ....... 3,080 3,532 3,432 4,531 14,575
Aluminum bronze............ 862 1,181 1,245 1,644 4,932
Nickel silver . 940 1,051 972 1,109 4,072
Low brass ... 573 472 322 513 1,879
Silicon bronze ...... 802 709 794 1,164 3,469
Conductor bronze . 112 172 170 126 579
Hardeners and special alloys , 1,440 1,918 2,333 2,827 8,518
Miscellaneous .. 230 378 2 / -1,164 238 2 / -318
Total brass and bronze ingots ... 77,253 81,636 86,937 103,005 342,831
Other products from
Electrolytic grade copper 3/ ....., 49,254 41,529 4 / 51,201 45,212 187,196

Casting copper .... 5,291 5,015 5,774 4,416 20,436
Brass mill products 5) ...... 101,009 111,914 109,792 131,895 454,610
Copper in chemical products. 1,864 2,867 3,052 2,808 10,591
Miscellaneous . 557 6/ 6/ 557

copper - base scrap ..... 1229,228 242,961 4 /256,696 287,336 1,016,221
other than copper -base scrap... -3,567 -3,981 -4,398 -5,365 -17,311
purchased copper -base scrap .... 225,661 238,980 4 /252,298 281,972 998,910
1 / Preliminary figures . Does not include production by foundries which are estimated
to have recovered about 25,000 tons of secondary metal in each quarter from copper
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings .
2 / Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis ,
6 Combined with totals for other products .
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December 1 / 1950 .
Secondary
Cathodes ... 9,175 2 142 9,319

Wire bars .... 5,188 56,006 14 61,208
Ingots and ingot bars . 8,736
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Cakes and slabs... 16,650 6 16,656
Billets ....
Other ..
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49,946 57,967 369 108,282
Fourth quarter of 1950
Cathodes ... , 28,558 6 289 28,353

Wire bars . 15,887 196,341 54 212,282
Cakes and slabs... 51,824 6
Billets ...... 51,830
38,352 38,352
Other .. 1 3 4
Totals ... 158,882 201,271 721 360,884
Totals 2 ) for 1950
Cathodes
Wire bars ...
126,047 18 970
127,035
62,693 739,751 192 802,636
ingots and ingot bars . 106,617 17,454
Cakes and slabs .... 1,638 125,709
213,439 6 1 213,446
Billets .. 160,491
Other ..... 1
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Totals ..
669,288 757,229 2,334 1,429,351
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated at 1,750 tons ,

not shown ,
2 ) Preliminary figures . Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants ,
estimated at 21,000 tons , not shown .
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BRASS INGOT AND BRASS MILL OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 1951

Secondary copper smelters produced 32,559 short tors of brass ingot in January ,
one percent less than in December , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . Although their ingot production was about the same as
in December , secondary smelters ' output of other copper products , chiefly refined
copper , decreased from 5,337 tons in December to 1,434 tons in January . Scrap
used in all these operations decreased 7 percent to 40,701 tons .

As brass mill consumption of scrap and secondary output were virtually the
same as in December , National Production Authority Order M - 16 , which went into

effect on December 11 , probably helped the brass mills in obtaining their share of
the short supply of scrap . This order channels brass mill scrap to brass mills .
It defines brass mill scrap as the by -product of industry fabrication of brass mill
products and copper wire mill products , and reclaimed scrap which by processing
has become usable by brass mills ,
Consumption of refined copper in January by wire mills was about the same
as in December ; that by brass mills increased 10 percent .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Stocks Melted , Stock:s
Scrap item Jan. 1 , Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 1 ; 780 2,264 2,906 1,138

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light , .. 3,685 6,142 6,434 3,393
Railroad - car boxes .. 170 L6 79 137
Yellow brass ..... 5,965 6,963 7,866 5,062
Bronze . 1,468 2,727 2,802 1,393
Nickel silver ...... 767 480 562 685
Low brass .... 1.72 317 241 248
Aluminum bronze .. 109 12 ]. 77 153
Low-grade scrap and residues ... 6,065 4,999 4,237 6,827
Total copper -base scrap . 28,768 38,849 40,701 26,916

Kind of ingot Jan. l , Production to Jan , 31 ,
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ..... 1,166 2,098 2,287 977

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 ) . 883 1,610 1,657 836
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 3,441 10,737 10,777 3,401
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ..... 1,428 5,869 5,737 1,560
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) ... 1,275 2,783 2,871 1,187
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 420 1,084 1,039 465
( 75-5-20 ) ... 331 716 780 267
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . 786 2,733 2,421 1,098
Manganese bronze . 842 1,835 1,758 919
Nickel silver .. 272 495 372 395
Low brass , ... 53 360 311 102
Silicon bronze .. 311 374 ‫ܢܐ‬81 267

alloys ..... -458
in copper - base alloys... -1,418
purchased copper -base scrap ..... 32,117
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Scrap item Jan. 1 , Receipts or Jan. 31 ,
1951 Consumed 1957
No. l wire and heavy . 1,016 2,718 2,558 2,176

Yellow brass , 11,160 27,224 30,202 8,383
Bronze , 32 75 3 154
Nickel silver . 723 1,153 1,155 721
Lom brass ... 520 2,009 2,121 398
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1/ in January 1951 .

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mills mills
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Cathodes ... 11,186 210 11,396

Wire bars.. 6,865 55,905 62,770
Cakes and slabs .. 17,528 9 17,537
Billets .. 12,720 12,720
Other .
Totals . 55,082 57,716 1459 113,256
1 ) Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , estimated at 1,750

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BRASS INGOT AND BRASS MILL OPERATIONS IN FEBRUARY 1951
Production of brass ingot decreased 8 percent to 29,815 short tons in February ,

according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . Although
total production declined , the output per day was greater than in January , not only
by the ingot makers, but by the brass and wire mills as well . Production from
copper - base scrap by the brass mills in February was 37,230 tons ,
The ingot makers used 37,257 tons of copper -base scrap in production of ingot ,
nearly as much as the brass mills ; their recovery was 20 percent lower than that of
the mills because the smelters use a generally lower grade of scrap . Total con
sumption in February of copper - base scrap by brass mills and ingot makers and of re
fined copper by wire mills decreased, whereas average daily consumption of the same
raw materials by the same groups increased . Contrary to the general pattern , con
sumption of cartridge cases by brass mills rose 187 percent to 2,007 tons .
Scrap stocks held by ingot makers continued the downward trend begun in July
1950 , declining to 25,129 tons at the end of February .
Preparedby Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles
White Merrill , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
February 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,

Scrap item Jan. 31 , Receipts or Teb . 28,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 1,138 2,655 2,607 1,186

Yellow brass... 5,062 6,516 6,990 4,588
Auto radiators (unsweate
( d ) ....... 2,702 4,403 4,592 2,513
Bronze .. 1,393 2,976 2,712 1,657
Nickel silver .... 685 278 385 578
Low brass ... 248 277 265 260
Aluminum bronze....... 153 77 52 178
Low - grade scrap and residues...... 6,827 4,426 4,562 6,691

February 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .
Stocks Stocks
Kind of ingot
Shipments
to Feb. 28 ,
Jan. 31 , Production
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze (88--10-2).......... 977 1,944 1,907 1,014

Leaded tin bronze (88--6-13-43) ......... 836 1,967 1,978 825
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) .. 3,401 10,008 10,238 3,171
Leaded semired brass (81–3–7-9) .... 1,560 5,105 5,175 1,490
( 84-6-8-2) . 465 961 911 515
( 75-5-20 ) . 267 1,042 975 334
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) 1,098 2,126 2,367 857
Nickel silver .. O 395 333 362 366
Low brass ... 102 182 198 86
Hardeners and special alloys.......... 395 945 958 382
Miscellaneous ....... 107 140 129 118
Total brass and bronze ingots ...... 12,331 29,815 30,464 | 11,682
alloys ... -424
in copper - base alloys .... -1,337
purchased copper - base scrap......... 30,921
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Scrap item Jan. 31 , Receipts or Feb. 28 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 1,176 2,704 2,696 1,184

Yellow brass ..... 8,383 26,875 27,338 7,920
Cartridge cases . 153 2,423 2,007 569
Bronze .. 154 58 92 120
Nickel silver . 721 993 849 865
Low brass .. 398 1,703 1,796 305
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1 / in February 1951 .

Secondary
Item Brass Wire Total
copper
Cathodes .... 8,518 208 8,726

Wire bars ... 6,005 55,032 61,037
Cakes and slabs ... 15,110 11 15,121
Billets .. 10,563 10,563
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Totals . 47,330 56,652 424 104,406
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , estimated at 1,750

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BRASS INGOT AND BRASS MIL . OPERATIONS IN MARCH

AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1951
Brass ingot was produced in March in about the same quantity as in January
and totaled 32,766 short tons according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . Output in the first quarter of 1951 was 95,140 tons
compared with 103,005 tons in the last quarter of 1950. Production of refined
copper from scrap by primary producers decreased from 45,315 tons in the fourth
quarter of 1950 to 38,555 tons in the first quarter of 1951. Secondary produc
tion by brass milis declined 9 percent to 120,010 tons in the latter period .
Total consumption of copper - base scrap by the three largest consuming
groups , consisting of the primary producers, secondary smelters and the brass
mills was 316,342 tons in the first quarter of 1951 compared with 344,079 tons
in the last quarter of 1950 , and was limited only by the supply .
Stocks of scrap held by secondary smelters which had declined steadily

from July 1950 ' through February 1951 changed little in March , but those of
primary producers decreased from 56,704 tons at the end of 1950 to 29,638 tons
at the end of March 1951 .
Consumption of refined copper by wire mills decreased from 201,271 tons in

the last quarter of 1950 to 180,207 tons in the first quarter of 1951 ; that of
the brass mills was virtually the same in both periods.
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of

Charles White Merrill , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Table 1 . Consunption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap in
March 1951 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item Feb. 28, Receipts or Har , 31 ,
1952 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy 1,186 4,241 3,935 -1,492

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy' & light... 2,928 5,560 5,648 2,840
Composition or soft red brass , ... 4,181 10 , 302 11,066 3,417
Yellow brass ..... 4,588 7,333 7,512 4,409
Auto radiators ( unsweated) . 2,51.3 4,936 5,063 2,386
Bronze , our 1,657 2,372 2,866 1,162
Nickel silver ....... 578 413 481 510
Low brass ... 260 245 258 247
Table 2. Stocks, production, and shipments of brass ingot in March

1951, at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
Kind of ingot Feb. 28 Production to Mar. 31 ,
1951 Consumers 1951 .
Tin bronze ($ 8-10-2 ) .. 1,014 1,714 1,868 860

Leaded 1112 bronze (88-6-12-43)... 825 1,939 1,970 , 794
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) . 3,171 11,486 11,877 2,780
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7--9); 1,490 6,364 6,681 1,173
High - lcaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 1,047 2,606 2,736 917
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 515 1,592 1,576 531
( 75-5-20 ). 334 . . : 7720 742 312
Leaded yellow brass 766-1-3-30 ) . 857 2,070 2,270 657
Manganese bronze ... 883 1,481 1,455 909
Nickel silver .... 366 485 401 450
Low brass ... , 86 139 126 79
Hardeners and special alloys ..... 382 1,110 988 504

alloys ....... -422
in copper - base alloys .... -1,465
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1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy.... 1,184 2,684 2,657 1 ; 211

Yellow brass ...... 7,920 30,139 30,813 7,246
Cartridge cases ........ 569 2:, 545 2,100 1,014
Bronze .. 120 109 179 50
Nickel silver 865.... 1,124 973 1,016
Low brass .. 305 .. 1,906 1,947 . 264
Aluminum bronze , 36 8 31 . 13
Table 4. Consumers ' stocks of purchased...copper -base scrap .

Gross weight, in short tons .
Scrap item December 31 , March 31 ,

1950 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy . 4,082 3,789

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 7,005 4,293
Composition or soft red brass ..... 5,648 3,427
Railroad - car boxes .. 170 128
Yellow brass ...... 17,125 11,655
Cartridge cases 766 1,322
Auto radiators (unsweated ).. 2,580 2,386
Benze , .. 1,550 1,212
Nickel silver 1,490 1,526
Low brass.... 682 511
Aluminum bronze .. 174 152
Low - grade scrap and residues.. 60,148 36,693
Total copper - base scrap ........ 1 / 101,419 2 / 67,083
1 ) Includes refiners, brass ingot makers , brass mills and chemical plants, but not
2 / Includes refiners , brass ingot makers, and brass mills, but not chemical plants,
foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers.
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Table 5. Consumption of purchased copper-base scrap in first
Brass ingot makers Total
Scrap item and refiners 1 / Brass mills scrap
used
New Old New Old

No , I wire and heavý ... 5,518 11,749 6,638 1,272 25,177

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy & light . 8,993 19,897 . 9,160 -1 ; 946 39,996
Composition or soft red brass , 14,883 16,184 31,067
Railroad - car boxes... 209 209
Yellow brass . ,, 4,863 17,505 87,579 672 110,619
Cartridge cases .. 6 6624 4 , 829 5,497
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Bronze ...... 1,726 6,655 214 8,655
Nickel silver .. 78 1,350 2,927 52 4,407
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Low brass .. 716 ..48 5,855 9 6,628
Aluminum bronze ....... 17 197 70 284
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Total copper - base scrap ..... 69,301 125,758 112,503 8,780 316,342
1 / of the totals shown primary refiners reported the following : Unalloyed copper
scrap 12,861 tons of new and 6,567 tons of old; and of low - grade scrap and
4
Table 6. Consumption of refined copper in March 1 / 1951 .
Secondary
Cathodes .. 9,203 6 128 9,337

Wire bars ... 6,163 64,124 38 70,325
Ingots and ingot bars... 10,406 2,707 254 12,367
Cakes and slabs . 16,758 1 16,759
Billets .. 13,175 13,175
Other ... 70 1 71
Totals .. 55,775 65,838 422 122,034
First quarter of 1951
Cathodes . 28,908 6 546 29,460

Wire bars , 19,032 175,061 38 194,131
Ingots and ingot bars ... 24,323 5,118 718 30,159
Cakes and slabs .... 49,396 22 49,418
Billets ... 36,457 36,451
Other .. 70 1 71
Totals.. 158,186 180,207 1., 303 339,696
1/ Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants, estimated at 1,750 tons , not

shown .
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Table 7 .
Production of secondary copper and copper-alloy products.l/
Gross weight produced , short tons.
Brass and bro.ze ingo “;
Last quarter | First quarter
1950 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).. 6,402 5,756

-Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-4) ... 5,784 5,516
Leaded red brass (85-5--5-5 ).... 37,435 32,231
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) .. 20,265 17 : 338
High - ieaded tin bronze ( 90-10-10 ) . 7,432 8,105
( 84-6-8-2 ). 2,745 3,637
(75-5.20 ) ... 2,519 2,478
Leaded yellow brass (65-1-3-30 ) ... 8,272 : . 6,029
Manganese bronze , 4,531 4,573
Aluminum bronze .. 1,544 1,660
Nickel silver 1,109 1,313
Low brass ...... 5.23 631
Silicon ronze ,...... 1,16 981
Conductor bronze . 126 190
Hardeners and special alloys .. 2,82 ? 3,034
Miscellaneous , 223 4.5
Total brass and bronze ingots ..... 103,005 95,140

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than copper - base scrap , .co .. --5,365 -5,525
Secondary production in brass and

bronze ingot , ... 27,640 89,615
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Electrolytic grade copper 21 .... 45,212 43,445
Casting copper , ... 14,415 4,377
Brass mill products 3 !.... 131,895 129,010
Copper in chemical products ... 2,808 4 / 2,363

copper - base scrap ....... 281,972 259,815
1 Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 35,000 tons of secondary metal
each quarter from copper and trass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical
products , etc.
4 / Copper in chemical products made by smelters .
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER MATERIALS AND SECONDARY METAL

PRODUCTION IN APRIL 1951
April production from copper -base scrap by primary and by secondary smelters
was greater than the average monthly output of each group of smelters in the first
quarter of the year , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department
of the Interior . The portion of brass mill products recorded as recovered from
scrap in April was 15 percent or 6,106 short tons less than in March , and 10 percent
less than the first quarter monthly average . Secondary smelters produced in April
31,593 tons of brass and bronze ingot , about 19 percent of the total output of
refined copper , and 600 tons of brass mill billets .
Consumption of copper - base scrap at brass mills , which increased from 38,183
tons in February to 42,468 tons in March , declined to 36,457 tons in April. Con
sumption of refined copper by brass mills , wire mills and secondary smelters de
creased in April, totaling 110,309 tons compared with 122,034 tons in March .

Charles White Merrill , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
April 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item March 31 , Receipts or April 30,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. I wire and heavy . 1,492 3,629 3,353 1,768

Railroad - car boxes , .. 128 57 74 ‫נוב‬
Yellow brass , ........ 4,409 6,789 6,830 4,368
Bronze.. 1,162 2,630 2,811 981
Nickel silver ......... 510 433 376 567
Low brass , 247 240 294 193
Low -grade scrap and residues , 8,339 5,105 5,778 7,666
Total copper -base scrap ... 25,376 42,211 40,599 25,988
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipinents of brass ingot in April

Stocks Shipnents Stocks

March 31, Production to April 30,
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .... 860 1,948 2,010 798

Leaded tin bronze (88--6-1-43). 794 2,010 2,163 642
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 2,780 10,600 11,117 2,263
Leaded semired brass (81.-3-7-9).... 1,173 6,259 6,506 926
High -leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ).. 917 2,446 2,659 704
(84-6-8-2 ) ... 531 998 1,133 396
(75-5-20 ) .. , .312 785 747 350
Leaded yell.ow brass (66-1-3-30 ).... 657 1,978 1,850 785
Manganese bronze ,, 909 1,529 1,612 826
Nickel silver .. 450 246 397 299
Low brass ... 79 148 189 38
Silicon bronze ..... 256 293 277 272
Conductor bronze.. 37 86 68 55
Hardeners and special alloys . 504 1,220 1,302 422

Miscellaneous copper products produced ........ 4,044
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys. -295
Miscellaneous raw materiais consumed in
copper - base alloys . -1,298
copper - base scrap . 34,044
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April 1951 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item March 31 , Receipts or April 30 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. l wire and heavy . 1,211 3,356 3,260 1,307

No. 2 wire , ini.xed heavy and light .. 1,255 2,651 2,722 1,184
Yellow brass , .... 7,246 26,732 25,842 8,136
Cartridge cases , 1,014 745 1,437 322
Bronze : 50 101 68 83
Nickel silver 1,016 1,123 1,146 993
Low brass .. 264 1,985 1,970 279
Aluminum bronse .. 13 5 12 6
Total copper -base scrap .. 12,069 36,698 36,457 12,310
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1; in April 1951 .

Brass Wire Secondary

Item mills mills copper Total
smelters
Cathodes .. 9,189 4 88 9,281
Wire bars .. 6,488 55,769 122 62,379
Ingots and ingot bars ... 10,272 1,621 85 11,978
Cakes and slabs . 15,097 17 15,114
Billets ... 11,557 11,557
Totals , 52,603 57,411 295 110,309
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants, estimated at 1,750 tons , not

shown .

April 1951 at plants of primary copper producers. Gross
weight in short tons .
Scrap item March 31 , Receipts or April 30 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
Unalloyed copper scrap . 1,284 9,300 8,764 1,820
Refinery brass .... 5,874 2,200 3,620 4,454
Low - grade scrap and residues . 1 / 14,837 8,771 117,076 9,532
Totals.. 1 /21,995 20,271 26,460 15,806
1 Revised .
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Table 6. Production 1 from copper -base scrap in 1951 .
Brass Refined copper 2 / Copper in Brass mill Total recovery

Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 from copper
production smelters producers at smelters base scrap 4
January 32,559 3,156 40,181

February . 29,815 2,255 38,555 2,368 37,800 299,815
March ... 32,766 3,856 42,059
Total , first
quarter 1951 . 95,140 9,267 38,555 2,368 120,040 259,815
April.. 31,593 3,464 14,431 901 35,953 84,749
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous nan
ufacturers which are estimated to have recovered about 35,000 tons of secondary
metal each quarter froin copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chem
ical products, etc.
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
31 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers.
4 Equals total production from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus alloying
ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc.) used by ingot
makers ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 from copper - base scrap 1

in January through April 1951 , in short tons .
From From Total copper
new scrap old scrap recovered
By brass ingot makers in first quarter .. 21,44 64,452 85,896

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January through April , 28,771 85,880 114,651
By primary producers in first quarter . 22,870 18,872 40,742
" April... 8,782 6.434 15,216
January through April . 30,652 25,306 55,958
By brass mills in first quarter ... 78,084 6,990 85,074
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Total , January through April .. 160,827 120,584 281,411
1 Recovery by foundries and miscellaneous manui'ecturers, not shown , estimated at

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PRODUCTION IN MAY 1951
Consumption of refined copper and copper -base scrap continued at a high level
in May , but the resulting production still failed to satisfy the demand , according
to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . Use of scrap
by brass ingot makers was the highest recorded since the monthly survey was begun
in July 1945 , and totaled 45,391 short tons . Brass mills used 40,338 tons of
copper - base scrap , representing an increase of 3,881 tons over April, and primary
copper producers consumed 27,129 tons , or 669 more than in April. Wire mills use
no scrap , but consumed 63,373 tons of refined copper in May compared with 57,411
tons in April . Brass mills use of refined copper also increased .
Secondary production from copper - base scrap by brass mills in May was 39,893
tons , of which 28,168 tons was copper , the remainder consisting of zinc and other
metals contained in the scrap treated . of the total recovery by primary producers ,
16,556 tons was refined copper , and 740 tons copper in chemicals . Of the 34,773
tons of brass ingot produced by secondary smelters, 1,853 tons were obtained from
other materials than copper -base scrap .

Charles White Merrill , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
May 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1,768 3,859 3,897 1,730
Yellow brass .... 4,368 7,884 7,509 4,743
Bronze ... 981 2,712 2,706 987
Nickel silver . 567 372 379 560
Low brass . 193 336 335 194
Low - grade scrap and residues 7.666 6,258 5.959 7.965
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in May

Kind of ingot
April 30, Production to May 31 ,
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) ..... 798 2,109 2,153 754

Leaded tin bronze 788-6-14-43)..... 641 1,962 1,959 644
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) . 2,263 12,324 12,024 2,563
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ... 926 6,962 6,835 1,053
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ).. 704 3,113 2,947 870
(84-6-8-2 ) .. 396 1,509 1,472 433
(75-5-20 )... 350 719 843 226
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).... 785 1,771 1,893 603
Manganese bronze.. 826 1,683 1,888 621
Nickel silver . 299 477 414 362
Low brass .. 38 125 129 34
Silicon bronze ....... 272 397 412 257
Conductor bronze.... 55 29 58 26
Hardeners and special alloys .. 422 1,263 1,375 310
Miscellaneous . 457 1 -140 6 311

Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys . -432
copper - base alloys ...... -1,421
copper -base scrap .. 36,767
1 Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
2
May 1951 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons .
Scrap item April 30, Receipts or May 31 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No , I wire and heavy ..... 1,307 3,137 3,081 1,363
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 1,184 2,311 2,833 662
Yellow brass .. 8,136 27,930 28,549 7,517
Cartridge cases . 322 6,575 3,195 3,702
Bronze .... 83 66 90 59
Nickel silver 993 1,026 1,059 960
Low brass .. 279 1,626 1,538 367
Aluminum bronze...... 6 1 1-7 14
1 Negative consumption represents correction of a previous error by one company .
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1 in May 1951 .

Item inills mills copper Total
smelters
Cathodes , 10,469 1,017 66 11,552
Wire bars . 7,254 60,823 128 68,205
Cakes and slabs ... 16,554 18 16,572
Billets ...... 12,968 12,968
Other ...... 22 34 36
Totals ... 56,984 63,373 432 120,789

1 Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estinated at 1,750 tons, not
shown .

May 1951 at plants of primary copper producers, Gross
weight in short tons.
1951 consumed 1951
Refinery brass .. 4,454 3,900 4,908 3,446
Low - grade scrap and residues . 9,532 8.704 11,156 7.080
Totals... 15,806 23,390 27,129 12,067
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Table 6. Production 1 , from copper -base scrap in 1951.

Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 / from copper
production smelters producers at smelters base scrap 4 /
January 32,559 3,156 40,181

February 29,815 2,255 38,555 2,368 37,800 259,815
March , ... 32,766 3,856 42,059
April .. 31,593 3,464 14,431 901 35,953 84,749
May... 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
Totals , .. 161,506 16,006 69,542 | 4,122 195,886 438,061

each quarter from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical
products , etc.
4 Equals total production from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus alloying
ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. ) used by ingot
makers ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 from copper - base scrap

in January through May 1951 , in short tons .

By brass ingot makers January through April .. 28,771 85,880 114,651

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in May .... 8,052 24.279 32,331
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in May .. 10.324 6.972 17,296
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January through May . 40,976 32,278 73,254
By brass mills January through April.. 101,404 9,398 110,802
in May .. 24,545 2,623 28,168
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PRODUCTION IN JUNE 1951
Production from copper - base scrap as refined copper , and in alloys and chemi
cals by the larger consuming groups totaled 90,595 short tons in June, or 2,902
tons less than in May , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department
of the Interior , June output , however , was 2,985 tons higher than the monthly
average for the first five months of 1951 . Output of brass ingot was 34,172 tons
in June, or two percent less than in May. Primary copper plants recovered 14,731
tons of refined copper from scrap , compared with 16,556 tons in May , whereas second
ary recovery in brass mill products was virtually the same in May and June, about
40,000 tons .
Ceiling prices on copper and copper -base scrap were put into effect by the
Office of Price Stabilization on June 26 . The imminence of this action had served
as a deterrent to hoarding of scrap for some time as generators and dealers wished
to avoid having large stocks of metal on hand in the event prices were rolled back .
Copper - base scrap consumption in June by secondary copper smelters was 42,200
tons , by brass mills 40,519 tons , and by primary producers 23,681 tons , a total of
106,400 tons compared with 112,858 tons in May .

C. H. Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Scrap item May 31 , Receipts or June 30 , f
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 1,730 4,097 3,845 1,982
Yellow brass..... . 4,743 7,9 75 7,815 4,903
Cartridge cases ... :: 346 160 172 334
Auto radiators (unsweated ). 2,263 5,182 5,288 2,157
Bronze .... 987 2,958 2,620 1,325
Nickel silver . 560 223 312 471
Low brass .. 194 314 314 194
Aluminum bronze ...... 149 77 86 140
Table 2 . Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot in June

1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons.
Kind of ingot May 31 , Production to June 30 ,
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ..... , 754 2,043 2,011 : 786

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-1-42 ). 644 2,580 2,659 565
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) .. 2,563 11,061 11,909 1,715
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ).. 1,053 6,336 6,484 905
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) ... 870 2,609 2,761 : 718
( 84-6-8-2 )... 433 1,526 1,540 419
( 75-5-20 ) ... 226 1,082 1,130 178
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 603 2,296 2,293 606
Nickel silver ... 362 374 367 369
Low brass .... 34 190 191 33
Silicon bronze . 257 254 326 : 185
Hardeners and special alloys .. 310 1,035 1,004 271

alloys .. -354
base alloys...... 1,357
copper - base scrap.... 35,695
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June 1951 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons .

Scrap item May 31 , Receipts or June 30,
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,363 3,244 2,784 1,823

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light ... 662 3,017 2,954 725
Yellow brass . 7,517 27,568 27,507 7,578
Cartridge cases . 3,702 3,491 4,751 2,442
Bronze ... 59 90 113 36
Nickel silver . 960 991 984 967
Low brass .... 367 1,441 1,415 393
A )].uminum bronze ........
. 14 2 ‫וב‬ 5
Total copper -base scrap ......... 14,644 39,844 40,519 13,969
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1 / in June 1951 .


smelters
Cathodes ... 10,401 1 63 10,465

Wire bars . 5,794 58,267 86 64,147
Ingots and ingot bars .... 9,400 1,569 184 11,153
Cakes and slabs .... 14,321 19 14,340
Billets .... 11,356 110 11,466
Other .
0 21 21
Totals .. 51,272 59,966 354 111,592
1 ) Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated at 1,750 tons , not

shovm .

June 1951 at plants of primary copper producers. Gross
1951 Consumed 1951
Unalloyed copper scrap. 1,541 12,529 10,207 3,863
Refinery brass , 3,446 4,018 3,452 4,012
Totals . 12,067 25,876 23,681 14,262
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Table 6. Production 1 ) from copper - base scrap in 1951 .

Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicalsproducts 3 / from copper
January .. 32,559 3,156 40,181

February . 29,815 2,255 38,555 2,368. - 1. 37,800 259,815
March .. 32,766 3,856 42,059
April . 31,593 3,464 14,431 ..901. 35,953 84,749
May ..... 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
June .. 34,172 2,807 14,731 .569 40,027 90,595
Totals ... 195,678 18,813 84,273 4,691 235,913 528,656
Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc ,
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a tolí basis .
4 / Equals total production from copper-base scrap by these groups , minus alloying
ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc. ) used by ingot
makers ,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 from copper-base scrap

in January through June 1951 , in short tons .
By secondary copper smelters January through May .. 36,823 110,159 146,982

in June ... 7,695 21 ; 729 29,424
January through June . 44,518 131,888 176,406
By primary producers January through May.. 40,976 32,278 73,254

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January through June .. 49,648 38,831 88,479
By brass mills January through May 125,949 13,021 138,970
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in June . 23,633 4,668 28,301
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January through June .... 149,582 17,689 167,271
Totals , January through June ... 243,748 188,408 432,156
1 / Recovery by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown , estimated at

1,000 tons from new scrap and 8,000 tons from old scrap per month.
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER MATERIALS , AND SECONDARY METAL

PRODUCTION IN JULY 1951
Production from copper - base scrap in July by bras's ingot makers , brass mills
and primary and secondary refiners totaled 77,683 'short tons compared with 90,595
tons in June , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the
Interior . The ingot makers ' and secondary refiners ' part of the total was 6 percent
less than in June, that of the primary producers and brass mills 17 percent and 21
percent less , respectively ,
Operations usually slow down in July at mills and smelters to allow employees
to go on vacation and for repairs to furnaces and equipment. In 1951 an additional
and more important reason for the decline in activity was the scarcity of scrap, as
well as of primary metals. Supplies of scrap had been short for many months , but
the shortage was increased by the imposition of ceiling prices, by the National Pro
duction Authority on June 26. Dealers and operators sold as much.material as pos
sible before the roll -back in prices took place , leaving little scrap .available
after June 26 . Other reasons for the scarcity at mills and smelters may have been
the withholding of scrap by generators and Government agencies , and the sale to
foundries of scrap that would ordinarily go to the mills and smelters .

Consumption of yellow brass by brass mills decreased 5,954 tons , but increased
slightly at secondary smelters . Brass mills lowered their consumption of unalloyed
scrap 883 tons, whereas use of this material at the smelters increased ,191 tons .
Use of cartridge cases at brass mills dropped 1,627 tons .

Table 1. Consumption and stocks. o purchased..copper - base scrap in
July 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short, tons,

Scrap item 1 June 30 , Receipts or July 31 ,
1951 Consumed : 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 1,982 4,010 4; 232 .

1,760
Composition or soft red brass...... 3,088 10,484 9,998 3,574
Yellow brass ....... 4,903 8,206 7,933 5,176
Cartridge cases ..... :: 334 169, 170 333
Auto radiators (unsveated ) . 2,157 5,263 5,017 2,403
Bronze ... 1,325 2,746 2,491 1,580
Nickel silver . 472 253 190 534
Low brass... 194 21.8 201 211
Aluminum bronzeii .. 140 61 . 26 175
Low - erade scrap and residues .... 8,466 5,415 5,825 8,056
Table 2. Stoc.'s, production, and shipments of brass. ingot in July

Kind of ingot June 30 , Production to July 31 ,
1952 Consumer's 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).. 786 :

1,878 2,030 634
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 )...... 565 2,327 2,250 642
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) ....... 1,725 1.1,251 11,493 1,473
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9)..... 905 6,599 6,393 1,111
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 718 2,565 .. 2,627 656
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 419 1,367 1,492 294
( 75–5: 20 ) .. 178 691 693 176
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ... 606 2,081 2,157 530
Manganese bronze .... -496 1,484 1,524 456
Nickel silver ....... 369 1:21 269: 241
Low brass ... 33 268 268 33
Silicon bronze... 185 275 .283 177
Hardeners and special alloys ,..... 271 1,100 1,157 214
Miscellaneous... ... 410 45 266 189
Total brass and bronze ingots.ro 7,918 32,597 33,499 7,016

Refined copper.consumed in copper - base
alloys... * 446 ...
base alloys ...... -1,267
Net . total secondary recovery from purchased
copper -base scrap . 33,626
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July 1951 , at brass mills , Gross weight in short tons ...
Stocks Melted , Stocks
1
Scrap item June 30 , Receipts or July 31 ,

1951 Consumed . 1.951
No. 1 wire and heavy 1,823 2,155 2,540 1,438
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light... 725 2,663 2,315 1,073
Yellow brass .. 7,578 20,709 21,553 6,734
Cartridge cases . 2,442 1,588 3,124 906
Bronze.ios 36 94 . 99 31
Low brass .... 393 1,611 1,698 306 ,
Aluminum bronze .... 5 -1 -3 .7
Total.copper-base scrap......... 13,969 29,369 32,000 11,338
Table 4. Consumption of refined copper 1 / in July 1951 .


smelters
Cathodes.... 9,211 2 175 9,388

Wire bars ... 5,036 48,434 74 53,544
Ingots and ingot bars.. 5,192 836 193 6,221
Cakes and slabs . 11,655 17 11,672
Billets .... 8,832 8,832 :
Other ...... 4.
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Totals ...... 39,926 49,289 446 89,661

1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , éstimated at 1,750 tons , not
shown .

July 1951 at plants of primary copper producers. Gross
Scrap item June 30 , Receipts or July 31 ,
1951 Consumed 1951

Refinery brass ..... 4,012 2,801 2,866 3,947
Low -grade scrap and residues ....... 6,388 10,563 8,879 8,072
Totals . 14,262 21,697 20,331 15,628
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Table 6. Production 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1951,

Month ingotSecondary Primary chemicals products 34 from copper
production smelters producers at.smelters base scrap 4
January ..... 32,559 3,156 20,181

February 29,815 2,255 38,555 112,368 -1 37,800 259,815
March .... 32,766 3,856 -42 ;0599
April . · 31,593 3,464 14,431 901 35,953 84,749
May .. 34,773 3,275 16,556 i . , 853 39,893 •: .93,497
June.. 34,172 2,807 14,731 569 40,027 90,595
July .. 32,600 2,174 12,265 813 . -31,544 2
77,683
Totals ... 228,278 20,987 96,538 * 35,504 267,457 606,339
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc.
4 Equals total production from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus alloying
ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc. ) used by ingot
makers .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 from copper- base. scrap.

in January through July 1951 , in short tons ..
„From From Total copper

new scrap Told 'scráp recovered
By secondary copper smelters January through June .. 44,518 131,888 • 176,406

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in July .. 6,648 22,176 28,824
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January through July .. 51,166 154,064 205,230
By primary producers January through June. 49,648 38,831 88,479

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January through July . 57,013 44,395 101,408
By brass mills January through June .. 149,582 17,689 167,271

in July ...... 19,064 3.569 22,633
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Totals , January through July . .... 276,825 219,717 496,542

1 Recovery by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown , estimated at
1,000 tons from new scrap and 8,000 tons from old, scrap per month ..
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PRODUCTION IN AUGUST 1951
Production of brass ingot , secondary refined copper , secondary brass mill

products , and smelter output of copper in chemicals from scrap , decreased 10 percent
to 69,960 short tons in August, compared with a 14 - percent decrease in July , accord
ing to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The chief
reason for the decline was the scarcity of scrap , at least at plants of consumers
and in the open market .

Consumption of copper-base scrap by secondary smelters totaled 32,103 tons in
August compared with 41,085 tons in July , and that of primary producers 15,906 tons
in August compared with 20,331 tons in July . Brass mills raised their use of scrap
from 32,000 tons in July to 33,686 tons in August , but the July figure was 8,519 tons
below that for June. Average monthly consumption of copper-base scrap in 1950 by
secondary coppe r smelters, brass mills and primary copper producers was 37,222 tons ,
37,249 tons, and 32,138 tons respectively . Consumption of refined copper by brass
mills , wire mills and secondary copper smelters rose from 89,661 tons in July 1951 ,
to 112,508 tons in August ,

August 1951 , at secondary copper smelters . Gross weight in short tons .

1951 Consumed 1951
No , l wire and heavy . 1,760 2,826 2,670 1,916
Yellow brass , .. 5,176 5,414 6,282 4,308
Bronze ... 1,580 2,283 2,561 1,302
Nickel silver . 534 151 212 473
Low brass .... 211 142 216 136
Table 2 . Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot in August

Stocks ! Shipments Stocks
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 634 1,680 1,710 604

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 )...... 642 1,786 1,990 438
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) . 1,473 8,777 8,969 1,281
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) ..... 1,111 4,924 5,103 932
High -leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) . 656 2,344 2,306 694
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 294 588 578 304
( 75-5-20 ) .. 176 775 771 180
Leaded yellow brass (66–1–3-30 ) 530 1,845 1,860 515
Nickel silver .. 241 199 150 290
Low brass.. 33 175 182 27
Miscellaneous.. 189 335 216 308

alloys .. -917
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August 1951 , at brass mills , Gross weight in short tons.
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,438 2,228 2,610 1,056
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light . 1,073 1,539 2,091 521
Yellow brass 6,734 24,721 25,057 6,398
Cartridge cases .. 906 1,357 1,540 723
Bronze.... 31 122 117 36
Nickel silver . 843 1,044 960 927
Low brass , 306 1,375 1,318 363
Aluminum bronze .. 7 3 1 / -7 17
1 ) Negative consumption indicates increase in stocks of home scrap .
Table 4 . Consumption of refined copper 1 / in August 1951 .


smelters
Cathodes ..... 10,758 3 353 11,114

Wire bars .... 6,982 53,664 75 60,721
Ingots and ingot bars ...... 11,549 1,368 443 13,360
Cakes and slabs .. 15,582 ll 15,593
Billets ... 11,674 11,674
Other ... 46 46
Totals ..... 56,545 55,046 917 112,508
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated at 1,750 tons , not

shown .

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August 1951 at plants of primary copper producers . Gross

weight in short tons ,
Scrap item July 31 , Receipts or August 31,
1951 Consumed 1951
Unalloyed copper scrap .. 3,609 6,394 7,445 2,558

Refinery brass ... 3,947 1,446 2,083 3,310
Low -grade scrap and residues ........ 8,072 9,072 6,378 10,766
Totals ..... 15,628 16,912 15,906 16,634
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Brass Refined copper 2 / Copper

Copper in
in Brass mill Total recovery
Month ingotSecondary Primary chemicals products 31 from copper
January ...... 32,559 3,156 40,181
February 29,815 2,255 - 38,555 2,368 -( 37,800 259,815
March , 32,766 3,856 42,059
April . 31,593 3,464 14,431 901 35,953 84,749
May ... 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
June . 34,172 2,807 14,731 569 . 40,027 90,595
July.... 5 /32,597 2,174 12,265 813 31,544 5 / 77,680
August 26,413 1,783 9,783 903 33,262 69,960
Totals .... 254,688 22,770 106,321 6,407 300,719 676,296

1/ Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc ,
/ Equals total production from copper-base scrap by these groups, minus alloying in
gredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. ) used by ingot
makers ,
5 / Corrected figures.
Table 7. Copper recovered 1/ from copper-base scrap

in January through August 1951 , in short tons ,

new scrap 1 old scrap recovered
By secondary copper smelters January through July.. 51,166 154,064 205,230

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in August ..... 5,525 16,859 22,384
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January through August 56,691 170,923 227,614
By primary producers January through July .. 57,013 h44,395 101,408

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in Augusto.i. 7,993 2,552 10,545
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January through August . 65,006 46,947 111,953
By brass mills January through July ..... 168,646 21,258 189,904

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in August ........... 21,608 1,873 23,481
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January through August .. 190,254 23,131 213,385
Totals , Jan vary through August .. 311,951 241,001 552,952
1/ Recovery by foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown , estimated at

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SEPTEMBER 1951
Recovery of metal from copper -base scrap continued to decline in September ,

dropping to 61,736 short tons , or to 12 percent less than in August, according to the
Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . Production of brass in
got , of refined copper from scrap at primary plants , and of secondary content of
brass mill production , declined about 3,000 tons .each , but output of refined copper
by secondary smelters increased approximately 1,000 tons .
The secondary smelter and brass mill groups each consumed about 30,000 tons of
scrap in September and each recovered approximately 21,500 tons of copper . Consump
tion of most individual scrap items by all groups decreased ; exceptions were gains
of 1,935 tons in use of unalloyed scrap by secondary smelters and of 984 tons in
treatment of cartridge cases by brass mills . Total consumption of refined copper
was 100,150 tons in September compared with 112,508 tons in August and 89,661 tons
in July ,
Table 1 . Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 ) in 1951 .

Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills
Total
scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scraploid scrap
First
quarter.. 35,503 38,954 33,798 86,804 112,503 8,780 316,342
April..... 14,339 12,121 11,762 28,837 33,577 2,880 103,516
May ..... 14,898 12,231 12,690 32,701 35,631 4,707 112,858
June .... 11,490 12,191 12,440 29,760 34,265 6,254 106,400
July.i. 9,694 10,637 10,983 30,102 27,376 4,624 93,416
August... 10,675 5,231 9,181 22,922 31,308 2,378 81,695
September 6,566 5,738 8,606 22,044 26,462 3,810 73,226
Totals .. 103,165 97,103 99,460 253,170 301,122 33,433 887,453
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated to average 4,000

tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C , H.

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Table 2. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap
in September 1951, at secondary copper smelters. tross weight in short tons.
Scrap item Aug. 31, Receipts or Sept. 31
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 2 wire , inixed heavy and light.. 2,716 4,380 4,546 2,550
Yellow brass .. 4,308 3,806 4,904 3,210
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 1,698 2,323.. 2,961 1,060
Bronze ... 1,302 : 2,368 2,214 1,456
Nickel silver ... 473 268 247 494
Low brass.. 136 105 130 lll
Aluminum bronze ...... 146 23 55 : 114
Total copper - base scrap .

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23,847 26,654 30,650 19,851

September 1951, at secondary copper smelters. Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot Aug. 31 Production to Sept. 31
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 604 1,466 1,560 : 510
Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-43 )..
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438 1,794 1,846 386
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ).... 1,281 8,282 8,308 1,255
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .... 932 4,768 5,080 620
High - leaded tin bronze 780-10-10 )... 694 ; 1,357 1,502 529 ...
( 84-6-8-2 )... 304 789 741. 352
(75-5-20 ) ... 180 621 631 170
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).... 515 1,377 1,514 " 378
Manganese bronze. 467 1,057 1,148 376
Aluminum bronze . 150 * 311 324 --137
Nickel silver .. 290 i 183 143 330
Low . brass .... 27 146 1:46 27
Silicon bronze . 185 141 145 181.
Conductor bronze. 42 39 : 59 22 ,
Hardeners and special alloys . 175 584 , 608 151
Miscellaneous . . 308 543 . 407 ‫ܛܛܐ‬
Total brass and bronze ingotsis 6,592 23,458. 24,162 5,888
Miscellaneous..copper products produced ..... 3,186 ,

Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys.. 747
copper - base alloys .. -1,019
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September 1951 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons ,

Scrap item Aug. 31 Receipts or Sept, 31
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy...... 1,056 2,616 2,526 1,146

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 521 2,040 2,027 534
Yellow brass . 6,398 21,383 21,392 6,389
Cartridge cases .. 7723 3,624 2,524 1,823
Bronze .. 36 142 142 36
Nickel silver 927 633 576 ' 984
Low brass... 363 953 1,051 265
Aluminum bronze , .... 17 50 34 33
Total copper -base scrap . 10,041 .

31,441 30,272 11,210
Table 5. Consumption of refined copper 1 in September 1951 .

Secondary
Cathodes .. 8,380 1,056 210 9,646

Wire bars . 5,230 47,712 89 53,031.
Cakes and slabs . . .
13,987 10 13,997
Billets...... 9,014 9,014
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Other .. 21
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Totals . 49,324 50,079 747 100,150
1/ Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated at 2,200 tons ,

not shown .
Table 6. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base ' scrap

in September 1951 at plants of primary copper producers.

Scrap item Aug. 31 Receipts or Sept. 31
1951 Consumed 1951

Refinery brass ... 3,310 2,527 2,520 3,317
Low -grade scrap and residues . 10,766 5,646 5,818 10,594
Totals .... 16,634 11,030 12,304 15,360
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21 Copper in Brass mil ! Total re
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 covery from
production smelters producers at smelters copperslae
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January . 32,559 3,156 40,181
February 29,815 2,255 : ) - 38,555 2,368 37,800 259,815
March ... 32,766 3,856 42,059
April .. 31,593 3,464 14,431. 901 35,953 84,749
May.. 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
June . 34,172 2,807 14,731 569 40,027 90,595
July.., 32,597 2,174 12,265 813 31,544 77,680
August ... 26,413 1,783 9,783 903 33,262 69,960
September . 23,458 2,642 6,644 735 30,023 61,736
Totals...
278,146 25,412 112,965 7,142 330,742 738,032
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous
manufacturers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary
metal from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products , etc
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups ,
minus alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc. )
used by ingot makers .
Table 8 . Copper recovered 1 from copper base scrap in

January through September 1951 , in short tons,
From From Total
new scrap old scrap copper re
covered
By secondary copper smelters January through Aug. 56,691 170,923 227,614 1

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in September ... 5,108 16,392 21 , 500
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January through Sept... 61,799 187,315 249,114
By primary producers January through August ..... 65,006 46,947 111,953

in September .. 4514 2,723 17.237
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January through September . 69,520 49,670 119,190 1
By brass mills January through August . 190,254 23,131 213 , 385

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in September.o . 3.00 ! 21,287
ti 26,135 234,672
January through September . 208,537
Totals , January through September .. 339,856 263,120 602,976
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OCTOBER 1951
Domestic consumption of copper -base scrap , which had been declining since May ,
increased 16 percent or to 85,168 short tons in October, according to the Bureau of
Mines , United States Department of the Interior . These figures do not include usage
by foundries and minor groups . Brass mills ' consumption rose 9,169 tons to 39,441 ,
chiefly in yellow brass and cartridge cases , and that of primary producers 2,864
tons or 23 percent . Total use of scrap by secondary copper smelters declined slight
ly , because individual decreases , including 329 tons in byproduct residues , slightly
exceeded increases , of which the largest was 599 tons in composition scrap . Consump
tion of refined copper by brass mills increased 12,513 tons , whereas that of wire
mills decreased 1,056 tons ,
Secondary copper smelters ' output in October consisted of 24,978 tons of brass
ingot and 2,685 tons of refined and other copper products compared with 23,458 tons
of ingot and 3,186 tons of other products in September . Secondary output of primary
producers increased 22 percent in October and that of brass mills 31 percent .
Table 1. Consumption of old and new copper - base 'scrap 1 ) in 1951 .

Secondary Brass mills Total
Primary producers copper smelters
scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
First
quarter .. 35,503 38,954 33,798 86,804 112,503 8,780 316,342
April ..... 14,339 12,121 11,762 28,837 . 33,577 2,880 103,516
May .. 14,898 12,231 12,690 32,701 35,631. 4,707 112,858
June .. 11,490 12,191 12,440 29,760 34,265 6,254 106,400
July ...... 9,694 10,637 10,983 30,102 27,376 4,624 93,416
August .... 10,675 5,231 9,181 22,922 31,308 2,378 81,695
September , 6,566 5,738 8,606 22,044 26,462 3,810 73,226
October ... 9,328 5,840 8,121 22,438 33,298 6,143 85,168
Totals . 112,493 102,943 107,581 275,608 334,420 39,576 972,621
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , esti
mated to average 4,000 tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not
shown .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
October 1951 , at secondary copper smelters , Gross weight in short tons ,
Scrap item September 30 , Receipts or October 31 ,
1951 Consumed 1951
No , I wire and heavy ...... 1,366 3,211 3,199 1,378
Yellow brass .... 3,210 4,781 4,893 3,098
Bronze ..... 1,456 2,120 2,238 1,338
Nickel silver..... 494 290 288 496
Low brass.. 111 182 161 131
Aluminum bronze , ... 114 104 78 1‫ܘܢܐ‬
Table 3. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot in October

1951 , at secondary.copper smelters, Gross weight in short tons .
Kind of ingot September 30 , Production to October 31 ,
1951 Consumers 1951
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) .... 510 1,983 1,793 500

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ) .. 386 1,822 1,823 385
Leeded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 1,255 8,190 8,559 886
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .... 620 4,375 4,508 487
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) .... 549 1,674 1,832 391
( 84-6-8-2 ) ... 352 929 935 346
( 75-5-20 ) .... 170 : 857 845 182
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .... 378 1,191 1 ; 2441 328
Manganese bronze ........ 376 1,702 1,617 461
Aluminum bronze .......... 137 .. 519 474 182
Nickel silver ... 330 214 293 251
Low brass .... 27 57 61 23
Silicon bronze .. 282 247 309 119
Hardeners and special alloys........ 151 698 674 175
Miscellaneous... 4244. 611 792 263

Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys... -1,357
base alloys.... -1,267
Net total secondary recovery from purchased copper
base scrap ... 25,039
2.
October 1951 , at brass mills . Gross weight in short tons .
1
1951 Consumed 1951
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,146 2,751 2,667 1,230

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ... 534 2,742 2,734 542
Yellow brass .. 6,389 25,888 26,332 5,945
Cartridge cases . 1,823 5,267 5,253 1,837
Bronze .. 36 179 118 97
Nickel silver ... 984 840 881 943
Low brass , ... 265 1,318 1,338 245
Table 5. Consumption of refined copper 1 / in October 1951 .

Secondary
Brass Wire Total
Item copper
mills mills
smelters
Cathodes . 15,197 278 15,475

Wire bars .... 6,278 47,712 138 54,128
Ingots and ingot bars.... 14,002 1,301 938 16,241
Cakes and slabs ... 16,895 10 ! ! 16,905
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Billets . 9,465 9,465

Other . 3 3
Totals.. 61,837 49,023 1,357 112,217
1 / Consumption by foundries and miscellaneous plants , estimated at 2,200 tons , not

shown ,
Table 6 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap in

October 1951 at plants of primary copper producers . Gross

1951 Consumed 1951
Unalloyed copper scrap ... 1,449 5,845 5,377 1,917

Refinery brass ... 3,317 2,257 1,548 4,026
Totals ... 15,360 14,779 15,168 14,971
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Brass Refined copper 21/ Copper in Brass mill Total recovery

Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ from copper
January ..... 32,559 3,156 40,181
February . 29,815 2,255 38,555 2,368 - ( 37,800 259,815
March ... 32,766 3,856 42,059
April .. 31,593 3,464 14,431 901 35,953 84,749
May ....... 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
June ... 34,172 2,807 14,731 569 40,027 90,595
July ... 32,597 2,174 12,265 813 31,544 77,680
August . 26,413 1,783 9,783 903 33,262 69,960
September . 23,458 2,642 6,644 735 30,023 61,736
October ...... 24,978 1,968 8,080 827 39,093 72,322
Totals.... 303,124 27,380 121,045 7,969 369,835 810,354
1 / Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a tolí basis .
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin, zinc ,
etc. ) used by ingot makers .
Table 8 . Copper recovered 1 ) from copper -base scrap

in January through October 1951 , in short tons .
new scrap old scrap · recovered
By secondary copper smelters January through Sept. 61,799 187,315 249,114

11
in October . 4,935 16,690 21,625
11 11 11
January through Oct .. 66,734 204,005 270,739
By primary producers January through Sept ... 69,520 49,670 119,190

11
in October ..... 6,321 2,481 8,802
11
January through Oct... 75,841 52,151 127,992
By brass mills January through September 208,537 26,135 234,672
11 in October .... 22,956 4,505 27,461
11
January through October , 231,493 30,640 262,133
Totals , January through October ....... 374,068 286,796 660,864

1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers, not shown ,
estimated at 3,000 tons of new scrap and 13,000 tons from old scrap per month .
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NOVEMBER 1952
Consumption of copper -base scrap by 3 major consuming groups decreased 5 percent

to 81,141 short tons in November , and the resulting secondary metal production of re
fined copper , copper -alloy ingot , and brass mill products declined 4 percent,to 69,192
tons , according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior ,
Scrap consumption by the primary copper refiners and brass mills declined 12 percent
and 8 percent respectively, whereas consumption at secondary smelters increased 3
percent, The larger decreases in individual types of scrap were 2,926 tons in car
tridge cases by brass mills , 2,135 tons in low - grade scran by primary refiners , and
675 tons in low-grade scrap by secondary smelters. Consumption of radiators by the
latter group increased 766 tons . Scrap stocks of all 3 groups increased in November .
Table 1. Consumption of old and new cop er -base scrap 1 / in 1951.

Secondary Brass mills
Total
scrap
used
First
quarter . 35,503 38,954 33,798 86,804 112,503 8,780 316,342
April .. 14,339 12,122 11,762 28,837 33,577 2,880 103,516
May ..... 14,898 12,231 12,690 32,701 35,632 4,707 112,858
June .. 11,490 12,1.91 12,440 29,760 -34,265 6,254 106,400
July . 9,694 10,637 10,983 30,302 27,376 -4,624 93,416
August . 10,675 5,231 9,131 22,922 31,308 2,378 81,695
September 6,566 5,738 8,606 22,044 26,462 3,810 73,226
October ... 9,328 5,840 8,121 22,438 ! 33,298 6,143 85,168
November .. 7,390 6,032 7,997 23,361 32,843 3,518 81,141
Totals.. 119,883 108,975 115,578 298,969 367,263 43,094 1,053,762

1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, ésti.
mated to average 4,000 tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not
shown ,
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid, under the supervision of C. H.

Table 7. Production 1/ from'copper -base scrap in
1951. Gross Weight in short tons .
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals ! from copper
products 3/ base scrap 4 /
production smelt ers produ cers at smelters
January ... 32,559 3,156 . 40,181
February .. 29,815 2,255 38,555 2,368 37,800 259,815
March .. 32,766 3,856 42,059
April . 31,593 3,464 14,431 902 35,953 84,749
May .. 34,773 3,275 16,556 853 39,893 93,497
June . 34,172 2,807 14,731 569 40,027 90,595
July ... , 32,597 2,174 12,265 813 31,544 77,680
August .... 26,413 1,783 9,783 903 33,262 69,960
September .. 23,458 2,642 6,621 735 30,023 61,736
October .... 24,978 1,968 8,080 827 39,093 72,322
November ... 27,647 1,813 7,194 1,212 36,026 69,192
Totals,.330,771 29,193 128,239 9,181 405,861 879,546
1 ) Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
2/ Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
C / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups,
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc,
etc. ) used by ingot makers ,
Table 8. Copper recovered 1 / from copper -base scrap

in January through October 1951 , in short tons ,

By11 secondary copper smelters January through Oct .. 66,734 204,005 270,739
11 11
in November .. 4,954 17,523 22,477
11 11 11
January through Nov.. 77,688 221,528 293,216
By primary producers January through October ...... 75,841 52,151 127,992
11 11 in November ...... 5,494 2,765 8,259
11 11
January through November . 81,335 !
54,916 136,251
By brass mills January through October ... 231,493 30,640 262,133
11 11
in November .. 22,411 · 2,772 25,182
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January through November ... 253,904 33,421 287,315
Totals , January through November . 406,927 :' 309.,855.. ; 726,782

1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
estimated at 3,000 tons from new scrap and 13,000 tons from old scrap per month .
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CONSU: PTION OF COPPER MATERIALS AND SECONDARY MET L PRODUCTION

IN DECEMBER 1951 , AND PRELIMINARY TOTALS FOR YER
Consumption of copper -base scrap , recovery of secondary copper , unalloyed and

and in alloys, and recovery of all secondary metal from copper -base scrap decreased
3 , 2 , and 5 percent respcetively in December, according to the Bureau of Hines,
United States Department of the Interior . Total secondary output from copper - base
scrap was less than for any other month of the year , except September , and this was
true of the production of primary producers , and secondary smelters or ingot makers .
Activity of the brass mills de creased less than that of the other groups ,
Consumption of copper - base scrap by the brass mills in 1951 was virtually the
same as that of the secondary smelters ; that of the latter being about 10,000 tons
greater than that of the brass mills in the first 6 months and less by about the
same quantity in the last half of the year . Each group used nearly the same total
quantity of scrap in 1951 as in 1950 ,
ctivities of the different groups are more readily compared by means of their
recoveries from scrap than by their total scrap consumption because some treat
higher -erade scrap than others. The preliminary figures indicate that the quanti
ties of secondary copper recovered by brass mills and secondary smelters were
slightly less in 1951 than in 1950_- 312,770 tons and 315,072 tons respectively ,
comapred with 317,422 end 326,580 tons . Recovery by primary producers form scrap
was 143,764 tons in 1951 , compared with 195,441 tons in 1950 . Foundries increased
their recovery of secondary copper from 116,767 tons in 1950 to an estimated 176,000
tons in 1951. The total recovery of copper from scrap in 1951 is estimated at
971,000 tons, compared with a final total of 977,239 tons in 1950.
Total stocks of copper - bese scrap at secondary copper smelters were 10,000
tons less at the end of 1951 than at the end of 1950, although their inventories
of low - grade scrap and residues were slightly larger . Stocks at brass mills were
1,000 tons smaller than at the beginning of the year .
The flow of scrap to refiners , smelters and mills and the consumption at such
plants were considerably less in the second half of 1951 than in the first half .
Secondary smelters consumed 243,799 tons of copper -base scrap in the first 6 months
of 1951 and 195,676 tons in the last 6. Corresponding quantities for primary pro
ducurs were 151,727 and 89,707 tons . The decline in consumption at brass mills was
less sovere than was the case with the other two groups . Reports from foundries
and chemical plants are received on an annual basis only , but from available infor
ination it is cstimated that the se plants consumed 240,000 tons in 1951 , compared
with 161,861 tons in 1950 ,
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. icDernid , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chiof , Base ' 'etals Branch , " inerals Division , March 10 , 1952 .
Preliminary figures for consumption of refined copper for 1951 indicate that
wire mills de crossed their use of refined metal 1 percent or to 705,706 tons , and
brass mills decreased theirs 6 percent or to 634,533 tons . Other groups ' consump
tion of refined copper is minor .
Ceiling prices on copper and coppor -alloy scrap wre established by the
Office of Price Stabilization , effective Juno 26 , 1951 , in Ceiling Price Rogula
tions 46 and 47 .
This Copper Scrap Consumers Report contains all the information which for pre
vious years was published in the lineral lnrket Roport entitled " PRELIINARY 19-
TOTALS FOR RECOVERY OF COPPER FROM COPPLR - BASE SCRAP . " For that renson the ineral
Market Report for 1951 will not be published .
Table 1. Consumption of old and new copper -bnse scrap 1 / in 1951 by

montlis and preliminary totals for year , gross weight in short tons
Secondary Brnss mills Total

Primary producers
copper smelters scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
First
quarter 35,503 38,954 2 /33,797 2 /86,802 2 /112,504 8,780 2 / 316,340
pril ... 14,339 12,121 11,762 28,837 33,577 2,880 103,516
lay ..... 14,898 12,231 12,690 32,701 35,631 4,707 112,858
Junc .... 11,490 12,191 12,440-1 29,760 34,265 6,254 106,400
July .... 9,694 10,637 10,983 30,102 27,376 4,624 93,416
August ... 10,675 5,231 9,181 22,922 31,308 2,378 81,695
September 6,566 5,738 8,606 22,044 26,462 3,810 73,226
October . 9,328 5,840 8,121 22,438 85,168
33,298 6,143
November 7,390 6,032 7,997 23,361 32,343 3,518 81,141
De cember . 7,115 5,541 7,284 22,637 30,655 5,297 78,529
Prelimi -
nary total 126,998 114,516 122,861 321,604 397,919 48,391 1,132,289
for 1951 .
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers

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20t shown in table .
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASE SCRAP AND SECONDARY RECOVERY

THEREFROM IN JANUARY 1952
Sharply increased flow of copper-base scrap to consumers in January was re

flected in higher production of brass ingot , secondary refined copper and second
ary content of brass mill products , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior , Recovery from scrap reported on the monthly
canvasses totaled 79,351 short tons , compared with 65,869 tons in December , and
a monthly average of 78,787 tons in 1951 . The greatest increase was from 6,784
tons to 9,170 tons in secondary refined copper produced by primary producers,
but the latter tonnage was considerably below the monthly average of 11,252 tons
for this group in 1951 , Ingot makers' and brass mills ' January secondary out
puts were greater than in December and were also greater than 1951 monthly
averages ; the totals were 30,991 tons, 25,774 tons and 29,712 tons , respectively,
for the ingot makers , and 39,646 tons , 35,306 tons and 36,764 tons, respectively ,
for the brass mills .
Although scrap consumption increased in January , increases in receipts at

primary producers and secondary smelters were still larger , causing scrap stocks
of both groups to rise . . Receipts of low - grade scrap and residues by the primary
producers increased 5,476 tons , but their purchases of unalloyed scrap and rem
finery brass declined . The chief increases in :scrap receipts were in unalloyed ,
composition and auto radiators at secondary copper smelters and in yellow brass
at brass mills .
One reason for the increased flow of scrap in January was believed to be
the improved functioning of the allocation procedure.
Prepa red by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in January 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening or Closing
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed stocks
No , I wire and heavy .... 982 3,257 2,780 1,459

Railroad- car boxes ..... 69 10 28 51
Yellow brass .. 3,375 5,479 5,499 3,355
Cartridge cases ,. 121 150 lll 160
Auto radiators ( unsweated ).. 1,404 5,069 14,876 1,597
Bronze ..... 985 3,246 3,035 1,196
Nickel silver ....... 484 181 304 361
Low brass . 113 248 210 151
Low- grade scrap and residues .. 6,363 4,540 5,388 5,515
Total copper -base scrap ...... 18,349 37,264 36,394 19,219
1951 ( monthly average ) ..... 36,170 37,039
Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

copper smelters in January 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments closing
Kind of ingot Opening Froduction
stocks to stocks
consuners
Tin bronze (88-10-2) 690 2,348 2,403 635

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-15-43 ) 492 2,513 2,362 643
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 1,949 10,331 10,290 1,990
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) .. 1,125 4,746 4,696 1,175
High-leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) ‫ܢܐܢܶܐ‬7 2,877 2,616 708
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 342 1,302 1,350 294
( 75-5-201 .. 271 734 823 182
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 476 1,525 1,559 ‫ܢܐܢܐ‬2
Nickel silver ... 237 187 261 163
Low brass.. 19 93 93 19
Silicon bronze .... 182 411 320 273
Conductor bronze .. 33 49 ‫ܛܐܛܐ‬ 38
Miscellaneous .... 100 487 403 184
Total brass and bronze ingots..... 7,377 30,991 30,588 7,780

Miscellaneous copper products produced.. 3,954
base alloys ..... -1,902
base scrap .... 30,877
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Melted
Opening closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1,178 2,435 2,7844 829

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light , 601 3,527 2,989 1,139
Yellow brass , 8,265 28,024 28,308 7,981
Cartridge cases . 3,216 3,861 4,393 2,684
Bronze ... 138 172 201 109
Nickel silver . 885 532 632 785
Low brass... 368 1,116 1,119 365
1951 ( monthly average )..... 37,090 37,192
Data on consumption of refined copper heretofore published in the Copper

Scrap Consumers Reports now appears in the new series entitled " Monthly Copper Re
ports , " the first of which covered January 1952 .
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 / in January

1952 , gross weight in short tons
Secondary
Primary producers Brass mills Total
copper smelters
scrap
January ... 9,088 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,349

1951
(monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1 Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 4,000 tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown 9
in table ,

January 1952 at plants of primary copper producers , gross weight in short tons
Opening Melted or Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts consumed stocks

Refinery brass .. 6,380 1,170 2,187 5,363
Totals ... 18,270 17,820 15,356 20,734
1951 (monthly average ) ... 18,114 20,126

Table 6. Production 1 ) from copper -base scrap in January 1952, gross
weicht in short tons .
Brass Refined copper 2 // Copper in Brass mill Total recovery

ingot Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ 1 from copper
January ... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 39,646 79,351
1951
( monthly
average ) .. 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
/
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical pla nts and miscellaneous
metal from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products ,
etc.
37. Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin,
zinc , etc. ) used by ingot makers .
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form in January 1952,

from copper - base scrap in short tons
1 From From Total copper

By secondary copper smelters . 5,027 20,843 25,870

By primary producers ... 6,745 2,957 9,702
By brass mills .. 25,254 3,086 28,340
Totals .. 37,026 26,886 63,912
1951 ( monthly average) ....... 36,474 27,827 64,301

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month
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RECOVERY THERE FROM IN FEBRUARY 1952
Total receipts of copper - base scrap by the three major groups of consumers con
tinued to increase in February , amounting to 96,413 short tons ;, compared with 94,865
tons in January and 81,701 in December , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior , Stocks of scrap at primary producers, secondary

smelters , and brass mills, increased in February , but scrap consumption was higher at
plants of the last -named group only . This increased activity at the brass mills was
due chiefly to a 3,097-ton increase in use of yellow brass scrap and one of 1,195
tons in consumption of cartridge cases . Consumption of unalloyed scrap at plants of
primary producers declined 3,391 tons .

A net decrease of 4 percent, or 3,254 tons , in recovery from copper -base scrap
resulted from declines of 4,079 tons at plants of primary producers and 3,611 tons
at secondary copper smelters, and an increase of 4,436 tons at brass mills. Produc .
tion of manganese bronze ingot was 2,143 tons in February , compared with 2,003 tons
in January and a monthly average of 1,633 tons in 1951. The composition of this in
got is roughly similar to that of yellow brass , but the ceiling price of the former
is about 7 cents a pound higher because it must be made chiefly from refined copper
and special high - grade zinc to meet the prescribed physical requirements . In addi .
tion , the processing requires a high degree of skill on the part of the ingot maker .
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division , May 1 , 1952 .
secondary copper smelter“ in February 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted Closing
Opening
Scrap item stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
Io , wire and heavy .... 1,459 3,039 2,563 1,935

Yellow brass , 3,355 5,229 5,218 3,366
Bronze . 1,196 3,524 3,215 1,505
Nickel silver . 361 284 293 352
Low brass .... 151 228 239 13

copper smelters in February 1952, gross weight in short tons
Opening Production Shipments closing

Kind of ingot to
stocks
stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ...... 635 2,332 2,021 946

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 ). 643 2,141 1,9 ‫ويا‬ 835
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 1,990 9,166 8,826 2,330
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ....... 1,175 3,878 3,993 1,060
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 708 2,388 2,179 917
( 84-6-8-2 ) 294 1,434 1,321 ‫ܢܐ‬o7
( 75-5-20 ) .... 182 799 775 206
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . ‫ܢܐܢܐ‬2 1,661 1,562 541
Manganese bronze ...... 688 2,143 1,782 1,049
Aluminum bronze , 165 470 395 2 ‫ميا‬
Nickel silver ...... 163 275 217 221
Low brass .. 19 187 173 33
Silicon bronze .... 273 456 438 291
Total brass and bronze ingots......... 7,780 28,337 26,600 9,517

Miscellaneous copper products produced . 3,373
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys .. -1,897
base scrap .... 27,266
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Table 3. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at
brass mills in February 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening Receipts or Closing
stocks consumed stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 829 4,587 2,952 2,464

Yellow brass .. 7,981 32,949 31,405 9,525
Cartridge cases 2,684 5,325 5,588 2,421
Bronze ... 109 157 142 124
Nickel silver .. 785 · 626 553 858
Low brass ... 365 1,290 1,197 458
Aluminium bronze . 12 118 90 40
Total copper - base scrap....... 13,904 48,312 45,003 17,213
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper - base scrap 1 ) in

1952, gross weight in short tons
Secondary Total
scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap | old scrap New scrap old scrap
January... 2 / 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 2 / 92,345

February .. 5,995 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
Totals ... 15,079 10,430 16,186 53,565 74,673 10,925 180,858
1951
( monthly
average) 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 4,000 tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown
in table .
2 / Corrected figure .

February 1952 at plants of primary copper, producers, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening or
Closing
Receipts stocks
stocks consumed
Unalloyed copper scrap .......... 1,531 3,596 2,990 2,137

Refinery brass , .. 5,363 2,623 1,498 6,488
Totals . 20,734 12,569 10,153 23,150
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Table 6. Production 1 fromincopper - base scrap in 1952 , gross weight
short tons
Brass Refined copper 2/ Copper in Brass mill Total recovery

ingot Secondary Primary chemicals from copper
products 31 .
production smelters producers at smelters base scrap 4
January ..... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 5 / 40,520 5 / 80,225
February .... 28,337 2,510 · 4,855 881 444,832 76,971
Totals ... 59,328 5,430 14,025 1,573 85,352 157,196
1951
( monthly
average ) .. 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
Facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 19,000 tons of secondary metal
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toli basis ,
[ / Equals total production of all metais from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc , etc. )
5 ) Corrected figure .
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyd form from copper - base
scrap in February 1952 , in short tons

By secondary copper smelters ... 4,608 18,932 23,540

By primary producers, 3,792 1,832 5,623
By brass mills.. 27,300 4,752 32,052
Totals ... 35,699 25,516 61,215
1951 (monthly average ). 36,474 27,827 64,301
1/ Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not

Shown ; estimated at 3,000 . tons from new scrap and 13,000 tons from old scrap per
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER -BASE SCRAP AND SECONDAY

RICOVE. V THERE FROM IN MARCH 1952
Receipts and consumption of copper -base scrap by. primary producers , brass mills
and secondary sme? ters increased to 115,246 and 113,492 shart tons in March from
96,413 and 88,513 tons respectively in February , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Most of the increase in consumption was
at plants of primary producers where usagy was lól percent greater than in l'ebruary .
Consumption of yellow brass and cartridge cases at bruss mills, which had increased
substantially in Teoruary , remained high in March . Stocks of scrap increased at
secondary smelters but declined at plants in the other groups . Consumption of re
fined copper by brass mills was 8 percent less in iarch than in February but that of
wire mills was about the same ,
of the 76,971 tons of metals recovered from copper-base scrap in February

15,756 tons were metals other than copper ; in March 17,618 tons of the 94,476 tons
recovered were metals other than copper . The higher proportion of copper in the
March total resulted because output of the primary procucers , which is all refined
copper , increased more than the production of the other groups .
Order CPR 127 , issued by the office of Price Stabilization , establishing

ceiling prices on brass and bronze ingots , became effective March 3. The regulation
did avay with the diversity of selling prices that prevailed under the General
Ceiling Price Regulation prior to the adoption of CPR 127. on March 12 Amendment 2
to order CPR 46 placed ceilings on dealer - to - caler scrap sales . The ceilings were
identical with those previously provided for other persons , In addition the latter
order permits payment of a maximum premium of 1 3/4 cents per pound on sales between
dealers .
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Preparcd by Helena M. Meyer and Archio J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief, Base Mctals Branch , Minerals Division, June 9 , 1952 .
Table 1 .Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in March 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item Roccipts or
stocks
stocks consumed
No. ] wire and heavy... 1,935 3,047 3,073 1,909

No. 2 wire , mixed hcavy and light . 2,255 5,573 5,357 2,471
Yellow brass .... 3,366 6,086 5,591 3,861
Bronze . 1,505 3,772 3,372 1,906
Nickel silvor . 352 283 298 337
Low brass ... 130 196 171 155
Total copper -base scrap, 21,394 41,552 37,107 25,839

copper smelters in March 1952, gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Opening Production to
Closing
Kind of ingot stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. , 946 2,616 2,035 1,527

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-42 ). 835 1,998 1,692 1,141
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) . 2,330 10,502 8,583 4,249
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) ....... 1,060 4,729 3,619 2,170
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 917 2,174 1,905 1,186
( 84-6-8-2 ) 407 1,614 1. , 324 697
( 75-5-20 ) . 206 96.1 762 405
Leaded yellow brass (66--1-3-30 ) 541 2,077 1,921 697
Nickel silver .. 221 230 267 184
Low brass .. 33 176 146 63
Silicon bronze ..... 291 429 387 333
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys.. -2,080
Miscellaneous raw materials.consumed .in.copper....... -1,763
base scrap ... 30,346
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Table 3. ' Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
brass mills in March 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
No. I wire and heavy.. 2,464 3,590 3,984 2,070

Yellow brass ... 9,525 34,004 33,932 9,597
Cartridge cases ..... 2,421 5 , 301 5,809 1,913
Bronze ... 124 331 271 184
Nickel silver ... 858 586 616 828
Low brass ... 458 1,148 1,267 339
Total copper -base scrap ... 17,21.3 48,991 49,931 16,273
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper- base scrap 1 / in

Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills Total
scrap
used
New scrap old scrap Now scrap : Old scrap :Nev scrap Old scrap
January ... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345

February .. 5,995 4,158 7,818 1 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March ..... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
Totals ... 30,831 21. , 132 23,906 82,952 117,221 18,308 294,350
1951
(monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1/ Consumption by foundries, chemicalplants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 4,000 tons of new scrap and 16,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shorn
in table .

March 1952 at plants of primary copper producers , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consuned

Refinery brass .... 6,488 1 / -1,215 2,188 3,085
Totals .... 23,150 24,703 26,454 21,399
Negative receipts due to reclassification of material fron refinery brass to
low - grade scrap .
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Table 6. Production 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1952, gross weight
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2/ Copper in Brass mill

Total recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals from copper
production smelters producers at smelters
products 31 base scrap 4 /
January ..... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225

4,855 881 44,832 76,971
February 28,337 2,510
March .... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
Totals ... 90,387 8,165 27,729 2,564 134,469 250,959

1951
(monthly
average ) .. 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
2 ) Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toli basis .
3 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makcrs .
Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc ,
etc. ) used by ingot makers,
Table 7 . Copper recoverud 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper-base

scrap in January through March 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
scrap scrap recovered
By secondary copper smelters in January and February .. 9,635 39,775 49,410

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" March ... 2,762 23,575 26,337
" January through March 12,397 63,350 75,747
By primary copper producers in January and February ... 10,536 4,789 15,325
11 March ... 9,512 5,053 14,565
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" January through March 20,048 9,842 29,890
By brass mills in January and February 52,554 7,838 60,392
11 March ... 30,358 5,598 35,956
" January through March . €2,912 13,436 96,348 }
Total in March ..... 42,632 34,226 76,858

Total January through arch .. 115,357 86,628 201,985
1951 ( Total monthly average)...... 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, not

shown, estimated at 3,000 tons from new scrap and 13,000 tons from old scrap per
month .
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASE SCRABAND,SACONDARY
RECOVERY THEREFROM IN APRILJU652
Consumption of copper-base scrap by the larger Cansuoting groups declined to

106,495 short tons in April compared with 113,492 tons in March , but was higher than
in January or February , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department
of the Interior . Consumption at brass mills increased from 49,931 tons in arch to
52,939 tons in April , receipts in the latter month being 51,148 tons . Use of scrap
by secondary copper smelters decreased 2,454 tons , or to 34,653 tons , with receipts
37,596 tons , causing their stocks to rise , although not sufficiently to provide a
30-day supply . Primary copper refiners used 18,903 tons of copper scrap in April ,
or 7,551 tons less than in March . As their receipts of scrap were 4,603 tons less
than consumption , their stocks declined to 16,796 tons . The generally lower April
receipts and consumption of copper-base scrap considered in conjunction with press

reports indicated a slackening in demand for old brass and bronze scrap .
Secondary recovery from copper - base scrap increased in April only in refined
copper at secondary smelters and in brass mill products ; secondary metal recovered
in brass ingot , in refined copper at primary plants , and in chemicals at both pri
mary and secondary smelters was less in April than in iarch .
Prepared by Helena N. Meyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

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Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in April 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Clsing
Scrap item Receipts or
stocks stocks
eonsuncd

lo . ? wiro,mixed heavy and light . 2,471 5,982 5,484 2,569
Composition or soft red brass . 1,449 8,216 8,227 5,03 €
Yellow brass ... 3,861 5,489 5,189 4,161
Auto radiators ( unswcatcd ) .
2,409 5,639 4,590 3,458
Bronze .... 1,906 3,121 2,882 2,145
Nickol silver .. 3371 306 337 306
Low brass .. 155 278 198 235
Low - grade scrap and residues 7,903 4,893 4,735 8,062
Tablo 2 . Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

corpor sielters in April 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments Closin
g
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .... 1,527 2,075 1,933 1,669

Leaded tin bronze ( 98-6-13-43). 1,141 1,903 1,808 1,236
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,249 9,609 9,088 4,770
Leaded semired brass ( 21-3-7--9 ) .... 2,170 4,239 4,194 2,215
( 84-6--8-2 ) 697 1,013 926 784
( 75-5-20 ) ... 405 707 632 480
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) . 697 1,915 1,593 1,019
Langanese bronzo .. 1,339 1,728 1,566 1,501
Nickel silver . 184 269 262 191
Low brass . 63 107 107 63
Silicon bronze 333 335 313 ! 355
Hardenurs and special alloys ... 347 910 759 498
miscellaneous ... 245 200 226 219
riscellanecus copper products produced .. 3,540
Pefined copper consumed in corper -base alloys ... -1,477
Miscellanous raw materials consumed in copper
bas : allo ' S .... -1,495
bago scrap .. 28,224
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Table 3 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
brass mills in April 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. I wire and heavy .. 2,070 5,404 4,967 2,507

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 1,284 3,321 3,693 912
Yellow brass . 9,597 33,561 34,880 8,278
Cartridge cases . 1,913 6,532 7,745 1,300
Bronze ... 184 378 ‫ܢܬ‬21 150
Nickel silver .. 828 608 580 856
Low brass , 339 1,195 1,105 429
Aluminum bronze ....... 58 149 157 50
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper-base scrap 1 in 1952 ,

Secondary Total
scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrapi
1 January ... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345

February . .
5,995 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March ... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April ..... 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,252 106,495
Totals . 42,330 28,536 31,796 109,715 161,908 26,560 400,845
1951
(monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 3,000 tons of new scrap and 14,000 tons of old scrap per mo. , not shown in
table ,

April 1952 at plants of primary copper producers , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening Receipts or
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
Unalloyed copper scrap .......... 1,646 5,143 5,041 1,748

Refinery brass .. 3,085 2,030 2,863 2,252
Totals ... 21,399 14,300 18,903 16,796
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Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 ) from copper -base scrap in 1952 ,
Brass Total
Refined copper 2
Month ingot Copper in Brass mill recovery
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3)/ , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4
January .. 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March .... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April ... , 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
Totals , 118,043 ll , 129 37,419 3,118 186,767 341,149
1951
( monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 . 837 36,764 78,787
i! Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscelaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. per mo .
3 / Includes brass nill billets made by ingot makers ,
T / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc ,
etc. ) used by ingot makers.
Table 7. Copper recovered i/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through April 1952 , in short tons
Trom From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper srelters January through March..12,397 63,350 75,747

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in April ... 4,838 19,8244 24,662
11 11
January through April.. 17,235 83,174 100 ; 409
By primary copper producers 21 January through March 20,048 9,842 29,890
11 in April ... 6,829 3,323 10,152
11
January through April ... 26,877 13,165 40,042
By brass mills January through March . 82,912 13,436 96,348
11
in April ... 31,318 6,040 37,358
11 11
Total in April ..... 42,985 29,187 72,172

Totals January through April .. 158,342 115,815 274,157
1951 ( Total monthly average ) 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 ) Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
estimated at 2,000 tons from new scrap and 10,000 tons from old scrap per month ,
2 / Recovery by primary producors includes refined copper and copper sulfate .
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RECOVERY THEREFROM IN MAY 1952
Recovery of secondary copper from copper-base scrap as refined copper , copper

in chemicals and in brass or bronze at plants of smelters , refiners and brass mills
totaled 71,897 short tons in May ccmparz , with 72,172 tons in April , according to
the Bureau of Mines, lnited States Department of the Interior . The secondary
smelters increased their copper recovery 502 tons , or to 25,164 tons , as a result
of higher output of refined copper at these piants . Bras3 ingot production de
clined slightly . Of the 78 secondary corper smelters canvassed , all produce brass
ingot or billets and 18 prodiice secondary refined copper . The output of the latter
product at secondary plants in every month except February , thus far in 1952 , has
been higher than the average monthly output in 1951 .
Recovery of secondary copper at plants of primary refiners increased from
10,152 tons in april to 11,994 tons in May. This was approximately equal to
the monthly average for 1951. Recovery of secondary copper by brass mills was 7
percent less than in April .
Consumption of scrap rose at secondary and prinary smelters, but decreased

3,901 tons at brass mills . Scrap inventories increased at plants in all three
groups and exceeded the month's production at secondary smelters in April and May
for the first time since July 1950. According to trade reports custom smelters
continued to pay ceiling prices for cooper scrap , but demand for brass scrap was
weaker than in previous months .
Ceiling Price Regulation 127 was amended , effective way 10 , 1952 , to allow
brass ingot makers , who transport their product in their own vehicles to customers
at greater than local distances , to make a transportation charge equal to that nade
by a motor cordon carrier , less a local charge of 35 cents per 100 pounds .

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division , July 23 , 1952 .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in May 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Receipts or Closing
Scrap item stocks stocks
consumed

Composition or soft red brass . , 5,038 8,847 8,321 5,564
Railroad- car boxes .... 89 63 39 113
Yellow brass , .. 4,161 7,332 5,522 5,971
Bronze ... 2,145 2,903 2,452 2,597
Nickel silver .... 306 265 258 313
Low brass .. 235 322 243 314
Total copper-base scrap.. 28,782 40,255 35,150 33,887

copper smelters in May 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Kind of ingot Opening Production to Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 0-10-2 ).... 1,669 1,939 1,790 1,828

Ladca tin bronze ( 88-6-13-42 ) 1,236 1,975 1,778 1,433
Leadud l'ed brüss ( 85-5--5-5 ) . , 4,770 8,696 8,2714 5,192
Leaded senired brass ( 81. - 3.7-9 ), 2,275 4,285 3,995 2,505
High - loaded tin bronze ( 90-10-10 ) , 1,4 /15 1,886 1,636 1,695
( 844-6 -E- ? ) 784 1,375 1,292 867
( 75-5-20 ) .. 480 584 531 533
Aluminum bronze ... 344 4914 438 400
Nickel silver .. 19). 240 204 22?
Low brass .. 63 113 134 42
Silicon bronze ... 355 265 31:2 309

Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ... -1. , 223
2
brass mills in May 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Opening Melted Closing

Scrap item stocks Receipts or stocks
consumed

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 912 3,479 3,617 774
Yellow brass ,. 8,278 34 ; 62: 7 33,564 9,361
Cartridge cases . , 1,300 5,021 5,113 1,208
Bronze ... 150 321 259 212
Nickel silver ..... 856 720 568 1,018
Low brass .. 429 1,207 1,120 516
Alw.inum bronze ...... 50 119 102 68
Tctal copper - base scrap .......... 117,482 50,082 49,038 15,526
Table 4o Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 / in 1952 ,

Primary producers Secondary Brass mills

copper smelters Total
Month scrap
New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January . 9,0844 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 ‫ܠܙܐܙܐܝܪܐ‬ 92,345

February .. 5,995 4,158 7,818 25 ; 539 38,519 6,484 88,513
Marchi 15,752 10,702 7 ; 720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April ... 11,499 7,404 7,990 26,763 1,687 8,252 | 106,495
May ...... 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
Totals . 54,383 36,981 39,432 137,229 204,884 32,622 505,531
1951
(monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 .10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1) Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti

mated
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at 3,000 tons of new scrap and 14,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown in
tab ,

May 1952 at plants of primary copper producers , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening closing
stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
Unalloyed copper scrap ... 1,748 7,246 7,124 1,870

Refinery brass ... 2,252 3,053 2,773 2,774
Low - grade scrap and residuos . 12,796 11,099 10,601 13,388
Totals ... 16,796 21,398 20,498 17,972
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1! from copper-base scrap in 1952 ,
Brass Total
ingot Refined copper 2 /
Month
production , Secondary Primary
Copper in Brass mill; recovery
chemicals products
products 33// , from copper
igross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4/
January .. 30,997 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 1444,832 76,971
March ... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April , 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90 ;190
May ... 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
Totals... 1411,295 14,941 48,656 3,884 234,986 428,953
1951
( monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
1 / Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
Tacturers which are estimated to have recovered about 15,500 tons of secondary metal
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. per
month .
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on å toll basis .
C / Equals total production of all metais from copper -base scrap by these groups, minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. )
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper-base

scrap in January through May 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through April ... 17,235 83,174 100,409
11
in May .. 4,589 20,575 25,164
11 11
By primary copper producers 2 January through April . 26,877 13,165 40,042
11 11
in May .... 7,886 4,108 11,994
11 11 II
January through May ...... 34,763 17,273 52,036
By brass mills January through April . 114,230 19,476 133,706
11 in May . 30,262 4,477 34,739
11 11
January through May ...... 194,492 23,953 168,445
Total in May ...... 29,160
42,737 71,897
Totals , January through May... 201,079 144,975 346,054
1951 ( total monthly average ) .... 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
ēstimated at 2,000 tons from now scrap and 10,000 tons from old scrap per month .
2 ) Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of copper
sulfate produced from scrap .
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASS SCRAP AND SECONDARY

RECOVERY THEREFROM IN JINE 1952
A number of factors caused a reduction in production of secondary metals from

copper -base scrap in June , according to the Bureau of lines , United States Depart
ment of the Interior . The total secondary production was 74,709 short tons , compared
with 87,804 tons in May , at plants of primary producers, secondary copper smelters ,
and brass mills . Onerations were curtailed or halted at a number of brass mills by
labor strikes or a temporary shortage of refined copper . The latter resulted from
the abrogation by the Chilean Government of its copper agreement with the United
States and from an embargo on Chilean exports to this country . The disruption of
business by the steel strike had a depressing effect on sales of brass and bronze
products used in connection with iron and steel eruipment . Prices for unalloved
copper scrap were generally quoted at ceilings, but demand for brass and bronze scrap
was sluggish in most sections .
Total consumption of scran and consumption of the principal types of scrap de

creased at plants of all of the three ebove -mentioned groups , but declines in use
of unalloyed copper scrap were less severe than those in total consumption . Total
consumption and consumntion of unalloyed scrap decreased 1,681 tons or 8.2 percent
and 792 tons or 8 percent , respectively, at primary producers ; 3,849 tons or ll per
cent and 881 tons or 10 percent at secondary smelters ; and 9,742 tons or 20 percent
and 1,350 tons or 16 percent at brass mills .
Prepared by Helena V. eyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

Table 1 . Consunption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in June 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1,773 2,409 2,593 1,589

Yellow brass .. 5,971 5,605 5,251 6,325
Auto radiators ...
(unsweated)..... 44,605 3,716 3,659 4,662
Bronze .. 2,597 2,191 2,097 2,691
Nickel silver .... 313 226 272 268
Low brass .. 314 149 242 221
Total copper-base scrap . .. 33,887 32,929 31,301 35,514

copper smelters in June 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Kind of ingot Opening

stocks
Production count
Shipments
consumers
Closing
stocks
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1,828 1,680 1,599 1,909

Leaded red brass ( 35-5-5-5 ) ... 5,192 7,521 7,790 4,923
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,695 1,336 1,257 1,774
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 867 944 832 979
( 75-5-20 ) .. 533 709 567 675
Manganese bronze .. 1,294 2,067 1,679 1. , 682
Nickel silver ... 227 267 210 284
Low brass . 42 188 188 42
Silicon bronze .. 309 327 319 317
Miscellaneous ... 296 283 143 436
Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys .... -1,122
...

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brass mills in June 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,369 3,675 3,742 2,302
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 774 3,357 3,221 910
Yellow brass , 9,361 28,738 26,943 11,156
Cartridge cases .. 1,208 3,035 3,195 1,048
Bronze ... 212 219 199 232
Nickel silver ... 1,018 713 629 1,102
Low brass ... 516 1,165 1,296 385
Total copper-base scrap ....... 15,526 40,967 39,296 17,197
Table !! , Consumption of old andt new copper-base scrap 1 ) in 1952 ,

in short tons
gross weigh
Secondary
Primary producers Brass mills Total
copper smelters
Month scrap
used
New scrap ! Old scrap ! New scrap Old scrap New scrap Old scrap
January ... 9,0844 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,1544 4,41 92,345
February .. 5,995 4,158 7, 818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March .... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April , .. 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 411,687 8,252 106,495
May ....... 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 101,686
June .. 11,067 7,750 7,037 244 , 264 35,569 3,727 89,414
Totals . 65,450 44,731 46,469 161,493 2440,453 1 36,349 594,945
1951
( monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357

mated at 2,500 tons of new scrap and 11,500 tons of old scrap per month , not shown in
table .

June 1952 at plants of primary copper, producers , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed

Refinery brass .. 2,714 3,6144 3,488 2,840
Totals ...... 17,972 18,402 18,817 17,557
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Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1952 ,
Brass Refined copper 2 Copper Brass Total
Month ingot in mill recovery
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3)/ , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January . 30 ; 991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80 ; 225
February . 28,337 2,51.0 4,855 881 444,832 76,972
March ..... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April .. 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90 ;190
May ... 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June .. 24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 7 ‫ مباريا‬9
Totals .. 168,805 17,853 58,608 4,633 273,738 503,362
1951
(monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
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from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products, etc. per
month .
C / Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups ,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper-base
scrap in January through June 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through May.... 21 ; 8244 103,749 125,573
11 11 in June ... 4,226 18,192 22,418
11
January through June 26,050 121,941 147,997
By11 prima ry copper produ cers 2 January through May.. 34,763 17,273 52,036
11 11
11
in June .. 6,6044 4,068 10,672
January through June .... 41,367 21,341 62,708
By brass mills January through May .. 144,492 23,953 168,445
11
in June .. 25,176 2,739 27,915
11
Janua ry throu gh June .. 169, 668 26,692 196,360
Total in June . 36,006 24,999 61,005
Totals , January through June .. 237,085 169,974 407,059
1951 ( total monthly average ).. 36,474 27,827 64,301
1/ Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of copper
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RECOVERY THERE FROM IN JULY 1952
Recovery of metal from copper - base scrap which emerges chiefly as refined
copper and in chemicals at primary and secondary refineries , and in copper alloys
at ingot makers and brass mills was 60,008 short tons in July , the low point of the
elapsed portion of 1952, according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department
of the Interior , Foundries and miscellaneous users , canvassed only on an annual
1
basis , recovered an additional quantity estimated at 13,500 tons . Activity usually
is low in July because many plants close to allow their employees vacations , or to
change or repair equipment. Operations were further retarded this year by strikes
at several brass mills and by the general slowing of business due to the steel
strike .
Output of brass mill products decreased 7,191 tons or 19 percent, that of brass
ingot 4,612 tons or 19 percent, and that of refined copper 2,098 tons or 16 percent.
Scrap consumption declined in proportion to production at brass mills and plants of
primary producers and ingot makers , but stocks increased . Although consumers ' pur
chases of scrap were smaller than in previous' months , business sentiment was good ,
with prices for scrap remaining at or near ceilings .
Preparod by Helena M. Mcyer and Archie J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division , September 19 , 1952 .
secondary copper smelters in July 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening or
Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts stocks
consumed
No , l wire and heavy ... 1,589 2,397 2,411 1,575

Railroad - car boxes ,.. 136 L8 26 158
Yellow brass , 6,325 5,574 4,710 7,189
Bronze . 2,691 2,027 1,960 2,758
Nickel silver ... 268 0167 185 250
Low brass . , 221 267 126 342
Aluminum bronze ..... 216 1 / -19 38 159
Total copper - base scrap . r ...

O 35,514 I
29,478 28,323 36,669
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1 / Negative receipts represent shipments greater than receipts .
Table ? .. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary
‫܀‬.. copper smelters in July 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Closing
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,909 1,573 1,645 1,837

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43). 1,602 1,909 1,767 1,7444
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,923 6,307 6,892 4,338
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ).. 1,774 1,257 1,303 1,728
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 979 837 748 1,068
( 75-5-20 ) . 675 497 531 611
Manganese bronze , .... 1,682 1,260 1,452 1,490
Aluminum bronze ...... 391 400 . 390 401
Nickel silver ....... 284 245 230 299
Low brass .... 42 143 137 48
Silicon bronze .. 317 337 280 374
Conductor bronze .. 84 26 . 50 60
Total brass and bronze ingots ......... 20,066 19,898 21,138 18,826
Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys... -991
base alloys .. -1,3244
2
brass mills in July 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Molted
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,302 2,825 3,260 1,867

No. 2 wiro , mixed heavy and light .... 910 2,020 2,406 524
Yellow brass .. 11,156 22,910 20,894 13,172
Cartridge cases . 1,048 3,347 3,630 765
Bronze .. 232 73 110 195
Nickel silver 1,102 301 338 1,065
Low brass ... 385 866 8744 377
Aluminum bronze , . 62 102 99 65
Total copper - base scrap ........ 4 17,197 32 , ‫بلبليا‬ 31,611 18,030
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper-base scrap 1 ) in 1952 ,

Secondary
copper smelters Brass mills Total
Primary producers scrap
Month
used
New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap
01d scrap | New scrap old scrap
January ... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,4111 92,345
February 5,995 4,158 7, 81 8 25 ,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March , ... 15,752 19,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April..... 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,252 106,495
May ....... 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
June , .. , 00 11,067 7,750 7,037 244 , 264 35,569 3,727 89 ‫باتبار‬
July..vene 7,918 ‫ܬܕܛܐ‬294 7,102 21,222 * 26,857 4,754 72,344
Totals , 73,368 49,223 53,571 182,7144 267,310 41,103 667,289
1951
(monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 10,238 1 26,800 33,160 4,033 944,357
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical piants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti

mated at 2,500 tons of new scrap .and 11,500 : tons of old scrap per month , not shown in
table ,
Tablo 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at

plants of primary copper producers in July 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 547 1,496 1,802 242

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ... 708 4,272 3,874 1,105
Refinery brass .. 2,840 2,084 779 4,145
Total ... 17,557 16,300 12,410 21,447
3
Table 6. Production cross
of allweight
metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1952 ,
in short tons
Brass Copper Brass Total
Refined copper 2 )
in mill recovery
ingot
production ,
gross weight
Secondary
smelters
Primary
die
chemicals products 3 / , from copper
producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4,
January .. 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 10,520 80,225
February . 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March .... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April.... 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May . 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June .. 24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 74,409
July ... 19,898 2,951 7,31,5 98 31,561 60,008
Totals . 188,703 20,804 66,423 4,731 305,299 563,370
1951
( monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 78,787
36,764
month .
3/ Includes brass mill billets made by Ingot makers .
Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through July 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old corper
By secondary copper smelters January through June ... 26,050 121,9441 147,991
in July .... 3,994 16,086 20,080
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January through July ... 30,044 138,027 168,071

By primary copper producers 2 ) January through June . 41,367 21,341 62,708
in July .. 5,388 2,509 7,897
Januory through July .... 46,755 23,850 70,605
By brass mills January through June ... 169,568 26,692 196 , 360
in July ... 18,846 3,623 22,469
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Total in July .. 28,228 22,218 50,446
Totals , January througil July.. 265,313 192,192 457,505
1951 ( total monthly average) ...... 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
estimated at 2,000 tons from new scrap and 9,000 tons from old screp per month .
2/ Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of copper
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Copper scrap operations in August , when 82,453 short tons were consumed by
the major groups of consumers, were at a higher level than in July but lower than
in previous months of 1952, according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior. The ingot makers , known also as secondary copper
smelters, increased their scrap consumption 12 percent or to 31,689 tons , and the
brass mills raised theirs 25 percent to 39,404 tons . Scrap stocks of both groups
declined about 2,000 tons. Scrap consumption by primary producers decreased 1,050
tons to 11,360 tons although their stocks of scrap increased about 6,000 tons ,
The overall increase was in refinery brass and low - grade classes ; stocks of unal
loyed copper scrap declined 15 percent . Consumption of refined copper by wire
mills increased 58 percent or to 70,446 tons in August , and by brass mills 35 per
cent or to 58,001 tons . The wire mill figure is the highest since October 1951
when 72,025 tons were used by that group .
Trade papers reported unalloyed copper scrap as scarce , with prices at ceilings,
and brass scrap so mewhat more plentiful with prices slightly below ceilings in
some areas . According to Bureau of Mines data , primary plants were unable to get
as much copper scrap as the other groups . Of the 17,426 tons of unalloyed scrap
purchased in August , 6,509 tons were acquired by. brass mills, 6,470 by secondary
copper smelters , and 4,447 tons by primary producers .
Output of brass ingot , although 4,455 tons greater than in July , continued
well below the monthly average production for the elapsed portion of the year , As
in July several brass mills were idle on account of labor strikes .

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division , October 15. 1952
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copner -base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in August 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,575 2,707 2,558 1,724

Railroad - car boxes .. 158 ll 12 157
Yellow brass ..... 7,189 5,364 5,302 7,251
Auto radiators ( Unsweated) 5,168 3,774 3,774 5,168
Bronze ... 2,758 2 ,434 2,473 2,769
Nicke .. silver .. 250 184 147 287
Low brass ... 342 200 301 241
Low -grade scrap and residues . 8,441. 3,655 5,058 7,038
Total copper -base scrap . 36,669 29,565 31,689. 34,545

copper smelters in August 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments closing
Kind of ingot Opening Production to
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,837 1,861 1,686 2,012

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-4ż). 1,744 1,775 1,854 1,665
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) . 4,338 7,336 7,859 4,315
Leaded semired brass ( 8 ].- 3-7-9 ) . 2,681 4,355 3,901 3,135
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,068 907 889 1,086
( 75-5-20 ). 642 650 658 633
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3--30 ). 1,254 1,938 1,917 1,275
Manganese bronze.. 1,490 1,596 1,393 1,693
Nickel silver .. 299 227 240 286
Low brass ... 48 166 137 77
Conductor bronze .. 60 El 72 69
Hardeners and special alloys . 525 707 7.2 520

Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ... -983
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in coprer
base alloys .... -1,567
Net total secondary recovery froin purchased
2
brass mills in August 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Cpucing Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ............... 1,867 3,675 3,654 1,888
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light... 524 2,834 2,914 444
Yellow brass ... 13,172 25,757 27,256 11,673
Cartridge cases .. 765 3,344 3,572 537
Brorsze . 195 147 146 196
Nickel silver 1,065 862 873 1,054
Low brass.. 377 904 897 384
Total copper -base scrap.no 18,030 37,700 39,404 16,326
Table 4 . Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 in 1952 ,

Month
Primary producers
used
January ... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345
February 5,995 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March , .... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April ..... 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,252 106,495
May ....... 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
June ...... 11,067 7,750 7,037 24,264 35,569 3,727 89,414
July ...... 7,918 4,492 7,102 21,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
Augusto ... 6,978 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 4,265 82,453
Totals . 80,346 53,605 60,878 207,096 302,449 45,368 749,742
1951
( monthly
average ) 10,853 9,543 1 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
teed at 3,000 tons of new scrap and 12,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown in
mabl
ta ,
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers in August 1952, gross weightin short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy.co.us . 241 1,391 1,324 308
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light... 1,105 3,056 3,328 833
Refinery brass ... 4,145 3,206 1,456 5,895
Low -grade scrap and residues........ 15,956 9,958 5,252 20,662
Total .. 21,447 17,611 11,360 27,698
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1952,
Brass Refined copper 2 ) Copper Brass Total
ingot in mill recovery
Month production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 31 , from copper
gross weight smelters producers lat sınelters gross weight base scrap_44
January .. 30,991 2 ; 920 9,170 692 :40,520 80,225
February . 28,337 2., 510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March .... 31 ;059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April .... 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May ...... 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June .. 24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 74,409
July .. 19,398 2,952 7,875 98 . 31,561 60,008
August ... 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
Totals 213,056 23,353 73,193 5,031 344,173 633,666

1951
( monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
1 ) Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manum
facturers which are estimated to have zecovered about 13,500 tons of secondary metal
month ,
Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc ,
etc. ) used by ingot makers,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through August 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through July ... 30,044
11 II
138,027 168,071
in August ..... 4,374 17,870 22,244
11 11 11
January through August . 34,418 155,897 190 , 315
By primary copper producers 2 ) January through July . 46,755 23,850 70,605
11
in Augusto . 4,769 2,311 7,080
January through August .. 51,524 26,161 77,685
By brass mills January through July . 188,514 30,315 218,829
10 11
in August..... 24,438 3,156 27,594
January through August .. 212,952 33.471 246,423
Total in August ...... 33,581 23,337 56,918
Totals , January through August . 298,394 215,529 514,423
1951 ( total monthly average ) . 36,474 · 27,827 64,301
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
month .
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
copper sulfate produced from scrap .
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASE SCRAP AND SECONDARY RECOVERY THEREFROM

IN SEPTEMBER 1952
Production of secondary copper , lead , tin , zinc and aluminum from copper -base
scrap by major consuming groups totaled 73,271 short tons in September compared
with 70,296 tons in August, according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Depart
rent of the Interior . The September total , although 5,516 tons less than the
monthly average for 1951 , was greater than in any of the last 5 months in that year
except October . Secondary output of brass mills increased 497 tons or to 39,371
tons in September . Production of secondary refined copper by the primary producers
rose 55 percent or to 10,529 tons , but this figure also was below the monthly aver
age for 1951. Secondary copper smelters output of brass ingot and refined copper
declined from 24,353 and 2,547 tons in August to 23,262 and 1,652 tons , respectively ,
in September Operations at several brass mills and secondary smelters were ham
pered or suspended by labor strikes .
The percentage of old scrap used showed a declining: trend ,, averaging 43 per
cent of the total consumption in 1951 , 40 percent in the elapsed portion of 1952 ,
and 36 percent in September . There was a net increase of 5.,081 tons in total in
ventories of copper and brass scrap in September at plants of the three major con
suming groups compared with a net increase of 2 , 423 tons in August.
Prepared by Helena M. Meyer and Archie. J. McDermid , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division , November 18 ,> 1952 .
secondary copper smelters in Septeinber 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,724 2,310 1,960 2,074

No. 2 wire , nixed heavy and light . 3,662 4,313 4,361 3,614
Railroad - car boxes .... 157 1 1/ -37 41 79
Yellow brass , ... 7,251 5,078 5,359 6,970
Auto radiators (Unsweated ) 5,168 3,662 3,873 4,956
Bronze ... 2,769 2,501 2,247 3,023
Nickel silver .. 287 243 266 264
Low brass ..... 241 173 187 227
Aluminum bronze... 1.68 41 21 188
LOW - grade scrap and residues.. 7,038 3,881 3,240 7,679
Total coppe r -base scrap .... 34,545 ! 29,188 28,408 35,325
1 ) Negative receipts represent shipments greater than receipts .
Table 2 , Stocks , production , and shipments oi hrass ingot at secondary

copper smelters in September 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 2,012 1,712 1,766 1,958

Leaded tin bronze ( 88 - fa13-43 ). 1,665 1,768 1,736 1,647
Leaded red brass ( 85–5–5–5) .... 4,37.5 7,612 8,270 3,657
High - ieaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ).. 1,911 1,034 1,329 1,616
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 1,086 956 1,076 966
( 75--5-20 ) .. 633 691 630 694
Manganese bronze , 1,693 1,395 1,498 1,590
Nickel silver ....... 286 260 289 257
Low brass ... 77 143 129 91
Silicon bronze .. 423 223 335 311
Miscellaneous , ... 403 69 106 371
Total brass and bronze ingots ...... 19,916 23,262 25,339 17,839
Refined copper consuned in copper -base alloys .... -951
coppermbase scrap .. 23,589
2
brass mills in September 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening closing
stocks
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1,888 4,029 3,715 2,202
Yellow brass . 11,673 28,799 28,259 12,213
Cartridge cases .. .
537 3,417 3,003 .951
Bronze .... 196 96 144 , 148 .
Nickel silver .. 1,054 799 918 .935
Low brass ..... 384 908 781 511
Aluminum bronze .. 150 32 50 132 ,
Total copper - base scrap .. 16,326 41,368 $
39,680 18,014
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 ) in 1952 ,

Primary producers Secondary Brass mills Total

Month copper smelters scrap
New scrap 01.d scrap old scrap used
rap Toid scrap New scrap
New scrap
January 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345

February ... 5,995 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March ...... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April...... 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,252 106,495
May 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
June . 11,067 7,750 7,037 24 , 264 35,569 3,727 89,414
July .. 7,918 4,492 7,102 21,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
August ..... 6,978 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 4,265 82,453
September .. 13,189 5,873 6,387 22,021 35,896 3,784 1:87,150
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Totals .. 93,535 59,478 67,265 229,117 338,345 49,152 836,892
1951
( monthly
average ) . 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1/ Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .
Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers in September . 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening or
closing
Scrap item Receipts
No. I wire and heavy ..... 308 3,114 2,696 726

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 833 4,287 3,632 1,488
Refinery brass .. 5,895 2,718 3,150 5,463
LOW - grade scrap and residues . 20,662 11,556 9,584 22,634
Total .... 27,698 21,675 19,062 30,311
3
Table 6. " Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1952 ,
Brass
Refined copper 2 Copper Brass Total
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 ), from copper
January ... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February .. 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March , ... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April . 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
Mayi .. 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June , 24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 74,409
July .. 19,898 2,952 7,315 98 31,561 60,008
August .... 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
September . 23,262 1,652 10,520 644 39,371 73,271
Totals .. 236,318 25,005 83,722 5,675 383,544 706,937
1951
(monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
1 ) Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous
manufacturers which are estimated bo have recovered about 13,000 tons of secondary
etc. per month ,
< / Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in January, through September 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Aug. | 34,418 155,897 190,315
11
in September .. 3,845 16,358 20,203
11
January through Sept 38,263 172,255 210,518
By primary copper producers 27 Janptuar y through Aug 51,524 26,161 77,685
11 11 11
ember
in Se . 8,173 2,951 11,124
11 AT 11
January through Sept. 59,697 29,112 88,809
By brass mills January through August ... 212,952 33,471 246,423
11 10
in September .... 24,927 2,849 27,776
11
January through September .. 237,879 36,320 274,199
Total in September ... 36,945 22,158 59,103
Totals , January through September .. 335,839 237,687 573,526
1951 ( Total monthly average ).... 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 ) Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
shown estimated at 2,500 tons from new scrap and 8,500 tons from old scrap per month
2 ) Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
copper sulfate produced from scrap . 4
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CONSUMERS PEPORT NO . 88
COSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASI SCRAP AND SECONDA PY RECOVERY THEREFROM

IN OCTOBER 1952
Output of secondary copper and brass in October increased for all major groups
of producers and totaled 87,146 short tons compared with 73,271 tons in September ,
according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of the Interior . Output
of refined copper from scrap by the primary producers , 14,417 tons , was greater than
in any month since June 1951 . Consumption of scrap in October by this group , 22,356
tons , was greater than in any month since June 1951 except March 1952 , but the scrap
consumed in October contained less low - grade material than that used in larch . The
primary producers had the greatest percentage increase in production in October , 33

percent ; the secondary smelters were second with 22 percent and the brass mills next
with 13 percent . Brass ingot production totaled 28,577 tons in October , or 5,315
more than in September , but 1,135 tons less than the monthly average for 1951 . Pri
mary producers ' output vas about 3,000 tons greater than their monthly average for
1951 and that of the brass mills was 8,000 greater .
Copper - base scrap consumption by the three major groups in October reached six
figures for the first time since May , totaling 101,937 tons . Stocks of all groups
increased, those of the primary producers 5,627 tons , those of the brass mills 1,430
tons and those of the secondary smelters 591 tons , No group had sufficient stocks
for 60 days operation .
Prepared by Archic J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer, under the supervision of C. H.

secondary copper smelters in October 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,074 2,853 2,575 2,352

Yellow brass .. 6,285
6,970 6,342 7,027
Auto radiators (unsweated ) .. 4,956 5,095 4,727 5,324
Bronze ...... 3,023 3,576 3,361 3,238
Nickel silver .. 264 224 234 244
Low brass .... 227 199 280 146

copper smelters in October 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments Closing
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )... 1,958 1,864 1,764 2,058

Leaded tin bronze168-6 6-12-11
( 88---11 -43) . 1,647 2,054 1,925 1,776
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) 3,657 9,767 8,580 4,844
( 84-6-8-2 ) .
966 1,106 1,003 1,069
( 75-5-20 ) 694 477 563 608
Manganese bronze .. 1,590 1,575 1,821 2. , 344
Nickel silver . 257 218 232 244
Low brass .... 91 301 326 66
Silicon bronze ... 311 1402 403 310
Conductor bronze 67 45
34 56
Refined copper consumed in copper base alloys . -1,295
copper -base alloys .. -1,371
Net total secondary recovery from pur
chased copper -base scrap .. 28,654
2
brass mills in October 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ... 922 3,367 3,046 1,243
Yellow brass .. 12,213 31,530 3.1. ,266 12,477
Cartridge cases . 951 3,938 3,502 1,387
Bronze ... 148 182 134 196
Nickel silver .. 935 849 884 900
Low brass .. 511 1,251 1,198 564
Aluminum bronze ....... 132 82 146 68
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper base scrap 1 ) in 1952 ,


Total
Month Primary producers copper smelters scrap
New scrap . Olü scrap | New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January .... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345

February .. 5,995 1 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 | 88,513
March ..... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383113,492
April .. 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,2521106,495
May .. 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
June . 11,067 7,750 7,037 244,264 35,569 3,727 89,414
July . 7,918 4,492 7,102 2,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
August . 6,978 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 4,265 82,453
September .. 13,189 5,873 6,387 22,021 35,896 3,784 87,150
October .... 15,136 7,220 7,295 27,441 40,679 4,166 101,937
Totals .. 108,671 66,698 74,560 256,558 379,024 53,3181938,629
1952
(inonthly
averare) . 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
mated at 2,500 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap per month, not shown
in table .
Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers in October 1952,, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 726 4,658 4,620 764

Refinery brass ... 53463 5,040 4,595 5,908
Low-grade scrap and residues .. 22,634 12,511 7,763 27,382
Total .. 30,311 27,983 22,356 35,938
3
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1952 ,
ingot Refined copper 2/ in mill recovery
Month production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 37 , from copper
January ... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February .. 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March , .... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April , ... , 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June ... 24,510 2,912 9,952 7749 38,752 74.409
July ... ! 19,898 2,951 7,815 98 31,561 60,008
August , .. 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
September . 23,262 1,652 10,529 644 39,372 73,277
October ... 28,577 1,935 568 44,315 87,146
14,417
Totals , 264,895 26,940 98,139 6,243 427,859 794,033
1951
(monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
1 ) Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 13,000 tons of secondary
etc. per month ,
3 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers . '.
4 Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin, zinc,
etc. ) used by ingot makers ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base 1
scrap in January through October 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Sept .. 38,263 172,255 210,518
11
in October .. 4,476 19,969 24,445
1: 11 11
January through Oct .. , 42,739 192,224 234,963
By primary copper producers
I!
2 ) January through Sept. 59,697 29,112 88,809
in October .... 10,845 4,140 14,985
11 January through October , 70,542 33,252 103,794
By brass mills January through September .. 237,879 36,320 274,199
13
in October ... 28,447 3,082 31,529
11 11 11 January through October . 305,728
1266,326 39,402
Total in October .... 43,768 27,191 70,959
Totals , January through October . 379,607 264,878 6447,485
1951 ( Total monthly average ) ... 36,474 27,827 64,301
1 / Recovery byfoundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not
shown , estimated at 2,500 tons from new scrap and 8,000 tons from old scrap per month
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Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,202 5,076 4,669 2,609

Yellow brass ... 12,213 31,530 31. , 266 12,477
Cartridge cases . 951 3,938 3,502 1,387
Bronze .. 148 182 134 196
Nickel silver . 935 849 884 900
Low brass ....... 511 1,251 1,198 564

Table ! Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 ) in 1952 ,
Secondary Total
Primary producers Brass mills
Month scrap
New scrap old scrap Newcopper smelters
scrap New scrap old scrap
old scrap
scrap ,old used
January. 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345

February . 5,995 1 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March ... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383113,492
April . 11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 444,687 8,252 |106,495
May . 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,514 42,976 6,062 104,686
June ... 11,067 7,750 7,037 24,264 35,569 3,727 89,414
July .. 7,918 4,492 7,102 21,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
August .... 6,978 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 4,265 82,453
September . 13,189 5,873 6,387 22,021 35,896 3,784 87,150
October .... 15,136 7,220 7,295 27,441 40,679 4,166 101,937
Totals .. 108,677 66,698 74,560 256,558 379,024 | 53,318 | 938,829
1951
(monthly
average ) . 10,853 9,543 10,238 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
} Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .

of primary copper producers in October 1952, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 726 4,658 4,620 764

Refinery brass ... 5,463 5,040 4,595 5,908
Total ... 30,311 27,983 22,356 35,938
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Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1952 ,

ingot Refined copper 2 / in mill recovery
Month production, Secondary | Primary chemicals products 31 , from copper
January ... 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March ... 31. , 059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April , 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May ... 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June .. 24,510 2,912 9,952 1749 38,752 74.409
July 19,898 2,95) . 7,815 98 31,561 60,008
August , 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
September . 23,262 1,652 10,529 644 39,371 73,272
October ... 28,577 1,935 14,417 568 44,315 87,146
Totals , 264,895 26,940 98,139 6,243 427,859 794,033
1951
( monthly
average ) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 79,787
etc. per month , !

3 ) Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc,
Table 7 . Coupcr recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
From From Tota ].
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Sept ... 38,263 172,255 210,518
11
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in October .. 4,476 19,969 24,445
11 11 42,7739
January through Oct ... 192,224 234,963
By primary copper producers 2 ) January through Sept. 59,697 29,112 88,809
11 I!
in October .. 10,8145 4,140 14,985
11 11
January through October . 70,542 33,252 103,794
By brass mills January through September . 237,879 36,320 274,199
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in October , ... 28,447 3,032 31,529
January through October 1266,326 39,402 305,728
Total in October ..... 43,768 27,191 70,959
Totals 3, January through October .. 379,607 264,878 644,485
1951 ( Total monthly average) .... 36,474 27,827 64. , 301

1 ) Tiecovery by foundries, chenical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, not
Shown , estimated at 2,500 tons from new scrap and 8,000 tons from old scrap per month
2 ! Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
copper sulfate produced from scrap . 4.
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CONSUMPTION OF COPPER -BASE SCRAP AND SECONDARY RECOVERY THEREFROM
IN NOVEMBER 1952
Recovery of all metals contained in copper -base scrap decreased 7,099 short
tons to 80,047 tons ; of copper alone 6,403 tons to 64,556 tors in November , accord
ing to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . Although the
November secondary output was 8 percent less than in October , it was about the same
as the average for the previous 10 months of 1952. Secondary production at brass
mills was about the same in November as in October , the 7,000 - ton decrease in total
recovery being distributed equally between the secondary smelters and the primary
producers
Brass mills reported consumption of 8,407 tons of unalloyed copper scrap in

November , the chief items being No. 1 wire , No. I heavy and mixed heavy . Secondary
smelters consumed 6,788 tons cf unalloyed scrap in November and primary producers
6,661 tons . Primary producers consumed most of the low - grade scrap and residues ,
11,681 tons , including 2,350 tons of refinery brass , and the secondary smelters
used 4,688 tons. Stocks of scrap held by all consumers declined in November , those
of the brass mills more than those of the others , indicating continued scarcity of
scrap metal .
1
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.

secondary copper smelters in November 1952, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 2,352 2,414 2,826 1,9 ‫مبا‬
Composition or solt red brass .. 5,905 7,500 7,157 6,248
Yellow brass ... 7,027 5,818 5,687 7,158
Bronze .... 3,238 2,650 2,677 3,211
Nickel silver .. 244 227 146 325
Low brass ...... 146 263 196 213
Low - grade scrap and residues.i . 7,861 4,066 4,688 7,239

copper smelters in November 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Opening Shipments
Kinå of ingot Production to Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 2,058 1,547 1,585 2,020

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 1,776 1,245 1,761 1,260
Leadec red brass 185-5-5-5 ). 4,844 7,894 8,451 4,287
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) ... 2,891 4,851 5,105 2,637
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,771 1,414 1,543 1,642
84-6-8-2) 1,069 813 1,006 876
( 75-5-20) 608 644 750 502
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30) .. 1,209 1,960 1,967 1,202
Manganese bronze.e . 1,344 1,911 1,538 i 1,717
Nickel silver . 244 279 247 276
Low brass ... 66 337 261 142
310 300 318
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys . -961
chased copper - base scrap .. 25,293
2
brass mills in Noveraber 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks consumed
No. I wire and heavy .... 2,609 5,388 5,910 2,087

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 1,243 1,558 2,497 304
Yellow brass .... 12,477 29,489 30,036 11,930
Cartridge cases . 1,387 3,179 3,639 927
Bronze ... 196 234 279 151
Nickel silver . 900 697 730 867
Low brass .... 564 1,210 1,249 525
Aluninum bronze . 68 101 37
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Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper - base scrap 1 / in 1952 ,
Secondary Total
Brass mills
scrap
Month
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap ! New scrap old scrap
January .... 9,084 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,441 92,345
February 5,995 4,158 7,818 25,539 38,519 6,484 88,513
March ... 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,548 7,383 113,492
April ..
.
11,499 7,404 7,890 26,763 44,687 8,252 106,495
May .. 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,524 42,976 6,062 104,686
June . 11,067 7,750 7,037 24,264 35,569 3,727 89,414
July ... 7,918 4,492 7,102 21,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
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Augu .... 6,9 78 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 4,265 82,453
September . 13,189
.
5,873 6,387 22,021 35,896 3,784 87,150
October .... 15,136 7 , 220 7,295 27,441 40,679 4,166 101,937
November ... 11,722 6,620 6,879 24,842 39,948 4,524 94,535
Total ... 120,393 73,318 81,439 281,400 418,972 57,842 2033,364
1951
(monthly
average ). .
10,853 9,543 10,238 . ! 26,800 33,160 4,033 94,357
1/ Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti

in table .

of primary copper producers in November 1952 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
No. 1 wire and heavy . 764 1,638 1,660 7142
Refinery brass ..... 5,908 1,380 2,350 4,938
Total .....
35,938 16,285 18,342 33,881
3
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1952 ,
Brass Refined copper 2/ Copper Brass Total
Month chemicals products
production , Secondary Primary 3), from copper--
products 3/,
January .. 30,99 .. 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March .... 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April ... 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May 26,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June . •
24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 74,409
July . 19,898 2,951 7,815 98 31,561 60,008
August ... 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
September 23,262 1,652 10,529 644 39,371 73,271
October ... 28,577 1,935 14,427 568 444,315 87,146
November .. 24,342 2,543 10,265 1,158 44,100 80,047
Totals . 289,236 29,483 108,404 7,401 471,959 874,130
1951
mo
( monthly
average) 29,712 2,557 11,252 837 36,764 78,787
It Does not include production by Toundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous mama
month .
/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
miaus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through November 1952 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
scrap scrap recoverea
By secondary copper smelters January through Oct .... 442,739 192,224 234,963
11 11
in November .. 4,035 18,028 22,063
January through Nov .. 146,774 210,252 , 257,026
By primary copper producers 2) January through Oct ..
11
70,542 33,252 103,794
in November : 7,435 3,439 10,874
January through Nov .... 77,977 36,691 / 114,668
By brass mills January through October ... .
266,326 39,402 305,728
in November . 28,223 3,396 31,619
11 11
January through November . 294,549 42,798 337,347
Total in November ...
39,693 24,863, 64,556
Total , Jamary through November ... 419,300 289,741 709,041
1951 ( total monthly average ).. 36,474 27,827 64,301
17 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
shown , estimated at 1,500 tons from new scrap and 7,500 tons from old scrap per month .
2) Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
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COISUMPTION OF CODPIR -BASE SCRAP AND SECONDARY RECOVERY THEREFRO 1

IN DECEMBER 1952 , AI'D FRELIMINARNY TOTAIS FOR 1952
Production in December of secondary copper frcm copper -base scrap , including re

fined copper and copper in alloys by secondary copper smelters , secondary copper
combined vi th primary refined copper at primary producers, and secondary copper in
brass mill prcducts , plus minor items , totaled 65,969 short tons , according to the
Bureau of ines , United States Department of the Interior . The total does not in
clude an estimated 9,000 tons of copper recovered by foundries and chemical plants .
Corresponding figures ( excluding copper recovered by foundries and chemical plants )
were 64,556 tons in Novenber 1952; the 1952 monthly average was 64,584 tons and that
for 1951 was 64,300 tons .
As the recovery of copper from scrap other than copper-base is only one percent
of the total , the totals just given indicate that total secondary copper production
in 1952 was about the same as in 1951 , and the same in December as in November 1952 .
Although the changes in totals were slight , variations for the groups , in most cases ,
vere nct . Secondary copper recovery of the primary producers was 34 percent greater
in December than in November , and the recoveries of brass milis and secondary copper
smelters 7 percent and I percent less , respectively . Recovery of secondary copper
for 1952 , as accumulated from monthly reports , was 278,907 tons , 129,262 tons , and
366,841 tons in 1952 , by secondary copper smelters , prima ry producers and brass mills,
respectively , compared with 315,072 tons , 143,1764 tons , and 312,770 tons in 1952 .
These are preliminary figures and subject to minor changes .
Consumption of yellow brass scrap by brass mills was 1,682 tons less in December
than in November , but their stocks of this material in creased 4,000 tons. Total con
sumption of copper-base scrap by primary producers increased 46 percent in December ,
whereas their stocks declined 2,000 tons. Secondary snelters ' scrap consumption was
virtually the same in December as in November and their inventories totaled the same
at the end of December as at the beginning . Stocks of copper - base scrap held by the
three groups were substartially greater at the end of 1952 ( 88,859 ) than at the be
ginning ( 51,337 tons ) . However , screp was almost as scarce throughout 1952 as it had
been in 1951. Total receipts by the three principal groups were 1,170,471 tons in
1952 comșa red with 1,096,500 tons in 1951. The existence of ceiling prices on demes
tic copper and scrap and the higher prices in the world market in the first half of
1952 held back the flcw of scrap to the domestic market as thuy had in 1951. The
price of foreign copper sold in the United States advanced sharply in the latter part
of 1952 , and the hope that domestic prices would advance to the levels of foreign
copper sold in the United States restricted the flow of scrap after way .

Johnson , Chief, Base lietals Branch, Minerals Division .
Table 1 , Consumption and stocks of purchased corpur-vase scrap au
secondary copper smelters in Deceinber 1952 and preliminary totals
for year , gross weight in short tons
Ilelied Closing
Opening i
Scrap item stock3 eceipts 01
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,940 2,343 2,514 1 , 769

Io . 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 3,526 3,860 3,803 3,578
Composition or soft red orass .. 6,243 7,349 7,142 6,455
Railroari - car boxes ,3 . . 106 43 34 115
Yellow brass , .. 7,158 5,339 5,653 6,814
Cartridge casts ... 129 102 107 124
Bronze . 3,231 3,061 3,040 3,232
Nickel silver .. 325 307 245 387
Low brass ...
. ( 213 193 192 214
Total coppor - hase scra ) . 35,547 30,900 31,273 ! 35,174
Preliminary total for 1952 .. 18,343 410,937 i 394,112 35,174

copper smelters in December 1952 and preliminary totals for year ,
December 1952 Total

Kind of ingot Opening Shipments produc
Production to
Closing tion
stocks stocks
consumers in 1952
Tin bronzi (6-10-2 ) 2,020 1,527 1,528 2,019 23,074

Leaded tin bronze ( 18-6-1-4 :) 1,260 1,439 1,457 1,242 22,871
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 4,287 8,457 8.529 4 , 215 103,698
Leaded seiired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,637 4,375 4,460 2,565 | 52,317
Hiçlı - leadud tin bronze ( 30-10-10 ) 1,642 1 1,028 1,219 1,451 20,442
( 54-6-5-2 ) 876 255 788 9411 13,157
( 75-5-20 ) . 502 1,100 858 744 8,553
Leaded yellow brass (66--1--3-30 ) . 1,202 2,062 2,116 1,148 22,516
Manganesu bronze ... 1,717 1,699 1,859 1,557 20,679
Aluminum bronze . 456 453 396 523 5,597
Nickel silver .... , 2776 317 265 328 3,014
Low brass . 142 252 23 , 105 2,206
Silicon bronze .. 292 356 306 342 4,215
llardencrs and special alloys 544 634 629 559 8,703
Miscellancous... 309 330 148 421 2,460 1
Total brass and bronze ingots 18,234 24,921 24,871 18,284 314,157
Miscellaneous coppcr products producud .... .
2,716 39,2978
Refined copper consuincd in copper-base
alloys ..... - ). ,498 -16 , 644
Miscellancous raw matcrials consumed in
copper - base alloys ..... -1,443 -18,650
liet total secondary recovery from pur
chased corper -base scrap . 24,696 ! 318,141
2
brass mills in December 1952 and preliminary totals for year' ,
Meltec
Opening or Closing
Scrap item stocks Fieceipts consumed stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,087 5,038 4,77.5 2,380

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light . 304 3,025 2,825 504
Yellow brass .... 11,930 32,533 28,354 16,109
Cartridge cases . 92.7 3,003 2,824 1 , ili
Bronze ocoon 151 278 194 235
Nickel silver . 867 833 904 801
Low brass , 525 1,590 1,530 565
Aluminum bronze . 37 234 189 $ 2

Preliminary total for 1952... lly , 718 525,463 518,379 21,807
Table 2 . Consw.rtion of old and new coper -base scrip 1 / in 1952 by

months anu preliminary totals for year , gross weight in short tons
Month
Primary producers copper smelters scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap! 01. & scrap used
Tamiary .. 9,064 6,272 8,368 28,026 36,154 4,447 92,345

February 5,995 44,158 7,813 25,539 38,519 6,494 38,513
March ... , 15,752 10,702 7,720 29,387 42,543 7,383 113,492
April . 11,499 7,404 7,890 25,763 44,687 3,252 106,495
May . 12,053 8,445 7,636 27,511, 42,976 6,062 104,686
Junese 11,067 7,750 7,03 ? 24,264 35,569 3,721 89,414
Tuiy . 7,918 4,492 7,102 21,221 26,857 4,754 72,344
August : .. 6,978 4,382 7,307 24,382 35,139 49265 82,453
September 13,189 5,873 6 , ²57 22,02). 35,896 3,734 37,150
October . , . 15,136 7,220 7,295 27,441. 20,679 4,166 101,937
November , 11,722 6,620 6,879 24,8142 39,248 42524 94,535
December . 17,784 8,960 6,923 24,345 37,983 3,577 99,582
Prelimi
nary total
for 1952 , 138,177 82,278 88,367 305 , 745 456,950 61,419 11,132,946
1 Consumption by loundrius, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers

estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 10,500 tors of old scrap in 1952 , not
shown in tables
3
plants of primary copper prcducers iü December 1952 ani preliminary
totals for year , gross weight in short tons
Opening Receipts Melted on Closing
Scrap item cons urned stocks
stocks
No. I wire and heavy ...... 742 3,169 2,931 980

No. 2 wire , mixer heavy and light ... 1,572 4,747 4,280 2,639
Refinery brass ... 4,938 5,519 4,721 5,746
Total .. 33,831 24,744 26,744 31,882
Preliminary total for 1952 . 18,270 234,066 220,455 31,881
Table 6 . Production of all metals 11 from copper -base scrap in 1952

by months and preliminary totals for year , in bort tous
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 /, from copier
January 30,991 2,920 9,170 692 40,520 80,225
February $ 28,337 2,510 4,855 881 44,832 76,971
March .. 31,059 2,735 13,704 991 49,117 93,763
April . 27,656 2,964 9,690 554 52,298 90,190
May .. 25,252 3,812 11,237 766 48,219 87,804
June . 24,510 2,912 9,952 749 38,752 714 , 409
July ... :19,898 2,951 7,815 98 31,561 60,008
August .... 24,353 2,549 6,770 300 38,874 70,296
September ... 23,262 1,652 10,529 6444 39,371 73,271
October .... 28,577 1,935 24,417 568 411,315 87,146
November ... 24,341 2,543 10,265 1,158 44,100 80,047
December 24,921 1,843 13,972 790 41,264 79,849
Preliminary
total for
1952 ..... 314,157 31,326 122,376 8,191 513,223 953,979
1) Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
2) Includes recovery fron foreign scrap refined on a tolí basis .
3/ Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers .
4/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc,
4
Table 7. Copper recovered from scrap in 1952 , in short tons
From: From Total

new ola copper
..
By secondary copper smelters , January through November
I! 11
46,774 210,252 257,026
11 11 it
in December .... 3,964 17,917 21,881
January through December 1 50,738 228,169 278,907
By primary copper producers 1 /January through November 77,977 36,691 114,668
in December .... 9,738 4,856 14,594
January through December 87,715 41,547 129,262
By brass mills , January through Noveinber ...
11
294,549 42,798 337,347
in December .... 26,794 2,700 29,494
11
January through December .. 321,343 45,498 366,841
Total for December from copper -base scrap .. 40,496 25,473 65,969
Preliminary 1952 totals , January through December ,

from copper -base scrap . 459,796 315,214 773,010
2 By foundries ..... 24,000 108,000 132,000
By chemical plants .. 1,000 9,000 10,000
2! Total from couper - base scrap in 1952 ... 465,000 432,000 917,000
Total from other than copper -base scrap in 1952 .... 8,000 4,000 12,000
è Total secondary copper recovered in 1952... 493,000 436,000 929,000
1) Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper contert of
2/ Estimated .
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IN JANUARY 1953
Consumption of copper - base scrap by major groups increased 3 percent or to

102,660 short tons in January 1953 , but receipts declined 6 percent or to 96, 413
tons , according to the Bureau of Mines , Department of the Interior . The consumption
change was a combination of 2,418-ton and 1,241 - ton increases by secondary smelters
and brass mills , respectively , and a 581 - ton decrease by primary producers . Second
ary smelters ' January receipts of copper-base scrap were 2,091 tons higher than in
December ; those of the brass mills were 4,984 tons lower , and those of the primary
producers 2,882 tons lover .
These data and other monthly and annual figures for 1952 indicate an inadequate
flow of scrap . This condition has been analyzed by two authorities , Hugs Simon of
Barth Smelting Corporation and S. v . Straus of the American Smelting and Refining
Company in year - end statements appearing in the American letal " larket . They attrib
uted the scrap shortage chiefly to the differences between domestic ceilings and
control - free prices for foreign refined copper and scrap .
Production of brass ingot increased 1,782 tons in January , or to 26,703 tons ,

and that of brass mill products 1,126 tons , or to 42,390 tons . Output of secondary
refined copper at plants of primary producers was virtually unchanged at 13,914 tons
in January compared with 13,972 tons in December . However , the January quantity was
36 percent greater than the 1952 monthly average , whereas the January brass ingot
output and brass mill Secondary production were about the same as the 1952 monthly
averagcs .
Production of phosphor copper hardener in 1952 , as compiled in a special tabu

lation , was 3,800 short tons .
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Table 1 .: Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
secondary colsper snelters in January 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Receipts or
Closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,769 2,513 2,600 1,682

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 3,578 5 , 301 4,767 4,112
Yellow brass .... 6,814 ! 5,494 6,052 6,257
Bronze ..... 3,232 3,063 2,695 3,600
Nickel silver . , i .. 387 302 334 355
Low brass ... 214 298 269 243
Low - grade scrap and residues 7,932 : 3,328 44,606 6,654
Table 2. Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 2,019 1,981 2,092 1,908

Leaded tin bronzė ( 88-6-14-42 ) 1,242 1,806 1,508 1,540
Leaded' red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 4,215 8,473 8,496 4,192
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7-9 ) 2,565 5,307 5,018 2,854
( 34-6-8-2 ) . 944 1,038 1,266 716
( 75-5-20 ) . 7744 820 935 629
Nickel silver ... 328 368 408 288
Low brass ...... 105 407 405 107
Silicon bronze ... 342 350 324 368
Hardeners and special alloys .. . 559 586 606 539
Miscellaneous ..... 491 1 -26 166 299
Total brass and bronze ingots ..... 19,284 26,703 26,658 18,329

Refined coppe r consumed in copper -base alloys . -1,368
base alloys .. , -1,745
1 Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
2
brass mills in January 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening or
Closing
Scrap item Receipts stocks
stocks consumed

Yellow brass .... 16,109 29,833 31,567 14,375
Cartridge cascs .. 1,111 2,460 2,417 1,154
Bronze . 235 166 159 242
Nickel silver .. 801 700 716 785
Low brass ... 585 1,576 1,596 565
Table 4 . Consumntion of old and new copper -base scrap 1 / in

January 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Secondary Total
Prina ry producers copper smelters Brass mills
Month scrap
New scrap i old scrap lew scrap Old scrap New scrap Old scrap used
January .... 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,599 39,891 2,915 | 102,660

1952
( inonthly
average ) . 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , esti
mated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 10,000 tons of old scrap , not shown in table .
Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of purchased cocper - base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers in January 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item Receipts . or
stocks
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy 980 1,812 2,046 746
Refinery brass .... 5,746 2,976 5,036 3,686
Low - grade scrap and residues . 23,116 12,160 13,91.6 21,360
Total .... 31,881 21,862 26,163 27,580
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January 1953 , in short tons
Brass
Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass Total
Month production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 31, from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters (gross weight base scrap
January .. 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
1 ) Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous menu
2 ). Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a tolí basis .
4/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
etc. ) used ingot
by makers .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in January 1953 , in short tons

By secondary copper smelters 4,842 18,986 23,828

By primary producers 2 ) .... 9,203 5,288 14,491
By brass mills ... 27,487 2,165 29,652
Total . 41,532 26,439 67,971
1952 (monthly average

average).........
) 38,316 26,268 64,584
1! Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
shown , estimated at 1,500 tons from new scrap and 7,500 tons from old scrap .
2/ Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
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IN FLBRUARY 1953
Consumption of copper-base scrap by major groups decreased 5 percent in February

to 91,445 short tons , according to the Bureau of lines , United States Department of
the Interior . The reduction was not as great as the reduction in length of the month .
The effects of the removal in Fecrvary of price ceilings on scrap , o tin , lead , zinc ,
and later on copper , could not be geged immediately .
President Eisenhower annouced removal of wage controls and selected price con
trols by executive order on February 6 , Ceiling prices on nonferrcus scrap metals
and refined copper made from more than 25 percent scrap were removed on February 13
by the Office of Frice Stabilization and on Peoruary 25 CFS revoked price controls
on- primary copper and brass and wire mill products .
Scrap consumption by secondary copper smelters was about 34,000 tons , the same
as in January, ard that of the orass mills 3 percent less , or 41,000 tons . Smelter
scrap inventories were little charged at the end of the month , compared with the be
ginning , whereas those of the brass mills were 4,000 tons less . Plants of scrap
consuming primary producers used 22,000 tons in February , compared with 26,000 in
January, with inventories the same at the end of the month as at the beginning . Con
sumption of refined copper at both brass mills and wire mills decreased 6,000 tons .
The increase in production of brass ingot to 28,000 tons in February nas offset
in part by a decrease in production or refined copper by secondary smelters . The
lovered consumption by primary producers was greatest in lovi - grade scrap so that
their output decreased less proportionately than their input . Cutput of secondary
metal in brass mill products decreased 1,000 tons . Total secondary production by all
three groups vas 81,000 tons in February compared with 83,000 in January ,
Prepared by Archie J. icdermid and Helena Y. wyer , under the supervision of C. H.

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Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
Table 1 .
secondary copper smelters in February 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening or Closing
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,682 2,557 2,540 1,699

Railroad - car boxes 14. 43 35 149
Yollow brass .... 6,257 5,685 5,740 6,202
Bronze ,) . 3,600 2,613 2,725 3,488
Nickel silver .. 355 309 240 423
Low brass ... 243 151 155 239

copper smelters in February 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Opening ! Shipments Closing

Kind of ingot stocks Production to stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,908 1,818 1,872 1,854

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,192 9,253 9,018 4,427
Leaded scmired brass (81-3-7-9) . 2,854 4,724 5,137 2,441
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,510 1,704 1,498 1,716
( 84-6--8-2) 716 1,202 838 1,080
( 75-5--20 ) 629 789 694 724
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3--30 ) ... 1,158 1,840 1,895 1,103
Aluininum bronze .. 462 453 410 505
Nickel silver .... 208 2170 303 255
Low brass .. 107 280 287 106
Miscellaneous ... 299 418 367 350
Total brass and bronzu ingots ... 13,329 27,658 26,894 19,093
base alloys -1,633
copper -base scrap ... 27,186
2.
Table 3. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
brass mills in February 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap iten stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumod
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,967 4,276 4,856 2,397

Yellow brasse . 14,375 27,651 30,300 11,726
Cartridge cases . 1,154 1. , 420 1,751 823
Bronze ... 242 195 277 160
Nickol silver . 785 951 910 826
Low brass .. 565 1,083 1,237 411
Aluninum bronze ........ 111 80 49 142
Total copper - base scrip ............ 29,562 37,554 41,421 16,694
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper-base scrap 1 ) in 1953 ,

gross wcight in short tons
Secondary Total
Brass mills
used
New scrap Old scrap new scrap old scrap liew scrap 01d scrap
January un 15,306 10,857 6,102 25,589 39,891 2,935 102,660
February · 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
Total .... 27,697 20,982 ló , 150 51,149 78,964 5,263 200,105
1952
( monthly
average) .. 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,050 5,118 94,412
1' Consumption by foundries , chedical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
e
in tabl ,
Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of nurchased conper-base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers , in iebruary 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item
Opening Closing
stocks Reccipts or
stocks
consumud
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 746 2,078 1,928 896

Refinery brass ... 3,636 4,128 3,674 4,1.40
Lok -grade scrap and residues . 21,360 9,668 11,094 19,934
Total .... 27,580 22,789 22,416 27,953
3
Tablo 6 . Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass Total

Month production , Secondary chemicals products 3 / , from copper
Primary
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February .. 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
Total ... 54,361 4,323 26,634 1,267 83,451 163,709
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
1 ) Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous nanu
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 11,000 tons of sccondary metal
from copper ani brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. per
month ,
2 ! Includes recovery from foreign scrao refined on a toll basis .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed forn from

copper - base scrap in February 1953 , in short tons

nuw scrap old scrap recovered
By secondary copper smelters . 5,063 13,430 23,493

By primary producers 2 ).. 7,689 5,504 13,193
By bross nills .. 27,150 1,803 28,953
Tot : 1 .... 37,902 25,737 65,639
1952 (monthly average ) ...... 38,316 26,268 64,584
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and misccllaneous manufacturers, not

shown , estimated at 1,500 tons from now scrap and 7,500 tons from old scrap per
month .
2 ) Recovcry by primary producers includes rifined copper and copper content of
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I ! LARCUI 1953
Consumption of copper scrao by major consuming groups increased 22 percent in
arch , or to a total of 119,000 short tons following removal in Peruary of pricu

coilings on copper scria and the products mado therefron , according to the Pureau
of : inas, nited States Department of the Intórior . Of this , the brass milis con
sumed 50,000 tons, including 12,000 tons of unalloyed cooper , and 33,000 tons of
yello" ?riss scr :) . T22 second ry smelters , vhich include ingot m kers and second
rry rofiners , used 38,000 tons of conser -has scran in iarch , or which 8,000 tons
? una ? 100d coupur . Primary producers used 31,000 tons which is about 40 percent
more than in February . 0 % this tot ... , 12,000 tons " as un lloyed scran . Foundries ,
Thich rorort on in annun ] basis only, probably did not increase t'vir consumption
of scrio in ' arch as thº suy of brass in ot , which most coundries prefer , was
greater than in previous months . Stocks of scrip in the hands of 211 consumers in
creased only slightly as compared rith the rise in consumptiun .
The tot.il recovery on all metails from copper -bas : scra) in larch , 29,000 tons ,
nas creater than in ny month in 1952 and in smuary or robruary, 1953 . The increase
over Foruiry included ? 117

( ? -percont increase in production of secondary rufined
copper lay the primary producers , 1 ? 1 -percent increas , in the secondary mutil con
tant of brass mill products , ind : 12 -percent rise in output oi briss ingot .
Propired hy archiw , McDermid and elonil , Tiener , under the supervision oi C. H.

Johnson , Chif , sat :ls Princh , Winora] s Division .
Table 1 . Cons motion and stocks of purchased cooper - buse scrap it
secondary cooper snellers in jaren 1933, pross weight in short ins
multid Closing
Scran item ûpening or
stocks Receipts stocks
consumed
( . I rire ini? nV , . , 1,699 3,399 2,501 2,5 € 7

No. ? ire , mixed heavy and list 5,209 5,461 ? , 769 4,002
Composition O soft re 11353 .. 5,277 9,527 2,355 6,449
Rai77'02-01 hoxes . 119 6 38 717
Vellow ? , ??? " ... 6,202 6,945 6,743 5,105
Cartrido CUS ? S . 373 112 101; lill
Auti roliators ( us teated ) . 11,173 5,796 5,3 /4" 4,023
Prone . 3,183 3,1 ! :) 3,070 3,553
Nicki Hilver . 123 ‫وراح‬ 300 353
Low S ... 239 156 173 222
Aluminium bronze , 226 il 53 1844
101- 2d ? Jerur and residuos , 6,713 ‫ را‬, 327 11,539 7,501
10 túl compor.bise scrup , 34,272 30,5112 37,997 35,215
Tabla 2. Stocks , production , Ushirents ci riss ingot at second ry

cooner smelters in dirci 1 ), FLOSS leiht in short tous
Shipments Ulosing
Min ot ingot nenin Production to
stocks stocks
1 conswers
Tin bronce ( 88-10-2 ) .... 1,8511 1,907 1,877 1,284

Le der tin ? 0hz , (88-6-11-11) 1,7214 1,900 2,052 1,572
Leadne rulris ( 85.5-51-5 ) ‫ ܐܕܬܐ‬:27 9,235 9,3314 44,528
1.211 d senir d hrass ( 61-3-7-1 ) 2,1 : 44] JPG 6,012 2,48)
Mish -12.dod tin bronze ( 1.10- ) ) ) . 1,726 2,392 2,027 2,101
18 ! : - 6-8-2 ) . 1,80 19'+?? 1,202 1,275
( 75-5-20 ) . 7244 ! 206 563 ‫ܐ ܨܐܨܐ‬
Le der 177701 krass ( 66-1-7-30 ) . 1,23 2,319 2,255 1,157
21,11:255 hy on " 2 , .. 1,743 1,90) 1,9841 1,719
Alwiii.?roilzt ,.. (0 ) 523 4:52 576
Nick ] ] yor . 255 334 357 232
TCW Praze ..... i 205 3.1.4 277 143
Silicon ? runge .. ‫ ܪܬ‬3 380 435 hu8
Cunuctur boure , 82 39 56 65
Hardeners pd special 2710 ,' s 620 7112 813 449
Miscell112015 ... 350 4.244 200 474
Total lrass and bronz , insots ... 32,093 39,29 ? 30,304 19,424
Misc.llmecus copor products procueca .... 3,33

Rufined conner consumed in comer -buse alloys . - . , 852
Miscullaneous ra materials consue in CO2r
base allo's.vo . -1,716
Coper - brise scri.. 39,792
2
Table 3 . Consumtion and stocls of purchased cooper-base scrap at
brass in 11. in irch 1953 , gross weighi in shori tons
Melted
Scra item Opening Receipts or
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
10. ? wire and heavy 2,387 7,179 6,05€ 3,448
N. ? Wire , mixed
Ni hoavy and licht. 219 6,474 5,267 356
Ylur vras . 11,726 32,163 32,677 11,212
Cartrid , CSS € 23 2,015 2,027 817
Bronz ) . 150 298 252 206
Nickel Silver .. 826 ! 797 850 773
Lom hr25 .... 241 ) 2,13 € 1,985 552
Aluminum bonce .. 142 87 1?1 108
Total cooper - b 150 soran 15,691 5.1.,079 50,231 17,482
O'zble 4! .. Cons in liongross

or now and old copper -base scrap 1 / in 1953 ,
weiht in short tons
Second ry Brass mills Total

Primary producers
Month Coder selters scrap
Now scrap Old scrao Tcri Old scrap ! New scrap old scrap used
1
70.25 po
Tanur TT
10,857 2,7
9 02 25,589 33,692 2,915 102,650
Fahruary 12,392 1 ) , 025 { , 113 25,560 39,073 2,31,8 97,4:45
March :. 17,152 13,703 8,798 21,309 27,481 2,747 119,083
Tota ?... 21,042 311,505 ? 14,748 89,518 126,1 :42 8,01 ) 319,188
1952 1
(monthly 6
iverage ). 6,856
11,515 7,354 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1/ Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , esti
mateat ? ,000 tons of new serio and 10,000 tons of old scrap per month , nou shown
in tabl .
Tabl . 5. Consimption and stocls of purchased correr -base scaip at plants

ci rimair copyr producers in jarch 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening lecciots
Closing
Ccr'n iter stocks
or
stocks
consum d
No. 1 ina nd heavy , .. 893 2,513 2,128 1,281

No. 9 wire , mi ed heavy an licht. 2,983 12,684 10,313 5,3514
Riin ry , hrass... 4,140 5,097 44,555 5,582
10.034
Total 27,953 37,2014 20,855. 34,302
3
Table 6 . Frcäuction of all metals 1 from copper - bees s rap in 1953 .
in short tons
Erass Refinet corner 2 Copper ras Tots )

ingci mil ! inrecovery
Micrth 1
production , Secondary Primary products

chemicals proäucts 3 3 ', from cooper
STOss weight shelters producers at sreltere
shelters gross weight
weigt dase scrap 4 !)
January 26,703 2,471 13,914 6:4 2,390 82,919
February 27,653 2,912 12,720 6: 3 4.1,061 50 : 190
Narci ... 302397 32341 18,672 734 49,542 58,768
Total ... 35 : 355 6,664 43.306 2,051 132,993 362,471
1952
í raunthly
average ) c6,80 2,500 10,198 68 42,769 73,498
1 / Does roi include production by fountries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in dress and brocze cas iacs , chemical practs , etc. 1
Per month
3 Includes recovery from fcreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
Incluies bres.3 mill billets made by irgot mekers .
Equais total produc üicn of a?? metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tit., zine ,
etc.) used by ..ngot riekers .
Table 7. Coprer recoverei 1/ in vnallored and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in Jenuary thrcugł. March 1953 , i.i short tons
From From Total
1 new olà copper
scher scred recovered
By secončary copper sme ter's in January ard. February

12
9,905 37,416 47,321
Marüt ... 5,185 21,776 26,961
11
Jaruary through Mar. 15,000 59,192 74,282
By primary cúpper prcăucers è in Jan. and February. 16,892
11 1 10,792 27,654
ir. Merci... 1,277 7,981 29,258
11 11
January through Marc ! 38,169 18,773 46,942

By brass milis ir Jar: uary and Fetruary . . .
54,637 3.968 18.605
11
March ... |_ 34,466 2,11 ? 36,583
January through March . 2 89,103 6,085 95,183
Total in March ...... 50,928 31,874 82,802
Totals , January through March .. 132,362 24,050 216,412
1952 ( total inonthiy average ) . .. 38,316 26 268 64,524
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous Múrufe.cturers , nou
shown , estimateù at 1,500 tons from new scrap and 7,500 tons from ola scrap per
month .
copper sulfate producea from scrap .
+ 1627
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CONSUFTION OF COPIE A - ZASE SCRO AND TECOVERY THEREFROM

IN APRIL 1953
Consumption of copper-base scrap, ty the three groups responsible for inore than
95 percent of the total used , increased 10 percent in April compared vith the in
crease of 22 percent for the same companies in Warch , according to the Bureau of
incs , United States Department of the Interior . The April consumption by the three
grcuys , 131,000 short tons , was 12,000 tons greater than in March and 37,000 tons
greater than the monthly average in 1952 . The increase over March was caused
chietly by the brass mills , whose treatirent oi No. I copper scrap increased 5,000
tons , of yellow brass 4,000 tons , and of cartridge cases 2,000 tons . Secondary
smelters used 3,000 tons of No. 1I copper scrap in April and the primary producers
2,000 tons . Secondary copper smelters ' use of scrap increased 5 percent to 40,000
tons . Trimary producers ' scrap consumption was slightly less than in arch , to
taling 30,000 tons , of which 16,000 tons was old scrap, compared with 14,000 tons
in March That scrap supply was good is attested by increases in inventories of
brass mills , primary producers and secondary smelters , which rose 6,000 tons , 7,000
tors and 2,000 tons respectively .
Although the secondary smelters ' production of brass ingot was slightly less in
April than in March , their output of refined copper was about a thousand tons greater.
Output of bruss mill products increased 23 percent, or to 61,000 tons , in April ..
Prepared by Archie J. Medcrmid and Helena 1. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson, Chief , E95 € Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
secondary copper smelters in April 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. l vire aná heavy . 2,587 2,718 3,248 2,057

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .
4,000 6,448 6,120 4,329
Composition or soft red brass ... 6,449 ll , 052 10,052 7,448
Railroad car boxes . . 11? 62 25 154
Vellou brass .. 6,405 8,157 7,414 7,148
Cartridge cases . 410 1) -92 64 255
Auto ražiators ( unsweatea ) 4,023 4,887 4,900 4,010
Bronz .
e .
3,553 3,384 2,752 44,185
Nickel silver .
353 322 304 380
LOW crass ... 222 233 206 249
1 )Negative receipts represent shipments greater than receipts .
copper smelters in April 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Opening Receipts Shipinerits Closing
Kind of ingot
stocks to stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,834 1,847 1,656 2,075

Leaded rcd crass ( 85-5-5-5 ). 4,528 9,527 8,879 5,176
High -- leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) .. 2,001 1,349 1,481 1,869
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 1,275 2,300 1,960 1,615
( 75.5.-20 ) 447 558 484 521
Leaded yellow brass (66-1--3-30 ). 1,167 2,667 2,441 1,393
Nickel silver . 232 448 384 296
Lcw brass ... 1 +3 296 262 177
Silicon bronze ... 408 2401 428 381
Miscellaneous . 474 11-33 48 393
Total brags and bronze ingots . 19,424 30,766 28,896 21,294
Miscellanecus copper products produced .. 44,520
Refinei copper consumed in copper - base alloys .. -1,683
base alloys . -1,538
copper -base scrap ... 32,055
1 /Negative proüuction indicatos consumption greater than production .
2
brass mills in April 1953 , gross weight in short tons

Scrap item stocks Receipts or stocie
consumea
No. I wire and heavy . .. 3,443 12,753 10,933 5,268

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.. 356 6,6113 5,928 1,071
Yellor brass .. 11,212 40,384 36,836 14,780
Cartridge eases . 817 4,073 3,834 1,056
Bronze ... 206 306 312 200
Nickel silver , 773 900 836 843
Low brass .... 562 2., 335 2,360 537
Aluminuun bronze . 128 85 72 121
Total copper -base scrap .... 17,482 67,85 61,091 23,876
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper - hase scrap Il in 1953 ,


New scrar Clů scrap used
New scrapola scrap New screp oid scrap
January .
15,306 10,657 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660
February 12,391 10,025 3,048 25,560 39,073 2,343 97,445
March ... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April .... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,725 131,069
Total ... 59 : 556 50,141 33,334 111,627 132,824 12,725 450,257
1952
(monthly
averace ) . 11,515 5,856 7,354 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 /consumtion by foundries , chemical piants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti ..
mated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 10,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shovn
in table ,
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants

cf primary corner producers in April 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Receipts or
Closing
Scrap item
stocks, consumed stocks
No. I wire and heavy ...... 1,281 2,079 2,060 1,300

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . ... 5,354 10,766 10,640 5,480
Refinery brass .... 5,682 6,452 3,631 8,503
LOW - grade scrap and residues .
21,985 18,379 13,932 26,432
Total .... 34,302 37,676 30,263 41,715
3
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 from copper-base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 ] ; Copper Brass Total

Month production , Secondary Primary i chemicals products 3 ) , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters : gross weight base scrap 4 /
January .. 26,703 2,411. 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
Varci , 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April . 30,765 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
Totalis 116,124 9,355 63,499 2,958 193,920 373,240
1952
( monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
facturers which are estima ted to have recovered about 11,000 tons of secondary metal
fron copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc.
per month .
2 / Ecuals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , 1
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper - base scrap in January through April 1953 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By cocondary copper smelt ers January through Mar .. 15,090 59,192 74,282
11
in April .. 5,378 23,334 28,712
11
By primary copper producers 2 ) January throuch Mar. 28,169
11 10
18,773 46,942
in April . 9,989 8,987 18,976
11
Fy brass nills January through arch . 89,103 6,085 1 95,188
11 11 11
in April . 41,756 3,528 1 45,264
11
Total in April . 57,123 35,849 92,972

Totals , January through April 189,485 119,899 309,384
1952 ( total monthly average ) .. 38,316 26,268 64,584
1 ) Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
month .
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CONSULERS REPORT NO . 95
CONSUMPTION OF COPPER - BASE SCRAP AND SECONDARY RECOVERY THEREFROMA

IN MAY 1953
Total recovery of copper , lead, tin, zinc, and aluminum from copper - base scrap
as refined copper by the primary producers and secondary refiners , as copper alloys
by the ingot makers , and as copper and copper alloy sheet ,. rod and tubing by the
brass mills , was. 99,000 short tons in May , according to the Bureau of Mines, United
States Department of the Interior , This total , although 10 percent lower than in
April , was higher than in any of the first three months of 1953. Secondary recovery
by the brass mills and by the secondary smelters was one- eighth less in tay , but the
secondary content of refined copper produced by primary plants was two percent great
er than in April , and exceeded 18,000 tons for the third successive month .
The primary producers increased both their stocks and their consumption of rem
finery brass and residues . The secondary smelters , which consist chiefly of brass
ingot makers , decreased their scrap consumption 4,600 tons and their receipts of
scrap were 10,000 tons lower in May than in April . The smelters ' stocks of scrap at
the end of ay totaled 33,604 tons as compared with their scrap consumption of
35,124 tons .
According to the American Metal Farket , prices paid by refiners for No. 1
copper scrap in carload lots were 22.50 cents a pound at the beginning of the month
and 25 cents a pound at the end . There vias a smaller spread in the prices paid by
these plants for No. 2 copper , for light copper scrap ard for refinery brass . Ingot
makers , according to the same authority, were paying 18 cents for composition scrap
and 14 cents for radiators and heavy yellow brass scrap early in Vay and about half
a cent more for each of these types at the end of the period .
Production of brass ingot in the first 5 month of 1953 was 142,000 tons com
pared with 144,000 tons in the same part of 1952. Primary producers' output of re
fined copper from scrap was 82,000 tons and 49,000 tons in the same two periods .
Output of brass mill products from scrap was 248,000 tons in January through way
1953 and 235,000 tons in the same part of 1952 .
Brass mills used about the same quantity of refined copper in liay as in April ,
whereas the wire mills used 79,000 tons in Say as compared with 74,000 in April .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena ' l. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.
secondary copper smelters in May 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,057 2,071 2,739 1,389
1 !0 . 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 4,329 5,337 5,926 3,740
Railroad - car boxes .. 154 1 / -8 35 ‫בוב‬
Yellow brass ... 7,148 5,698 5,921 6,925
Cartridge cases .... 255 68 159 162
Auto radiators (unsweated ) . • • • 4,010 2,778 3,827 2,961
Bronze ... 4,185 1,928 2,645 3,468
Nickel silver .. 380 248 281. 347
Low brass . 249 210 231 228
Aluminun bronze , ... 182 54 53 183
· Table 2. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary 1

copper smelters in May 1953 , cross weight in short tons
! Shipments
Onening Closing
Kind of ingot Production to
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ..... 2,075 1,207 1,430 1,852

Leaded tin bronze ( 83-6-11-12 ) 1,672 1,836 1,828 :1,680
Icaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 5,176 7,926 8,127 4,975
Icaded semired brass ( 61-3-7-9) 2,969 5,139 5,077 3,031
( 84-6-8-2 ) , 1,615 1,663 1,702 1,576
( 75--5-20 ) . 521 308 345 484
Nickel silver ..... 296 394 336 354
Low brass ... 177 335 219 233
Silicon bronzC ... 381 350 337 394
Conductor bronze .. 63 39. 41 61
Miscellaneous , .. 393 126 1.19 400
Miscellaneous copper products producud ... 4,712
Refined copper consumed in copper -basc alloys . -737
Miscellancous raw materials consumed in copper .
base alloys ..... -1,61.7

Net total second ry recovery from purchased
copper -base scrap... 27,778
1 Negative receipts represent shipments greater than receipts .
2
brass mills in May 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Closing
consumed
No. I vire and heavy ...... 5,268 9,328 9,642 4,954

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light... 1,071 3,510 3,972 609
Yellow brass ... 14,780 33,260 32,730 15,310
Cartridge cases. 1,056 4,102 3,797 1,361
Bronze ... 200 269 252 216
Nickel silver .. 843 586 849 530
Lov! brass ... - 537 1,685 I , 809 413
Total copper -base scrap..... 23,876 52,303 53,140 23,539
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 / in 1953 ,

Secondary Total
Month Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills scrap
used
New scrap ; Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old screpi
January ... 15,306 10,357 : 8,102 25,589 39,892 2,9].5 : 102,660
February .. 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,6445
March .... 17,152 13,703 6,598 29.399 47,484 2,747 i 119,083
April .. 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 i 131,069
May ..... 16,816 14,924 8,893 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
Total ... 76,372 65,065 42,282
!
137,953 231,502 17,187 570,261
1952
( monthly
average ) 11,51.5 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 ) Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .

of primary copper producers, in May 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Milted
Opening Closing
Scrap item ! stocks Receipts or
consumed stocks
No. 1 vire and heavy ..... 1,300 1,501 2,054 747

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.... 5,480 8,289 10,527 3,242
Refinery brass ... -8,503 5,860 3,803 10,560
Lovi- grade scrap and residues . 26,432 17,927 15,356 29,003
Total .. 41,715 33,577 31,740 43,552
3
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Table 6. Production of all metals /
1 from copper- base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons

Month ingot in mil ) recovery
Secondary Primary chemicals products 31 , from copper
production, Secondary
Junnuary ...
• 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
Fooruary . 27,658 1,912 12,720 i 653 41,062 80,790
March ... 30,997 2,342 18,672 784 49,522 98,768
April .. 30,766 3,192 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May , 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 . 53,964 99,294
Total ,: .. 141,544 12,702. 82,076 3,798 247,884 472,534
1952
( monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
facturers which are estima ted to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal 1
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. !
per month .
3 Includes brass mill billcts made by ingot nakers .
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups , 9
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , rofinod and scrap lead, tin ,
zinc , etc , ) used by ingot nakers ,
Table 7 . Copper recovered in uralloyed and alloyed for from copper - base
scrap in January through My 1.953 , in short tons 1 /
Trom From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Ápr ... 20,468 82,526 102,994 1
11
in May .... 5,101 20,024 25,125
11
11
January through May ... 25,569 102,550 128,119
By primary copper producers 2 ) January through Apr. 38,158 27,760 65,918
11 11
in May .. 10,347 9,074 19,421
!
January through lay .. 78,505 36,834 85,339
By brass mills January through April . 130,859 9,613 140,472
in ay .... 35,752 3,268 39,040 !
January through May .... 166,61 ] 12,901 179,512

Total in May ..... 51,200 32,386 83,586
Totals , January through May .. 249,685 152,285 392,970 1
a
1952 ( total monthly average ) .... 36,316 26,269 66,584
1 ) Recovcry by foundries , cheinical pla nts , and miscellaneous manufacturers, not
month .
2 ) Fucovcry by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
copper sulfate produced from scrap ,
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SECONDARY COPPER IN JUNE 1953
Recovery from copper-base scrap by principal consuming groups except foundries,

totaled $ 6,000 short tons in June compared with 99,000 in lay, according to the
Bureau of " ines , United States Department of the Interior, Brass ingot production
declined 8 percent , primary producers output of secondary refined copper 4 percent ,

and secondary recovery in brass mill products 16 percent. June ingot production was
3,000 tons less than the 1952 monthly average ( 26,000 tons) whereas primary producers
secondary refined copper June output was 8,000 tons greater than their 1952 monthly
average ( 10,000 tons ) , and secondary metal recovery in brass mill products was 2,000
tons more than the 1952 monthly average ( 43,000 tons ) .
Consumption of unalloyed copper scrap by all three groups decreased more than
that of any other type . The prices paid for this material by refiners and ingot
makers , according to the American etal Market , dropped about 3 cents a pound in
June , but the prices paid by ingot makers for composition , radiators , and yellow
brass scrap were virtually the same at the end of the month as at the beginning .
Primary producers used 5 percent more scrap in June than in slay but the gain was
in low - grade ma terial , Total consumption of copper - base scrap by secondary smelt
ers was down 17 percent and that of brass mills do'n 15 percent , Use of rufined
copper by brass and wire mills decreased 4,000 and 3,000 tons respectively .
Prepared by Archic J. McDormia and Helena 4. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.

Chief
secondary copper smelters in June 1953 , gross weight in short tons

consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 1,389 2,514 2,594 1,309

Failroad -car boxes ..... 111 67 30 148
Yellow brass .. 6,925 5,027 5,428 6,524
Bronze ..... 3,468 2,038 2,603 2,903
Nicke ? silver 347 384 322 409
Low brass ... 228 207 193 242

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 89-10-2) 1,852 1,431 1,285 1,998

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 4,975 7,199 7,303 4,871
( 34-6-8-2) 1,576 1,610 1,267 1,919
( 75-5-20 ) . 484 371 406 449
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3--30 ) ... 1,315 1,680 1,684 1,311
Nickel silver , 354 367 326 395
Low brass .. 233 94 202 125
Conductor bronzu .. 6? 27 17 71
Hardencrs and special alloys..... 540 550 623 467
Miscellaneous .... 400 186 124 262
Total brass and bronze ingots ........ 21,249 23,422 22,770 21,901
Defined copper consumed in copper-base alloys.... -766
Biscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys..... -1,495
copper -base scrap .. : 23,309
2
brass mills in June 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
conswned
No. 1 wire and heavy . 4,954 6,210 6,423 4,741
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . .
609 2,591 2,815 385
Yellow brass ... 15,310 32,105 30,636 16,779
Cartridge cases 1,361 2,349 2,170 1,540
Bronze .. 216 306 320 202
Low brass ..... 413 2,053 1,912 554
.
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Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 ) in 1953,

Secondary Total
Month Frimary producers Brass mills
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap | New scrap old scrap
January .. 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660
February 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March .... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April ... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May . 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June ... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
Total . 96,336 78,327 49,291 159,969 274,072 19,758 677,753
1952
(monthly
average) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .

of primary copper producers in June 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Opening .Melted Closing
Scrap item Receipts
stocks or !
stocks
consumed
747
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1 ;797 2,330 214

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . • . 3,242 7,194 7,768 2,668
Refinery brass ...... 10,560 5,009 4,494 11,075
Total... 43,552 31,297 33,226 41,623
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons

Month production Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 /, from copper
gross veight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February .. 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
Varch ... 30,997 2,342 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April .. 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
lay .. 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99,294
June... 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 .85,997
Total .. 164,966 13,905 99,882 4,484 293,025 558,531
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
etc. per month .
2 ) Includes recovcry from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers . .

copper-base scrap in January through June 1953 , in short tons
From From Total
new old copper
By sccondary copper smelt ers january through May ... 25,569 102,550 128,119
11 in June..ii 4,311 16,709 21,020
11
By primary copper producers 2 ) January through vay . 78,505 36,834 85,339
in June ..." 11,400 7,078 18,478
January, through June .. | 59,905. 43,912 103,817
By brass mills January through way .. 166,611 12,901 179,512
11 . 11 . in June ... 30 , 604 1,900 32,504
January through June . 197,215 14,801 212,016
Total in Junc .. 46,315 25,687 72,002
Totals , January through June 1287,000 177 972 464,972
1952 ( total monthly average )... 38,316 26,268 64,584

1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not shown ,
cstinated at 1,700 tons from now scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per month .
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SECONDARY COPFER IN JULY 1953
Recovery from copper - base scrap by principal consuming groups , except foundries,
totaled 70,000 short tons in July, compared with 86,000 tons in June , according to
the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior , This recovery included
copper , lead , tin , zinc and aluminum which were elements of the scrap consumed and
which were recovered from it in the form of refined copper , brass ingot , brass -mill
products and chemicals . Brass ingot production declined 13 percent, primary pro
ducers ' output of secondary refined copper 18 percent , and secondary recovery in
brass -mill products 24 percent .
Activity usually is low in July because many plants close or curtail operations
to allow their employees vacations or to change or repair equipment. Secondary pro

duction from corper -base scrap in July 1953 was 10,000 tons greater than in July
1952 , much of the lost production in that month being caused by strikes in brass
mills and the general slowing of business due to the steel strike . Secondary out
put in the first 7 months of 1953 was 65,000 tons greater than in the corresponding
; period of 1952. Primary producers and brass mills produced 48,000 and 22,000 tons
more , respectively, in 1953 than in 1952 , and secondary copper smelters 6,000 tons less.
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Total copper -base scrap consumption by the 3 major groups decreased from 107,000
; tons in June to 87,000 tons in July ; and use of refined copper by brass and wire mills
and secordary smelters decreased from 138,000 tons to 89,000 .
1
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Johnson , Chief, Base ketals Branch, Minerals Division .
secondary copper smelters in July 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted Closing
Scrap item " Opening
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No, l wire and heavy . 1,309 3,317 3,002 1,624

Yellow brass.io 6,524 5,664 5,585 6,603
Cartridge cases ... : 189 219 99 309
Bronze ... :2,903 1,885 2,036 2,752
Nickel silver.i . 409 215 172 452
Low brass .... .242 206 140 308
Aluminum bronze ..... 197 42 119 120
Total.copper - base scrap ... 30,260 26,894 26,253 30,901

copper smelters in July 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Opening Shipments closing

stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2) ... 1,998 1,303 1,415 1,886

Leaded tin bronze (728-6-11-21) ...::::::: 1,320 1,536 1,560 1,796
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,871 6,063 6,887 4,047
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,830 1., 037 1,190 1,677
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,919 1,093 1,272 1,740
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( 75-5-20 ) 249 460 495 414

Aluminum bronze ..... 525 499 537 487
Nickel silver ......... 395 218 286 327
Low brass .... 125 160 190 95
Silicon bronze ......... 390 367 333 224
Conductor bronze ....... .71 27 43 55
Hardeners and special alloys . 467 -598 476 589
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys . : 488
2
brass mills in July 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 385 2,1.86 2,075 496
Yellow brass . 16,779 24,969 23,672 18,076
Cartridge cases 1,540 2,016 1,823 1,733
Bronze ... 202 166 135 233
Nickel silver . 630 647 563 7.14
Low brass.. 554 1,761 1,600 715
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 ) in 1953 ,

Secondary Total
Month scrap
New scrap old scrap used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January ... 15,306 10,857 3,102 25,599 39,891 2,915 102,660
February .. 12 ,3 92 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March . 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,033
April ..... 14,707 15,556 8,636 3.2,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
Hay ...... 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June , 19,964 13,262 7,009 22.,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July...... 12,180 14,276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
Total.i . 108,516 92,603 55,265 | 180,248 306,794 2. , 679 765,105
1952
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 Consumption by foundrics, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .

of primary copper producers in July 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 214 1,872 1,568 517
Refinery brass .... 11,075 5,859 4,936 11,998
Total ... 41,623 34,935 26,456 50,102
3
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons

Refined copper 2 / in mill recovery
Month ingot' .
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 /, from copper
January ... 26,703 2,411 ! 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February . 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 42,061 80,790
March .. 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,763
April .... 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ... 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99,294
June . 23,422 ,1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ...... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
Total... 185,358 14,970 114,565 5,326 327,506 628,417
1952
( monthly
average ) 26,180 2,620 10,193 683 42,769 1 79,498
per month ,
3 / Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin ,
Table 7. Copper recovcred 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
From From Total
ner old copper
By secondary copper smelters

11
in July ... 3,789 15,324 19,113
11 11
By primary copper producers 2 ] January through June 59,905
11 11
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Jul in y 7,9447 1 533 15,477
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By brass'mills January through June.... 197 , 215 14,801 212,016
11
in July .... 23,407 1,359 24,766
Total in July ... 35,140 24,216 59,356
Total , January through July.... 322,140 202,188 1524,328
1952 ( total monthly average ) ... 38,316 ! 26,268 64,584
1 ) Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturcrs, not
shovm , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per month ,
copper sulfato produced from scrap .
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SECONDARY COPPER IN AUGUST 1953 .

Copper scrap operations in August , vhen 92,000 short tons were consumed by the
major groups of consumers , increased 5 percent over July , but were lower than in
other earlier months of th year, according to the Bureau of Fines , United States
Department of the Interior . Secondary smelters increased their consumption by 15

percent , or to 30,000 tons , and the brass mills increased theirs 6 percent , or to
37,000 tons ; but the primary producers decrcascd their consumption by 5 percent , or
to 25,000 tons .
Recovery of copper from copper- buse scrap by principal consuming groups ( not
including foundrics , miscellaneous manufacturers and chemical plants ) increased
slightly , or 5,000 tons over July , which month, however , had the lowest recovcry
figure of the year thus far . Smelters showed the largest incrc ? st , 13 percent ; brass
mills increased 7 percent,, and primary producers 6 porcent . Total recovery of all
metals from copper - bese scrap in August increased 6,000 short tons , or 9 percent , as
compared with July ; recovery in the first 8 months of 1953 was 72.,000 tons greater
than in the same period of 1952 , or an increase of ll percenti
Production of brass ingot increased 4,000 tons in August, or to 24,000 tons ,
and that of brass - mill products 2,000 tons , or to 36,000 tons . Output of secondary
rcfined copper at plants of primary producers increased 1,000 tons , or to 16,000 tons ,
Public Law 221 of the 83d Congress , approved August 7 , 1953 , amended Public Law
869 of the 81st Congress , extending the suspension of dutics on scrap metals , except
lead or zinc , until June 30 , 1954 .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer, under the supervision of C. H.
Johnson , Chief , Base Mctals Branch , minerals Division ,
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 1,624 3,124 3,273 1,475

Yellow brass .. 6,603 5,068 5,245 6,426
Bronze ..... 2,752 2,477 2,671 2,558
Nickel silver ... 452 180 242 391
Low brass . 308 175 185 298
Aluminum bronze . 120 -60 24 36
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

Shipments
Opening Closing
Kind of ingot Production to stocks
stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1,886 1,552 1,450 1,988

Leaded tin bronze ( 886-13-4à) 1,796 1,773 1,807 1,762
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .. 4,047 8,080 7,365 4,262
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 1,677 1,591 1,358 1,910
( 84-6m3-2) . 1,740 1,397 1,110 2,027
( 75-5-20 ) .... 414 660 638 436
Leaded yellow brass (66m1–3-30 ) .. 1,503 1,501 1,485 1,519
Manganese bronze .... 1,72,4 1,311 1,389 1,666
Aluminuin bronze . 487 314 356 445
Nickel silver . 327 280 236 371
Low brass .. 95 257 220 132
Silicon bronze ... 424 376 368 432
Miscellaneous . .. 436 237 66 607
Total brass and bronze ingots ..... 20,548 214, 424 23,243 2,729
Miscellaneous .copper products produced . , 1,488
Refined copper consumed in copper-base alloys .. 293
15 scellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys .. -1,514
2
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Melted Closing
Scrap item Opening
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... , 4,469 4,637 5,684 3,422

Yellow brass ..... 18,076 21,915 23,372 16,619
Cartridge cases ........
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1,733 2,151 2,502 1,382
bronze . 233 163 158 238
Nickel silver .. 714 763 793 684
Low brass . 715 1,379 1,474 620
Aluminum bronze.... 66 175 105 136
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 / in 1953 ,

Month
scrap
New scraploid scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ... 15,306 ; 10,857 8,102 ! 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660

February .. 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
Harch..... 17,152 1.3,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April.... 14,707 15,556 5,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131., 069
May .. 16,816 14,924 3,898 26, 226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June .. 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July ...... 12,180 14,276 5,914 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August.... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
Total .. 121,308 105,060 62,429 203,305 340,462 211,659 857,223
1952
!
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 , 5,118 i 94,412
/Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 2,000 tons of nev' scrap and ? 1,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown
in table .

of primary copper producers in August 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening Closing
stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy ....... 517 1,445 1,670 292

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. i . 3,115 8,246 8,856 2,505
Refinery brass..... 11,998 5,556 5,304 12,250
Total 50,102 25,660 25,249 50,513
3
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 21 Copper Bruss Total

ingot in mill . recovery
Month
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 31 , from copper
gross weight smelter's producers at omelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March .... 30,997 2 , 341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April .. 30,766 3,192 18,193 907 60,927 .110,763
May . 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99 , 294
June . 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,48 ]. 69,886
August .... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
Total... 209,782 16,243 130,137 6,173 363,507 704,722
1952
( monthly
average) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
metal from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products,
etc. per month .
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloycd form from copper - base
I'rom From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smeltcrs January through July .. 33,669 134,583 168,252

11 in August .. 4,389 17,274 2,663
11 11 January through August 38,058 151,857 189,915
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27 January through July 67,849 51,445 119,294
in August .. 8,831 7,592 16,423
11 11
January through August ( 76,680 59,037 135,717
By brass mills January through July ... 2.20,622 16,160 236,782
11 11
in August ..... 24,378 2,205 26,583
January through August. 245,000 18,365 263,365
Total in August .. 37,598 27,071 64,669
Total , January through August .. 359,738 229,259 588,997
1952 ( total monthly average ).... 26,268
38,316 64,584
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellancous manufacturers , not shown:
estimated at 1,700 tons from now scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per month.
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SECONDARY COPPER IN SEPTEI DER 1953
Total consumption of copper - base scrap by 'smelters and refiners , brass and wire
mills , after increasing 5 percent in August , ' declined 8 percent or to 85,000 short
tons in September , according to the Bureau of Wines , United States Department of
the Interior . Septemier was the lowest month of the elapsed portion of the year in
this regard . Consumption by smelters and brass mills was lowered 12 and 11 percent
respectively whereas primary refiners increased their use of scrap 2 percent . In
spite of lowered domestic scrap melting , prices quoted for both alloyed and unalloyed
scrap were about as high at the end of September as at the beginning because of
strong export demand . Scrap stocios held by brass mills and secondary smelters dem
creased 2,900 tons ; those of the primary producers increased 3,600 tons but the
rise was in low - grade material ,
Production of brass ingot decreased 2,300 tons but shipments rose 900 tons .
There was a decline of 4,100 tons in secondary metal content of brass nill products
and a 600- ton rise in output of refined copper from scrap by primary producers.

secondary copper smelters in September 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item Receipts or stocks
stocks
consumed
No. l.wire and heavy . 1,475 2,693 2,303 1,365

Yellow brass , ... 6,426 4,654 4,757 6,323
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . • • •
2,592 3,118 2,944 2,766
Bronze ... 2,558 1,967 2,309 2,216
Nickel. silver . 391 194 168 417
Low brass... 298 176 154 320
Low-orade scrap and residues ... 5,967 2,635 3,015 5,587
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass inget at secondary

Shipments
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 8-10-2 ) 1,989 1,354 1,464 1,878

Teaded tin oronze ( 8806-12-142 ) 1,762 1,590 1,820 1,532
Leaded red brass (25-5-5-5 ) ... 4,262 7,196 7,710 3,748
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,910 871 1,113 1,668
( 81. - 6-3-2 ) 2,027 1,428 1,415 2,040
( 75-5-20 ) 436 .65)
.
667 420
Leaded yellow brass 166-1-3-30 ) . 1,519 1,387 1,588 1,318
Nickel silver ...... 372 251 283 334
Low brass .....
, .. 132 218 223 122
Miscellaneous ..... 607 1 / -13 16 548

Refined copper consumed in cooper -base alloys .. 502
base alloys ... --] , 344
copper -base scrap .. 21. , 655
2
brass mills in September 1953 , gross weight in short tons .
Melted
stocks Reccipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 3,422 3,286 4,656 2,052

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 490 2,625 2,708 . 407
Yellow brass .. 16,619 19,835 19,810 16,644
Cartridge cases .......... 1,382 2,108 2,830 660
Bronze ... 238 192 162 268
Nickcl silver ......... 684 713 811 586
Low brass .. 620 1,633 1,596 657
Aluminum bronze .. 136 ‫בב‬ 62 85
Total coppcrmba se scrap . 23,591 30,403 32,635 21,359
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper- base scrap 1 ) in 1953,

Secondary
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Primary producers Brass Mills Total
Month
copper smeltcrs
scrap
Nevs scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ... 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660
February .. 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March .... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29 , 399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April . 14,707 1.5,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May ... 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June ...... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,572 107,492
July ...... 12,180 14,276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August .... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
September , 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
To tal 136,669. 115,536 68,696 223,662 369,733 28,023 942,319
1952
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 33,080 5,118 94,412
1 / Consumption by foundrius, chemical plants, and miscellancous manufacturers esti
mated at 2,000 tons of incw scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shovin
in table .
Table 5. ' Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in : Scptémbér 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 292 3,028 2,946 374

Refinery brass ... 12,250 3,718 4,548 11,420
Total . 50,513 29,480 25,837 54,156
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27 Copper Brass , Total
Month 1 ingot in mill recovery
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight: base scrap 4 /
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March ... 30,997 2,341 i 18,672 784 49,542 98,768.
April ..... 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ... 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964. 99,294
June ...... 23,422 1., 203 17,806 686 45,141 . 85,997
July...... 20,392 1,065 14,683 " 842 34,481 69 , 886
August ... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September . 22,106 1,305 16,180 7909 31,914 70,449
Total ... 231,888 17,548 146,317 .. 6,963 395,421 775,171
1952
(monthly
average) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronzt , castings , chemical products , etc.
per month .
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , rcfincd and scrap lead , tin,
zinc , etc.) used by ingot makers ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through September 1953, in short tons
From From Total
| New old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Aug ... 38,058 151,857 189,915
11
in September , ... 3,921 15 , 221 19,142
11
January through Scpt .. ! 41,979 167,078 209,057
By primary copper producers 2 ) January through Aug : 76,680
11 11
59,037 135,717
in September ... 10,479 6,453 ,16,932
11
January through Sept .. 87,159 65,490 152 , 649
By brass mills January through August. 245,000 18,365 263,365
11
in September .. 21,279 2,489 23,768
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11
January through September . 266 , 279 20,854 287,233
Total in September , ... 35,679 24,163 59,842
Total , January through September .. 395,417 253,422 648,839
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , anu miscellaneous manufacturers , not

month ,
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Consumption of copper -base scrap by the three groups which use seven -eighths of
the total was 87,000 short tons in October , or 103 percent of that used in September,
according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . Con
sumption by the secondary smelters , most of which are brass ingot makers , was 32,000
tons , compared with 27,000 in September . Brass mill consumption rose 7 percent to
35,000 tons whereas use of scrap by primary producers decreased 20 percent , or to
21,000 tons . Output of the last -named group is usually about 10 to 15 percent from
scrap which is used to supplement the supply of ore and concentrates .
Price quotations of major classifications of copper - base scrap were from 1 to 2

cents higher at the end of October than at the beginning . Demand for scrap for ex
1 port continued to be strong . The American Metal Market quoted New York dealers '
buying prices for composition solids at 15 cents per pound in the beginning of Cctober
and 16.5 cents at the end .
Total recovery of copper from old scrap by the three principal groups was
279,000 tons , or 39 percent of the total recovery , in the first 10 months of 1953 ,
compared with 265,000 , or 41 percent of the total , in the same portion of 1952 . Of
these 10 -month totals the secondary smelters , brass mills , and primary producers
recovered 66 percent, 8 percent , and 26 percent , respectively , in 1953 and 72 percent ,
15 percent , and 13 percent 1952. In other works there was a decrease in the percent
age of recovery from old scrap by secondary smelters and brass mills and an increase
by primary producers in 1953 compared with 1952. An important factor in these changes
was no doubt the fact that use of scrap was under Government control in most of 1952
whereas controls were largely removed in 1953. More information regarding such
trends and others will be available when annual statistics for 1953 are available .
Although consumption of copper -base scrap increased 3 percent in October recovery of
: metals from the 87,000 tons processed in October was 75,000 tons compared with
71,000 in September, representing an increase of 6 percent and indicating that the
scrap consumed in October was of higher grade than that used in September .

Johnson , Chief , Ease Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
1

stocks
stocks consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 1,365 3,077 2,628 1,814

Oomposition or soft red brass .. .
5,256 7,641 8,871 4,026
Railroad - car boxes , 170 18 72 116
Yellow brass .... 6,323 5,709 5,989 6,043
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 2,766 1 3,250 3,887 2,129
Bronze .. 2,216 2,988 3,084 2,120
Nickel silver . 417 242 247 412
Low brass ... 320 342 263 399
Total copper-base scrap... 27,397 30,384 31,873 25,908

Shipments
Opening Closing
Kind of ingot stocks
Production : to
stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ..... 1,878 1,547 1,699 1,826

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5--5 ) .... 3,748 9,106 7,986 4,868
High -- leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,668 1,622 1,432 1,858
84-6-8-2 ) 2,040 1,790 1,240 2., 590
( 75-5-20) . 420 598 -590 428
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,318 1,700 1,569 1 , ‫وبابا‬
Nickel silver .. 334 329 314 349
Low brass ... 122 240 264 98
Hardeners and special alloys .... 497 645 622 520
Total brass and bronze ingots ..... 19,734 26,478 24,517 i 21,695
Miscellaneous copper products produced .......... 2,198
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys .. - 522
base alloys , ... -1,429
coppet - hase scrap .... 26,725
2
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 2,052 5,264 5,914 1,402

No. 2 ,wire , mixed heavy and light . 407 2,983 2,790 600
Yellow brass .... 16,644 20,764 20,568 16,840
Cartridge cases . 660 2,449 2,602 507
Bronze ..... 268 142 185 225
Low brass ... 657 1,628 1,812 473
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 / in 1953,

Secondary Total
Month Brass mills
Primary producers copper smelters scrap
New scrap oid scrap old scrap
New scrap 10ld New scrap old scrap used
January ... 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 ! 2,915 102,660
February . 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March ..... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April . 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May .. 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June . 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July ... 12,180 14,276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August.. 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
September . 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
October ... 11,449 9,219 8,629 23,244 31 , 240 3,597 87,378
Total ... 148,118 124,755 77,325 246,906 400,973 31,620 1,029,697
1952
( monthly
average 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
17 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants of

primary copper producers , in October 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted closing
Opening
Scrap item stocks Receipts ΟΥ stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy..... 374 2,460 2,480 354
Refinery brass .... · 11,420 4,415 3,040 12,795
Total , ... 54,156 32,246 20,668 65,734
3
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 ) Gopper Brass Total

Month
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ , from copper 3
gross weight; smelters producers at smelters gross weight ,base scrap

January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February .. 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March ... 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April .. 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May . 25,420 2,847 18,577 ..840 53,964 99,294
June 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July .. 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
August.... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
October .. 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
Total ... 258,366 19,684 159,791 7,482 429,524 849,930
1952
monthly
average) 26,180 10,198 683
2,610 42,769 79,498
etc. per month ,
2) Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3 / Includes brass mill billets made by Ingot makers .
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc ,
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
From From Total
nev ola copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Sept .. 41,979 167,078209,057
11 18 11
in October 5,599 17,082 22,681
11 11 11
January through Oct ... 47,578 184 , 160 231,738
By primar y cop11 per producers 2 ) January through Sept 87,159 65,490 152,649
11 11 11
in October .. 8,323 5,662 13,985
11 11 11
January through Oct. 95,482 71,152 166,634
By brass mills January through September .. 266,279 20,854 287,133
11
in October.. 22,941 2,788 25,729
11 11 11
January through October ... 289,220 23,642 312,862
Total in October 36,863 25,532 62,395
Total , January through October ........ *432,280 278,954 711,234
1952 ( total monthly average ) ..... 38,316 26,268 64,584
1) Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
shown, estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per month ,
2) Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of copper
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CONSULERS REPORT NO . 101
SECONDARY COPPER IN NOVEMBER 1953
Consumption of copper-base scrap in November ( 83,000 short tons) and recovery

therefrom ( 64,000 tons ), by the three principal consuming groups , were lower than
for any month since July 1952 , according to the Bureau of lines, United States
Department of the Interior , Scrap consumption at brass mills and secondary smelt
ers decreased 7,000 and 3,000 tons , respectively, and increased 5,000 tons at pri
mary producers ' plants . The changes involved were chiefly in old scrap .
The trend toward increased use of old scrap by primary producers and decreased
use oy brass mills and smelters continued . Although total consumption of scrap by
the first group was 25 percent higher in November than October , the use of lower
grade material resulted in slightly decreased output of secondary refined copper by

these plants . The low- grade scrap consumed by primary producers consists of re
finery hrass and irony brass , which are largely old scrap , and skimnings , which are
all new scrap . Secondary metal content of brass -mill products ( 28,000 tons) in
November was the lowest monthly total since July 1949 when the total was 14,000
tons .
Prices paid by dealers for copper-hase scrap were from ' a half to one cent
higher at the end of lovember thani at the beginning , despite the lowered domestic
consumption , the market being considerably influenced by continued high export de

mand ,
Prepared by Archie J. IcDermid and Helena l... Heyer , under the supervision of C. H.
Johnson , Chief , Base Letals Francia, " inerals Division ,
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at secondary
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,814 3,186 3,084 1,916

Yellow brass ... 6,043 4,846 4,908 5,981
Ironze . 2,120 2,426 2,647 1,899
Nickel silver .. 412 254 208 458
Low brass .. 399 370 359 420

Opening Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-0-2 ) .. 1,826 1,032 1,262 1,596

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-43) .. 1,650 1,758 1,774 1,634
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,868 7,128 8,058 3,938
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10-0 ). 1,858 1,196 1,212 1,842
84-6-8-2 ) . 2,590 1,023 1,325 2,288
( 75-5-20-0 ) 428 617 634 421
Nickel silver . 349 183 252 280
Low brass .... 98 273 270 101
Silicon bronze .. 342 498 412 428
s
Miscellaneou .... 396 96 210 282

2
Table 3. . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at
brass mills in November 1953, cross weight in short tons
Melted
Closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,402 3,989 3,767 1,624

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 600 2,448 2,329 719
Yellow brass .. 16,840 17,345 17,196 16,989
Cartridge cases . 507 2,935 2,364 1,078
Bronze ... 225 156 53 328
Nickel silver . 502 790 803 489
Low brass.... 473 2,091 1,572 992
Total cooper - base scrap . 20,631 29,826 28,126 22,331
Table 4o Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 ) in 1953 ,


Total
used
New scrap old scran Nerv scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January ..... 15 ; 305 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915. 102,660

February 12,391 10,025 8,04: 8 25,560 39,073 2,3448 97,4215
March .... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,4844 2,747 119,083
April , ..... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
Hay ........ 16,816 14,9244 8,898 26,225 48,678 4,462 120,004
June ... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July ........ 12,180 lli , 276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921!! 87,352
August...... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
emr
Septbe ber ... 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
Octo ..... 11,4449 9,219 8,629 23,244 31,240 3,597 87,378
November . , . 11,928 13,823 8,743 20,300 25,020 3,106 82,920
Total ... 160,046 138,578 86,058 267,206 425,993 34,726 11,112,617
1952
( monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 2,000 tons of new scrap aïld 11,000 tons of old scrap per month , not show
in table .

of primary copper producers , in November 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 3514 1,728 1,748 334
Refinery brass ..... 12,795 4,512 5,528 11,779
To tal... 65,7344 22,142 25,751 62,125
Table 6. Production of all inetals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons

Month ingot Refined copper 2 / in mill recovery
production , Secondary Primary : chemicals products 3 ), from copper--
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross.weight bese scrap 4
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,934 614 42,390 82,919
February .. 27,698 1,912 12,720 653. 41 ; 061 80,790
March . 30,997 2,341 18,672 : .784 -49,542 98,768
April . 30,766 3,191 18,193 90.7. 60,927 110,763
May .. 25,420 2,847 18,577 840, 53,964 99,294
June ... 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ..... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 ... 34,481 69,886
August .... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September , 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
October.is 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
November .. 22,170 1,925 13,415 601 27,597 64,139
Total . , 280,536 21,609 173,206 8,083 457,121 914,069
1952
( monthly
average) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
month .
3/ Includes brass mill billcts made by ingot makers .
/ Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap hy these groups ,
etc.) used by ingot makers .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in una..loyed and alloyed form from copper - base
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Oct ... 47,578 184,160 . 231,738
11
11
in November .. 5,176 15,307 20,483
January through Nov ... 52,754 199,467 252,221
By primary copper producers 2 January through Oct. 95,482 71,152 166,634
11 11
in November .. 7,554 6,452 14,006
11
January through Nov .. 103,036 77,604 180,640
By brass mills January through October ..
11
289,220 23,642 312,502
in November ... ! 17,959 2,372 20,331
January through November . 307,179 26,014 333,193
Total in November .. 30,689 24,131 54,820
Total , January through November . 1462,969 : 303,085 76,054
1952 ( total monthly average ) ...... 38,316 -64,584 26,268
1/ Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and iniscellaneous manufacturers , not
shom , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600: tons' from old scrap per month .
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper.and. copper content of copper
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SECONDARY COPPER IN DECE: BER 1953 AND

PRELIMINARY TO TALS FOR 1953
Consumption of copper -base scrap by primary refiners, secondary smelters and

brass mills increased 10 percent in December , or to 91,000 short tons , after a de
cline of 5 percent in November , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior , Recovery of all secondary metals from copper - base scrap
rose 12 percent in December and the copper content of all metals recovered increased
13 percent , Scrap consumption at secondary smelters , primary producers , and brass
mills increased l percent, 13 percent, and 16 percent , respectively , in December ,
of the total scrap consumed by the foregoing groups in 1953, the secondary
smelters used 383,000 tons , or 32 percent, the primary producers 328,000 tons, or
27 percent, and the brass mills 493,000 tons , or 41 percent . The smelters recovered
as secondary metal 85 percent of the scrap they consumed, the primary producers
60 percent, and the brass mills 98 percent, the percentages being an indication of
the average grade of the scrap used , not of the efficiency of the plants ." of the
1,133,000 tons consumed by the three groups in 1952, the secondary smelters used
35 percent , or 394,000 tons, the primary producers 19 percent, 220,000 tons , and the
brass mills 46 percent, or 518,000 tons . Thus the primary producers largely in
creased their use of scrap in 1953 , while the other two groups experienced small
decreases .
Activity in scrap and secondary copper operations was greater in the first half
of 1953 than in the second , Recovery of metal from copper - base scrap , as published
in monthly reports , totaled 559,000 tons in the first half of the year , compared
with 428,000 tons in the second half . Important factors influencing industrial op
erations were the removal of price ceilings in February and the beginning of the
armistice in Korea in July ,
Dealers prices in New York for No , I copper wire scrap were quoted at 24 cents
per pound in the beginning of December and 23,5 cents at the end . . Composition
solids sold for 17.5 cents at the beginning of the month and a shade lower at the
end . Between January 1 and December 31 , 1953 , the price for No. 1 wire rose from
19 cents to 23.5 , but the price for composition solid scrap decreased a cento
port demand helped to keep the price of scrap from falling in the later months of
the year .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C , H ,

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division.
secondary copper smelters in December 1953 and preliminary
totals for year , Toss weight in short tons
Scrap item Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy ....... 1,916 2,828 2,710 2,034
Railroad -car boxes .. 175 1 / -46 33 96
Yellow brass .... 5,981 5,184 5,209 5,956
Cartridge cases . .
384 30 52 362
Bronze ..... 1,899 2,824 2,272 2,451
Nickel silver ..... 458 229 197 490
Low brass ... 410 192 362 240
Aluminum bronze , ... 42 25 23 44
Preliminary total for 1953 ... 35,174 374,504 382,722 26,956
1 Negative receipts represent shipments greater than receipts.
Table 2. Stocks i production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary
December 1953 Total
Kind of ingot Shipments produc
Opening Production Closing
to tion
stocks stocks
consumers in 1952
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,596 1,351 1,267 1,680 18,430
Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-4 ) . 1,634 1,492 1,582 1,544 21,116
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 )... 3,938 8,169 7,666 4,441 98,055
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .. 2,883 5,236 ‫بلباورما‬ 3,175 59,924
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,842 1,199 1,222 1,819 16,895
84-6-8-2) 2,288 1,098 1,082 2,304 17,115
( 75-5-20 ). 411 373 392 392 6,491
Manganese bronze .. 1,478 1,280 1,412 1,346 18,085
Aluminum bronze . 434 333 490 5,077
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Nickel silver ... 280 267 218 329 3,709

Low brass ... 101 177 159 119 3,051
Silicon bronze ... 428 228 338 318 4,542
Conductor bronze .. 79 29 36 72 542
Hardeners and special alloys ..... 524 634 533 625 7,472
Miscellaneous ... 282 133 226 189 1,741
Total brass and bronze ingots . 19,602 23,455 22,802 20 , 255 303,991
Miscellaneous copper products produced .... 1,644 31,079
alloys .. -300 -10,424
copper - base alloys ........ -1,741 -18,10
chased copper - base scrap ... 23,058 306,543
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brass mills in December 1953 and preliminary, totals for year ,
csoport Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks Receipts or "
stocks
consumed

No. 2 wire , mixéd heavy and light .. 719 2,821 ? 2,986 . 554 :.
Yellow brass .. 16,989 20 ,271 18,563 2018,697
Cartridge cases . 1,078 . 3,535 3,80286 811
.
Bronze .. - 328 . : 214 . -72 470
Hickel silver ... 489 997 922 564
Low brass..... ‫܀܀‬ .992 , 1,819 1,689 1,122
Total copper base scrap.ro 22,331 34,584 32,659 24,256
Preliminary total for 1953 ... 21,807 495,827 493,378 24,256

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Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper- base scrap - 17 in 1953 by

months and preliminary totals for year, gross weight in short tons
OM
HIC Total
Secondary
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap, old scrap New scrap old scrap .
Tot
January .. 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 by 2,915 . 102,660
February 12,392 10,025 8,048 - 25,560 39,0730 2,348,. 97,445
March ... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29 , 399 47,484 2,747, 119,083
April .... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May ...... 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,6785 4,462 120,004
June ..... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571.. 207,492
July .... 12,180 14,276 5,9744 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August ... 12,792 12,457 7,164 : 23,057 33,668 2,980 .. 92,118
September 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,2713,364 .. 85,096
October .. 11,449 9,219 8,629 23,244 31,240 3,597 87,378
November , 11,928 13,823 8,743 20,300 25,020 3,106 or 82,920
December 14,266 14,747 8,476 20,972 28,180 4,479
v 191,120
Prelimi
nary total
for 1953. 174,312 153,325 94,544 288,178 454,173 39,205 1,203,737
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers

estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap per month ; not ..
shown in table .
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plants of primary copper producers in December 1953 and preliminary
Scrap item Receipts consumed stocks
stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 334 2,630 2,536 428

No. 2 wire , mixed beavy and light . 2,330 6,799 6,989 2,140
Refinery brass .... 11:,779 5,063 5,560 11,282
Low - grade scrap and residues . 47,682 , 12,456 13,928 . 46,210
Total.. 62,125 26 ‫باور‬. 29,013 60,060
Preliminary total for 1953 ..... 31,881 355,816 327,637 60,060
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1953

by months and preliminary totals for year , In short tons
Brass , Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass Total
Month ingot in mdll recovery
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 ), from copper ,
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap
January .... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February . 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March .. 30,997 2,341 18,6721 784 49,542 98,768
April . 30,766 3,191 18,1931 907 60,927 110,763
May ... 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 , 99,294
June . 23,422 1,203 S 17,806 686 45,141 ..85,997
July 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 .69,886
August . 24,424 1,273 15,572 ) 847 36,001 76,305
September . 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
October .. ... 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
November . 22,170 1,925 13,415 601 27,597 64,139
December ... 23,455 1,551 16,379 724 31,994 72,062
Preliminary
total for
1953... 303,991 23,160 189,585 8,807 489,115 986,131
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products ,etc. per me
Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ;
etc. ) used by Ingot makers .
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Table 7. Copper recovered from scrap in 1953 , in short tons
By primary pro By secondary By brass mills 2 Total

Month ducers 1 from smelters 2 ) from from
copper
recovered
New scrap old screp New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January .. 9,203 5,288 4,842 18,986 27,487 2,165 67,971

February 7,689 5,504 5,063 18,430 27,1.50 1,803 65,639
March .... 11,277 7,981 5,185 21,776 34,466 2,117 82,802
April .... 9,989 8,987 5,378 23,334 41,756 3,528 92,972
May.i ... 10,347 9,074 5,101 20,024 35,752 3,288 83,586
June . 11,400 7,078 4,311 16,709 30,604 1,900 72,002
July ..... 7,944 7,533 3,789 15,324 23,407 1,359 59,356
August ... 8,831 7,592 4,389 17,274 24,378 2 , 205 64,669
September 10,479 6,453 3,921 15,221 21,279 2,489 59,842
October .. 8,323 5,662 5,599 17,082 22,941 2,788 62,395
November , 7,554 6,452 5,176 15 , 307 17,959 2,372 54,820
December . 9,453 7,605 5,155 15,537 20,626 3,311 61,687
Prelimi
nary
total
for 1953 112,489 85,209 57,909 215,004 327,805 29,325 827,741
From From Total
new scrap old scrap copper
recovered
3y primary producers in 1953 . 112,000 85,000 197,000

secondary smelters in 1953 .. 58,000 215,000 273,000
brass mills in 1953 . 328,000 29,000 357,000
By foundries in 1953 ... 18,000 36,000 104,000
By chemical plants in 1953 ... 2,000 5,000 7,000
3/ Total secondary copper recovered in
1953 from copper - base scrap ..... 518,000 420,000 938,000
3 / Total secondary copper recovered from
other than copper -base scrap in 1953 ... 11,000 3,000 14,000
3 / Total secondary copper recovered in 1953 529,000 423,000 952,000
1/ Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
Recovery includes unalloyed copper and copper content of alloys produced from scrap
3/ Estimated .
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::: CONSUMERS REPORT NO . 103
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN JANUARY 1954 1 /

Consumption of copper - base scrap in January by secondary copper smelters,
brass mills , and primary plants using scrap in addition to primary materials , was
reported to be 85,000 short tons , which is 7 percent less than in December , accord
ing to the Bureau of Mines , United States; Department of the Interior . Consumption
by remaining groups , including foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
facturers was estimated to be 13,000 tons , The operations of the secondary smelt
ers.were more stable in November, December and January than those of the other two
groups , their consumption decreasing 2 percent in January , compared with a 1-per
cent increase in December , Consumption by the brass mills declined 12 percent,
compared with a 13 - percent increase in December , and the primary producers ' con
sumption of scrap decreased 5 percent, compared with a 16 - percent increase in
December Total consumption of serap was 6,000 tons less in January than in Decem
ber, but 2,000 tons greater than in November .
Production from scrap by secondary copper smelters in January 1954 , including

brass ingot and refined copper , was 26,000 tons , compared with 25,000 in December
and 34,000 tons in April 1953, which was the month of highest total secondary pro
duction from copper - base scrap in 1953 . Corresponding figures for primary producers
were 14,000 tons of refined copper compared with 16,000 and 18,000 tons , and 28,000
tons of brass -mill products , compared with: 32,000 and 61,000 tons . These figures
represent percentage decreases in scrap operations' of 24 percent for the smelters,
26 percent for the primary producers , and 54 percent for the brass mills between
April 1953 and January 1954.
Export demand and the high price of refined copper had a sustaining effect on
copper - base scrap prices in January , as they had in 1953;' but the brass mills and
the secondary smelters had difficulty in obtaining scrap 14 competition with the
primary producers and exporters ,
The prices paid by smelters for composition scrap' were about a cent less in
1953 than they were just previous to removal of price control's in February 1953 ,
but the price received for composition ingot wa's 27.5 cents a pound under price con
trols and 24.5 cents at the end of 1953. The price of refined copper in the same
period increased after some instability from 24.5 cents , the approxima te ceiling
price, to a range of 292 to 30 cents in late April, and remained at that level for
the remainder of the year.
1 The brass mill questionnaire, Form 6m1115-MS, was revised at the beginning of
( Continued on page 3)

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division ,
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased: coppermbase scrap at
Melted
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stocks
consumed
No 1 wire and heavy .... 2,034 2,581 2,908 1,707

Yellow brass .. 5,956 4,217 4,754 5,419
Cartridge cases .. 362 1-148 50 164
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) .. 1,920 3,239 3,490 1,669
Bronze . 2,451 2,537 2,841 2,147
Nickel silver ... 490 236 206 520
Low brass . 240.1 280 235 285
Total copper- base scrap ............... 26,9561 27,810 28,793 25,973

copper smelters in January 1954, gross weight in short tons.

stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ....., 1,680 1,361 1,447 1,594

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-14 ) .......... : 1,544 1,733 1,579 1,698
Leaded red brass ( 85--5-5-5 ) ...... 4,441 8,567 8,312 4,696
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7–9 ) . 3,175 4,043 3,948 3,270
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-20 ) ........ 1,819 1,134 1,111 1,842
( 84-682) 2,304 1,496 1.,400 2,400
( 75–5m20 ) ......... 392 650 610 432
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ......... 1,412 1,301 1,355 1,358
Nickel silver ... 329 226 283 272
Low brass .. 119 115 142 92
Hardeners and special alloys .............. 625 552 616 561
Miscellaneous ..... 189 128 102 215
Total brass and bronze ingots ........ 20,255 23,239 1 22,862 20,632
Miscellaneous copper products produced ...soov. 2,406
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ..... -328
base alloys..... -1,511
copper - base scrap ...... 23,806
2
Table 3. Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in January 1954 ,
Melted
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stocks 1 consumed stocks ]

Yellow brass . 35,909 17,393 18,194 35,108
Gartridge cases . 811 1,783 1,954 640
Bronze .. 2,029 2 /-252 180 1,597
Nickel silver . 1,728 599 980 1,347
Low brass .. 4,568 1,316 1,448 4,436
1/ Stocks include home scrap ; in previous months purchased scrap only was reported .
2) Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1 ) in

Secondary Total
Month used
New scrap | old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
1953
( monthly
average ) 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 | 100,312
1) Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
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No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 428 1,544 1,472 500

Refinery brass .... 11,282 3,471 5,630 9,123
Total . 60,060 19,320 27,524 51,856
1 / ( Continued from page 1)

1954 , to provide for the reporting of all stocks of copper - base scrap , including both
home , or run -around , and purchased scrap . Brass mill purchased scrap is , in general ,
similar to that generated in their plants . Separate inventories of these two types
of scrap are difficult to record and separation either in physical or book inventorie :
is not usually attempted . The mills do , however , keep records of receipts and con
sumption , in their casting departments , of both kinds of scrap . Data on receipts and
consumption of purchased scrap will still be reported by the mills and published by
the Bureau of Mines .
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in

Month
production , Secondaryl Primary chemicals products 3/ , from copper
gross weight ismelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4,
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
1953
(monthly
average ) 25,333 1 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products , etc.
2/ Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toli basis .
3/ Includes brass -mill billets made by Ingot makers .
// Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc.)
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from

By primary pro By secondary By biass mills
Month Total
ducers 2 / from smelters from from
copper
New scrap old scrap! New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap recovere.
January ...... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
1953
( monthly
average ) .... 9,374 1 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
17 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
ēstimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
Table 8. Exports of copper-base scrap from the United Status in 1953 ,

in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce)
Month Unalloyed Copper - base
copper scrap alloy scrap
January . 567 112
February . 819 423
March .... 350 196
April ... 445 231
May .. 701 103
June . 487 598
July .. 2,000 881
August .... 4,128 1,300 1
September . 6,382 3,492
October .. 6,260 6,392
November . 5,100 7,985
December . 7,329 11,900
Total .. 34,568 33,613
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN FEBRUARY 1954
Production of secondary metal as brass ingot , refined copper , in brass -mill

products , and in copper chemicals at smelters , was virtually the same in February
as in January , totaling 66,000 short tons , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . The total secondary copper recovered
in these products was 56,000 tons in each of the above months . The 10,000 - ton
difference represents the tin, lead, zinc , and other metals contained in the
products of the smelters and brass mills . The source of these metals was the
copper -alloy scrap consumed to make them . Some of the scrap consumed by the pri
mary refiners such as refinery brass, irony brass, and skimmings, contains other
ſ metals than copper , but only the copper is recovered , except that the flue dust
and Cottrell precipitates , which contain metallic oxides , are usually treated for
recoverable values . Minor quantities of zinc , lead , and tin scrap are also used
in making copper - base alloys , but the recovery figures given represent only metals
recovered from copper - base scrap . Metals recovered in copper -base products from
other than copper -base scrap are calculated for annual data only .
Although secondary output was about the same in February as in January , that
of the brass mills increased 1,800 tons , or 7 percent , and that of the primary
producers 400 tons , or 3 percent, whereas the production of the secondary copper
smelters, including brass ingot , refined copper and chemicals, declined 2,500 tons ,
or 11 percent .
Consumption of copper -base scrap by each of the three groups of consumers

mentioned was in proportion to output . The trend in brass mill operations was
toward greater consumption of refined copper in proportion to scrap . Consumption
of scrap by brass mills in January and February combined was 68 percent of their
consumption of refined copper , compared with 77 percent in 1952 and 76 percent in
1951 .
According to the American Metal Market, dealers were paying 22.5 cents per
pound for No. 1 copper scrap , and 16 cents for composition solids at the beginning
of February , and 22.5 and 16.5 cents , respectively , for these items at the end of
the month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115 were 24.5 and 23.5
cents .

Opening Melted
Scrap item or
closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 1,707 2,620 2,608 1,719

Yellow brass ... 5,419 4,801 4,586 5,634
Auto radiators (unsweated )..... 1,669 2,717 2,840 1,546
Bronze . . . . . 2,147 2,607 2,348 2,406
Nickel silver . 520 130 228 422
Low brass . 285 358 261 382
Aluminum bronze... 44 20 16 48
Total copper -base scrap... 25,973 26,546 26,974 25,545
Table 2 . Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

Shipments
Opening closing
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) .......... 1,594 1,352 1,256 1,690

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-12-43).. 1,698 1,481 1,639 1,540
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ..... 4,696 6,894 7,420 4,170
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 )..... 3,270 3,478 3,548 3,200
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 )..... 1,842 1,024 1,142 1,724
( 84-6-8-2 ) ..... 2,400 1,386 1,478 2,308
( 75-5-20 ).. 432 516 474 474
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )....... 1,358 1,446 1,510 1,294
Aluminum bronze .... 434 335 345 424
Nickel silver .. O 272 266 214 324
Low brass .. 92 202 190 104
Miscellaneous ... 215 161 118 258
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys... -266
2
Table 3 . Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in February 1954 ,
Melted Closing
Opening
stocks 1 consumed
stocks 1 /
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 3,750 3,983 3,669 4,064
Yellow brass .. 0 0 35,108 19,850 19,660 35,298
Cartridge cases .. 640 2,415 2,349 706
Bronze .. 1,597 96 303 1,390
Nickel silver . . .
1,347 729 786 1,290
Low brass ... 4,436 2 / -152 1,861 2,423
1 Stocks include home scrap .
Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .
Table 4 . Consumption of old and new copper --base scrap 1 ) in

Primary producers Seconiary Brass mills
Total
Month copper smelters
SCIRO
New scrap oid scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February . 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
Total .. 28,217 27,447 15,704 40,063 52,647 6,779 170,857
1953
( monthly
average ) . 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1/ Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers estimated
at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown in tsble.

of primary copper producers in February 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
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Scrap item Stocks Receipts Or
stocks
consumer
No. 1 wire and heavy . 500 1,726 1,776 450
Refinery brass ... 9,123 4,106 6,183 7,046
Total ..... 51,856 21,825 28,140 45,541
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in mill recovery
Month ingot
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 33/, from copper
gross weight smelters prod ucer s at smelters gross weight base scrap 4
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
Total . 43,954 4,409 28,908 1,081 58,080 132,994
1953
( monthly
average ) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
1/ Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manu
facturers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal
month .
Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
Table 7. Copper recovered. 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper - base scrap in 1954 , in short tons
By primary pro By secondary By brass mills Total
Month ducers 2 from smelters from from copper
old scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January .... 7,467 7,303 47885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February ... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
9. Total ... 15,889 14,061 9,956 30,163 37,328 5,418 112,815
1953
(monthly
average ) .. 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
2) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
copper sulfate produced from scrap . O
Table 8. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1953 , and
by months in 1954 , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed copper Copper -base alloy
scrap scrap
1953 ... 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January ...... 10,376 12,743
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN MARCH 1956
Consumption of copper - base scrap in March , by all consumers reporting monthly ,

rose 10 percent or to 94,000 short tons , and secondary recovery resulting therefrom
încreased 13 percent or to 75,000 tons , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior . These totals were not as high as those for any
of the first 6 months of 1953 , but were higher than for any of the last 6 months of
that year , except that the secondary recovery in August was 76,000 tons .
In March 1954 the primary producers used more scrap than any other group ,
33,000 tons , about half of it old and half new scrap . Their principal raw material,
however , was primary ; their chief product was refined copper , The secondary smelt
ers consumed 31,000 tons of scrap , most of it old , 120 tons of refined copper , and
1,500 tons of other materials such as zinc and lead , both refined and scrap . They O
produced 25,000 tons of brass and bronze ingot , 2,000 tons of refined copper and
minor quantities of copper chemicals and brass- mill billets. The brass mills used
30,000 tons of scrap in March , most of it new . Their chief raw material was refined
copper , of which they consumed 43,000 tons and , as usual , they used slab zinc in the
ratio of about a ton of zing to two tons of refined copper as well as minor quanti
ties of tin and lead .
Brass mill consumption of copper - base scrap in March 1954 was 20,000 tons less
than in March 1953 , the decrease being chiefly in unalloyed copper and yellow brass
scrap . The corresponding decrease for secondary smelters was 7,000 tons , with most
items declining in the same ratio . Scrap consumption by primary producers was 2,000
tons greater in March 1954 than in March 1953 , but their recovery of copper from
scrap was about the same in both months because of differences in contents of scrap
used .
of March , and 24 and 17.5 cents , respectively , for these items at the end of the
month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115 were 23.5 and 25 cents .

Melted Closing
Opening or
Scrap item stocks Receipts stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 1,719 3,712 2,789 2,642

Railroad - car boxes . 122 1 / -28 38 56
Yellow brass .... 5,634 5,319 5,844 5,109
Auto radiators ( unswea ted ) 1,546 2,416 2,790 1,172
Bronze ...
O 2,406 2,890 2,931 2,365
Nickel silver . 422 270 312 380
Low brass .. 382 348 335 395
Total copper -base scrap ........ 25,545 30,087 31,144 24,488
1 Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .
copper smelters in March 1954 , gross weight in short tons

consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) .. 1,690 1,409 1,420 1,679

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-43 ). 1,540 1,803 1,899 1,444
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) .... 4,170 9,072 9,240 4,002
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) 1,724 1,192 986 1,930
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 2,308 1,558 1,634 2,232
( 75-5-20 ) .. 474 299 349 424
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ) ... 1,294 1,499 1,605 1,188
Manganese bronze.. 1,374 1,589 1,381 1,582
Low brass ... 104 278 224 158
Silicon bronze .... 353 430 366 417
Conductor bronze..... 55 78 66 67

Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys .. -120
copper - base scrap..... 25,784
2
Table 3. Stocks of all copper - base scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills in March 1954 ,
Melted
Opening Home closing
Scrap item stocks 1/ Receipts or
consumed Scrap 2/ stocksº1/
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 4,064 4,462 4,462 700 3,364
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 2,882 2,092 2,092 -236 3,118
Yellow brass . 35,298 19,041 19,041 5,206 30,092
Cartridge cases . 706 1,967 1,967 -14 720
Bronze ... 1,390 166 166 76 1,314
Nickel silver .... 1,290 588 588 -90 1,3893
Low brass....... 2,423 1,941 1,941 -110 2,533
Total copper -base scrap ....... 48,213 30,314 30,314 5,540 42,673
1 / Stocks include home scrap.

2 Home scrap consumption minus generation .. Negative figures indicate generation great
er than consumption .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 / in

1954, gross weight in short tons
Month copper smelters Total
scrap
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .. 15,187 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ..... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
To tal.. 44,535 43,953 25,079 61,832 79,845 9,895 265,139
1953
( monthly
average ) . 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers estimated
at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown in table .
of primary copper producers in March 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Melted Closing
Opening
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 450 2,549 2,761 238
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ...... 1,513 6,761 6,702 1,572
Refinery brass........ 7,046 5,326 8,938 3,434
Low - grade scrap and residues.......... 36,532 14,835 14,423 36,944
Total... 45,542 29,471 32,824 42,188
in short tons

Month production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 /, from copper
gross weight smelters producers at
at smelt ers
smelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February . 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March.o.o 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
To tal . 69,163 6,390 47,427 1,752 88,012 207,745
1953
(monthly
average ) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
1 / Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
turers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal from
copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. per month .
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , mimus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc.)
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from
By primary pro- By secondary By brass mills Total
ducers 2 ) from smelters from from copper
Month recovered
New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January .... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .. 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ...... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
To tal... 25,893 23,241 15,974 46, 526 56,815 7,91.8 176,367
1953
(monthly
average ). 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
Table 8. Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1953 , and
by months in 1954 , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed copper Copper - base alloy
scrap scrap 1
1953.000 . 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January .........
O
10,376 12,743
February O O 9,813 10,537
March .. 6,263 6,621
Total... 26,452 29,901
Interior-- Duplicating Section, Washington , D. C. , May 18 , 1954 .

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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN APRIL 1954
Recovery of metals from copper - base scrap as refined copper at primary refil
eries, as refined copper and brass ingot at secondary smelters and as brass -mill
products at brass mills totaled 72,000 short tons in April compared with 75,000
tons in March according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the
Interior About half of the 13,000 tons of secondary refined copper produced by
the primary copper refiners was obtained from unalloyed copper scrap and most of
the remainder was from low - grade scrap and residues which could not economically
be treated for other metals than copper , except incidentally for such elements as
gold , silver and platinum .
The brass ingot makers , by raising the prices they received for ingot and pay
ing more per pound for the scrap they bought in April than they did in March , i
creased their receipts of scrap 9 percent compared to a decrease of 38 percent in
purchases by primary producers and an increase of 4 percent by brass mills . The
38 -percent April decrease in receipts by primary producers followed a 35- percent
increase in March . Total consumption of scrap by these three groups was 91,000
tons in April, 40,000 less than in April 1953 , but equal to the average for the
last 7 months of 1953 .
According to the American Metal Market, dealers in the New York area wers pay
ing 24 cents per pound for No. I copper scrap , and 17.5 cents for composition solids
at the beginning of April and 24.5 and 18.5 cents , respectively, for these items at
the end of the month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115 were 25
and 26 cents .
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Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
secondary copper smelters in April 1954, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed 1
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,642 3,735 3,410 2,957
Railroad - car boxes ........... 56 50 42 64
Yellow brass .. 5,109 5,605 5,863 4,851
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 1,172 2,938 2,922 1.198
Bronze... 2,365 3,099 3,443 2,021
Nickel silver . 380 202 168 414
Low brass .. 395 413 432 376
Low - grade scrap and residues ......... 6,055 4,257 3,832 6,480
Total copper -base scrap ....... 24,488 32,655 32,738 24., 405
1 At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product .
copper smelters in April 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1
Opening
Shipments clcsing |
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,679 1,481 1,486 1,674

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-14-43 ) ............ 1,444 1,752 1,915 1,281
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ........ 4,002 : 9,242 9,117 4,127
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,930 1,014 1,330 2. ,614,
( 84-6-8-2 ) .... 2,232 1,729 2,017 1,944
( 75-5-20 ) ... 424 421 379 465
Manganese bronze... 1,582 1,196 1,390 1,388
Nickel silver .... 354 243 307 2901
Low brass .. 158 202 242 118
Silicon bronze . 417 527 484 2.60
Conductor bronze ..... 67 89 72 84
Hardeners and special alloys .............. 518 646 696 468
Miscellaneous ..... 222 97 124 195
Total brass and bronze ingots .......... 19,359 25,803 26,915 18,247
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ......... -217
Misc . materials consumed in copper -base alloys ........ -1,648 !
Net total recovery from purchased cu -base scrap ....... 26,757
2
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in April 1954,
Melted Home Closing
Opening
scrap 3 / stocks !
consumed 2/
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 3,364 4,585 4,585 -925 4,289
Yellow brass .. 30,092 18,402 18,402 -2,755 22,347
Cartridge cases 720 3,748 3,748 -580 1,200
Bronze .. 1,314 132 132 -12 1,326
Nickel silver 1,380 802 802 -16 1,396
Low brass .. 2,533 1,597 1,597 166 2,367
Aluminum bronze.... 152 72 72 -34 186
Total copper - base scrap ........ | 42,673 31,437 31,437 4,822 47,495
Stocks include home scrap .
2 ! At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process scrap in alloy form which remains in
alloy form in the produci.
3 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation greater
than consumption . EDICO
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 in

Primary producers Secondary Brass mills To tal
scrap
New
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
New scrap old scrap
Jarnary .... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February ... 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,192 3,440 85,753
Narch ...... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April ...... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
To tal... 57,765 57gh24 34,599 85,050 106,224 14,953 356,015
1953
( monthly
average ) .. 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 1.00 , 312
1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers es tima ted
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap 1 , at plants
oľ primary copper producers in April 1954, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed
- No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 238 2,155 2,086 307
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light...... 1,572 4,457 4,955 1,068
Refinery brass ........ 3,434 2,910 3,056 3,288
Low - grade scrap and residues ........... 36,944 8,664 26,604 29,004
To tal... 42,188 18,180 26,701 33,667
9 The scrap and primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or
during treatment .
3
in short tons
Brass
Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass Total
Month ingot in mili recovery
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 1, from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrad
| January ..... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February .... 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ..... 25,209 1,982 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April ....... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
To tal.... 94,966 9,116 60,702 2,522 118,948 279,390
1953
(monthly
average ) ... 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
1) Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
2! Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3 Includes brass - mill billets made by ingot makers .
4 Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , menus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. ) used
by ingot makers .
1
Month ducers 2 / from smelters from from copper 1
recovered
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap oid scrap
January .... o 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404 |
March . ...... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ....... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
Total .... 33,345 29,786 22,069 Gay,282 75,693 11,812 236,987
1953
(monthly
average ) . OOO 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not showti,
2 Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
Table 8. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1953, and
Period
Unalloyed copper Copper -base alloy
scrap scrap
1953 .... 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January .. Oo 10,376 12,743
February . O 090 0 9,813 10,537
March .. OO 6,263 6,621
April ....... 10,206 11,974
To tal... 36,658 41.875
Interior -- Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. , June 16 , 1954 .
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Consumption of copper -base scrap by all consumers totaled 104,000 short tons in
May 1954, virtually the same quantity as in April, according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Nine - tenths of this total was reported
by smelters , refiners and brass mills , The remainder was the estimated consumption
of the foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers who report on an annual basis . Of
the total scrap consumed the primary producers used 30,000 tons , the secondary cop
per smelters 31,000 tons , and the brass mills 30,000 tons . In 1953 the average
monthly consumption of these three groups was 27,000 tons, 32,000 tons, and 41,000
tons, respectively .
From the gross weight of scrap and residues treated by each group in May ,
recovery of metal by the primary producers was 52 percent , the products being re
fined copper and copper sulfate ; the secondary copper smelters !.recovery was 82
percent, the products being refined copper , copper sulfate and brass ingot. The
brass mills recovered 98.percent, of the scrap they used , in the form of brass -mill
products , including sheet, rod , wire and tubing , The percentages are an indication
of the average grade of scrap metal treated by each group , not of the efficiency of
the plants ,
The secondary production in May of copper - alloy ingot, 26,000 tons , of refined
copper, 18,000 tons , was about equal to the monthly averages for those products in
1953 , but the secondary output of brass - mill products was . 25 percent. less than the
1953 monthly average .
According to the American Metal Market, dealers in the New York area were pay
ing 24.5 cents per pound for No. I copper scrap and 18.5. cents for composition
solids at the beginning of May , and 25 and 19,5 cents , respectively , for these
items at the end of the month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115
were 26 and 27 cents ,

Melted Closing
Opening
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 1,719 3,712 2,789 2,642
Yellow brass .. 5,634 5,319 5,844 5,109
Auto radiators ( unswea ted ) 1,546 2,416 2,790 1,172
Bronze .. 2,406 2,890 2,931 2,365
Nickel silver . 422 270 312 380
Low brass ... 382 348 335 395

consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) .... 1,690 1,409 1,420 1,679

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-1-42) 1,540 1,803 1,899 1,444
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,170 9,072 9,240 4,002
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) . 1,724 1,192 986 1,930
( 84-6-8-2) 2,308 1,558 1,634 2,232
( 75-5-20 ) . 474 299 349 424
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ....O
1,294 1,499 1,605 1,188
Manganese bronze... 1,374 1,589 1,381 1,582
Nickel silver . 324 346 316 354
Low brass ... 104 278 224 158
Silicon bronze .... 353 430 366 417
Conductor bronze ..... 55 78 66 67
Hardeners and special alloys .. O O 532 690 704 518
base alloys ......... -1,441
copper -base scrap .... 25,784
2
Table 3. Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in March 1954 ,
Melted
Opening Home closing
consumed Scrap 2 ) stocks 1
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 4,064 4,462 4,462 700 3,364
Yellow brass . 35,298 19,041 19,041 5,206 30,092
Cartridge cases . 706 1,967 1,967 -14 720
Bronze ... 1,390 166 166 76 1,314
Nickel silver . 1,290 588 588 -90 1,38
Low brass . 2,423 1,941 1,941 -110 2,533
Aluminum bronze . ooo 160 57 57 8 152
1 / Stocks include home scrap .

2 Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation great
er than consumption , ,:
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 / in

scrap
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .. 15,187 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... oo 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
To tal .. 44,535 43,953 25,079 61,832 79,845 9,895 265,139
1953
(monthly
average ) . 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers estimated

stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ........... 450 2,549 2,761 238

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light....... 1,513 6,761 6,702 1,572
Refinery brass... O O 7,046 5,326 8,938 3,434
Low -grade scrap and residues...... 36,532 14,835 14,423 36,944
Total..... 45,542 29,471 32,824 42,188
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1954 ,
in short tons
Month
at smelters
gross weight smelters producers at gross weight base scrap 4 /
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ... e 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
Total . 69,163 6,390 47,427 1,752 88,012 207,745
1953
(monthly
average ) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
4 Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , mimus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc.)
ducers 2 ] from smelters from from copper
Month
recovered
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap
old scrap
January .... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February ... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ...... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
Total... 25,893 23,241 15,974 46,526 56,815 7,91.8 176,367
1953
(monthly
average ) .. 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 294444 68,979
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not show ,
2 ) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
scrap scrap
1953.000 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January .... 10,376 12,743
February . O O O 9,813 10,537
March ... 6,263 6,621
Total .... 26,452 29,901
Interior-- Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. , May 18, 1954 ,

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Recovery of metals from copper - base scrap as refined copper at primary refine
eries , as refined copper and brass ingot at secondary smelters and as brass -mill
Interior . About half of the 13,000 tons of secondary refined copper produced by
the remainder was from low -grade scrap and residues which could not economically
gold , silver and platinum ,
38 - percent April decrease in receipts by primary producers followed a 35 - percent
tons in April , 40,000 less than in April 1953, but equal to the average for the
According to the American Metal Market , dealers in the New York area wers pay
ing 24 cents per pound for No. 1 copper scrap, and 17.5 cents for composition solids
at the beginning of April and 24.5 and 18.5 cents, respectively, for these items at
and 26 cents .

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Melted
Opening closing
consumed 1
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,642 3,735 3,420 2,95 ,
Coinposition or soft red brass . 3,182 7,827 8,122 2,887
Railroad -- car boxes ........... 56 50 42 64 )
Yellow brass ...... 5,109 5,605 5,863 4,851 .
134 275 102 307
Cartridge cases ... 1.198
Auto radiators ( unsweated ). 1,172 2,938 2,912
Bronze..e 2,365 3,099 3,443 2,021
Low brass .. 395 413 432 376
1 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product .
Shipments Closing
Opening
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,679 1,481 1,486 1,674

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-14-42) . 1,444 1,752 1,915 1,281
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ............... 4,002 9,242 9,117 4,127
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,930 1,014 1,330 2,611,
1 84-6-8-2 ) .... 2,232 1,729 2,017 1,944 1
( 75-5-20 ) ... 424 421 379 466
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .. 1,188 1,565 1,518 1,235 li
Manganese bronze ......... 1,582 1,196 1,390 1,388
Nickel silver ..... 354 243 307 2901
Low brass ....... 158 202 242 118
Miscellaneous copper products produced ................ 2,819
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ......... -217
Misc . materials consumed in copper - base alloys ........ -1,648
Net total recovery from purchased cu - base scrap ....... 26,757
2
Table 3. Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in April 1954,
Melted Home Closing
Scrap item Opening
stocks1 / Receipts or
stocks 1!
consumed 2/ scrap 3
No. 1 wire and heavy ....... 3,364 4,585 4,585 -925 4,289
Yellow brass . ..o 30,092 18,402 18,402 -2,755 22,347
Cartridge cases . 720 3,748 3,748 -580 1,200
Bronze ... 1,314 132 132 -12 1,326
Nickel silver 1,380 802 802 -16 1,396
-Low brass . 2,533 1,597 1,597 166 2,367
Aluminum bronze .... 152 72 72 -34 186
Total copper - base scrap....... 42,673 31,437 31,437 ‫ وبل‬822 47,495

1/ Stocks include home scrap .
alloy form in the producto
-3 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Nega tive figures indicate generation greater
n
than consumptio .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 in
scrap
Jarwary .... 13,030 14,494 7,633 22,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February ... 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,192 3,440 85,753
Narch ...... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April ...... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 25,379 5,058 90,876
To tal... 57,765 57,424 34,599 85,050 106,224 14,953 356,015
1953
(monthly
average) .. 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 11.00.312
1 ) Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manifacturers es tima ted

Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of purchased coppermbase scrap 1 ) at plants
of primary copper producers in April 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Melted Closing
Opening
consumed stocks
NO . 1 wire and heavy 238 2,155 2,086 307

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light...... 1,572 4,457 4,955 1,068
Refinery bra88 ..... 3,434 2,910 3,056 3,288
Total .... 42,188 18,180 26,701 33,667
1 / The scrap and primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or
durin g treatment .
3
in short tons
Month ingot in milz recovery
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight bese scran !
January .....
o 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February .... 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,387
March ... 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April ..... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
Total .... 94,966 9,116 60,702 2,522 118,948 279,390
1953
(monthly
average ) ... O 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
2 Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3 Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers . 1
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups , mums
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc.) used
by ingot makers .
copper -base scrap in 1954 , in short tons
Month
ducers 2 / from smelters from from copper
recovered
January .... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ..... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ....... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
Total..... 33 , 345 29,786 22,069 Gaw 282 75,693 11,812 236,987
1953
( monthly
average ) ... 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not showni,
Period
Unalloyed copper Copper - base alliy
scrap scrap
1953.000 34,568 33,613

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January ... O 10,376 12,743
February . . O O O O O 090 O O O
9,813 10,537
March .... оооо 6,263 6,621
April ... 10,206 12,974
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May 1954, virtually the same quantity as in April, according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior , Nine - tenths of this total was reported
per smelters 31,000 tons, and the brass mills 30,000 tons . In 1953 the average
monthly consumption of these three groups was 27,000 tons , 32,000 tons , and 41,000
tons , respectively .
fined copper and copper sulfate; the secondary copper smelters ! recovery was 82
brass mills recovered 98 percent, of the scrap they used , in the form of brass -mill
products , including sheet , rod , wire and tubing. The percentages are an indication
of the average grade of scrap metal treated by each group , not . of the efficiency of
the plants .
The secondary production in May of copper -alloy ingot, 26,000 tons , of refined
copper , 18,000 tons , was about equal to the monthly averages for those products in
1953 , but the secondary output of brass -mill products was. 25 percent. less than the
According to the American Metal Market, dealers in the New York, area were pay ~
ing 24.5 cents per pound for No. 1 copper scrap and 18.5 cents for composition
solids at the beginning of May , and 25 and 19.5 cents , respectively , for these
Prepared by Archie J. PicDermid and Helena M. Meyer, under the supervision of C. H.

Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased: copper base scrap at
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed
No l wire and heavy .... 2,034 2,581 2,908 1,707

Yellow brass .. 5,956 4,217 4,754 5,419
Bronze... 2,451 2,537 2,841 2,147
Nickel silver ... 490 236 206 520
Low brass.. 2401 280 235 285
Total coppermbase scrap ............. 26,956 : 1 27,810 28,793 25,973

copper smelters in January 1954 , gross weight in short tons.

stocks
stocks consumers
Tin bronze ((88-10-2) ........ 1,680 1,361 1,447 1,594

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-14 )............
. 1,544 1,733 1,579 1,698
Leaded red brass ( 85--5-5-5 ) ... 4,441 8,567 8,312 4,696
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10m20 ) ..... 1,819 1,134 1,1ll 1,842
( 84aa6m8m2 ) 2,304 1,496 1.,400 2,400
( 755m20 ) 392 650 610 432
Leaded yellow brass (66m1--3-30 ) . 1,412 1,301 1,355 1,358
Manganese, bronze .... 1,346 1,272 1,244 1,374
Aluminum bronze .... 490 350 406 434
Nickel silver ... 329 226 283 272
Low brass ... 119 115 142 92
Hardeners and special alloys ............. 625 552 616 561
Miscellaneous.......... 189 128 102 215
Total brass and bronze ingots . 20,255 23,239 | 22,862 20,632

Miscellaneous copper products produced ....more 2,406
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys .... -328
base alloys ....... -1,511
2
Table 3 . Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in January 1954 ,
Melted
Closing
Receipts
stocks 1 consumed stocks ]
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 3,636 4,338 4,224 3,750

Yellow brass .. 35,909 17,393 18,194 35,108
Jartridge cases . 811 1,783 1,954 640
Bronze ... 2,029 27-252 180 1,597
Nickel silver 1,728 599 980 1,347
Low brass ... 4,568 1,316 1,448 4,436
Stocks include home scrap ; in previous months purchased scrap only was reported .

Secondary Total
Brass mills
scrap
Month used
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
1953
(monthly
average) . 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 | 100,312
1/ Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers esti

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sho rt tons
lted
Opening closing
No , I wire and heavy ..... 428 1,544 1,472 500

Refinery brass . 11,282 3,471 5,630 9,123
Total .. 60,060 19,320 27,524 51,856
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1954 , to provide for the reporting of all stocks of copper -base scrap , including both
home , or run - around , and purchased scrap . Brass mill purchased scrap is , in general ,
of scrap are difficult to record and separation either in physical or book inventorie:
is not usually attempted . The mills do , however , keep records of receipts and con
the Bureau of Mines ,
Table 6. Production of all metals. 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons

Month ingot Refined copper 2 / in mill recovery
production , Secondary Primary .
chemicals products 31,
3 ), from copper
gross weight ismelters producers at smelters gross. weight bese scrap 4
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,934 614 . 42,390 82,919
February . 27,698 1,912 12,720 653. 41,061 80,790
March .... 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 -49,542 98,768
April . 30,766 3,191 18,193 90.7. 60,927 110,763
May . 25 ,4 20 2, 847 18,577 840 , 53,964 99,294
June . 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ..... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 . 34,481 69,886
August.... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
October .. 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
November .. 22,170 1,925 13,415 601 27,597 64,139
Total.. 280,536 21,609 173,206 8,083 457,121 914,069
1952
(monthly
average) 26,1802,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
month .
3/ Includes brass mill billcts made by ingot makers .
/ Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap hy these groups,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 / in una loyed and alloyed forn from copper -base
From From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Oct ... 47,578 184,160 231,738
in November .. 5,176 15,307 20,483
January through Nov ... 52,754 199,467 252,221
By primary copper producers 2 January through Oct.
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in November ... 7,554 6,452 14,006
January through Nov .. 103,036 77,604 180,640
By brass mills January through October . 289,220 23,642 312 , 502
in November ... 17,959 2,372 20,331
January through November ..
307,179 26,014 333,193
Total in November ... 30,689 24,131 54,820
Total , January through November . 462,969 303,035 766,054
1952 ( total monthly average ) ...... 38,316
-64,584 26,268
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and iniscellaneous manufacturers, not
shown, estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600. tons' from old scrap per month .
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and. copper. content of copper
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PRELIEINARY TOTALS FOR 1953
Consumption of copper - base scrap by primary refiners , secondary smelters and

brass mills increased 10 percent in December , or to 91,000 short tons , after a de
cline of 5 percent in November , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . Recovery of all secondary metals from copper - base scrap
13 percent . Scrap consumption at secondary smelters , primary producers , and brass
mills increased 1 percent, 13 percent, and 16 percent , respectively , in December ,
Of the total scrap consumed by the foregoing groups in 1953 , the secondary
smelters used 383,000 tons , or 32 percent, the primary producers 328,000 tons, or
27 percent, and the brass mills 493,000 tons , or 41 percent. The smelters recovered
as secondary metal 85 percent of the scrap they consumed , the primary producers
1
the average grade of the scrap used, not of the efficiency of the plants. Of the
1,133,000 tons consumed by the three groups in 1952 , the secondary smelters used
35 percent, or 394,000 tons, the primary producers 19 percent, 220,000 tons , and the
decreases .
of 1953 than in the second , Recovery of metal from copper -base scrap , as published
with 428,000 tons in the second half . Important factors influencing industrial op
Dealers prices in New York for No. 1 copper wire scrap were quoted at 24 cents
‫ܐ‬ per pound in the beginning of December and 23,5 cents at the end.. Composition
solids sold for 17.5 cents at the beginning of the month and a shade lower at the
end . Between January 1 and December 31, 1953 , the price for No. 1 wire rose from
19 cents to 23.5 , but the price for composition solid scrap decreased a cent. Ex
the year .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C , H.

Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass . Total

Month
January ... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March , 30,997 2,341 i 18,672 784 49,542 98,768 .
April ..... 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ....... 25,420 2,847 18,57*7 840 53,964. 99,294
June ...... 23,422 1,203 .
17,806 * 686 45,147 85,997
July ..... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
August ... 24,424 1,273 15,5721 847 36,001 76,305
September . 22,106 1,305 16,1801 "790 31,914 70,449
Ib tal... 231,888 17,548 146,317 6,963 395,421 775,171
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze , castings , chemical products , etc.
per month .
3 Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers,
4 ) Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , rcfincd and scrap lead, tin ,
zinc , etc.) used by ingot makers .
Table % Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper-base

scrap in January through September 1953 , in short tons
From Froin Total
New old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Aug ... 38,058 151. , 857 189,915
11 11
in Scptcmber , .. 3,921 15 , 221 19,142
January through Scpt . | 41,979 167,078 209,057
11 11 11
2 ) January through Aug. | 76,680 59,037 135,717
in September .... 10,479 6,453 , 16,932
11 11
January through Sept. 87,159 65,490 152 , 649
By brass mills January through August . 245,000 18,365 263,365
11
in September . 21,279 2,489 23,768
11 Il 11
January through September .. 266 , 279 20,854 287,133
Total in September .... 35,679 24,163 59,842
Total, January through September 395,417 253, 422 648,839
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, not
month ,
copper sulfate produced from scrap ,
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according to the Bureau of Mires, United States Department of the Interior . Con
21,000 tons . Output of the last -named group is usually about 10 to 15 percent from
Price quotations of major classifications of copper -base scrap were from 1 to 2

port continued to be strong . The American Metal Market quoted New York dealers '
279,000 tons , or 39 percent of the total recovery , in the first 10 months of 1953 ,
compared with 265,000 , or 41 percent of the total , in the same portion of 1952. Or
recovered 66 percent , 8 percent , and 26 percent , respectively , in 1953 and 72 percent ,
Although consumption of copper -base scrap increased 3 percent in October recovery of
metals from the 87,000 tons processed in October was 75,000 tons compared with
71,000 in September, representing an increase of 6 percent and indicating that the

in short tons
Refined copper 2 / in mill
ingot . recovery
Month
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4/
January ... 26,703 2,411 ! 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 42,061 80,790
March . 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,763
April . 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ... 25,420 2,847 18,57 7 ..840 53,964 99,294
June.no 23,422 .1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
Total ... 185,358 14,970 114,565 5,326 327,506
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628,417
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,620 10,193 683 42,769 1 79,498
1 / Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous menu
per month ,
3 / Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers ,
47. Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin ,
Table 7. Copper recovcred 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
From From Total
new old 4
copper
By secondary copper smelters January through June.. 29,880 119,259 149,139
11
in July .. 3,789 15,324 19,113
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By primary copper producers 2 ) January through June 59,905 43,912 103,817
in July .. 7,9444 12 533 15,477
January through July 67,849 51,445 119,294
By brass ' mills January through June .... 197,215 14,801 212,016
in July ... 23,407 1,359 24,766
Total in July ... 35,140 24,216 59,356
Total , January through July ... 322,140 202,188 1524,328
1952 ( total monthly averagc) ..... 38,316 26,268 ! 64,584
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturcrs, not
shovm , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 ton's from old scrap per manthe
copper sulfato produced from scrap .
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SECONDARY COPPER IN AUGUST 1953

Copper scrap operations in August , when 92,000 short tons were consumed by the
1
major groups of consumers , increased 5 percent over July , but were lower than in
other earlicr months of the year , according to the Bureau of Fines , United States
Department of the interior . Secondary smelters increased their consumption by 15
percent , or to 30,000 tons , and the brass mills increased theirs 6 percent , or to
37,000 tons; but the primary producers decreascd their consumption by 5 percent , or
to 25,000 tons .
Recovery of copper from copper -b " sc scrap by principal consuming groups ( not
including foundrics , miscellaneous manufacturers and chemical plants ) increascd
slightly , or 5,000 tons over July , which month , however , had the lowest recovcry
figure of the year thus far . Smelters showed the largëst increase , 13 percent ; brass
mills increased 7 percent, and primary producers 6 percent . Total recovcry of all
metals from copper-base scrap in August increased 6,000 short tons , or 9 percent , as
compared with July; recovery in the first 8 months of 1953 was 72., 000 tons greater
than in the same period of 1952 , or an increase of ll percent .
Production of brass ingot increased 4,000 tons in August , or to 24,000 tons ,
1
and that of brass - mill products 2,000 tons , or to 36,000 tons . Output of secondary
rcfined copper at plants of primary producers incrcased 1,000 tons , or to 16,000 tons ,
Public Law 221 of the 83d Congress , approved August 7 , 1953 , amended Public Law
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869 of the 81st Congress , extending the suspension of dutits on scrap metals , except
lead or zinc , until June 30 , 1954 .
Prepared by Archie J. ricDermid and Hclena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.

Johnson , Chief, Base Vitals Branch , Minerals Division .
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 1,624 3,124 3,273 1,475

Yellow brass ... 6,603 5,068 5,245 6,426
Bronze .... 2,752 2,477 2,671 2,558
Nickel silver ... 452 180 242 391
Low brass .. 308 175 185 298
Aluminum bronze . 120 -60 24 36

Shipments
Opening Closing
Production to
stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,886 1,552 1,450 1,988

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-lanhà) 1,796 1,773 1,807 1,762
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) ... 4,047 8,080 7,365 4,262
( 84-6-3-2) 1,740 1,397 1,11o 2,027
( 75-5-20 ) ..... 414 660 638 436
Leaded yellow brass (66ml - 3-30 ) .. 1. , 503 1,501 1,485 1,519
Manganese bronze.... 1,7244 1,312 1,389 1,666
Aluminun bronze . 487 314 356 445
Nickel silver ... 327 280 236 371
Low brass .. 95 257 220 132
Silicon bronze ... 424 376 368 432
Total brass and bronze ingots ...... 20,548 214, 424 23,243 2,729
Miscellaneous .copper products produced . , ... 1,488

Refined copper consumed in co ;per -base alloys. . 293
Miscellaneous raw materials consumei.in copper
base alloys... -1,514
copper - base scrap 244,100
2
Melted Closing
Scrap item
Opening or
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 4,469 4,637 5,684 3,422

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.. 496 2,554 2,560 490
Yellow brass ... 18,076 21,915 23,372 16,619
Cartridge cases 1,733 2,151 2,502 1,382
Bronze . 233 163 158 238
Nickel silver .. 714 763 7793 684
Low brass , .. 715 1,379 1,474 620

Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills Total
Month scrap
New scrap old scrap i New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ... 15,306 ; 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891. 2,915 102,660

February .. 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March.... 17,152 1.3,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April .. 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 1 131., 069
May .. 16,816 14,924 3,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June .. 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July .... 12,180 14,276 5,914 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August ... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
Total .. 121,308 | 105,060 62,429 203,305 340,462 214,659 857,223
1952
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 /consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
mated at 2,000 tons of ner: scrap aná 71,000 tons of old scrap per month , not shown
in table .

of primary copper producers in August 1953 , gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
.
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 517 1,445 1,670 292
Refinery brass .... 11,998 5,556 5,304 12,250
Low - grade scrap and residues . 349472 10,413 9,419 35,466
Total ... 50,102 25,660 25,249 50,513
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Table 6 , Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 ] Copper Brass Total

ingot in mill . recovery
Month
gross weight smelter's producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January , .. 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 : 42,390 82,919
February . 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March ... 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April ... 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May .. 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99 , 294
June .. 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,48 ] 69,886
August.... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
+
Total ... 209,782 16,243 130,137 6,173 363,507 704,722
1952
( monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 +
10,198 683 42,759 79,498
etc. per month .
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin ,
Table 7.
7 Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
I'rom From Total
new old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through July .. 33,669 134,583 168,252

11
in August .. 4,389 17,274 21,663
January through August 38,058 151,357 189,915
By primary copper producer's 2 ) January through July 67,849
11 II
51,4445 119,294
in August . 8,831 1 7,592 16,423
11 11 11
January through August ( 76,680 59,037 135,717
By brass mills January through July ... 220,622 16,160 236,782
11 in August .... 24,378 2,205 26,583
11 11 111
January through August. 245,000 18,365 263,365
13
Total in August ... 37,598 27,071 64,669
Total , January through August .. 359,738 | 229,259 588,997
1952 ( total monthly avcrace ) ... 38,316 i 26,268 64,584
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscúllancous manufacturers , not shown ,
old scrap per month .
estimated at 1,700 tons from now scrap and 7,600 tons from
Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of
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SECONDARY COPPER IN SEPTEI DER 1953
Total consumption of copper -base scrap by smelters and refiners , brass and wire
mills , after increasing 5 percent in August, declined 8 percent or to 85,000 short :
tons in September , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of
the Interior . September was the lowest month of the elapsed portion of the year in
this regard , Consumption by smelters and brass mills was lowered 12 and ll percent
In
respectively whereas primary refiners increased their use of scrap 2 percent .
spite of lowered domestic scrap melting , prices quoted for both alloyed and unalloyed
scrap were about as high at the end of September as at the beginning because of
strong expert demand . Scrap stocis held by brass mills and secondary smelters de
creased 2,900 tons ; those of the primary producers increased 3,600 tons but the
rise was in low - grade material .
Production of brass ingot decreased 2,300 tons but shipments rose 900 tons .
There was a decline of 4,100 tons in secondary metal content of brass mill products
and a 600 -ton rise in output of refined copper from scrap by primary producers.

Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch, Minerals Division ,
secondary copper smelters in September 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item Receipts or stocks
stocks
consumed
No. Iwire and heavy ... 1,475 2,693 2,303 1,365

Yellow brass , ... 6,426 44,654 4,757 6,323
Auto radiators (unswea ted ) . 2,592 3,118 2,944 2,766
Bronze . 2,558 1,967 2,309 2,216
Nickel silver . 391 194 168 417
Low brass .... 298 176 154 320
Total copper- base scrap ...... 22,061 25,960 26,624 27,397
Table 2 . Stocks , production , and shipments of brass inget at secondary

Shipments
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (HE - 10-2 ) .. 1,983 1,354 1,464 1,878

Leaded tin bronze ( 8806-12-42) 1. , 762 1,590 1,820 1,532
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5--5) . 4,262 7,196 7,710 3,748
Leaded seruired brass ( 81-3-7-9) . 3,638 44,554 5,036 3,156
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) .. 1,910 877 ) 1,113 1,668
( 814-6-3-2) 2,027 1,428 1,415 2,040
( 75-5-20 ) 436 .65 ) 667 420
Leaded yellow brass 166-1-3--30 ) . 1,519 1,387 1,588 1,318
Nickel silver ...... 371 251 283 334
Low brass , 132 218 223 122
Miscellancous ..... 607 11-13 16 548
Miscellaneous copper products producedo ... 1,395
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys .. 502
Miscellaneous raw materials coisuned in copper
base alloys ... -1. , 344
copper - base scrapo . 21,655
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brass mills in September 1953 , gross weight in short tons.
Melted
Closing
Receipts stocks
stocks consumed
No.1 wire and heavy ... 3,422 3,286 4,656 2,052

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 490 2,625 2,708 .407
Yellow brass .. 16,619 19,835 19,810 :.16,644
Cartridge cases ......... 1,382 2,108 2,830 660
Bronze ... 238 192 162 268
Nickel silver ....... 684 713 811 586
Low brass ... 620 1,633 1,596 657
Aluminum bronze ... 136 ‫בב‬ 62 85
Total copper - base scrap...... 23,591 30,403 32,635 21,359

Secondary Brass Mills Total
Month scrap
January ... 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660
February .. 12,392 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March ... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April.... 14,707 1.5,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May .. 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June.... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,572 107,492
July ...... 12,180 14,276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
August.... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
September . 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
Total 1.36,669. 115,536 68,696 223,662 369,733 28,023 942,319
1952
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellancous manufacturers esti
in table .
Table 5.' Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in :. Scptember 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy.. 292 3,028 2,946 374

Refinery brass ..... 12,250 3,718 4,548 11,420
Low - grade scrap and rusidues .. 35,466 14,325 9,965 39,826
Total ... 50,513 29,480 25,837 54,156
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in short tons

production , Secondary chemicals products 3 /, : from copper
Primary >

January 26,703 2,411 ! 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February . 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March .... 30,997 2,341 i 18,672 784 49,542 98,768 .
April . 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ....... 25,420 2,847 18,5757 840 53,964. 99,294
June ...... 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ...... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
August ... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September . 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
Total ... 231,888 17,548 146,317 6,963 395,421 775,171
1952
(monthly
average ) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498 1
1
1 ) Docs not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu 1
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze , castings , chemical products , etc.
per month .
3 ). Includes brass mill billets made by ingot makers,
minus added alloying ingredicnts ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin ,
zinc , etc. ) used by ingot makers.
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through September 1953 , in short tons
From From Total
New old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Aug ... 38,058

38,058 151. ,857 189,915
11 11 11 11
in Scptcmber , 3,921 15,221 19,142
II
January through Scpt . 141,979 167,078 209,057
By primary
1
copper producers
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2 ) January through Aug. 76,680 59,037 135,717
11
in September .... 10,479 6,453 , 16,932
11 11
January through Sept. 87,159 65,490 152,649
By brass mills January through August . 245,000 18,365 263 , 365
11
in September .. 21,279 2,489 23,768 1
11 11
January through September . 266 , 279 20,854 287,233
1
Total in September..... 35,679 24,163 59,842
Total , January through September .. 395,417 253,422 648,839
昨
1952 ( total monthly average ) ... 38,316 26,268 64,584
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , an miscellaneous manufacturers , not
month ,
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Consumption of copper -base scrap by the three groups which use seven - eighths of
21,000 tons . Output of the last - named group is usually about 10 to 15 percent from
Price quotations of major classifications of copper - base scrap were from 1 to 2

port continued to be strong . The American Metal Market quoted New York dealers '
279,000 tons, or 39 percent of the total recovery , in the first 10 months of 1953,
compared with 265,000 , or 41 percent of the total , in the same portion of 1952 . Of
recovered 66 percent , 8 percent , and 26 percent , respectively, in 1953 and 72 percent ,
Although consumption of copper - base scrap increased 3 percent in October recovery of
metals from the 87,000 tons processed in October was 75,000 tons compared with
71,000 in September , representing an increase of 6 percent and indicating that the

Melted Closing
Opening
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,365 3,077 2,628 1,814

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 2,835 : 2,885 3,134 2,586
Oomposition or soft red brass .. 5,256 7,641 8,872 4,026
Yellow brass , .. 6,323 5,709 5,989 6,043
Cartridge cases . 1.14 344 88 370
Bronze.. 2,216 2,988 3,084 2,120
Nickel silver ...... 417 242 247 412
Low brass ... 320 342 263 399
Table 2 Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2).... 1,878 1,647 1,699 1,826

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 3,748 9,106 7,986 4,868
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,668 1,622 1,432 1,858
84-6-8-2) 2,040 1,790 1,240 2.,590
( 75-5-20 ). 420 598 -590 428
Low brass .. 122 240 264 98
Silicon bronze , 463 303 4424 342
Miscellaneous copper products produced ......... 2,198
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys .. - 522
coppet - hase scrap .. 26,725
2
Melted
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 2,052 5,264 5,914 1,402

No. 2 , wire , mixed heavy and light . 407 2,983 2,790 600
Yellow brass ,. 16,644 20,764 20,568 16,840
Cartridge cases ...... 660 2,449 2,602 507
Bronze ..... 268 142 185 225
Nickel silver ..... 586 774 858 502
Low brass ... 657 1,628 1,812 4473
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 in 1953,

Secondary Total
Month Primary producers Brass mills
New scrap old scrap New scrap loid scrap New scrap old scrar used
January ... 15,306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660
February .. 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March ..... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April .. .
14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May . 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,678 4,462 120,004
June ... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 , 107,492
July .. 12,180 14,276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 1 87,352
August .. 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 i 92,118
September . 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
October.i . 11,449 9,219 8,629 23,244 31,240 3,597 87,378
Total... 148,118
148,1 18 124,755 77,325 246,906 400,973 31,620 1,029,697
1952
( monthly
average ) tily 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 : 94,412
17 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table ,

primary copper producers , in October 1953 , gross weight in short tons
stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy.. 374 2,460 2,480 354
Refinery brass....... 11,420 4,415 3,040 12,795
Low -grade scrap and residues ... 39,826 17,736 7,634 49,928
Total .... 54,156 32,246 20,668 65,734
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Table 6. Production of allinmetals 1/ from copper -base in 1953,
short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 Gopper Brass Total

production , chemicals products 3/ , from copper
Secondary Primary
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4/ 5
January . 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919

February .. 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 42,061 80,790
March ..... 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April ... 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May .. 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99,294
June . 23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997
July ... 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 69,886
August ... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September , 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70,449
October . 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
Total... 258,366 19,684 159,791 7,482 429,524 849,930
1952
monthly
average) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 : 79,498
etc. per month ,
2/ Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis ,
3 ] Includes brass mill billets made by Ingot makers .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
From From Total
nev old copper
By secondary copper smelters January through Sept .. 41,979 167,078 209,057
11
in October .. 5,599 17,082 22,681
11 11 11
January through Oct ... 47,578 184,160 231,738
By primary
11 11
copper producers 2 ) January through Sept 87,159 65,490 152,649
11
11
in October .. 8,323 5,662 13,985
January through Oct ... 95,482 71,152 166,634
By brass mills January through September . 266,279 20,854 287,133
in October ... 22,941 2,788 25,729
1
January through October . 289 , 220 23,642 312,862
Total in October 36,863 25,532 62,395
Total , January through October ....... 432,280 278,954 711,234
1952 ( total monthly average ) . 38,316 64,584 26,268
ry
1 Recove by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellan eou s s
manufacturer , not
shown , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per month,
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes refined copper and copper content of copper
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SECOWDARY COPPER IN NOVEMBER 1953
Consumption of copper-base scrap in November ( 83,000 short tons) and recovery

therefrom (64,000 tons ), by the three principal consuming groups , were lower than
for any month since July 1952 , according to the Bureau of lines , United States
Department of the Interior . Scrap consumption at brass mills and secondary smelt- .
1
ers decreased 7,000 and 3,000 tons , respectively, and increased 5,000 tons at pri
mary producers ' plants . The chances involved were chiefly in old scrap .
The trend toward increased use of old scrap by primary producers and decreased
use by brass mills and smelters continued . Although total consumption of scrap by
the first group was 25 percent higher in November than October, the use of lower
grade material resulted in slightly decreased output of secondary refined copper by
these plants . The low - grade scrap consumed by 'primary producers consists of re
finery hrass and irony brass , which are largely old scrap , and skimmings , which are
all new scrap . Secondary metal content of brass -mill products ( 28,000 tons) in
November was the lowest monthly total since July 1949 when the total was 14,000
tons ,
Prices paid by dealers for copper -hase scrap were from a half to one cent
higher at the end of lovember thari at the beginning , despite the lowered domestic
consumption , the market being considerably influenced by continued high export de
mand .
Prepared by Archie J. IcDermid and Helena ... Meyer , under the supervision of C. st .
Johnson, Chief , Base Letals Franc!! , Minerals Division,
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at secondary
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,824 3,186 3,084 1,916

Yellow brass .. 6,043 4,846 4,908 5,981
Ironze .... 2,120 2,426 2,647 1,899
Nickel silver . 412 254 208 458
Low brass . 399 370 359 410

Production to stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-0-2) . 1,826 1,032 1,262 1,596

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) 4,868 7,128 8,058 3,938
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) ... 3,406 4,283 4,866 2,883
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10-0 ) .. 1,858 1,196 1,212 1,842
( 84-6-8-2) : 2,590 1,023 1,325 2,288
( 75-5-20-0 ). 428 617 634 411
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30) .. 1,449 1,629 1,674 1,404
Nickel silver .. 349 183 252 280
Low brass ...... 98 273 270 101
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys .. -327
2
Table 3. . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at
brass mills in November 1953, cross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap itern stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 600 2,448 2,329 719
Yellow brass , 16,840 17,345 17,196 16,989
Cartridge cases 507 2,935 2,364 1,078
Bronze .. 225 156 53 328
Nickel silver .. 502 790 803 489
Low brass ... 4473 2,091 1,572 992
Aluminum bronze . 82 72 L2 112
Total copper-base scrap ....... 20,631 29,826 28,126 22,331
Table 4o Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1953 ,


To tal
used
New scrap old scrap Nerv scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap
January . 15 ; 306 10,857 8,102 25,589 39,891 2,915 102,660

February .. 12 ; 391 10,025 8,048 25,560 39,073 2,348 97,445
March ... 17,152 13,703 8,598 29,399 47,484 2,747 119,083
April ... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,079 56,376 4,715 131,069
May ......... 16,816 Ili, 924 8,898 26,225 48,678 4,462 120,004
June .. 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 42,570 2,571 107,492
July ........ 12,180 lli , 276 5,974 20,279 32,722 1,921 87,352
Augusti ..... 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 33,668 2,980 92,118
September ... 15,361 10,476 6,267 20,357 29,271 3,364 85,096
October ..... 11,4149 9,219 8,629 23,244 31,240 3,597 87,378
November... 11,928 13,823 8,743 20,300 25,020 3,106 82,920
Total .... 160,046 138,578 86,068 267,206 425,993 34,726 1,112,617
1952
(monthly
average ) 11,515 6,856 7,364 25,479 38,080 5,118 94,412
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti
in table .

of primary copper producers , in November 1953, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Scrap item Opening Receipts or closing
No , I wire and heavy .. 354 1,728 1,748 334

Refinery brass .... 12,795 4,512 5,528 11,779
To tal... 65,734 22,142 25,751 62,125
Table 6 . Production of all inetals. 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1953 ,
in short tons
Brass Copper Bress Total

Month min
ingot Refined copper 2 / in recovery
production , Secordary Primary if chemicals products 3 ) , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight bese scrap 4/
January... 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February.. 27,698 1,912 12,720 653 . 41,061 80,790
March ... 30,997 2,341 18,672 ...784 -49,542 98,768
April .. 30,766 3,191 18,193 90.7 60,927 110,763
May .. 25,420 2,847 18,577 840, 53,964 99,294
June . 4
23,422 1,203 17,806 686 45,141 85,997

July . 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 ... 34,481 69,886
August..i 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 76,305
September 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70 , ‫وبليا‬
October ... 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 74,759
November .. 22,170 1,925 13,415 601 27,597 64,139
Total .. 230,536 21,609 173,206 8,083 457,121 914,069
1952
(monthly
average) 26,180 2,610 10,198 683 42,769 79,498
month .
3/ Includes brass mall billcts made by ingot nakers .
Ç/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap hy these groups ,
Table 7 . Copper recovered 1 / in una loyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in January through November 1953, in short tons
From From Total
new 0.10 copper
By secondary copper emelters January through Oct ... 47,578 184,160 231,738
5,176
in November.. 15,307 20,483
January through Nov ..
52,754 | 199,467 252,221
By primary copper producers 2 January through Oct. 95,482
11 11
71,152 166,634
in November .. 7,554 6,452 14,006
11 11 11
Janua ry throu gh Nov .. 103, 036 77,604 180,640
By brass mills January through October .. 289,220 23,642 312 , 302
in November ... 17,959 2,372 20,331
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January through November ... 307,179 26,014 333,193

Total in November .. 30,689 24,131 54,820
Total , January through November .. 1462,969 303,085 766,054
1952 ( total monthly average ) ...... 38,316 26,268 64,584
17 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and iniscellaneous manufacturers, not
shown , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600: tons from old scrap per month .
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes režined copper, and . copper content of copper
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SECONDARY COPPER IN DECE : BER 1953 AND

PRELIMINARY TOTALS FOR 1953
Consumption of copper - base scrap by primary refiners , secondary smelters and

brass mills increased 10 percent in December, or to 91,000 short tons , after a de
cline of 5 percent. in November , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior , Recovery of all secondary metals from copper- base scrap
13 percent. Scrap consumption at secondary smelters , primary producers, and brass
mills increased 1 percent, 13 percent, and 16 percent, respectively , in December ,
of the total scrap consumed by the foregoing groups in 1953 , the secondary
smelters used 383,000 tons , or 32 percent, the primary producers 328,000 tons , or
27 percent, and the brass mills 493,000 tons , or 41 percent. The smelters recovered
as secondary metal 85 percent of the scrap they consumed , the primary producers
? the average grade of the scrap used , not of the efficiency of the plants . Of the
1,133,000 tons consumed by the three groups in 1952 , the secondary smelters used
35 percent, or 394,000 tons , the primary producers 19 percent, 220,000 tons , and the
decreases .
of 1953 than in the second , Recovery of metal from copper -base scrap , as published
with 428,000 tons in the second half. Important factors influencing industrial op
Dealers prices in New York for No , l copper wire scrap were quoted at 24 cents
per pound in the beginning of December and 23,5 cents at the end . . Composition
solids sold for 17.5.cents at the beginning of the month and a shade lower at the
end . Be tween January 1 and December 31 , 1953 , the price for No. 1 wire rose from
19 cents to 23.5, but the price for composition solid scrap decreased a cent. Ex
the year .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C , H.

No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 1,916 2,828 2,710 2,034
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ..... 2,960 3,273 3,352 2,881
Railroad -car boxes .... 175 1 / -46 33 96
Yellow brass .... 5,981 5,184 5,209 5,956
Bronze ...... , 1,899 2,824 2,272 2,451
Nickel silver ... 458 229 197 490
Low brass ... 410 192 362 240
Low -grade scrap and residues ....... 6,278 4,163 4,299 6,142
Preliminary total for 1953 .... 374,504
35,174 382,722 26,956
December 1953 Total
Kind of ingot Shipments produc .

Closing
tion
stocks stocks
consumers in 1952
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,596 1,351 1,267 1,680 18,430
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-11-4 ). 1,634 1,492 1,582 1,544 22,116
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) .. 3,938 8,169 7,666 4,441 98,055
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) .. 2,883 5,236 4,944 3,175 59,924
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) 1,842 1,199 1,222 1,819 16,895
84-6-8-2) 2,288 1,098 1,082 2,304 17,11g
( 75-5-20 ). 42 373 392 392 6,491
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ).. 1,404 1,400 1,392 1,412 21,737
Manganese bronze ... 1,478 1,280 1,412 1,346 18,086
Aluminum bronze ..... 434 389 333 490 5,071
Nickel silver .... 280 267 218 329 3,709
Low brass ... 101 177 159 119 3,051
Silicon bronze ..... 428 228 338 318 4,542
Hardeners and special alloys 524 634 533 625 7,472
Miscellaneous ... 282 133 226 189 1,741
Total brass and bronze ingots . 19,602 23,455 22,802 20,255 303,991
Miscellaneous copper products produced .... 1,644 31,079
alloys ...... -300 -10,424
copper -base alloys ..... -1,741 -18,10
chased copper -base scrap .... 23,058 306,543
2
brass mills in December 1953 and preliminary totals for year,
‫ بية‬. - Melted
Scrap item
Opening or
Closing
consumed
No. I wire and heavy..... 1,624 4,893 * 4,569 1,948

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 719 2,821 2,986 . 554
Yellow brass . 16,989 20,271 18,563 ) 18,697
Cartridge cases . 1,078 . ... 3,535 3,802210 811
Bronze . . 328 . . : 214 . 72 is 470
Wickel silver ... 489 997 922 564
Low brass .... .992 1,819 . 1,689 1,122
1
Total copper - base scrap.iis . 22,331 34,584 32,659 24,256
Preliminary total for 1953... 21,807 495,827 493,378 24,256
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Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap - 17 in 1953 by

months and preliminary totals for year, gross weight in short tons
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Month | Primary producers nacopper
Seconsme
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Bara Brass mills
scrap
PERS used
DR1.08 New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap Veus
January .. 15,306 10,8570 8,102 25,589 39,891 by 2,915 102,660

February 12,391 10,025 8,048 25,5608 39,073 2,348 97,445
March ... 17,15213,7033 8,598 | 29,399 47,4842,747 119,083
April ... 14,707 15,556 8,636 31,07901 56,376 € 4,715 131,069
May ..... 16,816 14,924 8,898 26,226 48,6781 4,462 ... 120,004
June ... 19,964 13,262 7,009 22,116 , 42,570 1.2,571 207,492
July .. 12,180 14,276 5,97420,279132,722 1 1,921 " 87,352
Augusto 12,792 12,457 7,164 23,057 , 33,6682,980 1992,118
3 September 15,367 10,476 S 6,267120,357 . 29,271 3,364 85,096
October .. 11,449 9,219 8,629 23,244 31,240 3,597 87,378
November , 11,928 13,823 8,743 20,300 25,020 3,106 pr.in 91, 920
82,120
December , 14,266 14,747 8,476 20,972 28,180 4,479 Is
-Prelimi
nary total
for 1953 , 174,312 153,325 3.94,544 288,178 454,173 39,205 1,203,737
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1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous -marifácturers
estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old " scrap per month , not.
shown in table . BU
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plants. of primary copper producers in December 1953 and preliminary
Scrap item Receipts
1
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 334 . 2,630 2,536 428

No. 2 wire , mixed beavy and light .. 2,330 6,799 6,989 2,140
Refinery bra88 ... 11:,779 5,063 5,560 11,282
Low - grade scrap and residues . 47,682 , 12,456 13,928 . 46,210
Total ... 62,125 26,948 29,013 60,060
Preliminary total for 1953... 31,881 355,816 327,637 60,060
Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1953

by months and preliminary totals for year , In short tons
ingot in mdll recovery
Month
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3 /, from copper ,
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight basescrap
January .. O 26,703 2,411 13,914 614 42,390 82,919
February . 27,658 1,912 12,720 653 41,061 80,790
March .. 30,997 2,341 18,672 784 49,542 98,768
April . 30,766 3,191 18,193 907 60,927 110,763
May ... 25,420 2,847 18,577 840 53,964 99,294
June .. 23,422 1,2 03 17, 806 686 45,141 . -85,997
July . 20,392 1,065 14,683 842 34,481 .69,886
August .... 24,424 1,273 15,572 847 36,001 ..76,305
September . 22,106 1,305 16,180 790 31,914 70 , ‫وبليا‬
October .... 26,478 2,136 13,474 519 34,103 : 74,759
November ... 22,170 13,425 601 27,597 64,139
December 23,455 1,551 16,379 724 31,994 72,062
Preliminary
total for
1953 . 303,991 23,160 189,585 8,807 489,115 986,131
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products ,etc. per me
2 ) Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toli basis .
3 / Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ;
etc. ) used by Ingot makers .
4
Table 7 . Copper recovered from scrap in 1953 , in short tons
By primary pro By secondary By brass mills 2 / Total

ducers 1 from smelters 2 ) from from
Month copper
recovered
January .. 9,203 5,288 4,842 18,986 27,487 2,165 67,971

February 7,689 5,504 5,063 18,430 27,150 1,803 65,639
March .... 11,277 7,981 5,185 21,776 34,466 2,117 82,802
April .... 9,999 8,987 5,378 23,334 41,756 3,528 92,972
May.i ... 10,347 9,074 5,101 20,024 35,752 3,288 83,586
June . 11,400 7,078 4,311 16,709 30,604 1,900 72,002
July ..... 7,944 7,533 3,789 15,324 23,407 1,359 59,356
August ... 8,831 7,592 4,389 17,274 24,378 2,205 64,669
September 10,479 6,453 3,921 15,221 21,279 2,489 59,842
October .. 8,323 5,662 5,599 17,082 22,941 2,788 62,395
November , 7,554 6,452 5,176 15,307 17,959 2,372 54,820
December 9,453 7,605 5,155 15,537 20,626 3,311 61,687
Prelimi .
nary
total
for 1953 112,489 85,209 57,909 215,004 327,805 29,325 827,741
From From Total
recovered
By primary producers in 1953 .... 112,000 85,000 197,000

secondary smelters in 1953 ... 58,000 215,000 273,000
brass mills in 1953..... 328,000 29,000 357,000
3 / By foundries in 1953.... 18,000 36,000 104,000
3 By chemical plants in 1953 .... 2,000 5,000 7,000
3 / Total secondary copper recovered in
1953 from copper - base scrap .... 513,000 420,000 938,000
other than copper -base scrap in 1953 ... 11,000 3,000 14,000
3/ Total secondary copper recovered in 1953 529,000 423,000 952,000
Recovery includes unalloyed copper and copper content of alloys produced from scrap
3 / Estimated .
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN JANUARY 1954 1 /:::

Consumption of copper -base scrap in January by secondary copper smelters ,
brass mills , and primary plants using scrap in addition to primary materials, was
reported to be 85,000 short tons , which is 7 percent less than in December , accord
-
ing to the Bureau of Mines , United States ; Department of the Interior , Consumption
by remaining groups , including foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
facturers was estimated to be 13,000 tons . The operations of the secondary smelt
ers were more stable in November , December ' and January than those of the other two
groups , their consumption decreasing 2 percent in January, compared with a 1 - per
cent increase in December . Consumption by the brass mills declined 12 percent ,
. compared with a 13 - percent increase in December , and the primary producers ' con
sumption of scrap decreased 5 percent, compared with a 16 -percent increase in
December Total consumption of serap was 6,000 tons less in January than in Decem
ber, but 2,000 tons greater than in November...
Production from scrap by secondary copper smelters in January 1954 , including

brass ingot and refined copper , was 26,000 tons , compared with 25,000 in December
and 34,000 tons in April 1953 , which was the month of highest total secondary pro
duction from copper - base scrap in 1953. Corresponding figures for primary producers
were 14,000 tons of refined copper compared with 26,000 and 18,000 tons , and 28,000
tons of brassæmill products , compared wi th : 32,000' and : 61,000 tons . These figures
represent percentage decreases in scrap operations of 24 percent for the smelters,
26 percent for the primary producers , and 54 percent for the brass mills between
April 1953 and January 1954 .
Export demand and the high price of refined copper had'a sustaining effect on
copper - base scrap prices in January , as they had in 1953; ' but the brass mills and
the secondary smelters had difficulty in obtaining scrap in competition with the
primary producers and exporters .
The prices paid by smelters for composition scrap'were about a cent less in
1953 than they were just previous to removal of 'price controls in February 1953 ,
but the price received for composition ingot wa's 27.5 cents a pound under price con
trols and 24.5 cents at the end of 1953. The price of refined copper in the same
period increased after some instability from 24.5 cents , the approximate ceiling
price, to a range of 293 to 30 cents in late April, and remained at that level for
the remainder of the year ,
1 The brass mill questionnaire , Form 6-1115-MS , was revised at the beginning of
( Continued on page 3)
Prepared by Archie J, McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of C. H.

Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased coppermbase scrap at
secondary copper smelters in January 1954, gross weight in short tons
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks consumed
No 1 wire and heavy .... 2,034 2,587 2,908 1,707

Yellow brass.. 5,956 4,217 4,754 5,419
Bronze . 2,451 2,537 2,841 2,147
Nickel silver ... 490 236 206 520
Low brass . 240 280 235 285
Aluminum bronze ........ 44 24 24 44
Total copper- base scrap ............... 26,956 : 1 27,810 28,793 25,973
1 ) Nega tive receipts represent shipments greater than receipts.

copper smelters in January 1954 , gross weight in short tons.

stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) .. 1,680 1,361 1,447 1,594

. Leaded tin bronze ( 82-6114 ) ........... : 1,544 1,733 1,579 1,698
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) .... 4,441 8,567 8,312 4,696
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ........ 3,175 4,043 3,948 3,270
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-20 ) ........ 1,819 1,134 1,111 1,842
( 84-6-8-2 ). 2,304 1,496 1.,400 2,400
( 75–5m20 ) 392 650 610 432
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ......... 1,412 1,301 1,355 1,358
Nickel silver ... 329 226 283 272
Low brass .. 119 115 142 92
Hardeners and special alloys ............. 625 552 616 561
Total brass and bronze ingots .

ngots ........ 120,255 23,239 | 22,862 20,632
Miscellaneous copper products produced ... on 2,406
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ..... -328
copper -base scrap...... 23,806
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purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills in January 1954,
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks 1 consumed stocks }
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 3,636 4,338 4,224 3,750

Yellow brass .. 35,909 17,393 18,194 35,108
Jartridge cases . 811 1,783 1,954 640
Bronze .. 2,029 2 /-252 180 1,597
Nickel silver . 1,728 599 980 1,347
Low brass ... 4,568 1,316 1,448 4,436
Stocks include home scrap ; in previous months purchased scrap only was reported .
Negative receipts indicate shipments, greater than receipts .
Table 4. Consumption of old and new copper -base scrap 1/ in

Secondary Total
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills scrap
Month used
New scrap 01d scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January .. 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
1953
( monthly
average ) 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 | 100,312
1) Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers esti

Melted
Closing
Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 428 1,544 1,472 500
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .... 2,140 5,399 5,253 2,286
Refinery brass . 11,282 3,471 5,630 9,123
Total ... 60,060 19,320 27,524 51,856
1/ㅂ ( Continued from page 1)

1954 , to provide for the reporting of all stocks of copper -base scrap , including both
home , or run - around , and purchased scrap . Brass mill purchased scrap is , in general ,
of scrap are difficult to record and separation either in physical or book inventorie :
is not usually attempted . The mills do, however , keep records of receipts and con
the Bureau of Mines ,
2
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in

Month
production , Secondaryl Primary chemicals products 3) , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight| base scrap 4,
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
1953
(monthly
average) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
1/ Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu ..
2) Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toli basis .
/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc.)

By primary pro By secondary By brass mills
Month Total
copper
New scrap old scrap! New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap recovere .
January ...... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
1953
( monthly
average ) .... 9,374 1 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
ēstimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
copper sulfate procuced from scrap .
Table 8. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1953 ,
in short tons (v . S. Department of Commerce)
Month Unalloyed Copper - base
January 567 112
February . 819 423
March ... · 350 196
April ... 445 231
May . 701 103
June . 487 598
July .... 2,000 881
August .... 4,128 1,300
September . 6,382 3,492
October 6,260 6,392
November . 5,100 7,985
December . 7,329 11,900
Total . 34,568 33,613
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BUREAU OF MINES
DOUGLAS MCKAY, Secretary P
J. J. FORBES , Director COM

Production of secondary metal as bras8 ingot , refined copper , in brass -mill

products , and in copper chemicals at smelters, was virtually the same in February
as in January , totaling 66,000 short tons , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . The total secondary copper recovered
in these products was 56,000 tons in each of the above months . The 10,000 - ton
difference represents the tin, lead , zinc , and other metals contained in the
products of the smelters and brass mills . The source of these metals was the
copper - alloy scrap consumed to make them . Some of the scrap consumed by the pri
mary refiners such as refinery brass , irony brass , and skimmings , contains other
metals than copper , but only the copper is recovered , except that the flue dust
and Cottrell precipitates, which contain metallic oxides, are usually treated for
recoverable values . Minor quantities of zinc , lead , and tin scrap are also used
in making copper - base alloys, but the recovery figures given represent only metals
recovered from copper -base scrap. Metals recovered in copper -base products from
other than copper - base scrap are calculated for annual data only .
Although secondary output was about the same in February as in January , that
of the brass mills increased 1,800 tons , or 7 percent , and that of the primary
producers 400 tons , or 3 percent , whereas the production of the secondary copper
smelters , including brass ingot , refined copper and chemicals , declined 2,500 tons ,
or ll percent .
Consumption of copper - base scrap by each of the three groups of consumers

mentioned was in proportion to output. The trend in brass mill operations was
toward greater consumption of refined copper in proportion to scrap . Consumption
of scrap by brass mills in January and February combined was 68 percent of their
consumption of refined copper , compared with 77 percent in 1952 and 76 percent in
1951 .
According to the American Metal Market , dealers were paying 22.5 cents per
of February , and 22.5 and 16.5 cents , respectively , for these items at the end of
the month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115 were 24.5 and 23.5
cents .


stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ........ 1,707 2,620 2,608 1,719
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light ... 2,965 2,925 2,866 3,024
Yellow brass ... 5,419 4,801 4,586 5,634
.o
Bronze .... 2,147 2,607 2,348 2,406
Nickel silver .. 520 130 228 422
Low brass .. 285 358 261 382

Opening
Shipments closing
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .............. 1,594 1,352 1,256 1,690

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 ).. 1,698 1,481 1,639 1,540
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) ....... 4,696 6,894 7,420 4,170
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 )..... 1,842 1,024 1,142 1,724
( 84-6-8-2 ) ..... 2,400 1,386 1,478 2,308
( 75-5-20 )... 432 516 474 474
Nickel silver ... 272 266 214 324
Low brass ... 92 202 190 104
Hardeners and special alloys.......... 561 458 487 532
Total brass and bronze ingots ...... 20,632 20,715 21,523 19, 824
Miscellaneous copper products produced .... 2,162 1
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ... -266
2
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in February 1954 ,
Melted Closing
Opening
stocks 1 / consumei
stocks 1 /
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 3,750 3,983 3,669 4,064
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. . 2,517 2,242 1,877 2,882
Yellow brass .... O 35,108 19,850 19,660 35,298
Cartridge cases . 640 2,415 2,349 706
Bronze ... 1,597 96 303 1,390
Nickel silver . 1,347 729 786 1,230
Low brass . 4,436 2 / -152 1,861 2,423
1 Stocks include home scrap .

copper smelters Total
Month
BCTAD
1 New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
use
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February .. 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
Total .. 28,217 27,447 15,704 40,063 52,647 6,779 170,857
1953
( monthly
average ). 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers estimated
at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old . scrap per month , not shown in table .

of primary copper producers in February 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Meltea
Opening Closing
Scrap item Receipts Or
Stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 500 1,726 1,776 450

Refinery brass ... 9,123 4,106 6,183 7,046
Low -grade scrap and residues. O
39,947 11,733 15,148 36,592
Total ... 51,856 21,825 28,140 45,541
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in
1954 , in short tons
in mill recovery
Month ingot
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3), from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
Total . 43,954 4,409 28,908 1,081 58,080 132,994
1953
( monthly
average ) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
1) Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manu
>
month .
-
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc. )

scrap New scrap
old scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap old old scrap recovered
January .... 7,467 7,303 47885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February ... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
Total ... 15,889 14,061 9,956 30,163 37,328 5,418 112,815
1953
(monthly
average ) .. 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,972
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers ,not shown ,
2) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
Table 8 . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1953 , and
Period . Unalloyed copper Copper - base alloy
scrap scrap
1953 .... 34,568 33,613

1954:
January . 10,376 12,743
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Consumption of copper - base scrap in March, by all consumers reporting monthly,

rose 10 percent or to 94,000 short tons , and secondary recovery resulting therefrom
increased 13 percent or to 75,000 tons , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior . These totals were not as high as those for any
of the first 6 months of 1953 , but were higher than for any of the last 6 months of
that year , except that the secondary recovery in August was 76,000 tons .
In March 1954 the primary producers used more scrap than any other group ,
33,000 tons , about half of it old and half new scrap . Their principal raw material ,
however , was primary ; their chief product was refined copper , The secondary smelt
ers consumed 31,000 tons of scrap , most of it old , 120 tons of refined copper , and
1,500 tons of other materials such as zinc and lead , both refined and scrap . They
produced 25,000 tons of brass and bronze ingot , 2,000 tons of refined copper and
minor quantities of copper chemicals and brass - mill billets . The brass mills used
30,000 tons of scrap in March , most of it new . Their chief raw material was refined
copper , of which they consumed 43,000 tons and , as usual, they used slab zinc in the
ratio of about a ton of zinc to two tons of refined copper as well as minor quanti
ties of tin and lead .
Brass mill consumption of copper - base scrap in March 1954 was 20,000 tons less
than in March 1953 , the decrease being chiefly in unalloyed copper and yellow brass
scrap . The corresponding decrease for secondary smelters was 7,000 tons, with most
items declining in the same ratio . Scrap consumption by primary producers was 2,000
tons greater in March 1954 than in March 1953 , but their recovery of copper from
scrap was about the same in both months because of differences in contents of scrap
used .
pound for No. I copper scrap , and 16 cents for composition solids at the beginning
of March , and 24 and 27.5 cents , respectively , for these i tems at the end of the
month . Corresponding prices for composition ingot No. 115 were 23.5 and 25 cents .

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch, Minerals Division ,
Table l . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
Melted
Opening or
Closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy..... 1,719 3,712 2,789 2,642

Yellow brass ..... 5,634 5,319 5,844 5,109
Auto radiators (unswea ted ) . 1,546 2,416 2,790 1,172
Bronze .. 2,406 2,890 2,931 2,365
Nickel silver . 422 270 312 380
Low brass ... 382 348 335 395
Low - grade scrap and residues .. • 6,124 3,786 3,855 6,055
1 ) Nega tive receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .

consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) .... 1,690 1,409 1,420 1,679

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-17-43 ) . 1,540 1,803 1,899 1,444
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,170 9,072 9,240 4,002
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) O 1,724 1,192 986 1,930
(84-6-8-2 ) . 2,308 1,558 1,634 2,232
( 75-5-20 ) . 474 299 349 424
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ) 1,294 1,499 1,605 1,188
Nickel silver . 324 346 316 354
Low brass ...... 104 278 224 158
Silicon bronze .... 353 430 366 417
Conductor bronze .... . o 55 78 66 67

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Table 3. Stocks of all copper - base scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in March 1954 ,
Melted Home closing

Opening
consumed Scrap 2 / stocks 1/
No. 1 wire and heavy ....... 4,064 49462 4,462 700 3,364
Yellow brass .. 35,298 19,041 19,041 5,206 30,092
Cartridge cases .... 706 1,967 1,967 -14 720
Bronze ..... 1,390 166 166 76 1,314
Nickel silver ... 1,290 588 588 -90 1,384
Low brass.. 2,423 1,941 1,941 -110 2,533
Stocks include home scrap .

Home scrap consumption minus generation . Nega tive figures indicate generation great
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er than consumption .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 / in
scrap
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .. 15,187 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ..... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
Total .. 44,535 43,953 25,079 61,832 79,845 9,895 265,139
1953
(monthly
average ). 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers estimated
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 450 2,549 2,761 238

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and lighto . 1,513 6,761 6,702 1,572
Refinery brass....O
7,046 5,326 8,938 3,434
Low - grade scrap and residues........ 36,532 14,835 14,423 36,944
Total .... 45,542 29,471 32,824 42,188
in short tons
Month
gross weight smelters producers
producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4 /
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February . 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ... o 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
To tal . 69,163 6,390 47,427 1,752 88,012 207,745
1953
(monthly
average ) 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
4 Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , mimus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc.)

ducers 2 from smelters from from copper
Month recovered
New scrap old scrap
New scrap old scrap New New scrap old scrap
January ... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .. 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ...000 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
Total... 25,893 23,241 15,974 46, 526 56,815 7,918 176,367
1953
(monthly
average ) .. 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,644 68,979
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not show ,
scrap scrap
1953 .... 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January .. 10,376 22,743
February 9,813 10,537
March .. 6,263 6,621
Total ... 26,452 29,901
Interior -- Duplicating Section, Washington , D. C. , May 18, 1954 .

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COPPER SCRAP
Recovery of metals from copper -base scrap as refined copper at primary refine
eries , as refined copper and brass ingot at secondary smelters and as brass -mill
Interior . About half of the 13,000 tons of secondary refined copper produced by
the remainder was from low - grade scrap and residues which could not economically
gold , silver and platinum .
38 - percent April decrease in receipts by primary producers followed a 35 - percent
tons in April , 40,000 less than in April 1953 , but equal to the average for the
According to the American Metal Market, dealers in the New York area wers pay
ing 24 cents per pound for No. 1 copper scrap, and 17.5 cents for composition solids
at the beginning of April and 24.5 and 18.5 cents , respectively , for these items at
and 26 cents .

Johnson , Chief, Base Metals Branch 9, Minerals Division .
Melted Closing
Opening
consumed 1 /
No. 1 wire and heavy..000 . 2,642 3,735 3,410 2,967
Yellow brass .. 5,109 5,605 5,863 4,851
Cartridge cases .. O 134 275 102 307
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 1,172 2,938 2,922 1.198
Bronze..i 2,365 3,099 3,443 2,022
Low brass . 395 413 432 376
Low - grade scrap and residues ......... 6,055 4,257 3,832 6,480
1 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form which remains in alloy form in the producto
copper amelters in April 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments Closing
Opening
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,679 1,481 1,486 1,674

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-14-4ž). 1,444 1,752 1,915 1,281
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4,002 9,242 9,117 4,127
Leaded semired brass (81--3-7-9) ........ 2,718 5,179 5,416 2,481
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) .... 1,930 1,014 1,330 2., 614,
(84-6-8-2 ) . 2,232 1,729 2,017 1,944
( 75-5-20 ) .. 424 421 379 466
Manganese bronze ......... 1,582 1,196 1,390 1,388
Aluminum bronze ... 424 420 422 422 1
Nickel silver .... 354 243 307 290

Low brass .... 158 202 242 118
Hardeners and special alloys........... 518 646 696 468
Miscellaneous .... 222 97 124 195
Miscellaneous copper products produced ................ 2,819
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ......... -217
Misc . materials consumed in copper -base alloys ........ -1,648
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Net total recovery from purchased cu -base scrap ....... 26,757
2
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in April 1954 ,
Melted
Opening Home Closing
scrap 31 stocks 1
consumed 2 /
No. 1 wire and heavy ....... 3,364 4,585 4,585 -925 4,289
» No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 3,118 2,099 2,099 -666 3,784
Yellow brass .. 30,092 18,402 18,402 -2,755 22,347
Cartridge cases 720 3,748 3,748 -580 1,00
Bronze ... 1,314 132 132 -12 1,326
Nickel silver 1,380 802 802 -16 1,396
Low brass .. 2,533 166
1,597 1,597 2,367
Aluminum bronze ... 152 72 72 -34 186
Total copper -hase scrap....... 42,673 31,437 31,437 h, 822 47,495

1 / Stocks include home scrap .
alloy form in the produci.
3 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Nega tive figures indicate generation greater
than consumption .
Table 4 . Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 / in
scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
New scrap New scrap old scrap used
Jamary .... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February ... 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,192 3,440 85,753
March ..... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April...... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 25,379 5,058 90,876
Total ... 57,765 57,424 34,599 85,050 106,22lis 14,953 356,015
1953
(monthly
average ) .. 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 19.00,312
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers es tima ted
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap 1/ at plants
oť primary copper producers in April 1954 , gross weight in short tons
1
Melted Closing
Scrap item Opening
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . .. 238 2,155 2,086 307

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light...... 1,572 4,451 4,955 1,068
Refinery brass ...... 3,434 2,910 3,056 3,288
Total.... 42,188 18,180 26,701 33,667
1 The scrap and primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or
during treatment .
3
in short tons
Refined copper 2 in mili
Month ingot recovery
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scran !
January .... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February .... 20,775 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,38 ]
March ...... 25,209 1,982 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April ...... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
Total .... 94,966 9,116 60,702 2,522 118,948 279,390
1953
(monthly
average ) ... 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
3 Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
4 / Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups, mimus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc.) used
by ingot makers .
ducers 2 from smelters from from copper
Month
recovered
January ..... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,421
February .... 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ..... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ....... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
Total.... 33,345 29,786 22,069 Gdyy 282 75,693 11,812 236,987
1953
(monthly
average ) ... 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
1 / Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not showni,
by months in 1954 , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce)
Period
Unalloyed copper Copper - base alloy
scrap scrap
1953.000 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January ...... 10,376 12,743
February .... O. 9,813 10,537
March ... Oo 6,263 6,621
April .. 10 , 206 11,974
Total .. 36,658 41,875
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COPPER SCRAP
May 1954, virtually the same quantity as in April , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Nine - tenths of this total was reported
.
per smelters 31,000 tons , and the brass mills 30,000 tons , In 1953 the average
monthly consumption of these three groups was 27,000 tons, 32,000 tons , and 41,000
tons , respectively .
fined copper and copper sulfate ; the secondary copper smelters ! .recovery was 82
5 brass mills recovered 98.percent, of the scrap they used , in the form of brass -mill
products , including sheet, rod , wire and tubing . The percentages are an indication
of the average grade of scrap metal treated by each group , not of the efficiency of
the plants ,
The secondary production in May of copper - alloy ingot, 26,000 tons , of refined
copper, 18,000 tons , was about equal to the monthly averages for those products in
1953 , but the secondary output of brass -mill products was . 25 percent. less than the
According to the American Metal market, dealers in the New York , area were pay
ing 24.5 cents per pound for No. 1 copper scrap and 18.5 cents for, composition
solids at the beginning of May , and 25 and 19.5 cents , respectively , for these

secondary copper smelters in May 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts or , stocks
stocks
consumed 2 )
No. wire and heavy....... 2,967 2,887 3,084 2,770
Railroad -car boxes .. 64 38 57 45
Yellow brass . 4,851 6,228 6,367 4,712
Auto radiators ( insweated ) .. 1,198 3,117 2,986 1,329
Bronze.......... 2,021 3,111 3,047 2,085
Nickel silver ... 414 217 280 351
Low brass .. 376 479 395 460
Low - grade scrap and residues . 6,480 1,998 3 , ‫ويليا‬ 5,029
Total copper -base scrap ..... 24.405 29,778 31,370 22,813
Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants .
At secondary copper smelters the scrap used I's chiefly old or obsolete equipment
in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product .

copper smelters in May 1954, gross weight in short tons
Opening Production
Shipments Closing
Kind of ingot to
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,674 1,184 1,333 1,525

Leaded tin. bronze ( 88-6-21-44) 1 , 281 1,432 1,372 1,342
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ). 4,127 8 , ‫وبليا‬ 8,302 4,274
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) . 2.481 5,419 5,352 2,548
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-1 0) 1,614 1,420 1,213 1,821
-2
84-6-8 ). 1,944 1,638 1,730 1,852
( 75-5-20 ) 466 431 480 417
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ).. 1,235 2,060 2,016 1,279
Nickel silver ... 412 274 428
290
Low brass .... 118 120 126 112
Miscellaneous ... 195 132 108 219
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys . -178
copper -base scrap ..... 26,769
2
Table 3. Stocks of all coppermbase .scrap and receipts and consumption
of purchased copperabase scrap , at brass mills, in May 1954,
gross weight in short tons 1
i
Melted
Scrap item Opening Home closing
stocks 2 Receipts . or
scrap 4 / stocks 2 /
consumed 3 /
No , 1I wire and heavy..... 4,289 4,473 4,473 782 3,507
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy
and light... 3,784 2,202 2,202 -297 4,081
Yellow brass , 32,847 14,726 18,084 1,991 27,498
Cartridge cases 1,300 2,608 2,608 322 978
Bronze .. 1,326 88 88 -300 1,626
Nickel silver ............ 1,396 818 828 -200 1,496
Low brass ... 2,367 1,641 1,641 52 2,315
1
Mixed alloy scrap ........ 3,358 3,358
Total copper - base scrap 47,495 29,918 29,918 2,481 i 45,014
Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 plants .
Stocks include home scrap ; receipts and consumption represent purchased scrap only.
3 At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process scrap in alloy form which remains
in alloy form in the product.
4 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative iigures indicate generation
greater than consumption .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1954,
Secondary Total
Month Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills scrap
New scrapiold scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .. 15,187 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... 16,318 16,506 -9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April ..... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May ....... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
Total ... 74,489 70,342 42,925 108,094 132,682 18,413 446,945
1953
monthly
average) 14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015. 37,848 3,267 100 , 312
1 Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old
scrap per month , not shown in table ,
of primary copper producers , in May 1954, gross weight in short tons . 1
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item i stocks
Receipts or '
stocks
consumed
No. I wire and heavy .... 307 2,104 2,175 235
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 1,068 6,267 6,733 602
Refinery brass..... 3,288 1,432 2,518 2,202
Total coppo mbase screp ................ 33,667 22,085 29,612 26,110
1 / Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
in short tons
Refined copper 2 ) in sa mill recovery
Month ingot
January... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February .. 20,7152,103 14,603 598 29,962 66,381
March ..... 25,209 1,98 1 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April ..... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
Ilay.... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
Total ... 120,525 11,718 76,124 3,120 148,403 351,568
1953
( monthly
average ) . 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products, etc. per
month .
3/ Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. )
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January ... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .. 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March .... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May .... 9,662 6.341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
Total ... 36,127 27,372 81,594
43,007 94,802 14 ;462 297 , 364
1953
( monthly
average ) . 9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 .68,979
1) Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
2/ Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
per sulfate produced from scrap .
by months in 1954, in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed copper scrap Copper -base alloy scrap
1953 .... 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January 10,376 12,743
February . 9,813 10,537
March ... 6,263 6,621
April.... 10,206 11,974
May .... 6,326 8,339
Total... 42,984 50,214
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN JUNE 1954
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Total production of refined copper , copper- base alloys and copper sulfate ,
from copper scrap and copper -base scrap , was 86,000 short tons in June" or virtually
the same as in May 1954, but 14,000 tons less than in June 1953 and 10,000 less
than the 1953 monthly average , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . The total for Jurte included : 29,000 tons in brass in
got, refined copper and chemicals produced by the secondary smelters , 15,000 tons
in refined copper and chemicals by the primary producers and 30,000 tons in brass
mill products by the brass mills plus an estimated 12,000 tons by minor groups
which report on an annual basis only, · The final total for recovery from copper
base scrap in 1953 for these minor groups was 145,000 tons , an average of about
12,000 tons a month .
The greatest change in activity was that indicated by reports from primary
producers whose June output of secondary refined copper was 4 percent, or about
1,000 tons , less than in May . Brass mills ' secondary production was about 30,000
tons in both May and June , but their consumption of refined copper increased from
47,000 to 48,000 tons . Tire mills , which use no .scrap,. consumed 59,000 tons of
refined copper in refinery shapes , chiefly wire bars , in June .compared with 55,000
in May .
Although secondary copper operations in the first 6 months of 1954 were on a

smaller scale than in the first half of 1953 , they exhibited an upward trend . Ac
cording to the American Metal Market , dealers in the New York area were paying 25
cents a pound for No. 1 copper scrap , and 19.5 cents . for , composition solids at the
beginning of June, while consumers were paying.27. cents a . pound . for composition
ingot No. 115 . These prices were the same at the end .of.the month , as at the
beginning .

Johnson, Chief, Base Metals Branch , Minerals Division .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased coppermbase scrap at
secondary copper smelters in June 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted
Opening Closing
stocks
stocks
consumed 27
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .... 2,409 3,923 3,347 2,985
Yellow : brass .... 4,712 6,446 6,443 4,715
Cartridge cases .... 325 367 260 432
Bronze .. 2,085 3,407 3,374 2,118
Nickel silver . 351 185 232 304
342
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Low brass .. 460 196 314
Aluminum bronze ..... 24 15 66
Total copper - base scrap .......... 22,813 36,136 33,548 25,401
2 At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment

copper smelters in June 1954, gross weight in short tons
Production
Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,525 1,199 1,170 1,554

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5) 4,274 9,574 9,360 4,488
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ))..... 2,548 5,681 5,804 2,425
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) ... 1,821 1,141 1,298 1,664
( 84-682) 1,852 1 , 386 1,954 1,284
( 75-5-20 ) .... 417 484 430 471
Nickel silver ... 428 300 340 388
Low brass.. 112 199 155 156
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ... -249
copper - base scrap ..... 27,523
2
Table 3 . Stocks of all copper -base scrap and receipts and consumption of
purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills in June 1954 ,
gross weight in short tons /
Melted Home Closing
Opening
Scrap item stocks 27 Receipts or
scrap 47 stowks 2 /
consumed 3 /
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 3,507 4,702 4,702 120 3,387
and light .. 4,081 2,164 2,164 -1,107 5,188
Yellow brass . 27,498 18,560 18,560 1,545 25,953
Cartridge cases . 978 2,110 2,110 -69 1,047
Bronze .. 1,626 146 246 331 .1,295
Nickel silver . 1,496 717 717 -259 1,755
Low brass .. 2,315 1,650 1,650 182 2,133
Aluminum bronze .. 155 68 68 -33 188
| Mixed alloy scrap . 3,358 -1,236 4,594
Total copper -base scrap 45,014 30,117 30,117 -526 45,540
1 / Reports were tabulate for all known brass mills , about 65 plants .
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2/ Stocks include home scrap ; receipts and consumption represent purchased scrap only .
3/ At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process scrap in alloy form which remains
in alloy form in the product .
4) Homer scrap consumptptioionn minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation
greate than consum .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1954 ,
Total
:] New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January .... • 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February . 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April .. 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May ..... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
June .. 16,816 11,712 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
Total .... 91,305 82,054 51,425 133,142 159,748 21,464 539,138
1953 ( monthly average ):
14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 Cons um pt io n by foun dr ie s , chem ic al plants , and miscel la ne ou s manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap
per month , not shown in table .
of primary copper producers in June 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted closing
Scrap item Opening
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 236 1,575 1,560 251
Refinery brass..... 2,202 2,930 3,172 1,960
) Total copper -base scrap .... 26,110 24,779 28,528 22,361
1 / Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and pri
mary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1/ from copper -base scrap in 1954 ,
in short tons
ingot
Refined copper 2) in mill recovery
Month
production , Secondaryi Primary chemicals products 3/ , from copper
gross weight smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4 ,
January ... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February . 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March .. 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,752
April ..... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
May.... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
June .... 26,792 2,431 14,863 417 29,531 . 72,243
Total ... 147,317 14,149 90,987 3,537 177,934 423,811
1953 (monthly average ) :
25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
month .
added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tia, zinc, etc.)
Table 7. Copper recovered 1/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from
Month ducers 2 / from smelters from from copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap 013 scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January ... 7,4671 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .. 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,2101 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ..... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April .. 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May .... 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June.... 8,319 6,919 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61,402
Total ... 51,326 43,046 33,020 100,160 114,359 16,855 358,766
1953 ( monthly average ) :
9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,972
1/ Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
2/ Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
by months in 1954 , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce
1953 .... 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January . 10,376 12,743
February 9,813 10,537
March .... 6,263 6,621
April . 10,206 11,974
May ... 6,326 8,339
Total .. 42,984 50,214
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Consumption of copper - base scrap by the three principal consuming groups de
creased 23 percent in July to 71,000 short tons, according to the Bureau of lines,
United States Department of the Interior. Velting of scrap at secondary smelters
and brass mills fell 25 percent, and that at primary producers showed a 17 - percent
decrease . Consumption of refined copper by brass and wire mills and secondary
smelters decreased from 108,000 to 71,000 tons , wire mills being responsible for 63
percent of this decline .
Activity usually is low in July because many plants close or curtail operations
to allow their employees vacations or to change or repair equipment, but the reduc
tion was proportionately greater in 1954 than in the same period in 1953. Recovery
from copper -base scrap by the 3 major groups decreased from 72,000 tons in June 1954
to 54,000 tons in July or 26 percent; the decrease in July 1953 was from 86,000 to
70,000 tons or 19 percent. Secondary output of brass mills decreased 7,000 tons or
25 percent, that of brass ingot 8,000 tons or 30 percent, and primary producers'
output of secondary refined copper 3,000 tons or 17. percent.
There were virtually no changes during July in dealers ' prices of copper and
copper - allny scrap . Export demand for these items remained strong .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Feyer , under the supervision of C. Fi.
Johnson , Chief , Base Metals Branch , linerals Division ,
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchas'ed copper- base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in July 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed 2 ]
No. 1 wire and heavy . 3,114 3,389 2,799 3,704
Composition or soft red brass , ..... 3,140 8,146 6,719 4,567
Railroad - car boxes..... 140 56 60 136
Yellow brass .... 4,715 5,741 4,712 5,744
Bronze .... 2,118 2,593 2,031 2,68C
Nickel silver ..... 304 243 172 376
Low brass ... 342 212 206 34 €
2 ) At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
copper smelters in July 1954 , gross weight in short tons
| Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88.10m2 ) . 1,554 891 914 1,531

Leaded tin bronze ( 88_6-1-4 ). 1,673 1,133 1,097 1,709
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 4,488 5,977 6,569 3,896
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) ...... 2,425 4,178 3,983 2,620
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 1,664 745 817 1,592
( 84-6-8-2 ).. 1,284 1,295 1,159 1,420
( 75-5-20 ). 471 368 357 482
Nickel silver ... 388 136 188 336
Low brass .. 156 126 126 156

Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ...... -198
base alloys .......... . ..... -1,418
2
Table 3 . Stocks of all copper - base scrap and receipts and consumption of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in July 1954 ,
Opening Melted or Home Closing
Scrap item Receipts
stocks 2 consumed 3 scrap 4 / | stocks 2 /
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 3,387 4,358 4,358 -322 3,709
and light.. 5,188 1 , 563 1,563 593 4,595
Yellow brass .. 25,953 12,732 12,732 501 26,454
Cartridge cases .......... 1,047 2,148 2,148 167 1,214
Bronze ..... 1,295 97 97 18 1,277
Nickel silver . 1,755 564 564 -57 1,812
Low brass . 2,133 973 973 -339 2,472
Mixed alloy scrap ........ 4,594 1,059 3,535
Total copper - base scrap 22,457
45 , 540 22,457 309 45,231
Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills , about 65 plants .
Stocks include home scrap ; receipts and consumption represent purchased scrap only
At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process scrap in alloy form which remains
in alloy form in the product ,
4 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation
greater than consumption ,
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper-base scrap 1 / in 1954 ,
Secondary Total
used
January 30 . 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February .. 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March..or , 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April..... 13,230 13,471 9 , 520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
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Hay ..... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044. 26,458 3,460 90,930
June . ss00 16,916 11,712 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
July.com.co 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 71,168
Total , .. 104 , 504 92,408 58,044 151,681 178,607 25,062 610,306
14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all , estima ted at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old
Table 5 , Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in July 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 251 1,554 1,406 399
Refinery brass... 1,960 2,062
1,870 2,152
Low - grade scrap and residues............ 18,706 14,522
10,457 14,641
Total copper - base scrap ...............
22,361 ! 23,553
19,544 18,352
1 Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
3
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 , from copper-base scrap in 1954 , in short tons
Brass ingot Refined copper 2 Copper in Brass -mill Total recover :
Month production , Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ , from copper
1
gross weight | smelters producers at smelters gross weight base scrap 4
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 . 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March .... 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 .
74,751
April ... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 ..30,936 ... 71,645
May... 25,559 2,602 : 15,422 598 .29,455 72,178
June .. 26,792 2,4 31 14,863 417 29,531 72,243
July ... 18,795 1,605 12,310 507 22,158
.
53,759
Total .. 166,112 15,754 103,297 4,044 200,092 477,570
25,3331,930 15,799 734 · 40,760 82,178
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc , pei
month .
3/ Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , mi
nus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc ,
copper- base scrap in 1954 , in short tons
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap ! Old scrap recovered
January 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,421
February 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March .... 10,004 9,180 . 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,8781 3,894 60,620
May.... 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June.ro 8,319 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61,402
6,919
July .... 7,342 5,387 4,313 13.768 13,719 2,925 47,454
Total . , 58,668 48,433 37,333 113,928 128,378 19,780 106,220
9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and mis cellaneous man ufacturers , not shown
estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap per mon th .
2) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
.
by months in 1954 ,in short tons (U. S. Departmentof Commerce )
Period Unalloyed copper_scrap Copper -base alioy scrap
1953. , 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January ... · 10,376 12,743
February . 9,813 · 10,537
March ... .6., 263
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April .. 10,206 11,974
May .. 6,326 8,339
June . 5,044 7,219
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN AUGUST ' 1954
Consumption of copper scrap by smelters , refiners and 'brass ‘mills , after declin
ing 21,000 short tons in July , increased 11,000 tons to a total of 82,000 in August,
according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior. In com
parison , the July 1953 decline was 20,000 tons and the August 1953 rebound 5,000
tons , to a total of 92,000 .. Of the 11,000 - ton increase in August 1954 , the primary
producers ' share was 3,700 tons , that of the secondary smelters 4,600 tons and that
of the brass mills 2,600 tons , The percentages of old scrap used by the primary pro
ducers and brass mills were greater than for any other month of the elapsed portion
of 1954. Mills of the American Brass Company at Ansonia , Torrington and Buffalo were
closed by labor strikes that began on August 23 .
Production of brass ingot increased 5,500 tons in August, or to 24,000 tons , and
secondary content of brass -mill products 2,600 , or to 25,000 tons . Output of brass
mill products in August 1954 , however , was far below the same month of 1953 when
36,000 tons was produced . Output of secondary smelters and secondary production of
primary producers was about the same in August 1954 as ' in August 1953 :

Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at secondary
copper smelters in August 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 ]
Melted Closing
Opening Receipts or
consumed 27
No , l wire and heavy .... 3,704 2,769 2,943 3,530
Failroad - car boxes . 136 42 106 72
Yellow brass ... 5,744 6,036 5,896 5,884
Bronze ... 2,680 3,016 3,032 2,664
Nickel silver .. 376 146 212 310
Low brass.... 348 198 297 249
Aluminum bronze , ... 56 50 14 92
Low -grade scrap and residues ...... 6,818 3,242 2,744 7,316
· Total copper - base scrap ...... 30 , 537 29,989 29,776 30,750
1. Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants .
At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product,
Shipments Closing
Kind of ingot
Opening to
stocks Produotion stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 1,531 1,223 1,108 , 1,646

Leaded tin bronze (88–6-12-43 ) . .........
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) .......
1,709 1,369 1,306 1,772
3,896 8,542 7,865 4 , 573
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) ........ 2,620 5,673 5,141 3,152
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) .. 1,592 902 774 1,720
(84-6-8-2 ) . 1,420 1,126 1,158 1,388
( 75-5-20 ) .. 482 283 261 504
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ). 1,288 2,274 2,156 1,406
Aluminum bronze .... 486 428 390 524
Nickel silver .. 336 277 199 414
Low brass . 156 180 180 156
Conductor bronze ........ 90 67 56 101
Hardeners and special alloys ........... 426 577 484 519
Miscellaneous ..... 168 30 24 174
Miscellaneous copper products produced , 1,789
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ..... -123
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper .
base alloys .......
.
-1,436
copper - base scrap ....... 24,575
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Table 3 . Stocks of all conper -base scrap and receipts and consumption of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in August 1954 ,
gross weight in short tons 1 /
Opening Melted or Home closing
Scrap item Receipts
stocks 2) consumed 3 / scrap 4 ) stocks 2 /
NO . I wire and heavy ..... 3,709 5,083 5,083 -305 4,014
and light .. 4,595 1,652 1,652 1,102 3,493
Yellow brass . 26,454 13,673 13,673 450 26,004
Cartridge cases .. 1,214 2,636 2,636 574 640
Bronze .... 1,277 99 99 66 1,211
Nickel silver ... 1,812 729 729 184 1,628
Low brass .. 2,472 1,178 1,178 748 1,724
Aluminum bronze . 163 25 25 -3 166
Mixed alloy scrap . 3,535 9 3,526
Total copper -base scrap 45,231 25,075 25,075 2,825 42,406
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills , about 65 plants .
2/ Stocks include home scrap ; receipts and consumption represent purchased scrap only.
3) At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process scrap in alloy form which remains
in alloy form in the product .
4/ Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation
greater than consumption .
Table 4. Consumptiongross
of new and old copper -base scrap 1 ) in 1954,
weight in short tons
Month
| Primary producers Secondary
copper smelters
Brass mills Total
scrap
New scrap! old scrap New scrap 01d scrap New scrap, Old scrap used
January ..... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February . 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... 16,318 16,506 9.375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April .. 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May ..... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
June . 16,816 11,712 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
July.. 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 71,168
August.. 11,959 15,280 7,763 22,013 20,876 4,199 82,090
Total..... 116,463 107,688 65,807 : 173,694 199,483 29,261 692,396
1953 (monthly average) :
14,526 : 12,777- 7,879 ...: 24,015 37,848 3,267 100,312
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old
scrap per month , not shown in table .
Table 5 : Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in August 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1/
Scrap item Receipts consumed stocks
stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy . 399 2,063 2,069 -393
Refinery brass .... 2,152 2,650 2,486 2,316
Low - grade scrap and residues .. 14,641 14,825 .15,194 14,272
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Table 6. Production of all metals 1/ from copper -base scrap in 1954 ,
Brass ingot Refined copper 2/ 1.. Copper in Brass -mill Total recovery
Month production Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ \ from copper
smelters producers at smelters base scrap 4
January .. 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ... 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April.. 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
May .... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
June . 26,792 2,431 14,863 417 29,531 72,243
July ....
. 18,795 1,605 12,310 507 22,158 53,759
August ... 24,345 1,675 15,268 433 24,719 64,881
Total .. 190,457 17,429 118,565 4,477 224,811 542,451
25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
facturers, which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal
month . 2 ) Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis.3 / In
cludes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers . 4 ) Equals total produc ti on of all
metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added alloying ingredients (re
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fined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc.) used by ingot makers .
Table 7. Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from ·
Month ducers 21, from smelters from from copper
New scrap Old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January .. 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 ! 56,404
March .... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April .... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May .. 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June 8,319 6,919 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61,402
July ..... 7,342 5,387 4,313 13,768 13,719 2,925 ! 47,454
August... 7,777 7,869 5,116 16,350 15,282 3,375 55,769
Total .. 66,445 56,302 42,449 130,278 143,360 23,155 461,989
7,101
9,374 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
1 /Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
2 /Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
1953.. 34,568 33,613
1954 :
January ..... 10,376 12,743
February 9,813 10,537
March .. 6,263 6,621
April . 10,206 11,974
May .. 6,326 8,339
June . 5,044 7,219
July ... 3,956 7,048
Total ... 51,984 64,481
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Consumption of copper scrap by major consuming groups increased 8 percent in

September to 89,000 short tons , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . The increase was. attributable to the brass mills, whose
use of scrap rose 27 percent or 7,000 tons , although some plants were idled by labor
strikes , and to the secondary copper smelters, whose copper scrap consumption in
creased 6 percent or 2,000 tons . Total copper scrap consumption by the primary
producers , including primary refiners , decreased 2,000 tons to 25,000 tons . However ,
all of these groups increased their consumption of unalloyed scrap , the primary pro
ducers from 9,600 tons in August to 10,700 .in. September, the. brass mills from 6,700
to 7,300 tons and the secondary smelters from 5,700 to.7.,000 tons . Some primary
producers were also affected by labor strikes, during September .

Total recovery of all metals from copper. scrap by the three groups was 72,000
tons in September 1954 compared with 65,000 in August 1954 and 70,000 in September
1953 .
The price paid in New York by scrap metal dealers for No. 1. copper scrap rose
from 25 cents per pound at the end of August. to 26 cents at the end of September but
the price for composition solids remained at 19.5 cents . The cost to consumers of
composition ingot No. 115 was also unchanged at 28.5 cents per pound .

Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap at secondary
copper smelters in September 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1
Melted
Opening closing
stocks
consumed 2 /
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 3,530 3,844 3,917 3,457
Composition or soft red brass ....... 4,752 7,489 8,422 3,818
Yellow brass ... 5,884 5,896 6,312 5,468
Au to radiators ( unsweated ). 2,092 3,155 3,073 2,174
Bronze ... 2,664 2,717 3,034 2,347
Nickel silver, 310 245 155 400
Low brass ... 249 194 163 280
2 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the producto

copper smelters in September 1954, gross weight in short tons
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 1,646 1,220 1,106 1,760

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5)......... 4,573 8,216 8,383 4,406
( 84-6-8-2 ) .. 1,388 1,556 1,424 1,520
( 75-5-20 ) . 504 426 386 544
Leaded yellow brass (66m1-3--30 ) .. 1,406 2,354 2,340 1,420
Manganese bronze , 1,676 1,079 1,051 1,704
Aluminum bronze .... 524 355 361 518
Nickel silver .... 414 177 228 363
Low brass .. 156 182 174 164
Hardeners and special alloys............. 519 633 580 572
Miscellaneous ..... 174 129 60 243
Total brass and bronze ingots....... 20,359 24,558 24,766 20,151
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys ...... -167
base alloys ....... -1,440
copper - base scrap ....... 25,184
2
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in September 1954,
gross weight in short tons 1/
Opening Melted or Home j Closing
Scrap item Receipts
stocks 2 consumed 3 4 stocks /
scrap / 2
No. I wire and heavy ..... 4,014 5,308 5,308 567 3,447
and light ........ 3,493 1,952 1,952 198 3,295
Yellow brass , 26,004 18,982 18,982 -415 26,419
Cartridge cases 640 3,306 3,306 -599 1,239
Bronze . 1,211 114 114 -339 1,550
Nickel silver 1,628 759 759 103 -1,525
Low brass .. 1,724 1,519 1,519 -84 . : 1,808
Aluminum bronze ... 166 2 2 -83 2449
Mixed alloy scrap . 3,526 138..3,388
Total copper -base scrap 42,406 31,942 31,942 -514 42,920
1 Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 plants,
Stocks include home scrap; receipts and consumption represent purchased scrap only .
At brass mills the scrap used is chiefly process . scrap in alloy form which remains
in alloy form in the product,
4 / Home scrap consumption minus generation . Negative figures indicate generation
greater than consumption ,
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1954 ,
Secondary Total
used
January ..... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,148 3,339 85,104
February .... 15,187 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March .... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April ...... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May ...... 16,7244 12,918 8,326 23,0444 26,458 3,460 90,930
June .... 16,816 11,772 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
July ...... 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 71,168
August ..... 11,959 15,280 7,763 22,013 | 20,876 4,199 82,090
September ... 12,280 13,002 8,167 23,491 26,621 5,321 88,882
Total ..... 128,743 120,690 73,974 197,185 226,104 34,582 781,278
1953 (monthly average )
14,526 12,777 7,879124,015 -37,848 ! 3,267 100 , 312
Consum pti on by foundr ies , chemic al pla nts , and mis cel lan eou s man ufa ctu rer s , about
2,000 plants in all , estima ted s ap
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of primary copper producers in September 1954, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Opening Melted or closing
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 393 2,191 2,100 484
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light....... 1,988 8,294 8,612 1,670
Refinery brass... 2,316 1,654 1,850 2,120
Total copper -base scrap ............... 18,969 26,059 25 , 282 19,746
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN OCTOBER 1954

Consumption of copper scrap continued to rise in October , totaling 95,000 short
tons compared with 29,000 tons in September and 82,000 in August, according to the
Pureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior , The October total was the
highest for any month since the first half of 1953 , when consumption was over 100,000
tons in 5 of the 6 months . These data do not include consumption by foundries and
chemical plants which would add from 10 to 15 percent to each total . As in Septem
ber , the brass mills were almost entirely responsible for the increase , because con
sumption by smelters declined 1,000 tons, more than counterbalancing an 800 - ton gain
by the primary producers , Consumption of old scrap by the brass mills , chiefly car
tridge cases, was also high , reaching 9,000 tons in October . The labor strikes,
which had idled American Brass Company brass mills and some plants of other sub
sidiaries of Anaconda Copper Company , were settled October 11 ,
Total recovery of secondary aluminum , copper , lead , tin , nickel , and zinc from
copper - base scrap by brass mills , primary producers and secondary copper smelters,
the principal consuming groups , in October was 38,000 tons , 17,000 tons , and 25,000
tons , respectively.
The price of 25.50 cents a pound for No. 1.copper scrap paid in New York by
scrap - metal dealers at the end of October was half a cent less than at the end of
September , according to data published in the American Metal Market , The price of
composition solid scrap was a cent higher at 20.5 cents as was the cost to con
sumers of composition ingot No. 115 , which rose to 29.5 cents per pound .
Changes made during the past year in the Bureau of Mines ' brass mill reporting
schedule , following consultation with industry , have made it necessary to revise the
types of data published . The changes began with requesting total stocks of scrap ,
including home and purchased scrap , on the January 1954 schedule , whereas only pur
chased scrap stocks were asked for prior to that month , Starting with the October
1954 report , the segregation of stocks of scrap and consumption of purchased scrap,
by types , was abandoned ,
For purposes of compiling the usual statistics , it has been found advisable to
assume that receipts and consumption of purchased scrap are the same . assump This
tion , if applied to a long period of time , such as a year , will result in reasonably
accurate data , but on a monthly basis would result in discrepancies that at times
might be considerable . The difference between total reported receipts and consump
tion of purchased scrap by brass mills , however , was not over 10 percent for any
month of 1953. Total stocks , receipts and consumption and receipts of individual
items will continue to be published as shown in this report . It is expected that a
breakdown of total stocks of scrap will be requested from consumers occasionally , at
which time stocks of scrap by type will be included in the published report .
Table 1 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at secondary
copper smelters in October 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
lielted
Opening Closing
Scrap item Receipts
stocks consumed 2 / stocks

No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 3,792 3,261 3,763 3,290
Composition or soft red brass . , 3,818 7,817 7,797 3,838
Railroad - car boxes . L8 391 176 263
Yellow brass ... 5,468 6,078 5,831 5,715
Bronze .. 2,347 2,744 2,711 2,380
Nickel silver .. 400 215 212 403
Low brass .... 280 176 181 275
Aluminum bronze .. 98 L2 16 124
Total copper-base scrap .... 29,094 30,623
29,403 27,874
1/ Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants .
2 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment !

Shipments
Kind of ingot Opening Closing
stocks
Production to
consumers stocks
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1,760 988 20156 1,592

( 8-6-1-2 ) .......
Leaded tin bronze 76 1,837 1,389 1,634 1,592
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 43406 7,740 8,198 3,948
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) ........ 2,774 6,018 5,706 3,086
( 84-6-8-2 ) . 1,520 772 1,322 970
( 75-5-20 ) .. 5444 531 612 LOL
Aluminum bronze .... 518 283 301 500
Nickel silver ... 363 256 250 369
Low brass ... 164 280 276 168
Silicon bronze .. 606 410 LO6 610
Miscellaneous copper products produced .... 2 ‫ باباو‬8
copper-base scrap . , 24,668
2
Table 3. Stocks and consumption of all copper-base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at , brass mills in October 1954 ,
Opening Total Closing
Scrap item
Purchased Balancing stocks of
stocks of lumn 3 scrap, con
all scrap 2 receipts cocolumn 34 sumption 2 / all scrap
No. 1 wire and heavy ......
7,432
and light.... 1,432
Yellow brass ...... 17,034
Cartridge brass and cases , 8,822
Bronze . 167
Nickel silver . 664
Low brass , 2,152
Aluminum bronze , LO
Mixed alloy scrap.... 605
Total copper -base scrap . 38,347 119,936
42,920 159,720 41,483
1 Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 .
plants,
2 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap .. Receipts rep
resent purchased scrap only .
3 / Balancing column entry represents home scrap generation and change in inventory .
Table 4. Consumption of new and old copper - base scrap 1 ) in 1954,
Primary producers
|
New scrap :old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ..... 13,930 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .... 15,187 . 12,953 8,072 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April ..... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May ......... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
June , 16,816 11,712 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
July ....... 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 72,168
August ...... 11,959 15,280 7,763 22,013 20,876 4,199 82,090
September ... 12,280 13,002 8,167 23,491 26,621 5,321 88,882
October ..... 14,797 11,300 7,533 23,090 29,747 8,600 95,067
Total.ii .. 143,540 131,990 81,507 | 220,275 255,851 43,182 876,345
1953 ( monthly average ) : !
14,526 12,777 7,879 24,015 ! 37,848 3,267 100,312
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
of primary copper producers in October 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item stocks
No. I wire and heavy..... 2,377
480 2,278 583
No , mixed heavy and light ....
, 2 wirebrass 9,862
1,670 9,406 2,126
Refinery ....... 2,120 2,272 2,438 1,953
Low - grade scrap and residues ........ 15,472 11,13 8 | 11,97 5 14,635
Total copper -base scrap...... 19,746 25,648 26,097 19,297
1/ Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers, The scrap and
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment.
3
Table 6 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1954 ,
Brass ingot Refined copper 2 Copperin Brass -mill Total recovery
Month production Secondaryi Primary chemicals
products 3 / from copper
at smelters
smelters producers base scrap 47
January ... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February .. 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ... 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
25,209
April . 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
May ... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
June ...... 26,792 2,431 14,863 417 29,531 72,243
July..... 18,795 1,605 12,310 507 22,158 53,759
August .... 24,345 1,675 15,268 433 24,719 64,881
September 24,558 2,081 15,063 600 31,489 72,184
October ... 24,044 2,280 16,258 438 37,884 79,080
Total ... 239,059 21,790 149,886 5,515 294,184 693,715
1953 ( monthly average ):
25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
month .
3 ). Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers .
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. )
Table 7 : Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from
Month ducers 2 / from smelters from from copper
January 7,467 7,303 14,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February .. 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May . 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June . 8,319 6,919 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61,402
July ...... 7,342 5,387 4,313 13,768 13,719 2,925 47,454
August ....
.
7,777 7,869 5,116 16,350 15,282 3,375 55,769
September . 8,669 6,923 5,345 17,597 19,023 4,286 61,843
October ... 10,134 6,517 4,959 17,192 21,834 6,423 67,059
Total ... 85,248 69,742 52,753 165,067 184,217 33,864 590,891
1953 ( monthly average ) 2014
9,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,4444 68,979
1) Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown , >
/Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
2sulfa
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4.
Table E. Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1953 , and
Period
scrap scrap
1953 ... 34,568 33,613

1952 :
Januaryti . 10,376 12,743
l'ebruary .... 9,813 10,537
Miarch ... 6,263 6,621
April .. 10,206 11,974
lay ... 6,326 8,339
June... 5,044 7,219
July ... 3,956 7,048
Augusto ... 3,505 5,392
September .. 2,853 4,566
Total ..... 58,3112 7l: ‫ بار‬39
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in October 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Month Refined Primary Refined Slab
lead p1g tin nickel zlac
October ... 217 62 287 8,644
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COPPER SCRAP
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN NOVEMBER 1954
Copper scrap consumption by brass mills , 'secondary copper smelters and primary
producers , the three major consuming groups , totaled 91,000 short tons in November ,
compared wi th 95,000 tons in October , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States
Department of the Interior . Scrap use by the secondary smelters was slightly great
er in November than in October, but that by the brass mills , which were largely
responsible for 7,000- and 6,000 - ton gains , respectively , in September and October ,
was 4,000 tons less . Primary producers ' use of scrap was down 1,400 tons in November .
Consumption of unalloyed copper scrap by each of the three major groups was be
tween 6,000 and 7,000 tons in January 1954 . In October , at probably the high point
for the year , it had increased to 12,000 tons by the primary producers and 9,000 by
the brass mills , use of unalloyed scrap by the secondary smelters showing little
change in this period . Of this type of scrap used by the brass mills , five - sixths
was No. 1 copper scrap , and of that consumed by the primary producers , four - fifths
was No. 2 copper scrap . In the case of the secondary smelters , about half was No. 1
and half No. 2 scrap .
November output of secondary refined copper by the primary producers , 15,000

tons, was about equal to their monthly average for the first 11 months of 1954 ;
whereas , brass ingot production , 26,000 tons , was 2,000 tons more than the monthly
average , and output of brass -mill.products in November, 33,000 tons , was 4,000 tons
more than the monthly average for the elapsed portion of 1954 .
The price paid in New York by scrap -metal dealers, for No. I copper scrap rose
from 25.5 cents per pound at the end of October to 26.5 at the end of November , and
the price of composition solid scrap from 20.5 cents to 21 cents in the same period ,
the cost to consumers of composition ingot No. 115 remaining unchanged at 29.50 cents
per pound ,
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of H. M.

Meyer , Acting Chief, Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
Table 1. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at secondary
copper smelters in November 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1/
Melted Closing
Opening : or
Scrap item : stocks Receipts consumed 2 stocks
No , I wire ' and heavy ... 3,144 3,281 3 ;611 2,814
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 3 ; 290 3,357 3,236 3,411
Railroad - car boxes ........ 263 463 250 476
Yellow brass ... 5,715 6,395 6,280 5,830
Cartridge cases ....... 278 112 ‫בב‬ 249
Bronze.... 2,380 2,952 3,171 2,161
Nickel silver .. 403 243 179 467
Low brass ...... 275 279 293 261
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants.
2/ At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment

Shipments
stocks consumers stocks
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) ... 1; 592 1,208 1,214 1,686

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-4:2 ) ... 1; 592 1 , ‫بابايا‬ 1,453 1,583
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) .... 3,948 8,166 8,259 3,855
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ).... 3,086 6,210 5,945 3,351
High -leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) . 1,857 1,664 1,619 1,902
( 84-6-8-2) .. 970 1,442 1,160 1,252
( 75-5-20 ) .. -4464 628 638 4544
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) .... 1,359 2,116 2,037 1,438
Aluminum bronze .. 500 258 314 We
Nickel silver . 369 207 198 378
Low brass .. 168 190 187 171
Silicon bronze ... 610 347 398 559
base alloys ......... . ...... -2,013
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Table 3. Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap in October -November 1954 ,
· gross weight in short tons 1
.
Month Opening stocks of Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
all scrap 27 receipts generated 3/ consumption 2 ) of all scrap 2 /
October .. 42,920 38,347 4 /40,076 3 /79,860 41,483
November .. 41,483 33,994 43,158 79,433 39,202
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass, mills , representing about
65 mills .
Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
sent purchased scrap only .
3) Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
Some individual company reports , for which no physical inventory of stocks has been
taken , will cause errors in home scrap generated figures , but these errors will be
compensated in months for which stock inventories are taken . Over a sufficient
period of time the data for total home scrap generated will be as accurate as data
reported in the other columns
4 / Corrected figure .
Table 3a . Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills

in September -November 1954 , gross weight in short tons I/
Scrap item September October November
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 5,308 7,432 6,437

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light .. 1,952 1,431 1,982
Yellow brass . 18,982 17,034 14,621
Cartridge brass and cases 3,306 8,822 7,603
Bronze ... 114 267 129
Nickel silver . 759 664 585
Low brass ...... 1,519 2,152 1,757
Aluminum bronze . .2 40 80
Mixed alloy scrap .. 605 800
Total copper - base scrap .. 31,942 38,347 33,994
1 ) Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 plants .
3
Table 4 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1954 ,
gross. weight in short tons
Secondary Total
Month
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills 21 scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap | New scrap : 01d scrap
January ... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104

February .. 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March ... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April .... 13,230 13,471 9,520 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May .... 16,724 12,918 8,326 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
June .. .
: 16,816 11,712 8, 500 25,048 27,066 3,051 i 92,193
July ...... 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 71,168
Augustines 11,959 15,280 7,763 22,013 20,876 4,199 1 82,090
September . 12,280 13,002 8,167 23,491 26,621 5,321 88,882
October ... 14,797 11,300 7,533 23,090 29,747 8,600 95,067
November .. 13,763 10,937 7,925 24,037 27,184 6,810 90,656
Total 157,303 142,927 89,432 244,312 283,035 49,992 967,001
1953
(monthly
average ): 14 , 526 12,777 7,879 24,015 37,848 3,267 . !100,312
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts .
Table 5 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper-base scrap at plants

of primary copper producers in November 1954 , gross weight in short tons 1

Scrap item Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy .. 583 1,964 2,112 435

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. ..... 2,126 8,030 7,743 2,413
Refinery brass .... 1,953 2,108 2,029 2,032
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Brass ingot Refined copper 2 / Copper in Brass -mill Total recovery
Month production Secondary Primary chemicals products 3/ from copper--
smelters producers at smelters base scrap 4 )
January ... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March ..
25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,752
April ..... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 72,645
May .... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
June 26,792 2,431 14,863 417 29,532 72,243
July .... 18,795 1,605 12,310 507 22,158 53,759
August ... 24 , 345 1,6751 15,268
15,063
433
600
24,719 64,881
September . 24,558 2,08 31,489 72,184
October ... 24,044 2,280 16,258 438 37,884 79,080
November .. 25,706 2,130 14,598 335 . 33,488 73,895
Total... 264,765 23,920 164,484 5,850 327,672 767,610
1953
(monthly
average ) . 25,333 1,930 15,799 734 40,760 82,178
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by foundr , chemic plants and miscel lan eou s manu
month .
3 / Includes brass -mill billets made by ingot makers ,
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc. )

Month ducers 2/ from smelters from from copper
recovered
January ... 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February . 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March ... 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April ..... 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May ....... 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June .. 8,319 6,919 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61 , 402
July ... 7,342 5,387 4,313 13,768 13,719 2,925 47,454
August.... 7,777 7,869 5,116 16,350 15,282 3,375 55,769
September . 8,669 6,923 5,345 17,597 19,023 4,286 61,843
October ... 10,134 6,517 4,959 17,192 21,834 6,423 67,059
3 November .. 8,684 6,216 5,329 17,929 20,363 4,896 63,417
Total ... 93,932 75,958 58,082 182,996 204,580 38,760 654,308
1953
(monthly
average ) . 2,374 7,101 4,826 17,917 27,317 2,444 68,979
17 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
Table 8. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1953, and
Period
scrap scrap
1953 .... 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January .... 10,376 12,743
February ....... 9,813 10,537
March .. 6,263 6,621
April , 10,206 11,9744
May .. 6,326 8,339
June . 5,0LM 7,219
July ........ 3,956 7,048
August .. 3,505. 5,392
September .... 2,853 4,556
October ...
5,220 5,217
Total ...
.
63,562 79,656
Table 9. Refined metals consumed in brass - mill products

in October - November 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Month Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab

copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
October .... 48,684 217 62 287 8,644

November... 45,849 240 78 (1) 9,872
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COPPER SCRAP
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN DECEMBER 1954

AND PRELIMINARY TO TALS FOR 1954
Brass mills, secondary copper smelters , and primary copper producers consumed
39 thousand , 35 thousand and 26 thousand short tons of copper scrap , respectively , a
total of 100,000 tons , in December 1954 compared with 91,000 tons in November , ac
cording to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The .
December consumption was the highest monthly total for the year and was also greater
( by 9,000 tons) than that for December 1953. Stocks of scrap at plants of primary
producers increased 3,000 tons , whereas those at each of the other two groups de
clined 1,000 tons . Stocks in general were less than sufficient for one month of
- operation ,
Preliminary totals of copper scrap consumption in 1954 by the 3 major groups

indicate a decrease of 147,000 tons from 1953 totals for these groups . Of this
total, the decrease in use of scrap by brass mills was 128,000 tons , by secondary
copper smelters 18,000 . tons and by primary producers 1,000 tons . The decline in an
nual secondary production included 14,000 tons in brass ingot, 10,000 tons in refined
copper by primary producers , and 123,000 tons in brass- mill products . Secondary
smelters , however , increased their production of refined copper 12 percent to 26,000
tons .
Although production from unalloyed and alloyed copper scrap was considerably
less in 1954 than in 1953 , the trend was upward in 1954 after being downward in the
latter half of 1953. In each of the last 4 months of 1954 output was greater than in
the corresponding month of 1953 .
Exports of alloyed and unalloyed copper scrap for the first ll months of 1954 ,
as reported by the Department of Commerce, were more than double the totals for 1953 .
The demand for scrap caused dealers to increase their buying prices for No. 1 copper
scrap in New York from 23.50 cents a pound at the beginning of 1954 to 27 cents at
the end . The price of No , I composition solids was raised from 17.50 cents to 21
cents during the year and the price paid by consumers for No. 115 copper - alloy ingot
was raised in the same period from 24.5 to 30 cents .
Prepared by. Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , under the supervision of M. E.
Volin , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
totals for year, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Opening Melted or Closing
stocks
Receipts
consumed 2 stocks
No. l wire and heavy 2,814 3,275 3,643 2,446
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light --- 3,411 3,953 4,106 3,258
Composition or soft red bras's 3,960 8,482 8,316 4,126
Yellow brass 5,830 6,962 6,860 5,932
Cartridge cases --- 249 9 113 145
Bronze --- 2,161 2,955 2,929 2,187
Nickel silver --- 467 250 168 549
Low brass --- 261 296 251 306
Aluminum bronze- 150 18 30 138
Low - grade scrap and residues- 7,558 3,474 4,514 6,518
Total copper -base scrap ---- 29,647 33,767 35,039 28,375
Preliminary total for 1954 26,956 370,202 368,783 28,375

in alloy form which remains in alloy forta in the product .

December 1954 Total
Opening Shipments produc
Kind of ingot stocks Production to closing tion in
consumersi stocks 1954
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) -- 1,686 1,119 1,157 1,648 14,635
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-4 ) -- 1,583 1,262 1,455 1,390 18,075
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) --- 3,855 8,146 7,9445 4,056 98,585
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) -- 3,351 6,037 5,509 3,879 61,893
High -leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,902 1,373 1,486 1,789 14,227
( 84-6--8-2 ) 1,252 1,214 1,120 1,346 16,598
( 75--5-20 ) 454 708 667 495 5,745
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) -- 1,438
Manganese bronze-
2,214 2,049
1,182
1,603 22,847
14,139
1,376 1,133 1,327
Aluminum bronze 444 330 289 485 4,235
Nickel silver ------ 378 196 184 390 3,042
Low brass 171 194 · 180 185 2,268
Silicon bronze ---- 559 451 388 622 4,614
Conductor bronze ------ 67 23 36 54 677
Hardeners and special alloys 515 757 757 515 7,383
Miscellaneous 188 1/ -40 19 129 919
Total brass and bronzeingots -- 19,219 25,117 24,423 19,913 289,882
Miscellaneous copper products produced --- 2,265 27,401
per
RE ? ined cop ed
consum in copper -base
alloys- -192 -2,568
copper -base alloys ----- -1,811 -18,516
chased copper - base scrap 25,379 296,199
Necative production indicates consumption greater than production .
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Table 3. Stocks and consumption of all coppermbase scrap and receipts of
purchased copper- base scrap at brass mills, in October December 1954 ,
Opening stocks of Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
Month
all scrap 2 receipts / consumption 2 /] of all scrap 2 /
generated 3
October .. 42,920 38,347 40,076 79,860 41,483
November 41,483 33,994 43,158 79,433 39,202
December 39,202 38,804 43,679 83,700 37,985
Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing about
5 mills ,
65 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap. Receipts reprem
3 / calculated, by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption ,
Some individual company reports, for which no physical inventory of stocks. has been
taken , will cause errors.in home scrap generated figures , but these errors will be
compensated in months for which stock inventories are taken . Over a sufficient
period of time the data for total home scrap generated will be as accurate as da ta
reported in the other columns .
Table 3a . Receipts of purchased copper base scrap at brass mills .

in September - December 1954, and preliminary totals for year ,
gross weight in short tons i /
Scrap item September October November December 1954
( preliminary )
No , I wire and heavy .... 0 .. 5,308 7,432 6,437 5,624 60,785
and light, .. 1,952 1,431 1,982 2,271 23,468
Yellow brass .... 18,982 17,034 14,621 15,889 200,903
Cartridge brass and cases .. 3,306 8,822 7,603 8,452 47,598
Bronze ... 114 167 129 140 1,122
Nickel silver ... 759 664 585 800 8,354
Low brass , 1,519 2,152 1,757 2,364 17,936
Mixed alloy scrap .......... 605 800 3,162 7,925
Total coppermbase scrap.. 31,942 38,347 33,994 38,804 368,649
1 Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 plants .
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Table 4. Consumption of purchased new and old copper- base scrap 1
in 1954 , by months , and preliminary totals for year ,
Secondary Total
Month
Primary producers Brass mills 2 ) scrap
copper smelters
Tv used
New scrap old scrap New Scrap!oid scrap New scrap old scrap
January .... 13,030 14,494 7,633 21,160 25,448 3,339 85,104
February 15,187 12,953 8,071 18,903 27,199 3,440 85,753
March .... 16,318 16,506 9,375 21,769 27,198 3,116 94,282
April.. 13,230 13,471 9,5201 23,218 26,379 5,058 90,876
May .... 16,724 12,918 8,326 ..! 23,044 26,458 3,460 90,930
June , 16,816 11,712 8,500 25,048 27,066 3,051 92,193
July . 13,199 10,354 6,619 18,539 18,859 3,598 71,168
August ....... 11,959 15,280 7,763 22,013 20,876 49199 82,090
September .... 12,280 13,002 8,167 23,492 26,621 5,321 88,882
October ...... 14,797 11,300 7,533 23,090 29,747 8,600 95,067
November ..... 13,763 10,937 7,925 24,037 27,184 6,810 90,656
December ..... 14,689 11,657 8,453 26,586 30,512 8,292 100,189
Preliminary
total for
1954 .. 171,992 154 , 584 97,885 270,898 313,547 58,284 1,067,190
Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about

2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts .

of primary copper producers in December 1954 , and final totals for year ,

stocks consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 435 2,777 . 2,772 440

Refinery brass... 2,032 1,764 2,763 1,033
Low - grade scrap and residues ........ 11,081 16,391 13,241 14,231
Total copper- base scrap....... 15,961 29,690 26,346 19,305
Final total for 1954 .... 60,060285,821 326,576 19,305
1 / Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment,
4
by months , and preliminary totals for year ,
Brass ingot Refined copper 2 ] Copper in Brass - mill Total recovery

Month production chemicals
Secondary Primary
products 3 from copper
at smelters base scrap 4 /
smelters producers
January ... 23,239 2,306 14,305 483 28,119 66,613
February . 20,715 2,103 14,603 598 29,961 66,381
March . 25,209 1,981 18,519 671 29,932 74,751
April ..... 25,803 2,726 13,275 770 30,936 71,645
May ....... 25,559 2,602 15,422 598 29,455 72,178
June ...... 26,792 2,431 14,863 417 29,531 72,243
July ...... 18,795 1,605 12,310 507 22,158 53,759
August.i .. 24,345 1,675 15,268 433 24,719 64,881
September . 24,558 2,081 15,063 600 31,489 72,184
October ... 24,044 2,280 16,258 438 37,884 79,080
November .. 25,706 2,130 14,598 335 33,488 73,895
December .. 25,117 2,116 15,459 559 38,271 79,519
Prelimi
nary
total for
1954 ..... 289,882 26,036 179,943 6,409 365,943 847,129
1 ) Does not include production 'by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
month .
3 / Includes brass-mill billets made by ingot makers .
Equals total production of all metals from copper- base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper ; refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc.)
5
Table 7. Copper recovered in unalloyed and alloyed form from
scrap in 1954 , by months , and preliminary totals for year ,
in short tons
By primary pro By secondary copper By brass mills 2 Total
ducers 1 from smelters 2 from from copper
Month recoverec
New scrap i old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap
January ---- 7,467 7,303 4,885 15,953 18,090 2,713 56,411
February --- 8,422 6,758 5,071 14,210 19,238 2,705 56,404
March --- 10,004 9,180 6,018 16,363 19,487 2,500 63,552
April- 7,452 6,545 6,095 17,756 18,878 3,894 60,620
May ----- 9,662 6,341 5,303 17,312 19,109 2,650 60,377
June - 8,319 6,919 5,648 18,566 19,557 2,393 61,402
July ----- 7,342 5,387 4,313 13,768 13,719 2,525 47,454
August---- 7,777 7,869 5,116 16,350 15,282 3,375 55,769
September-- 8,669 6,923 5,345 17,597 19,023 4,286 61,843
October ---- 10,134 6,517 4,959 17,192 21,834 6,423 67,059
November --- 8,684 . 6,216 5,329 17,929 20,363 4,896 63,417
December --- 9,780 6,175 5,259 19,582 22,397 6,046 69,239
Prelimi
nary
total for
copper
base scrap
for 1954--103,712 82,133 63,341 202,578 226,977 44,806 1723,547
From From Total
new scrap old scrap çopper
recovered
By primary producers in 1954- 104,000 82,000 186,000

secondary smelters in 1954- 63,000 203,000 266,000
brass mills in 1954- 227,000 45,000 272,000
3 / By foundries and chemical plants in
1954.-. 20,000 91,000 lll ,000
copper -base scrap in 1954- 414,000 421,000 835,000
3/ Total secondary copper recovered from

scrap other than copper -base in 1954- 11,000 3,000 14,000
3 ) Total secondary copper recovered in

1954 - 425,000 424,000 849,000
1 Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
2 Recovery includes unalloyed copper and copper content of alloys produced from
scrap .
3 / Estimated .
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Table 8. Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1953, and
Period
scrap scrap
1953 .. 34,568 33,613

1954 :
January ... 10,376 12,743
February 9,813 10,537
March . 6,263 6,621
April. 10,206 11,974
May .... 6,326 8,339
June . 5,044 7,219
July .. 3,956 7,048
August , .... 3,505 5,392
September .. • 2,853 4,566
October ... 5,220 5,217
November 6,872 7,517
Total.... 70,434 87,173
Table 9. Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products

in October - December 1954 , gross weight in short tons
Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab

Month
October .. 48,684 217 62 287 8,644

November , 45,849 240 78 300 9,872
December ... 51,773 214 ( 1) ( 1) 10,053
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN JANUARY 1955
· Consumption of purchased copper scrap by plants using it in making refined cop

per, copper -alloy ingot and brass -mill products totaled 85,000 short tons in January
compared with 100,000 tons in December 1954 , according to the Bureau of l'ines , Unit
ed States Department of the Interior . The January total was the lowest since August
1951 ;. The decline was caused , not by lack of orders for copper and brass products ,
but by a scarcity of raw materials . The supply of scrap , as well as of refined..cop
per , was insufficient, both at home and abroad, and prices were rising .
Total consumption of scrap, including home and purchased , by brass mills , de
creased from 82,000 tons in December to: 81,000 in January , but their use of refined
copper increased from 52,000 tons to 544,000 tons in the same period. Receipts of
purchased scrao by this group were 11,000 tons less in December than in January .
Total consumption of purchased scrap by prinary producers declined 3,200 tons due
to a 3,600- ton decrease in loir-grade scrap and residues . This material averages
about 35 percent in copper content . Consumption of metallic scrap by these plants
was slightly higher in January than in December . The 1,200- ton decrease in scrap
consumption by the secondary smelters was distributed among metallic items , both un
alloyed and alloyed; their use of low -grade scrap was 500 tons greater in January
than in the final month of 1954 .
Production of brass ingot and refined copper by the secondary smelters was
slightly higher in January than in December , and output of refined copper from scrap
by primary producers was slightly lotter .
The price paid in New York by scrap metal dealers for No. 1 copper scrap rose
from 27 cents per pound at the end of December to 28 cents at the end of January ,
and the price of composition solid scrap from 21 cents to 22 cents in the same period ,
The cost to consumers of composition ingot No. 115 was 30 cents a pound at the end
of January compared with 29.5 cents at the end of December .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Hc.lena li, lieyer , under the supervision of H. M.
Heyer , Acting Chief , Pranch of Base ijotels , Division of Minerals .
secondary copper smelters in January 1955 , gross weight
in short tons i /
Scrap item Receipts
No , I wire and heavy- 2 ‫ميليار‬ 3,071 3,086 2,431
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light----- 3,258 3,255 3,618 2,895
Railroad - car boxes- 633 141 204 570
Yellow brass --- 5,932 6,523 6,247 6,208
Cartridge cases- 145 143 50 238
Bronze --- 2,187 3,067 3,225 2,029
Nickel silver --- 549 239 251 537
Low brass- 306 278 299 285
Aluminum bronze 138 · 65 42 161
Lovi- grade scrap and residues --- 6,518 3,250 5,011 4,757
Total copper - base scrap --- 28,375 32,488 33,818 27,045
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants .

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2) ---- 1,6448 1,358 1,329 1,677

Leaded tin bronze ( 68-6-11-42 )---- 1,390 1,820 1,692 1,518
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) --- 4,056 8,363 8,785 3,634
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) -- 3,879 5,685 5,874 3,690
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) --- 1,789 1,547 1,566 1,770
( 84-6-8-2 ) --- 1,346 1,124 1,209 1,261
( 75-5-20 ) ---- 495 589 631 453
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) ---- 1,603 2,033 2,286 1,350
Manganese bronze --- 1,327 1,261 1,113 1,475
Aluminum bronze--- 485 334 311 508
Nickel silver --- 390 342 338 394
Low brass ---- 185 419 298 306
Silicon bronze ---- 622 517 443 696
Conductor bronze- 54 28 27 75
Miscellaneous 129 79 2: 5 163
fiscellaneous products produced ------ 2,362
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys--- -410
base alloys --- -1,367
2
Table 3. Stocks and consumption of all copper - base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills , in
October -December 1954 , and January 1955 , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Opening stocks -Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
of all scrap 2 / receipts 6
gencrated 3 consumption of all scrap 2 /
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October ... 42,920 38,347 ·40 ;076 79,860 ... 41,483
November . 211,483 33,994 43 ; 158 79,433 39,202
Decembcr .. 39,202 38,804 4:3,679 83,700 37,985
1955 :
January .... 4 ) 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
1 / Reports were tabulated for all knovm operators of brass mills , representing
about 65 mills .
2 / Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts
represent purchased scrap only .
3 / Calculated, by difference, from reported stocks , reccipts and total consumption .
4 / Revised figure .
.
Table 2. Receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1954 and January 1955 , cross vreight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item 1954 January
(preliminary)
No. I riro and heavy .. 60,785 4,285
No. 2 mirc, mixed heavy
and lighti . ... 23,468 2,227
Yello" brass .. 200,903 12,848
Cartridge brass and cases . 47,598 4,766
Bronze . 1,122 93
Nickcl silver ... 8,354 615
Lour brass . 17,936 1,307
Aluminum bronze .......... 558 114
Mixed alloy scrap ....... 7,925 1,972
Total copper - base scrap ........ 368,649 28,227
1 / Roports vcre tabulated for all knom brass mills , about 65 plants .
Tablc 5 : Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1 /
in January 1955 , gross weight in short tons
Secondary ! Total
Brass mills
Month
Primary producers copper smelters qills scrap
2
hused
Now scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap Now sorap ad scran
January ...... 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190
1954 (monthly average )
Ilt ; 333 | 12,882 8,157 22,575 26,129 4,857 88,933
Concw.ption at brass mills assuncd cqu ? ] to receipts, Table 4 .
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap 11,000 tons of old scrap
por month , not shorm in table ,
Table 6 , Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in January 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted
Closing
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy .....O ‫ܘܢܐܢܐ‬ 2,560 2,662 338

Refinery brass .... 1,033 2,628 2,180 1,481
Low- grade scrap and residues ... 14,231 11,689 9,632 16,288
Total..... 19,305 25,123 23,145 21,283
17 Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treat
ment .

.January 1955 , gross weight in short tons
Erass Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass Total

Month
production , Secondary Primary chemicals products from copper
smelters producers at smelters base scrap B
January ... 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
1954
(monthly
average ) . 24,157 ! 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 70,594
Dots not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellancous manu
etc. per month .
2/ Includos recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3/ Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refincd copper , refined and scrap lcad , tin, zinc , ctc .
used by ingot mokers ,
Table 8 . Copper recovered 1/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper - base scrap in January 1955 , in short tons

smelters from from
Month ducers 2/ from copper
old scrap recovered
New scrap old scrap New scrap New scrap old scrap
Janu'ry ... oj 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898

1954 (monthly average
8,643 6.844 16,882
5.278 18,915 3,734 60,296
by primary
Recoverysultate_
27 copper producers
proờuce
includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
dem- scrap :
1 / Recovery by foundrics, chemical plants, and misccllaneous manufacturers, not shown ,
estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
Table 9. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in
1953 , and by months in 1954 , in short tons ( U. S. Department
of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed Copper -base

1953 ... 34,568 33,613

1954 :
Jenuiry . 10,376 12,743
February .......... 9,813 10,537
March, 6,263 6,621
April . 10,206 11,974
May . 6,326 8,339
June 5,044 7,219
Julyo .... 3,956 7,048
August ..... 3,505 5,392
September .... 2,853 4,566
October ..... 5,220 5,217
November .... 6,872 7,517
December . 5,397 6,798
Total.... 75,831 93,971
Table 10. Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products

in October -December 1954 , and January 1955 , gross weight
in short tons
Rcfined Refined Primary Refined Slab

Month
1954 :
October ... 48,684 217 62 287 8,644
November .. 45,849 2LO 78 300 9,872
December 51,773 212 85 234 10,053
1955 :
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COPPER SCRAP
CONSUIERS REPORT NO . 116
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN FERBUARY 1955
In spite of the shorter month and continued scarcity of copper. raw materials ,
consiunption of purchased copper scrap by mills , smelters and refiners totaled 91,000
short tons in F'ehruary compared with 85,000 in January , according to the Bureau of
Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The brass mills more than account
ed for the increase because treatment of scrap declined at plants of secondary smelt
ers and primary producers , Receipts of scrap by the brass mills were 10,000 tons
creater than in January and only slightly less than in December .
Scrap used by brass mills is chiefly process scrap generated by fabricators ,

many of whom regularly return their scrap to the mill from which they buy their sheet:
rod , wire or tubing. The brass mills are therefore less dependent on the open mar
ket for scrap than consumers which have greater reliance on sources of old scrap .
To relieve the domestic shortage of corner inaterials , the Bureau of Foreign

Commerce , Department of Commerce , im osod export quotas of 6,000 tons on copper
scrap and 6,000 tons on co: per-alloy scrap for February and Warch tome ther, efiec
tive February 10. These quotas were not much more than half the January export rate .
It was also announced that export licenses for copper refined from domestic primary
materials vould, in general , be denied .
Following an increase in the domestic price of electrolytic copper from 30 to 33

cents at the end of January , the price paid in New York by scrap -metal dealers for
No. I copper scrap rose from 28 cents at the beginning of February to 30.5 cents at
the end and the price of composition solid scrap from 22 to 24.5 cents in the same
period . The price to the consumers of composition ingot No. 115 was 34.5 cents at
the end of February compared to 30 cents at the beginning.
Prepared by Archie J. ! IcDermid and Helena M. lieyer , Acting Chief , Branch of Base
Metals , Division of Minerals .
secondary copper smelters in February 1955 , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
consumed 2 /
No , I wire and heavyo ... 2,432 2,238 2,605 2,064
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and lighto . 2,895 2,984 2,890 2,989
Railroad - car boxes ................. 570 57 198 429
Yellow brass ..... 6,208 6,393 6,158 6,443
Cartridge cases .... 238 -2 88 148
Auto radiators ( unsweeted ) .............. 2,663 4,064 4,143 2,584
Bronze ... o 2,029 3,123 3,258 1,894
Low brass.co 285 354 304 335
Low - grade scrap and residues....... 4,757 3,257 2,798 5,216

Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters, 79 plants .
in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the producto

copper smeltirs in February 1955 , gross weight in short tons
Kind of ingot Opening Production Shipments
to
closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ).... 1,677 1,003 1,176 1,504

Leaded tin bronze 788-6-1143) ..... 1,518 1,517 1,675 1,360
Lerded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 )...... 3,634 9,314 9,820 3,128
Lcaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) .... 3,690 5,564 6,001 3,253
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) ... 1,770 1,800 2.059 1,521
( 84-6-8-2) .... 1,261 ! 1,129 1,327 1,063
( 75-5-20 ) ..... 253 660 681 432
Leaded Yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) .... 1,350 2,146 2,203 1,293
Nickel silver . 394 277 322 3 ‫ويا‬
Low brass... 306 220 289 237
Miscellaneous products produced .... 2,088
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys.. - 314
Miscellaneous raw matcrials consumed in copper
base alloys .... l , ‫ ܢܐ‬o8
base scrap .. .
26,727
2
Table 3. - Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills , in
October - December 1954 , and in 1955 , by months, gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap closing stocks
Month
of all scrap 2 ) receipts generated 3 / consumption 2 / of all scrap 2 /
1954 :
October-- 42,920 38,347 40,076 79,860 41,483
November 41,483 33,994 43,158 79,433 39,202
December- 39,202 38,804 43,679 83,700 37,985
1955 :
January --- 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30,765
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing
about 65 mills .
2 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts rep
resent purchased scrap only .
3 / Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Table 4 . Receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1954 ,and in 1955 , by months , gross weight
iş . short . tons 1 /
1954
Scrap item January February
( preliminary )
No. 1 wire and heavy- 60,785 4,285 5,729
and light ---- 23,468 2,227 1,817
Yellow brass --- 200,903 12,848 18,067
Cartridge . brass and cases 47,598 4,766 7,979
Bronze --- 1,122 93. 141
Nickel silver --- 8,354 615 550
Low brass --- 17,936 1,307 2,348
Aluminum bronze- . 558 114 45
Mixed alloy scrap 7,925 1,972 1,469
1 Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills , about 65 plants .
3
of primary copper producers, in Fcbruary 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted
stocks Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 338 2,959 2,854 443

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light . 3,176 7 , 716 8,216 2,676
Refinery brass ..... 1,481 1,581 2,056 1,006
Total .. 21,283 22,815 22,230 21,868
1/ Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
primary matcrials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
Table 6. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1), in
1954 (monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months , gross weight
in short tons
Primary producers Secondary Brass mills 2 ) Total

copper smelters
Month scrap
New scrap | old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrapy used
January .... 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 | 85,190
February ... 11,995 10,235 7,701 ! 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
Total ... 25,718 19,657 16,713 48,040 56,126 10,246 176,500
1954 ....... 14,333 12,882 8,157 22,575 26,129 4,857 88,933
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , about

2,000 plants in all ,estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap
pcr month, not shown in tablo .
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 4.
4
Table 7. Production of all metals 1 /from copper -base scrap in 1954
(monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months, gross weight in short tons

production Secondary Primary chemicals products from copper
smelters producers at smelters base scrap 3 /
January . O 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February . 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
Total.. 52,749 4,327 29,616 807 65,306 149,306
1954 ..... 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 70,594
1/ Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products, etc.
per month ,
2/ Includes recovery from fcrcign scrap refined on a toll basis .
3 / Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added allcying ingredients (refined coppor , rofined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. )
Table 8. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper

baso scrap in 1954 (monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months, in short tons
By primary prcom By secondary By brass mills

Month ducers 2 ) from smelters from from Total
copper
!
New scrap old scrap : New scrap !Old scrap New scrap ;Old scrap recovered
January .. 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898

February . 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
Totale 18,565 11,759 10,604 35,197 41,016 7,508 124,649
1954 ..... 8,643 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellanecus manufacturers, not shown,

ēstimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap ,
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
copper sulfatc produced from scrap .
5
Table 9. - Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products in
October - December 1954 , and in 1955 by months ,
Month
1954 :
October--- 48,684 217 62 287 8,644
November 45,849 240 78 300 9,872
December 51,773 214 85 234 10,053
1955 :
January 54,415 241 103 236 11,341
February 54,354 270 86 (1) 9,779
1 / Not available .
Table 10 , Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and by months in 1955 , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )

1954 75,831 93,971
1955 :
January 5,367 5,573
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN 'MARCH 1955
Cansumption of purchased copper scrap'by groups ' that normally use nine - tenths
of the total was 109,000 short tons in March compared with g1,000 in February and
85,000 in January, and was the largest since May 1953 , according to the Bureau of
Mines , United States Department of the Interior The greatest monthly total in 1954
was 100,000 tons in December . Consumption by brass mills of refined copper and
alloying ingredients ( slab zinc , refined tin and refined lead) also increased in
March .
The March receipts of purchased scrap totaled 115,000 tons or 6,000 tons more
than was consumed in March and 24,400 tons more than was purchased in the shorter
month of February . The imposition February 10 of export quotas on copper scrap
no doubt was at least partly responsible for the increased availability of scrap
for domestic consumers . of the total scrap purchased , brass mills received 45,000
tons , secondary copper smelters 41,000 and primary producers 29,000 tons .
Increases in secondary metal production resulting from copper scrap consumption
in March were 6,000 tons or 24 percent in brass ingot , 4,000 tons or 23 percent in
refined copper and 7,000 tons or 18 percent in brass -mill products .
The price quoted in New York by scrap metal dealers for No. I copper scrap was
30.5 cents per pound at the beginning of March and .following the 3 - cent increase in
the price of electrolytic copper on March.29 rose to 32.5 cents ; the price of com
position solid scrap rose from 24.5 cents to: 26.cents in the same period , The price
to consumers of composition ingot No. 115 -was - 37 cents on March 31 compared with
34 cents at the beginning of the month ,
. .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer., under the supervision of M. E.

Volin , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
secondary copper smelters in March 1955 , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Melted or Closing
Scrap item Opening Re reipts : consumed 2 stocks
stocks
No , I wire and heavy , ... 2,064 4,250 3,718 2,596

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light.... 2,989 1 2,851 3,305 2,535
Composition or soft red brass ........ 3,448 11,533 10,610 4,371
Yellow brass ...
6,443 8,556 7,972 7,027
148 60 75 133
Cartridge cases .
Au to radiators ( unsweated ) . 2,584 1,728 5,062 3,250
Bronze .. 1,894 1,486 3,745 1,635
Nickel silver , 459 225 220 464
Low brass . 335 397 395 337
Low - grade scrap and residues ........ 5,216 1,478 3,303 5,391
Total copper -base scrap , 26,149 4,672 38,668 28,153
Reports were tabula ted from all known secondary coprer selters , 79 plants ,
At secondary cupper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,504 1,460 1,402 1,562

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43 ) ....... 1,360 2,026 2,164 1,222
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5). 3,128 10,832 10,681 3,279
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) ...... 3,253 7,418 7,612 3,059
84-6-8-2 ) 1,063 1,659 1,676 1,046
175-5-20 ) ..... 432 703 707 428
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3--30 ) 1,293 3,069 2,823 1,539
Nickel silver , 349 230 308 271
Low brass ....... 237 167 258 146
Silicon bronze .... 635 395 461 569
Jardeners and special alloys ........... 608 889 947 550
iscellaneous ...... 113 lll 98 126
Viscellaneous products produced , 2,780
base alloys .............. -1,753
base scrap ..... 33,333
2
receipts of purchased copper - basę scrap at brass mills , in
October - December 1954 , and in 1955, by months , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks

Month
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/ consumption 2 / of all scrap 2 /
1954 :
October .. 42,920 38,347 40,076 79,860 41,483
November . 41,483 33,994 43 , 158 79,433 39,202
December . 39,202 38,804 43,679 83,700 37,985
1955 :
January ....... 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February ...... 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30,765
March . 30,765 45,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing about
65 mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
3 / Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .

in 1954 , and in 1955 , by months , gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item 1954

(prellenary )) January February March
No. 1 wire and heavy .... 60,785 4,285 5,729 7,871

Yellow brassi .. 200,903 12,848 18,067 23,049
Cartridge brass and cases . 47,598 4,766 7,979 7,065
Bronze ... 1,122 93 141 140
Nickel silver , 8,354 615 .550 805
Low brass .. 17,936 1,307 2,348 2,224
Mixed alloy scrap ......... 7,925 1,972 1 ;469 1,004
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known brass mills, about 65 plants .
3
Table 5. Consumption and stocks of purthased copper - base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers , in March 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1
Melted
Closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 443 3,353 3,405 391

Refinery brass ... 1,006 3,066 2,277 1,795
Total.. 21,868 29,019 25,652 25,235
1/ Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap . and
Table 6 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1 ,. in

1954 (monthly average ), and in 1955 by months, gross weight
in short tons
Primary producers
Secondary Total
copper smelters Brass mills 21
scrap
Month used
New scrap old scrap New scrap old sorap New scrap | old scrap
January 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190
February .. 11,995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March . 13,262 12,90 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,882 109,431
To tal.... 38,980 32,047 26,742 76,680 95,356 16,127 285,931
1954 .... 14,333 12,882 8,157 22,575 .26,129 4,857 88,933
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants ; and miscellaneous manufacturers, about

Zscrap
, 000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new.scrap and 11,000 tons of old
2 / Consumption at brass' mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 4.
.
4
Table 7. Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrup in 1954
(monthly average ), and in 1955 by months, gross weight in short tons
Brass Refined copper 27 Copper Brass

Total
in recovery
Month ingot ...Mill .
Secondary Primary chemicals 1 from copper
production smelters products
producers at smelters base scrap 31
January ... 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February .. 26,362 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March ..... 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 44,357 96,309
Total ... 85,385 7,011 47,401 1,737 109,663 245,615
1954 ...... 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 70,594
1 / Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and wiscellaneous manu
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal :
per month ,
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scrop refined on a toll basis , ' •
3 / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrop by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap. load, tin, zinc, etc. )
Table 8. Copper recovcrcd 1 / in walloyed and alloyed form from compcr

basc scrap in 1954 (monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months, in short tons

ducers 2 / from smcltcrs from from .
Month copper
Now scrap Old scrap. Now scrap 01d scrap Now scrapi old scrap recovcred
January .. 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23 , 324 4,421 64,751
March .. 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
Total ... 29,008 | 19,977 17,342 69,774 204,231
56,230 11,900
1954 ...... 8,643 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296

1 / Recovery by foundrius , chemical plants, and miscellancous manufacturcrs, not shown
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed coppcr and copper content of copper
5
Table 9. - Rcfincd metals consumed in brass -mill products in
October -Dcccmber 1954 , and in 1955 by months ,
Month Rofined Refincd Primary Refined Slab

1954 :
October 48,684 217 62 287 8,644
Novcmber .. 45,849 2 ‫ويا‬ 78 300 · 9,872
December 51,773 214 · 85 234 10,053
1955 : : 22
January 54,425 241 103 236 11,341
February ... 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March .... 62,490 293 95 (1 ) 11,707
1 / Not avail -ble .
Tablc 10. ' - Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months, in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
Unalloyed Copper -base
1954 .. 75,831 93,971

1955 :
January 5,367 5,573
Febru cry .. 6,926 5,487
Total. 12,293 11,060
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V COPPER SCRAP
Consumption of copper scrap by the braşs mills , secondary copper smelters , and
primary producers in April was at virtually the same average daily rate as in March ,
or 107,000 short tons compared with 109,000 , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Total consumption by these groups thus
remained high in relation to many earlier months ,
Output of secondary refined copper by primary producers dropped slightly in
April , whereas that by secondary smelters rose 13 percent. Brass' ingot production
decreased 7 percent but output of brass mill products was 'virtually unchanged .
In April the Bureau of Foreign Commerce established an export quota of 1,000

tons on copper -base alloy ingots for the second quarter of 1955.
On April 27 the Bureau of Foreign Commerce announced that refined copper pro
- duced from Canadian origin scrap and copper - base alloy scrap was now subject to the
same export limitations as refined copper from domes tio origin materials .
At the beginning of the month No. 1 copper scrap was quoted in New York at 32.5
cents per pound , and after several drops in price was 30.5 cents per pound on
April 29; the price of composition solid scrap was 26 cents from April l. until the
latter part of the month when it was quoted at 25.5 cents , The price to consumers
of composition ingot No. 115 was 37 cents per pound until April 26 when it declined
to 35.5 cents .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and He.Lena M. Meyer , under the supervision of M. E.

lolin , Chief, Branch of Base letals , Division of Minerals .
Table 1 . Salient statistics of the secondary copper and brass industry
in the United States , in January - April 1954-55 , in short tons
January - April March April
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955
Consumption of copper - base scrap

( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters .. 119,649 140,183 31,144 38,668 32,738 | 36,762
At brass mills .... 121,177 157,093 30,3141 45,111 31,437 45,610
At primary producers. 115,189 95,985 32,824 25,652 26,701 24,958
Total ... 356,015 393,261 94,282 109,431 90,876 , 107,330
Production of all metals from
copper - base scrap ( gross
weight) 2 ) :
At secondary smelters
Brass ingot production ... 94,966 115,694 25,2091 32,636 | 25,803 30,309
Refined copper .... 9,116 10,038 1,982 2,684 2,726 3,027
At brass mills (brass mill
products ) ..... 118,948 154,555 29,932 44,357 30,936 44,892
At primary producers - refined
copper , 60,702 64,929 18,519 17,785 13,275 17,528
Copper in chemicals 3/ ...... 2,522 2,315 671 930 770 578
Total secondary recovery from

copper - base scrap 4 / . 279,390 340,145 74,751 96,30971,645 94,530
Copper recovered from copper - base
scrap :
By secondary smelters .. 86,351 100,085 22,381 27,771 23,851 26,513
By brass mills ... 87,505 115,452 21,987) 33,150 22,772 33,778
By primary producers 5/..... 63,131 67,026 19,184 18,661 | 13,997 18,041
Exports ( copper - base scrap) :
Unalloyed .... 36,658 ) 6 / 15,917 6,263 3,624 10,206 ( 7)
Alloyed ... 41,875 6 / 14,987 6,621 3,927 11,974 ( 7)
Stocks of copper -base scrap at end
of period ( gross weight) :
At secondary smelters . 24,405 29,275
29,275 24,488 28,15324,405 29,275
At brass mills ... 47,495 33,209
33,209 42,673 30,648 47,495 33,209
At primary producers . 33,667 29,814 42,188 25,235 33,667 29,814
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufac
turers , about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000
tons of old scrap per month ,
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers
which is estimated to be about 12,000 tons of secondary metal from copper and brass
scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc , per month ,
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters .
Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
5 ) Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
6 January -March only .
7 Not yet available .
2
secondary copper smelters in April 1955 , gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed 2 stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy ...... 2,596 . 4,333 4,191 2,738

Railroad -car boxes ........... 282 88 176 194
Yellow brass .... 7,027 7,634 7,591 7,070
Au to radiators (unswea ted ) . 3,250 5,188 4, 582 3,856
Bronze ...... 1,635 3,419 3,383 1,672
Nickel silver ... 464 292 239 517
Low brass ... 337 287 302 322
Aluminum bronze .. 132 3 / -12 15 105
Low - grade scrap and residues ...... 5,391 3,448 3,283 5, 556
Total copper--base scrap ...... 28,153 37,884 36,762 29,275

Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 79 plants ,
3 Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts ,

copper smelters in April 1955, gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Kind of ingot Opening closing
Production to
stocks stocks,
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) .. 1,562 1,190 1,264 1,488

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-1ăm42 ), 1,222 2,001 2,130 1,093
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 3,279 10,180 10,216 3,243
Leaded semired brass (81–3-7-9 ) . 3,059 7,105 6,929 3,235
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,046 1,274 1,334 986 .
( 75-5-20 ) 428 616 684 360
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ... : 1, 539... 2,454 2,707 1,286
Manganese bronze ............. 1 , 502 2,260 1,324 1,338
Nickel silver ............ 271 229 248 252
Low brass ...... 146 385 359 172
Silicon bronze .... 569 448 500 517
Miscellaneous..... 126 89 lll 104
Miscellaneous products produced .... 3,132
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys .. -257
base alloys.... -1,547
copper - base scrap , 31,637
Table 4. Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at: brass mills , ..
in 1955 , by months, gross weight in short toris 14 .
Opening stocks -Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
Month
of all scrap 2/ receipts generated 3/ | consumption 2 / of all scrap 2 /
January ... 39,003 28 ;227 26,628 + ... 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30 , 765.
March .. 30,765 45,111 54,864. 100,092 30,648
April..... 30,648 45,610 53,300 .. 96,349 .... 33,209
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing about
65 mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased. scrap... Receipts repre
3/ Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .

in 1954 , and in 1955, by months , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
1954
Scrap item ( preliminary ) January February March April
No. 1 wire and heavy.ooo . 60,785 4,285 5,729 7,871 8,169

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 23,468 2,227 1,817 2,916 3,061
Yellow brass ... 200,903 12,848 18,067 23,049 22,119
Cartridge brass and cases...... 47 , 598 .. 4,766 7,979 7,065 7,012
Bronze ... 31,122 . 93 142 140 99
Nickel silver .... 8,354. 615 550 805 815
Low brass ... 17,936... 1., 30.7. 2,348 2,224 2,814
Aluminum bronze . 558 , 114 - 45. 37 57
Mixed alloy scrap... 7,925 1,972 1,469 1,004 1,464
Total copper - base scrap.de 368,649 28,227 38,145 45,111 | 45,610
1 Reports were tabulated for all known brass mi.218 ,. about.65 plants.
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of primary copper producers , in April 1955, gross weight in short tons 1
Melted
Closing
- Stocks Receipts stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 391 3,704 3,618 477
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light.. 2,743 10,711 10,810 .
2,644
Refinery. brass..... .1 ; 795 2 ; 091 2,287 1,599
Low -grade scrap and residues ....... 20 , 306 13,031 8,243 25,094
Total....... 25,235 29,537 24,958 29,814
1 Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers , The scrap and
1 / in 1954
Table 7. ' Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 17,
( monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months , gross weight
in short tons
Secondary
Primary producers Brass mills 27 To tal
copper smelters
Month Scrap
used
January ... ='. 13 ;723 9,422 :: 9,012 24,806 .
24,047 4,180 85,190
February 11,995 10,235 7,701 23 , 234 32,079 1 :" 6,066 91,310
Marchii . 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
April. 14,342 10,616 ::: 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
Total.... 53,322 42,663 35,649 104,534 134,556 22,537 393,261
1954 ... 14,333 12,882 * 8,157 22 , 575 26,129 4,857 88,933
17. Consumption by foundries, chemical, plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, about

scrap per month ; not shown in table . : 0
2 ) Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5.
5
Table 8 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1954
(monthly average ), and in 1955 by months; gross weight in short tons
Refined copper 2 / Copper.. Brass
Total
Brass in recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary mill
chemicals from copper
production smelters producers at smelters products base scrap 31
January .. 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February 26,361 2,043 14,573 : : 371 37,537 79,163
March .... 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 44,359 . 96,309
April ..... 30,309 3,027 17,5289 578 . 44,892 94,530
: Total . 115,694 10,038 64,929 2,315 154,555 ... 340,145
1954 .... 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 .
70,594
per month ,
Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups ,
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in 1954 (monthly average) , and in 1955 by months , in short tons
By primary; prom . By secondary By brass mills
Total
ducers 2]) from smelters from from
Month copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap .recovered
January ... 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 : 3,087 59,898
.
February . 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751

March ... · 10 2, 443 8,218 . : 6,738 · 21,033 28,758 4,392 79 , 582
April ... 11,213 6,828 5,862 20,651 28,813 4,965 78,332
Total .. 40,221 26,805 23,204 76,881 98,587 16,865 282,563
1954 .... 8,643 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296
2 ) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
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Table 10 . Refined me tals consumed in brass -mill products
in 1955 by months , gross weight in short tons

Month
January 54,415 241 103 236 11,342

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March ... 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April... 53,735 266 88 ( 1) 10,075
1 Not available .
Table ll . Exports of copper- base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Unalloyed Copper - base
Period
1954 ... 75,832 93,971
1955:
January 5,367 5, 573
February . 6,926 5,487
March .. 3,624 3,927
Total .. 15,917 14,987
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SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS D: MAY 1955
Coper and copper -base scrap consumption by all users except foundries totaled
107,000 short tons in l.lay , the same as for April , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Data from foundries are not available on
a monthly basis . A 3,000- ton decrease in consumption by secondary sinelters was
counterbalanced by an equal increase divided between the brass mills and prinary
producers . Brass nill operations were slowed down in May by a strike which lasted
about a week at American Brass Co. plants in the Waterbury , Connecticut area .
Noteworthy differences in consumption of scrap items in May 1954 as compared to
May 1955 were a 213 - percent increase in the use of fired cartridge cases , a 92-per
cent increase in the use of unalloyed scrap by brass mills and a 54 -percent rise in
consumption of scrap auto radiators by secondary smelters . Consumption of unalloyed
scrap by primary producers was 61 percent greater in Ilay 1955 than in May 1954 ,
while use of low - grade scrap and residues was 50 percent less . The total consump
tion by all three groups in kay 1955 was 18 percent , or 16,000 tons more than in
.
Hay 1954 .
Production from copper scrap in liay 1955 by brass mills , secondary copper
smelters and primary copper producers was respectively .16,700 tons , .2,600 . tons and
2,300 tons grcater than in May 1954. The total increase in production of secondary
metal was larger than the total increase in consumption of scrap , indicating that
the scrap used in lſay 1955 was of higher average grade than that used in May 1954 .
The price quoted in New York by dealers for No. 1.copper scrap rose from 30.5
cents per pound at the end of April to 31.5 cents at the end of May and the price of
composition solids declined from 25.5 to 25 cents in the same period . The price to
consuners of composition ingot No. 115 was 35.5 cents throughout the month .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helena 1 !. lleyer , under the supervision of M. E.

Volin , Chief , Branch of Base letals , Division of linerals .
in the United States , January- ay (total) and April and may, 1954–55 ,
in short tons
January - ay April May

1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955
Consumption of copper- base scrap
( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters .. 151,019 174,349 32,738 36,762 31,370 34,166
At brass mills ..... 151,095 203,965 ) 31,4371 45,61029,918 46,872
At primary producers .. 144,831 122,047 26,701 24,958 29,642 26,062
To tal ...... 446,945 500,361) 90,876 107,330 , 90,930 107,100
weight) 2 /:
Brass ingot production ... 120,525 143,729 25,803 30,309 25,559 28,035
Refined copper .... 11,7181 12,804 2,726 3,027 ! 2,602 2,766
At brass mills (brass mill 1
products ) .... 148,403 200,699 30,936 44,392 , 29,455 46,144

At primary producers- refined
copper ... 76,124 82,688 13,2751 17,528 15,4221 17,759
Copper in chemicals 3 ....... 3,120 3,083 7701 578 598 768
copper - base scrap 4 / ..... 351,568 433,829 | 71,645 94,530 , 72,178 93,684
scraps
By secondary smelters ... 103,966 124,657 23,851 26,513 22,615 24,574
By brass mills ..... 109,264 150,644 ! 22,772 33,778121,759 35,192
By primary producers 5 ) ... 79,134 85,4531 13,997 18,041 16,003 18,427
Exports ( copper - base scrap ) :
Unalloyed .... 42,984 6 /19,739 10,206 3,680 6,326 ( 7)
Alloyed ... 50,214 ! 5 / 20,480 | 11,974 5,434 8,339 ( 7)
Stocks of copper - base scrap at end
*. of period ( gross weight) :
At secondary smelters . 22,813 30,004 24,405 29,275 22,813 30,004
At brass mills ..... ... 45,014 33,303 47,495 33,209 45,014 33,303
At primary producers .. ... 26,110 33,664 ! 33,667 29,314! 26,110 33,564
1 ) Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufac
tons of old scrap per month .
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers
which is estimated to be about 12,000 tons per month of secondary metal from copper
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc.
Production by secondary and primary smelters ,
4 / Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus
Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
6 ) January - April only .
7 Not yet available .
2
secondary copper smelters in May 1955, gross weight
in short tons 1 ]
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed 2 / stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,738 3,288 3,703 2,323
Yellow brass .. 7,070 10,245 8,970 8,345
Bronze.. 1,671 3,463 2,931 2,203
Nickel silver ... 517 257 250 524
Low brass ... 322 418 365 375
Low - grade scrap and residues ...... 5,556 3,120 3,170 5, 506
in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product.

copper smelters in May 1955, gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Opening Production
Closing
Kind of ingot to
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) .... 1,488 1,136 1,254 1,370

Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) . 3,243 9,877 9,278 3,842
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7–9 ) . 3,235 5,491 5,644 3,082
(84-6-8-2 ) 986 1,322 1,321 987
( 75-5--20 ) ... 360 721 650 431
Nickel silver ... 252 433 353 332
Low brass.. 172 162 226 108
Silicon bronze .. 517 503 468 552
Hardeners and special alloys...... 567 837 871 533
Miscellaneous ..... 104 84 31 157
Miscellaneous products produced ..... 2,888
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys -388
3
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Table 4 . Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and

receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills
in 1955 , by months , gross weight in short tons 1

Month
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/ consumption 2/ of all scrap 2 )
January --- 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 ... 32,863
February- 32,863 38,145 .46,174 86,417 30,765
March --- 30,765 45,111 d 54,864 100,092 30,648
April 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 ... .. 33,209
May --- 33,209 46,872 46,734 . 93,512 : 33,303
1 ) Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brąss mills, representing
about 65 mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap : Receipts
3 Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. Receipts, of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1954 , and in 1955 , by months, gross weight
in short tons 1 ]
1954 January
Scrap item April May
( preliminary ) March
No. 1 wire and beavy- 60 , 785 ... 17,885 8,169 10,041
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light, 23,468 .. , 6,960 3,061 2,803
Yellow brass --- 200,903 53,964 22,119 20,639
:, Cartridge brass and cases 47 ; 598 19,810 7,012 8,164
Bronze --- 1,122 374 99 110
. :: Nickel silver- 8,354 1,970 815 767
Low brass --- 17,936 5,879 2,814 2,381
Aluminum bronze 558 .. 196 57 59
Mixed alloy scrap- 7,925 . 4,445 ...1,64 1,908
Total copper - base scrap ------ 368,649 111,483 45,610 46,872
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing
.
about 65 plants .
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Table 6. Consumption and stocks of purchased cooper -busc scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in May 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1/
Melted
stocks stocks
I consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy . 477 3,143 3,327 293
Refinery brass ... 1,599 2,964 2,617 1,946
Low - grade scrap and residues . .
25,094 13,521 9,103 29,512
Total .... 29,814 29,912 26,062 33,664
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 )

in 1954 ( monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months ,
Total
Secondary
Month
Primary producers
copper smelters Brass mills 2 ) scrap
used
January ..... 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,247 4,180 85,190
February ... 11,995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March .. 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
April. •
14,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
May . 15,313 10,749 8,649 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
Total .... 68,635 53,412 44,298 130,051 173,316 30,649 500,361
1954 ..... 14,333 12,882 8,157 22,575 26,129 4,857 | 88,933

1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneousmanufacturers , about
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
5
Table 8. Production of all metals 1/ from cooper-base scrap in 1954
Refined copper 2- Copper Total
Brass in Brass recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals mili from copper
production smelters producers at smelters products base scrap 3 /
January . 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February 26,367 2,043 141,573 371 37,537 79,163
March .. 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 LL , 357 96,309
April .. 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,892 92:,530
May . 28,035 2,766 .17,759 768 4:6,1444 93,684
Total . 143,729 12,804 82,608 3,083 200,699 433,829
1954 .. 22: , 157 2,170 111,995 534 30,1:95 70,594
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chenical products , etc.
per month .
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc ,
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper -base
scrap in 1954 (monthly averaçe ), and in 1955 by months , in short tons
By primary pro Ey secondary By brass mills Total
ducers 2 / from smelters from from copper
Month
New scrap old scrap Ney scrap old scrap New scrap ora scrap recovered
January .. 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898

February 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324; 4,421 64,751
March .... 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 19,392 79,582
April ... 11,213 6,828 5,862 20,651 28,813 14,965 78,332
May . 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
Total 52,133 33,320 28,972 95,685 127,443 23,201 360,754
1954 ..... 8,643 6,812 ! 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not

shorm , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
6
Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products
in 1955 by months ,> gross weight in short tons

Month zinc
copper lead pig tin nickel
January . 54,415 241 103 236 11,341

February . 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March ... 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April .. 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
May ... 54,515 302 87 ( 1) 11,543
1 / Not available .
Table ll . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months, in short tons ( U. S , Department of Commerce )

1954 ... 75,831 93 971
1955 :
January . 1 /5,394 5,573
February .
1 /6,953 5,487
March . 1 /3,712 1 / 3,986
April.. 3,680 5,434
Total ..... 19,739 20,480
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Consumption of copper and copper -base scrap , by secondary smelters and brass
mills in June was virtually unchanged from May, according to the Bureau of Nines ,
United States Department of the Interior . Complete data on consumption are not
available because of indefinite delay in receipt of reports from plants affected
by strikes in the copper industry . An interim report will be issued if all data
become available before preparation of report 121 . Copper scrap consumed by
ort No. 121.
secondary smelters and brass mills in January - June 1955 was substantially larger
than in the corresponding period of 1954 .
Production of brass ingot and refined copper by secondary smelters was at
about the same rates as in May.
Stocks of purchased copper -bose scrap at secondary smelters on June 30 were

13 percent less than on May 31 , but stocks of purchased and home scrap at brass
mills increased 7 percent .
at the beginning of the month the price paid in New York by scrap metal
dealers for No. 1 copper scrap ranged from 31-31.5 cents per pound ; on June 3 it
rose to 32-32.5 cents where it remained for inost of the month . kit the end of
June , No. 1 copper scrap was quoted at 33.5-34 cents . The price of composition
solids was 24.5-25 cents per pound on June 1 ; it rose to 25.5-26 cents on June 17
and was 26-26,5 at the cnd of the month . The cost to consumers of composition
1
ingot No. 115 was 34.5 cents a pound throughout Junc .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Helcna M. Meyer , icting Chief, Branch of Base
Metals, Division of Minerals .
in the United States , in short tous
January - June May June
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955

Jousumption of copper -base scrap
( gross weight) /
1:
At secondary smelters .. ..
184,567 208,739 31,3701 34,166 33,548 | 34,390
At brass mills ..... 181,213 250,428 29,918 46,872 30,117 46,463
At primary producers . 173,359 NA 29,642 26,062 28,528 NA
Total ..... 539,138) NA 90,930107,100 92,193 NA

copper -base scrap ( gross
weight ) 3 /: i
At secondary smelters -
Brass ingot production .. 147,317 172,045 25,559 28,035 26,792 28,316
Refined copper . 14,149 15,496 2,602 2,766 2,431
2,431 2,692
At brass mills ( brass mill
products ) .... 177,934 246,440 | 29,455 46,144 29,531 45,741
At primary producers ( refined
copper ) .. 90,987 NA 15,422 17,759 14,863 NA
Copper in chemicals 3 / ..... 3,537 ! NA 598
+
768 417 NA
copper -base scrap 4 / ..... 423,811 NA 72,178 93,684 72,243 NA

scrap :
by secondary smelters .. 133,180 ' 149,511 22,615 24,574 24,214 24,854
Fy brass mills ..... 131,214 185,453 21,759 35,192 21,950 34,809
By primary producers 5 / ... 94,372 NA 16,003 i 18,427 15,238 NA
Exports ( copper -base scrap) :
Unalioyed ... 48,028 6 /22,665 6,326 : 2,926 5 , ‫هامان‬ ( 7)
Alloyed ... 57,433 6 /25,647 | 8,339 5,167 7,219 ( 7)
Stocks of copper - base scrap at
end cf period ( gross weight ): !
At secondary smelters .. 25,401 26,113 22,813 30,004 | 25,401 126,113

At trass milis ... 45,540 35,761 45,014 i 33,303 45,540 35,761
t primary producers ... 22,361 26 , 110 : 33,661 22,361
NA 22,361 NA
Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellažieous manufactur
ers , about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
of old scrap per month .
* Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and misce laneous manufacturers ,
nich is estimated to be about 12,000 tons per month of secondary metal from copper
Production by secondary and primary smelters .
3
4 Total production of ali metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. ) used
by ingot makers .
5/ Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
5 ) January -May only.
i ! Not available .
2
2
secondary copper smelters in June 1955 , gross weight
in short tons 1/
.3 Scrap item Receipts consumed 2)
stocks stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 2,323 3,190 3,473 2,040
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. . 2,459 2,921 3,211 2,169
Yellow brass .. 8,345 6,222 7,440 7,127
Cartridge cases . . 92 62 80 74..
Bronze ... 2,203 2,910 3,486 1,627
Nickel silver . 524 206 204 526
Low brass ..... 375 396 428 343
Aluminum bronze . 93 3 / -20 24 49
3 / Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts .
! Shipments closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) . 1,370 1,255 1,179 1,446

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . .
3,842 · 8,726 8,388 4,180
84-6-8-2 ) 987 1,785 1,625 1,147
( 75-5-20) 431 526 532 425
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).. 1,404 2 ; 432 2,227 1,609
Aluminum bronze . .
467 387 396 458
Nickel silver . .
. 332 211 285 258
Low brass . 108 447 383 172
Silicon bronze .. : 552 376 421 507
Miscellaneous products produced .. 2,752
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Table 4 . Stocks and conswiption of all copper -base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills
in 1955, by months , cross weight in short tons 1 /
Month Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
3 consumption 27/ of all scrap 27
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated / 21
January 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,1744 86,417 30,765
Marcha 30,765 45,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
April----- 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 33,209
May 33,209 46,872 46,734 93,512 33,303
June 33,303 46,463 65,343 109,348 35,761
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass.mills, representing

about 65 mills .
2 / Stocks and consuiption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts
represent purchased scrap only.
3/ Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills

in 1954, and in 1955 , by months, gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item 1954 January
(preliminary ) March
April May June
No. 1 wire and heavy 60,785 17,885 8,169 119,021 9,733

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light- 23,468 6,960 3,061 2,603 2,841
Yellow brass 200,903 53,964 22,119 20,639 21,440
Cartridge brass and cases 47,598 .. 19, 10 7,012 8,164 7,117
Bronze- 1,122 , 374 99 110 180
Nickel silver 8,354 1,970 815 .: 767 809
Low brassiewe 17,936 5,879 2,814 2,381 2,482
Aluminun bronze 558 196 57 59 41
Ilixed alloy scrap 7,925 ‫كينيا ويا‬ 1,464 1,908 1,820
Total copper - bese scrap ---- 368,649 111,483 45,610 46,872 46,463
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing
about 65 plants.
4
of primary copper producers , in June 1955 , gross weight in short tons
DATA FOR JUNE NOT AVAILABLE .
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 / in

1954 (monthly average ), and in 1955 by months , gross weight
in short tons
Total
Primary producers Secondary scrap
Month copper smelters Brass mills 2 used
January ... 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190
February ... II, 995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March ...... 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
April .... * 144,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
May....... 15,313 10,749 8,649 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
June ... NA NA 8,245 26,145 39,676 6,787 NA
Total .. NA NA
52,543 | 156,196 212,992 37,436 NA
1954 ....... 14,333 12,882 ...8,157 ..22,575. - .26,129 4,857 88,933

1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
, 000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5.
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Refined copper 2 / Copper Total
Brass in Brass- recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals mill from copper
January ... 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February .. 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March ..... 32, 636 2,684 17,785 930 44,357 96,309
April .... 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,892 94,530
May .... 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,144 93,684
June . 28,316 2,692 NA NA 45,741 NA
Total . 172,045 15,496 N.1 NA 246,440 NA
1954...... 24,157 2,170 ‫ يلة‬, 995 534 30,495 70,594

per month .
3 Equals total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups ,
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper-base

scrap in 1954 (monthly average ), and in 1955 by months, in short tons
By primary pro- : By socondary By brass, mills i
Total
Month
ducers 27 from smolters from from
copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap (Old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January ... 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February .. 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,752
March ... 10,43 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 45392 79,582
April ..... 11,213 6,828 5,862 20,652 28,813 4,965 78,332
May .. 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
June .. Nid NAIL * --5,582 19,272 29,663 5,146 Nais
Total , NA NA 34,554 114,957 157,106 28,347 NA
1954 ...... 8,643 6,8444 5,278 16, 882 18,915 3,7344 60,296
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not
shown, estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
2 / Recovcry by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and corper content of
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Table 10. Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products in
1955 by months , gross weight in short tons

Month nickel zinc
copper lead pig tin
January . 54,415 241 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March , 0 O 0
62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April . . .
53,735 266 88 279 10,075
May . .
54,515 302 87 277 11,543
June . 55,902 313 92 ( 1) 12,312
1 / Not available .
Table 11 . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce)
1954 ... 75,831 93,971
1955 :
January 5,394 5,573
February 6,953 5,487
March ... 3,712 3,986
April . 3,680 5,434
May .... 2,926 5,167
Total ... 22,665 25,647
Interior --Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. , August 5 , 1955 .
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SECOND.IRY COPPAR ID BR..SS IN JULY 1955
Brass mills , secondary smelters and primary producers used 71,000 short tons
of copper scrap in July , comurred with 109,000 tons in June, according to the
Burcau of Mines , United States Department of tho Intcrior . Scrap consumption at
brass mills was down 37 percent , while that at primary producers and secondary
smcltcrs wis 34 and 32 pcrcent luss, respectivel" . Total copper and copper
alloys recovered from copper -base scrap : at primary producers was 39 percent
less in July than in June , at brass mills 37 pcrcent less and at secondary
smelters 31 percent le ss . The diffcrence in percentages between the two se
quences is due to variations in total metal content of scrap used by diffcrent
groups . It has no relation to the fact that one group consistently uses higher
grade scrap than another .
activity was low in July because many plants closid or curtailcd operations
to allow their employees vacations or to change or repair cquipment. This is
the usual procedure cvery July , but in 1955 operations were further hampered by
work stoppages at many of the principsi copper mines , smultrs and refineries
and at several brass mills . Lato in July some brass mills announced their plants
would be closud for an indefinite period because of a shortage of copper .
Scrap , as well 2.s refined coppr, was scarce . Scrap metal dealers were quot
ing 32.5-33 cents per pound in New York for No. I copper scrap at the bcginning
of July . On July 7 the price was raised to a range of 33.5-34 ccnts and on
July 19 it rose to 34.5-35 cents ; on July 28 it was increased to 35-35.5 cents .
The price of composition solids ranged from 26-26.5 cents per pound for about
a week ; it rose to 26.5-27 conts on July 7 , advanced one -half cent per pound on
July lí and again on July 19. On July 27 the price ranged fron 28-28.5 cents
where it remained for the rest of the month . The cost to consumors of compo
sition ingot No. 115 of 34.5 cents , effective since May 31 , rose to 36.5 cents
on July 8 and to 37.5 ccnts on July 18 , and continucd at that level through
July 31.
Prepared by rchie J. McDermid and Helena M. Meyer , .cting Chief , Branch of

Baso Metals , Division of Minerals .
Table 1. Salient statistics of the secondary copper and brass industry
in the United States , in short tons
January - July June July
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955
Consumption of copper -base scrap
( gross weight) 3.7:
At brass mills .. | 203,669 279,545 30,117 46,463 22,4571 29,117
At primary producers .
Total ...

196,912
610,306
DENDE
168,397 28,528 27,888 23,553 | 18,462
680,173 92,193 108,741 71,168 71,071
weight) 2 /:
Brass ingot production .. 166,112 190,845 26,792 28,316 18,795 18,800
Refined copper .. 15,754 18,053 2,431 2,692 1,605 2,557
At brass mills ( brass mill
products ) ... 200,092 275,068 29,531 45,741 22,158 28,628
copper ) .... . ! 103,297 112,457 14,863 18,832 12,310 10,937
Copper in chemicals 3 /.. 4,044 4,558 417 599 507 876
Total secondary recovery
from copper -base scrap 4/ . 477,570 588,786 72,243 94,357 53,759 60,600
Copper recovered from copper
base scrap :
By secondary smelters . 151,261 166,674 24,214 24,854 18,081 17,163
By brass mills ..... 147,858 207,448 ! 21,950 34,809 16,644 21,995
By primary producers 5 / ..... 107,101 116,604 15,238 19,388 12,729 11,763
Exports ( copper -base scrap ):
Unalloyed .. 51,984 6 / 23,836 5,044 1,171 3,956
Alloyed ..... 64,481 6 /28,051 7,219 2,404 7,048
end of period ( gross weight ):
At secondary smelters . 30,537 29,971 25,401 26,113 30,537 i 29,971
At brass mills ... 45,231 37,378 45,540 35,761 45,231 37,378
At primary producers 18,35240,196 22,361 39,304 | 18,352 40,196
Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
ērs , about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
2) Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
3/ Production by secondary and primary smelters .
4 Total production of ali metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc ,etc.) used
by Ingot makers .
6 ) January -- June only .
7 Not available .
2
Table 2 . Consumption and stocks of purchased couper -bese scrap at
secondary copper smelters in July 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scra: item Receipts
stocks ccnsumed 27 stocks
No , l wire and heayy ..... * : 2 , ‫ܘܙܐܘ‬ 2,945 2,633 2,352
No. 2 -wire , inixcd heavy and light . 2,169 2,871 2,235 2,805
Composition or soft red brass .... 4,300 4,544 5,187 . 3,657
Railroad - car boxes ........ ric ... 113 70 28 185
Yellow brass . 7,127 9,187 6,5144 9,770
Cartridge cases.i . 74 52 49 77
Auto radiators (unsticated )..... 2,730 2,545 2,263 3,012
Bronze , 1,627 2,347 2,042 ... 1', 932
Nickel silver . 526 235 189 .. 572
Low br2ss ... 343 2‫ܘܢܐ‬ 305 278
Aluminum bronze ‫ܟܢܐ‬ 57 10 .96
Low - grade scrap and residuos , ..... , 4,985 2,257 2,007 5,235
1 / Feports were tabulatuc from all known scconder cooper smelters, 75 plants.
21 Lt secondary copper sncitors thi scrap used is chicfl ; old or obsoleto equip
ment in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product.
Table 3. Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot at sccondar ;

copyr seltors in July 1955 , gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Kind of ingot Cpening Production to Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) ........ 1,4461 1,071 1,213 1,304

Icaded tin bronze ( 686-11-42)........ 1,569 726 1,069 1,226
Leaded red. brass ( 85-5-5-5) ........ 4,180 6,283 7,277 3,186
Leaded semired brass ( 81 ~ 3-7 .- 9 ) . 3,353 3,906 4,637 2,622
High - lcaced tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,589 1,133 1,424 1,308
( 84-6-8-2 ) ... 1,147 992 1,125 1,014
( 75-5-20 ) .. 425 505 510 ' L20
Loaded yellow brass (66 -1 ~ 3-30 ) .. 1,609 1,549 1,664 1,494
liangancsc bronzo ............... 1,646 . .7.96 1,088 1,354
Aluminum bronze . 458 3.13
.
· 282 489
Nickel silver . 258 .207 208. 257
Low brass .... 172 .303 312 163
Silicon bronze 507 ..295 267 535
Hardeners and special alloys........ 652. · 537 671 518
lüiscellaneous..... 200 134 L2 *t
292
Total brass and bronzo ingots ... 19,279 18,00 21,8L1 16,235
Misccllanccus procucts produced ..... 2,625
Rofined copper ccr.runcdir con rabase alloy si -151
lliscellaneous raw materials consu..ncc in coopcr
besc alloys.... -1,047
Not total soconcer; rccovcry from archased
‫سا‬
receipts of purchased cooper -base scrap at brass , mills,
in 1955, by months, gross weight in short tons 1
Month
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total, scrap Elosing stocks
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3 consuntion 2/ of all scrap 2 ]
January ... 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February .. 32,863 38,145 146,174 . ,86,427 : 30,765
.
March ..... 30,765 45,111 54,864 ,100,092 30,648

April ..... 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 33,209
May. 33,209 46,872 46,734 ,93,512 33,303
June . 33,303 146,463 65,343 109,348 35,761
July ...... 35 , 761 29,117 33,902 61,402 37,378
1about
/ Repor ts were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing
65 mills .
2 / Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts.
3 / calculatec , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .

in 1954, and in 1955 , by months, gross weight
in short tons 11
1954 January- April
Scrap item ( preliminary ) Narch June July
No. 1 wire and heavy ... 60,785 17,885 27,943 6,445

No , 2 wire, mixed heavy and lighti .. 23,468 6,960 8,705 2,085
Yellow brass .... 200,903 53,964 643198 13,276
Cartridge brass and cascs . 47,598 19,810 ..22,293 4,158
Bronze .. 1,122 ..374 . 389 ‫ܘܢܢܐ‬
Nickel silver 8,354 1,970 2,397 425
Low brass .. 17,936 59-879 7,677 1,405
Aluminum bronze .... 558 ... 196 157 43
Mixed allot scrap . on 7.925 ‫كمالوما‬. 5,192 1,140
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing
about 65 plants .
Table 6 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base sС : 2.7 at plants
of primar , copper produce: $ in June and July 1955, sross weight in short tons
Opening Melted or Clcsing
Scrap item Receipts
Juner
: No. 1 wire. and heavy . 293 3,198 2,956 535
.
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light , 1,913 12,057 11,878 2,092
Refiner" brass... 1,946 3,781 2,825 2,902
:
Low - grade scrap and residueso . 29,512 14,492 10,229.. 33,775
Total ... 33,664 33,528 27,868 39,304
, July :
No. I wire and heavi. 535 2,213 2,068 650
No. 2 wire, nixed heavy and light, .. 2,092 6,120 6,161 2,051
Refinery brass.... 2,902 3,481 1,733 4,650
Low - grade scra ) and residues.... 33,775 7,540 8,500 32,815
Total .....
39,304 19,354 18,462 40,196
1 Reports were tabulated irom all 12 plants oí primar; producere. The scrap and
primer materials used by the primary producers are mixed bezore or during treatinent .
Table 7. Consu ":ption of purchased new and ol : coper-b2.se scia: 1/ in 1954

(monthl" aversge ), cic in 1955 b months, gross wigit in short tons
Secondar ; Total
Primary procucers copper smelters Brass mills 2 )
Month scrap
New scra ) old scrap New scrap Old scrap lew scrap old scra ? used
January ... 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190
February 11,995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March... .13,262 12,390 10,028 28,340 39,230 5,861 109,431
"April..... 14,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,420 107,330
Jiay ... 15,313 10,749 8 , 6‫ويا‬ 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
June , i ... i 15,399 12,489 8,245 26,145 39,676 6,787 108,741
July ... 11,495 6,967 5,728 17,764 25,056 4,061 71,071
Total 95,529 72,868 58,271 173,960 238,048 41,497 680,173
1954 ....... 14,333 12; 882 8,157 22,575 26 , 129 4,857 88,933
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plents, and miscellaneous manufacturers,
about 2,000 ? lants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scr : anc. ll , 000 tons of
olc scra per month , not shown in tablo .
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to roccits , Table 5 .
5
Brass
Refined copper 2 Copper Brass
Total
in recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals mill from copper
January ... 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February .. 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March .. 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 444,357 96,309
April ..... 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 444,892 94,530
May ....... 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,144 93,684
June . 28,316 2,692 18,832 599 45,741 94,357
July ...... 18,600 2,557 10,937 876 28,628 60,600
Total ... 190,845 18,053 112,457 4,558 275,068 588,786
1954...... 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 70,594
1 / Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellanecus mana
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons oí secondary metal
per month ,
1.
2 / Includes recovery from foreign scra : refined or a toll basis :

3 / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scra ? by these groups ,
minus added alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin, zinc ,
etc. ) used b: - ingot makers ,
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - Base
scrap in 1954 (monthl.- average ), and in 1955 by nonths, in short tons
By primery, pro-- By secondary B- brass mills
Month ducers 2 / from s.clters frcul from Total
copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap recovered
January ... 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February .. 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
riarche..corol 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
April , o
11,213 6,828 5,862 20,651 28,813 4,965 78,332
Nay 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
June 11,795 7,593 5,582 19,272 29,663 5,146 79,051
July 7,672 4,091 3,696 13,267 18,797 3,198 50,921
Total ... 71,600 45,004 38,450 128,224 175,903 31,545 490,726
1954..... 8,643 6,8444 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296

1 / Ficcovery b fcundrics, chemical plaats, and iniscellenocus menufacturers, not
snown , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
2/ Rccovery primar producers includes unallo; cd cocoor and copper content of
6
1955 by months, gross weight in short tons
Month
Copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
January 54,415 241 103 236 21,341
February ... 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
llarch ..... 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April ..... 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
lay . 54 , 515 302 87 277 11,543
June . 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July . 31,324 185 54 (1) 6,209
Not available
Table ll. Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954,
and in 1955 by months, in short tons (U. S. Department of Comnerce )
Period
Unelloyed Copper - tase
1954.... 75,831 93,971

1955
January....... 5,394 5,573
February ..... 6,953 5,487
March , ........ 3,712 3,986
April ......... 3,680 5,434
Ilay 2,926 5,167
June , 1,171 2,404
Total ... 23,836 28,051
Interior -- Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. Santo vec 15 , 1955 .
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COPPER SCRAP
CONSUMEIS REPORT NO . 122
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN AUGUST 1955
Total consumption of copper scrap by the 3 major groups totaled 90,000 short
tons in August , according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the
Interior . This tonnage was 19,000 tons more than in July , usually the low month of
year , but 19,000 less than in June. Each group participated in the increase , in
cluding the brass mills, although most of those in the Waterbury , Connecticut , area
had their operations curtailed or suspended as a result of floods accompanying a
hurricane .
August scrap consumption by the secondary smelters was 38 percent greater than
in July , that of the brass mills 27 percent greater , and that of the primary pro
ducers 9 percent greater . Scrap consumption of the smelters and brass mills was
higher in August 1955 than in August 1954 , but that of the primary producers was 26
percent lower , due chiefly to the latter's reduced treatment of low - grade scrap and
residues . Principal scrap items used by secondary smelters in August were composi
tion (9,000 tons ), yellow brass ( 7,000 tons ) and unalloyed copper scrap (6,000 tons).
Chief items used by brass mills were yellow brass ( 17,000 tons) and unalloyed scrap
( 12,000 tons ). Scrap consumed by primary producers in August was chiefly unalloyed
copper and low - grade material .
Production of brass ingot was 43 percent or 8,000 tons greater in August than
in July , the principal types being composition ( 9,000 tons produced ) and leaded
semired brass (6,000 tons produced ). Secondary metal output of brass mills was
36,000 tons compared with 29,000 in July . Primary plants produced 13,000 tons of
refined copper from scrap in August and 11,000 in July .
The position of the secondary smelters, who sell their copper - alloy ingot, made
from scrap , to foundries in competition with refined copper and other refined metals,
was improved when the price of refined copper was raised during the last half of
August . This price had been 36 cents since March 29 , was raised on August 17 to 40
cents and at the end of the month to 113 cents . This was still below the foreign
market price but closer to it than in previous months. The price of No. 1 copper
scrap paid by dealers at New York was '35 cents per pound at the beginning of August
and 38.50 cents at the end . The price of No. 2 copper scrap increased from 34 cents
to 37.50 cents in the same period and the price of composition scrap from 28.50 to
30 cents . The price of No. 115 ingot was sold by smelters at 37.50 cents a pound at
the beginning of August and 42.50 cents at the end .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under the supervision of

Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
.

January -August July August
1954 1955 1954 ; 1955 1954 1955

( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters 239,501 264,755 25,158 23,492 29,776 32,524
At brass mills --- O
228,744 316,490 22,457 29,117 25,075 36,945
At primary producers - 224,151 , 188,493 23,553 18,462 27,239 20,096
Total 692,396 769,738 71,168 71,071 82,090 89,565
weight) 2 ):
At secondary smelter's -
Brass ingot production- 190,457 217,673 18,795 18,800 24,345 26,828
Refined copper - 17,429 20,803 1,605 2,557 1,675 2,750
At brass,. mills ( brass-mili
products )------D
224,811 311,433 22,158 28,628 24,719 36,365
At primary producers (re
fined copper ) 118,565 125,880 12,310 10,937 15,268 13,423
Copper in chemicals 3 / ------ 4,477 5,247 507 876 433 689
Total secondary ry
recove
- e scrap 4/ 542,451 667,637
from copper -bas 53,759 60,600 64,881 78,851
base scrap :
By secondary smelters 172,727 190,169 18,081 17,163 21,466 23,495
By brass mills --- 166,515 235,882 16,644 21,995 18,657 28,434
By primary producers 5/- 122,747 130,656 12,729 11,763 15,646 14,052
Unalloyed ---- 55,489 6 /24,501 3,956 665 3,505 ( 7)
Alloyed---- 69,8736 / 31,618 7,048 3,567 5,392 ( 7)
Stocks of copper -base scrap at
end of period ( gross weight):
At secondary smelters -- 30,750 30,510 30,537 29,971 30,750 30,510
At brass mills-.. 42,4061 36,493 45,231 37,378 42,406 36,493
At primary producers- 18,969 1 53,536 18,352 40,196 18,969 53,536
1) Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
3/ Production by secondary and primary smelters.
/ Total production of all metals. from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
by ingot makers ..
5 ). Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap . .
51 January - July only .

7 Not available.
2
secondary copper smelters in August 1955, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Receipts
No. I wire and heavy --- 2,352 3,473 2,866 2,959

No . 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 2,805 .
4,054 3,545 3,314
Yellow brass- 9,770 : 5,219 6,783 8,206
Cartridge cases--- 77 27 33 71
Bronze---- 1,932 2,768 2,924 1,776
Low brass --- 278 279 2 ‫دا‬ 316
Total copper - base scrap ---- 29,971 33,063 32,524 30,510
2 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equip
ment in alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product .

copper smelters in August 1955, gross weight in short tons
Shipments
Kind of ingot Opening to Closing
Production stocks
stocks consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )---- 1,304 1,409 1,514 1,199

Leaded tin bronze ( 8806-13-43 )----- 1,226 1,399 1,357 1,268
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5.). 3,186 9,114 9,085 3,215
Leaded semired , brass ( 81-3-7-9- 2,622 6,308 6,119 2,811
( 844-6--8-2 ). 1,014 1,303 1,436 881
( 75-5-20 ) L20 469 489 hoo
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,494 1,728 1,779 1 , ‫ يليا‬3
langanese bronze------- 1,354 1,215 1,211 1,358
Aluminum bronze--- 489 409 450 ‫ܢܬܐ‬8
Nickel silver ---- 257 355 247 365
Low brass 163 331 314 180
Silicon bronze 535 263 318 L80
Conductor bronze --- 53 48 40 62
Hardeners and special alloys ---- 518 774 775 517
Miscellaneous- 292 1 -20 96 176
Miscellaneous products produced 2,823
Refined copper consumea in copper -base alloys --- -125
base alloys--- -1,079
copper - base scrap---- 28,447
1/ Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
Table 4. Stocks and consumption of all corner -base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper-base scrap at brass mills ,
in 1955, by months, gross weight in short tons 1 /
>
Opening stocks Purchased ! Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks

Month
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/\conswaption 2/of all scrap 21
January 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30,765
March ----- 30,765 2:5,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
April--- 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 33,209
May ---- 33,209 16,872 46,734 : 93,512 33,303
June 33,303 46,463 65,343 . 109,348 35,761
July--- 35,761 29,117 33,902 61,402 37,378
August --- 37,378 36,945 44,541. 82,371 36,493
1/ Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing
about 65 mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts
3 / calculated, :by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. Receints of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1954 , and in 1955 , by months , cross weicht
in short tons 1 /
!
Scrap item
1954 January - April July August
(preliminary) March June
No. 1 wire and heavy- 60,785 17,885 27,943 6,44519,114
No. ? wire , mixed heavy and light--- : 23,468 6,960 8,7051 2,0851 3,224
Yellow . brass 200,903 53,964 64,198 13,276 17,346
Cartridge brass and cases- 47,598 19,610 22,293 4,1581 4,129
Bronze--- 1,122 374 389 ‫ ܢܐܐ‬o 157
Nickel silver --- 8,354 1,970 2,391 425 612
Low brass 17,936 5,879 7,677 ) 1,405 1,740
Aluminum bronze 558 196 157 43 35
Fixed alloy scrap --- 7,925 .
4,445 5,192 1,140 588

Total copper - base scrap- 368,649.: 211,483 138,945 129,117 36,945
1 Reports were tabulated for all knovm operators of brass mills, representing about
65 plants .
‫܂ܛܐ‬
Table 6. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrar at plants of
primary copper producers in August 1955, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Opening
stocks Receipts llelted or closing
consumed stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy ---- 680 3,278 3,030 928

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 2,051 10,215 7,854 4,412
Refinery brass---- 4,650 4,096 1,844 6,902
Low - grade scrap and residues---- 32,815 15,847 7,368 41,294
Total ---
40,196 33,436
53,536 20,096
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treat
ment .
Table 7. Consumption of parchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 / in 1954
(monthly average ) , and in 1955 by months , gross weight in short tons
Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills 27 Total
lionth
scrap
New scrap loid scrap New ecrap 101d scrap ivew scrap old scrap used
January 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 244,047 4,180 85,190

February 11,995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
llarch ------ 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
april ----- 14,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
L'layman 15,313 10,749 8,649 25,517 38,760 8,112 107 ,100
June 15,399 12,489 8,245 26,145 i 39,676 6,787 108 , 744
July 11,495 6,967 5,728 17,764 ; 25,056 4,061 71,071
August 11,517 ! 8,579 7,664 24,860 32,831 4,114 89,565
Total 107,046 81,447 65,935 198,820 : 270,879 1 45,611 769,738
1954 14,333 12,882 8,157 | 22,575 26,129 4,857 88,933
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical lants, and miscellaneous manufacturers,

ābout 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scra) and 11,000 tons of
old scrap per month , not shown in table .
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5.
5
(monthly average ), and in 1955. by months , gross weight in short tons
Brass Refined copper 2 Copper Brass .
Total
i
ingot in recovery
Month production Secondary Primary chemicals
mill . from copper
:? smelters producers at smelters
products base scrap 3
January 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 : " . 27,762 70,143
February 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March --- 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 44,357 96,309
April- 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,852 $4,530
May ----- 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,144 : 43,684
June ---- 28,316 , 2,692 18,832 599 45,741 + , 357
July ---- 18,800 2,557 10,537 876 28,628 60,600
August- 26,828 2,750 13,423 689 36,365 73,851
Total- . 217,673 20,803 125,800 5,247 311,433 667,637
1954 ---- 2 + , 157 2,170 14,995 534 30,455 70,594
Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous
etc , . per month .
3 Equals total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups,
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc,
Table 9 . Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in 1954 (monthly average ), and in 1555 by months , in short tộns
ducers 2 from smelters from from Total
Month copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap , old scrap recovered
January-- 10,203 5,207 5,544 1,165 17,652 3,037 53,990
February 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
March 10,413 8,218 6,733 21,633 23,75 4,352 79,502
April 11,213 6,823 5,562 20,651 28,213 1,565 78,332
May- 11, 912 6,515 5,763 18,8014 28,856 6,335 78,191
June 11,795 7,593 5,582 19 ; 272 29,663 5,146 ! 79,051
July ----- 7,672 4,091 3,856 13,267 .
18,757 3,138 50,921
August --- 8,844 5,208 4,984 18,511 25,032 3,402 65,981
Total 80,444 50,212 43,434 146,735. 200,935 34,547 556,707
1,54 3,643 ! 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,415 3,734 60,2-6

1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
6
1955 by months , gross weight in short tons
Month
January 54,415 241 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
Harch -- 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
Tay 54,515 302 87 277 11,543
June 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July 37,324 185 54 178 6,209
August ---- 36,675 267 58 (1) 9,347
1 / Not available .
Table 11. ' Exports of coyner -base scrap from the United States in 1954,
and in 1955 by months , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed Copper - base

1954 75,831 93,971

1955 :
January 5,394 5,573
March 3,712 3,986
April 3,680 5,434
way --- 2,926 5,167
June 1,171 2,404
July 665 3,567
Total 24,501 31,618
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COPPER SCRAP
COISUIERS REPORT NO . 123
SECOIDAR " CO. IR AID DRASS I SIPTE BER 1955

Consumption of cop:er scrap b : secondary snelters , brass mills , and primary
producers rose 13 percent in September to 101,000 short tons , according to the
Bureau of lines , United States Depart:nent of the Interior . Most of the increase was
due to the fact that primary producers ' use of scrap rose 39 percent, or 8,000 tons .
Out out of refined copper from copper scrap at primary and secondary plants rose
51 and 12 percent , respectively . Brass ingot production at secondary smelters gained
4 percent over August , and out out of brass - ill products likewise increased 4 percent .
At the beſinning of the ronth scrap metal dealers were quoting 38-38.5 cents per
pound in ilew York for No. I cover scran , 37-37.5 for No. 2 copper scrap , and 29.5-30
for co: position solids . On September 8 prices were raised to rançes of 39-40, 38-39 ,
and 30-31 , respectively ; on September 22 , No. 1 and No. 2 copper scrap prices were
1
advanced to 39.5-10.5 and 38.5-39.5 cents respectively; and composition solids were
quoted at 31.5-32 cents per pound efective the same date . The cost to consumers of
No. 115 ingot renained at 42.5 cents per pound throuchout the inonth .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals .
Table 1. Salient statistics of the secondary cover and brass industry
in ti.e United States, in sort tons
Januari- Septender Aurust Septeber
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955
Consumption of cooper-base scray
( cross weirät) 1 /:
At secondary shelters- 271,159 ; 299,563 29,776 32,524 : 31,658 34,808
At brass mills---- i 260,606 352,952 25,075136,945 31,912 36,262
At primary producers | 249,4:33 216,477 27,239 :; 20,096 25,292 27,984
Total -----
781,270 570,592 62,020!09,565780,092 107,252
coyer -base scrap ( cross
weicht) 2 /:
At secondary selters
Brass in ot production------ 215,0151 245,640 214,345' 26,028 i 24,5,8 27,967
efined courer--- 19,510 23,873 1,675 2,750 2,081 3,070
At bress mills ( brass-mill
Products ) ----- 255,300 31:9,298 2,4,719 36,365 31,489 37,855
At primary producers ( re
fined copper ) ---- 133,628 . 146,084 15,26813,423 15,063 | 20,204
Copper in chericals 3/ 5,077 5,362 4:33 689 600 115
Total secondar- recovery
1
fro.. co-per -bese scrap 1:/- 16114,635 755,199 64 , { & 1 ! 78,851 72,1%!! | 87,562
Cooper recoverec. from cooper
base scran :
By secondar smelters ---- 195,669 217,213 21,1166 : 23,495 122,942 25, 0 );
Ry brass nills : TIES ,224 ' 265,196 18,557 28,4:24 23,309 29,312
Bu primary producers 5/---- 138,399 : 150 , 15 15,616 ! 119,052 15,592 20,259
Esports ( copper- base scra ) :
Unallorrec... 58,312 16/25,481 3,305 980 2,053 (7)
Alloyed.- 71:92:39 /35,475 5,3921 3,257 2,566 (7)
Stocks of corner - bese scran at
end of heriod gross weight ):
A secondar Salters 29,094 31,079 30,75030,510 29,094 31,079
At brass lills ---- 22,920 39,278 22,406 36,423 42,920 39,278
At primar producers- 19,7261 60,134 | 18,969 53,536 19,72;5 60,134
1 ) Excludes consumption by foundries , cherical plants , and miscellaneous manuiactur
ers , about 2,000 lants in all, esti 2..tec a' 2,000 tons of ner scra ) and 11,000 tons
of olc. sora per month ,
2 / Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
which is estimated to be arout 12,000 tons er month of secondary setal from co per
and brass scra" ) in brass and bronze castincs , chenical products , etc.
3 / Procłuction by secondary and primary smelters .
[ / Total production of all metais from comper - base scrarı bir these groups , minus added
allo: inc ingredients (refined coper , refined and scray leac , tin , zinc , etc. ) used
by incot makers ,
51 Includes cooper content of copper sulfate precucea îrom scrap .
El January -Auçust cnly .
7 / rot available ,
2
Table 2. Consumption and stocks of purchased cover - base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in September 1955 , gross weight in short tons I /
Opening Recei Melted or Closing
Scrap item pts
No. 1 wire and heavy ----- 2,959 3,961 3,634 3,286
Railroad -car boxes- 174 71 58 187
Yellow brass 8,206 10,074 9,342 8,938
Bronze ------ 1,776 3,2014 3,041 1,939
Low brass 316 231 199 351
Aluminum bronze ----- 88 34 19 103
Low - grade scray and residues. 6,433 2,525 3,379 5,579
Total cooper-base scrap ------- 30,510 35,377 34,808 31,079
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known gecondary copper s. elters , 75 plants.
At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly olü or obsolete equipment
in alloy form which relains in allo" form in the product .

! Shipments closing
Opening
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 )----- 1,199 1,527 1,501 1,225

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-615 ) 1,268 1,616 1,612 1,272
Leadec red brass (85-5-5-5 )-- 3,215 9,929 10,072 3,072
Leadec semirea brass ( 81-3-7-9 ). 2,812 6,038 6,058 2,791
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 1,307 1,667 1,729 1,245
( 84-6-8-2 887 1,342 1,537 686
(75-5-20 )--- 400 ‫ܘܢܐܢܐ‬ 515 325
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )-- 1,443 1,738 1,7744 1,467
Manganese bronze ---- 1,358 1,046 1,227 1,177
Aluminum bronze ---- 448 412 477 383
Nickel silver ---- 365 250 294 321
Low brass - mmm, 180 ‫ܝܵܐ‬7‫ܝܐ‬ ‫ܐܢܐܢܐ‬ · 212
62 88 ' 80 69
Conductor bronzeammin
Hardeners and secial allcys 517 950 906 561
Miscellaneous 176 ‫ܪܢܐ‬ 744 143
Total brass and bronze ingots--- 16,109 27,967 28,637 15,439
Miscellaneous products produced- 3,136
Refined conder consumed in copper -base alloys---- -152
base allos------- -1,507
base scrapma 29,44
3
Table 4. Stocks and consurrtion of all copper -base scrap and
receipts of purchased cooper - base scra; at bress mills
in 1955, by months, gross weight in short tons 1...
Month
Opening stocks Purchased Home scra; Total scra? Closing stocks
of all scra ? 2 / receipts generated 3 consumption 2 ) of all scrap 2
January 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,174 86 ; ‫ ا‬l7 30,765
liarch 30,765 45,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
April 30,648 45,610 .
53,300 96,349 33,209

May 33,209 46,872 46,734 93,512 33,303
June 33,303 46,463 65,343 109,348 35,761
July --- 35,761 29,117 33,902 61 , 402 37,378
August 37,378 36,945 44,541 82,371 36,493
September 36,493 38,462 54,598 90,275 39,278
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of trass mills , representing about
75 mills .
2 / Stocks and consuntion represent both home and purchased scrap . receipts repre
3 / calculated, by difference, fron reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
5
Table 5. Receipts of purchased copper- base scrap at brass milis in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months, cross weight in short tons ]
1954 January
Scrap item June July August September
(preliminary )
No. 1 wire . and heavy 60,785 45,828 6,445 9,114 9,350
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light 23,468 15,665 2,085 3,224 2,760
Yellow brass 200,903 118,162 13,276 17,346 17,806
Cartridge brass and cases --- 47,598 42,103 4,158 4,129 4,860
Bronze 1,122 763 140 157 168
Nickel silver 8,354 4,361 425 612 678
Low brass -------- 17,936 13,556 1,405 1,740 2,210
Aluminum bronze ----- 558 353 43 35 76
Mixed alloy scrap 7,925 9,637 1,140 588 564
1 Reports were tabulated for all krown operators of brass mills, representing about
65 plants .
1
4
primary copper producers in September 1955 , gross weight in short tons /
Scrap item Opening Melted or closing
stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy- 928 3,406 3,502 832
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light ---- 4,412 12,835 13,260 3,587
Refinery brass 6,902 2,947 1,334 8,515
Low - grade scrap and residues -- 41,294 15,394 9,888 46,800
Total ... s 53,536 34,582 27,984 60,134
1 ) Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 in 1954
(monthly average ), and in 1955 by months , gross weight in short tons
Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills 2 ) Total
Month scrap
New scrap i Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January --- 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190
February-- 11,995 : 10,235 7,701 23,234 : 32,079 6,066 91,310
March-- .. 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
April----- 14,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
May ----- 15,313 10,749 8,649 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
June ----- 15,399 12,489 8,245 26,145 39,676 6,787 108,741
July ------ 11,495 6,967 5,728 17,764 25,056 4,061 71,071
August ---- 11,517 8,579 7,664 24,860 32,831 4,114 89,565
September- 18,591 9,393 7,738 27,070 33,942 4,520 101,254
Total .. 125,637 90,840 73,673 225,890 304,821 50,131 870,992
1954 14,333 12,882 8,157 22,575 26,129 4,857 88,933

1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellan manufa
eous and l1,cturerton
s s of ,
about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scr ap 000
old scrap per month , not shown in table .
2 ) Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
5
Table 8. Procuction of all metals 1/ from cooper-base scrap in 1954
Refined copper 2 / Copper Brass
Total
Brass in
mill recovery
Month ingot Secondary Primary chemicals from copper
production smelters producers at semelters products base: scrap . 3/
January 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143

February 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 44,357 96,309
April --- 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,892 94,530
May 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,144 93,684
June 28,316 2,692 18,832 599 45,741 94,357
July 18,800 2,557 10,937 876 28,628 60,600
August 26,828 2,750 13,423 689 36,365 78,851
Seotember 27,967 3,070 ! 20,2014 115 37,865 87,562
Total- 245,640 23,873 146,084 5,362 349,298 755,199
1954 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 30,495 70,594
1 ) Does not include production by foundries, chenical ? ents and miscellaneous manu
facturers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondar metal
from co er 2.0 brass scra: in brass and bronze cestings, chemical roducts, etc. per
month .
2 Includes recovery fro ". foreign scra ) refined on a toll basis .
3 Equals total production of all metals fro... cossr-base scra : b; these grou - s,
minus acced allo ring ingredients ( reſined coper , reíinec anc. scra ) lead, tin , zinc ,
Table 9. Copper recoverec 1 / in unallo red and alloyed for fron copper - base
scrap in 1954 (monthly averaje ) , and in 1955 b7 inonths, in short tons
Month smelters from from Total
ducers 2 ) from copper
New scrap old scra ? New scrap lolo scra? New scrap loid scrap recovered
January 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
March 10 , ‫وبليا‬ 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
April 1.1,213 6,828 5,862 20,651 .28,813 4,965 78,332
May.com 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
June - am 11,795 7,593 5,582 19,272 29,663 5,246 79,051
Julyvemman 7,672 4,091 3,896 13,267 18,797 3,198 50,921
Augustown 8,844 5,208 4,9844 28,511 25,032 3,402 65,981
September 13,875 6,384 5,005 20,0.29 25,546 3,768 74,617
Total 94,319 56,596 48,439 166,774 226,481 38,715 631,324
1954 8,643 6,81,4 5,278 16,822 18,915 3,734 60,296
1 / Recovery h foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
show , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scray and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
2 / Recover by primar producers includes unallo; ea corper and copper content of
copoer sulfate produced from scrap ,
6
Table 10 , Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products
in 1955 by months, gross weight in short tons
Refined Refined Primary Fefined Slab
Month copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
January 54,415 2‫ܢܢܐ‬ 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
May 54,515 302 87 277 11,543
June 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July 31,324 185 5 ‫نا‬ 178 6,209
Augusta 36,675 267 58 317 9,347
September 49,211 272 80 313 11,715
Table 11 . Exports of cooper - base scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months, in short tons (U. S., Department of Commerce )

copper scrap allcy scrap
1954 75,831 93,971

1955 :
January 5,394 5,573
March 3,712 3,986
April 3,680 5,434
Hayward 2,926 5,167
June 1,171 2,404
July 665 3,567
August 980 3,857
Total 25,481 35,475
Interior Duplicating Section , Washington , D , C. , November 10 , 1955
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COPPER SCRAP
SECOND.RY COPPER ND BRASS IN OCTOBER 1955 .
Consumption of copper scrap by brass mills (46,000 short tons), secondary

copper smelters ( 37,000 tons ) , and primary copper producers (32,000 tons ) , totaled
115,000 tons in October , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department
of the Interior . This was the highest total monthly consumption since May 1953 .
The largest group increase in October was 8,000 tons in new scrap used by brass mills ,
The next was 4,000 tons in old scrap consumption by primary producers who had the
biggest increase in September ; 7,000 tons in new scrap consumption , Secondary
smelters increased their consumption of now scrap about 1,500 tons in October . Other
group changes in old and new scrap consumption were less than 1,000 tons each.
The incrcase in production of refined copper and copper in chemicals by primary
producers resulting from their increase of 4,600 tons in total scrap consumption was
about 1,700 tons , whereas the brass -mill increase in secondary metal output result
ing from their net increase of 7,200 tons in total purchased scrap, consumption was
7,000 tons. The disparity was due to the fact that consumption of unalloyed scrap ,
a high- gradė"item , by thë "primary producers, decreased 800 tons and their increase
of 5,400 tons was in lowngrade material, whereas the scrap used by the brass mills
was all high - grade material from which recovery was high . . Bras8 ingot production in
October , :29,000 tons , was higher than for any month since. April .
Prepared by archie J. McDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals.'
in the United States, in short tons
January - October September October
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955
Consumption or copper -base scrap

M
( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters---- 301,782 336,605 31,658 34,808 30,6231 37,042
At brass mills 299,033 400,624 31,942 38,462 | 38,347 ! 45,672
At primary producers 275,530 249,058 25,282 27,984 26,097 32,581
Total --- 876,345 986,287 88,882.201,254 95,067 115,295
cooper -base scrap ( gross
weight ) 2 / :
Brass ingot production ------ 239,059 274,919 24,558 27,967 24,044 29,279
Refined cooper 21,790 27,117 2,081 3,070 2,280 3,244
At brass mills ( brass -mill
products) ------- 294,1844 394,239 31,489 37,865 37,884 44,941
lit primary producers (re
fined cooper ) 149,886 167,268 . 15,063 20,204 16,258 21,184
Copper in chemicals 3 )- 5,515 6,055 600 115 438 693
from copper -base scrap W 693,715 852,866.72,184 | 87,562 79,080 97,667.
Copper recovered from copper-
base scrap :
By secondary smelters--- 217,820 241,9811 22,942 25,044 22,151 26,768
By brass mills ----- 218,081 299,876 23,309il 29,314 28,257 34,680
By primary producers 5 --- 154,990 | 172,708 15,592 20,259 16,651 21,793
Exports (copper -base scrap ) :
Unalloyed 63,562 6 / 26,431 2,853 950 5,220 ( 7
Alloyed 79,656 6 /38,183 18566 2,708 5,217 (7
end of period ( gross weight ) :
At brass mills- 41,483 42,866 42,920 39,278 41,4831 42,866
Lt primary producers --- 19,297 60,9181 19,746 60,134 19,297 60,918
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufactur
ers, about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
of old scrap per month ,
2 / Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products , etc.
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters.
Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups, minus added
alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc , etc. ) used
by ingot makers .
only
57 Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .

Not
els
31 January - September
.
available
.
secondary copper smelters in October 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed 2 ] stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy------ mimo 3,286 2,514 3,343 2,457

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 3,796 3 , 822 ‫ܕܢܐ‬32‫ܛܐ‬ 3,384
Yellow brass 8,938 5,683 6,947 7,674
Aut o radiators (unsweated ). 2,930 4,430 4,580 2,780
Bronze 1,939 3,072 3,297 1,714
Nickel silver --- 2:28 189 208 409
Lou brass ------ 351 183 275 259
Aluminum bronze 103 6 33 . 76
Total copper -base scrap --- 31,079 35,369 37,042 29,406
1/ Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smeltérs, 75 plants.
2 At secondary.copper smelters the. scrap is chiefly. öld or obsolete equipment in
alloy form which remains in alloy form in the product ,

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 8-10-2 ). . 1,225 1,310 1,413 1,122

Leaded tin bronze ( 886113) 1,272 1,829 1,796 1,305
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) 3,072 10,736 10,436 3,372
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ), 2,791 5,803 5,673 2,921
( 844-6-8-2 ) 686 1,582 1,472 1 796
(75-5-20 ) 325 521 497. 349
Ieaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) . 1,467 1 , 841 2,859 1,449
Mangane se bronze 1,177 1,053 1,089 .‫ميلليوة‬
Aluminum bronze meninowe 383 527 506 404
321 238 333 226
Nickel silver ------
Low brass 212 326 367 161
Miscellaneous 143 117 L8 212

Miscellaneous products produced and 3,350
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys -262
base alloystowwmm 1,412
3
receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills
in 1955, by months, gross weight in short tons 1
Ilonth
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3 consumption 2/ of all scrap 2 /
January 39:, 003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863
February 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30,765
March 30,765 45,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
April --- 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 33,209
Ilay 33,209 46,872 46,734 " 93,512 33,303
Junews 33,303 46,463 65,343 -109,348 35,761
July - md 35,761 29,117 33,902 61,402 37,378
August - am 37,378 36,945 44,541 82,371 36,493
September 36,493 38,462 54,598 -90,275 39,278
October 39,278 45; 672 * 57,224 99,308 42,866
1 / Reports were tabulated for all knom operators of bress mills, representing about
55 mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . F.eceipts repre
Table 5. Receipts of purchased copper -base . scrap at brass mills'in 1954 ,

and in 1955 by months, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item
1954 January- July
October
( preliminary ) June September
No. 1 wire and heavy----- 60,785. 45,828 24,899 10,922

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy, and light
Yellow brass
23,468 ..-15,665 8,069 3,225
" T 200,903 118,162 ‫ܢܐ‬8 , ‫ܢܐ‬82 21,616
Cartridge brass and cases 47,598 42,103 13,147 4,727
Bronze --- 1,122 763 465 155
'Nickel silver 8,354 . 4,361 1,715 8W4
Low brass----- 17,936 13,556 5,355 2,729
Aluminum bronze :558 353 154 43
Mixed alloy scrap ---- 7,925 9,637 2,292 1,411
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing about
35 plants .
4
Table 6. Consumption and stocks of purchased copper- base scrap at plants of
primary.copper producers in October 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Melted or Closing
Opening Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy- 832 3,471 3,689 614

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 3,987 12,069 12,310 3 ; 746
Refinery brass ------ 8,515 4,190 3,325 9,380
Low - grade scrap and residues------ 46,800 13,635 13,257 47,178
Total 60,134 33,365 32,581 60,918
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixeá before or during treatment .
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper-base scrap 1 ) in 1954

(monthly average ), and in 1955 by months , gross weight in short tons
Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Brass mills 2 Total
Month
scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrapt used
old
January 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 1 85,190

February 11,995 10,235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March---- 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 1109,431
April 14,342 10,616 ,6108%
88,9 54
37,8517 1 39,200 6,410 107,330
May --- 15,313 10,749 25, 38,760 8,112 107,100
June--- 15,399 12,489 8,245 26,145 39,676 6,787 108,741
July 11,495 6,967 5,728 17,764 25,056 4,061 72,071
August--- 11,517 8,579 7,664 24,860 32,831 4,114 89,565
September 18,591 9,393 7,738 27,070 33,942 * 4,520 101,254
October 18,937 13,644 9,218 1 27,824 : 41,786 3,886 115,295
Total 144,574 104,484 82,891 253,714 346,607 54,017 986,287
1954 14,333 12,882 8,157 22,575 26,129 4,857 88,933

1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, end miscellaneous mamuíacturers, about
5
Table 8 . Production of all metals iſ from copper -base scrap in 1954
Refined copper 2 Copper Total
Brass Secondary Primary in Brass recovery
Month ingot smelters producers chemicals mill from copper
productioni at smelters products base scrap 31
January --- 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February - 1 26,361 2,043 14,573 372 37,537 79,163
March ---- 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 ... 44,357 96,309 .
April ----- 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,852 94,530
May------ 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,144 93,684
June --- 28,316 2,692 .. 18,832 599 -45,741 04,357
July ---- 18,800 2,557 10,937 8.76 28,628 60,600
August ---- 26,828 2,750 13,423 689 36,365 78,851
September- 27,967 3,070 20,204 115 37,865 87,562
October --- 29,279 3,244 21,184 693 44,941 97,667
Total--- 274,919 27,117 167,268 6,055 | 394,239 852,866
1954 --- 24,157 2,170 14,995 534 : 30,495 -70,594
month .
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in 1954 (monthly average ), and in 1955 by months, in short . tons
Total
Month from
ducers 2 ) from smelters from ·
copper
| New scrap :Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January- 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February --- 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421; 64,751
March- 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
April --- 11,213 6,828 5,862 :: 20,651 28,8134,965 78,332
May ----- 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
June ----- 11,795 i 7,593 5,582 19,272 29,663 5,146 79,051
July ------ 7,672 4,091 3,896 13,267 1 18,797 3,198 50,921
August----- 8,844 5,208 14,984 28,511 25,032 : 3,402 65,981
September-- 13,875 6,384 5,005 20,039 25,546 3,768 74,617
October ---- 13,544 8,249 5,911 20,857 31,318 3,362 83,241
Total---- 107,863 64,845 54,350 187,631 257,799 42,077 714,565
1954 --- 8,643 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,915 ! 3,734 60,296
1/ Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
2 Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
corper sulfate produced from scrap .
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Table 10. Refined metals consumed in brass - mill products
in 1955 by months, gross weight in short tons
Month Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab
January 54,415 2‫ܢܐ‬ 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March ----- 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April --- 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
May- ~ 54,515 302 87 277 11,543
June 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July 31,324 185 54 178 6,209
August--- 36,675 267 58 317 9,347
September 49,211 272 313 11,715
October - C
64,118 355 105 331 12,934
Table 11. Exports of copper - tase scrap from the United States in 1954 ,
and in 1955 by months , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1954 75,831 93,971

1955 :
January 5,394 5,573
March ----- 3,712 3,986
April 3,680 5,434
May--- 2,926 5,167
June 1,171 2,4014
Julyos 665 3,567
August- 980 3,857
September 950 2,708
Total 26,431 38,183
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CONSUMERS REPORT NO.125
SECONDARY COPER ND BRASS IN NOVEMBER 1955 -
Consumption of copper scrap by primary copper smelters and refineries , second

ary copper smelters, including brass ingot makers and secondary refiners, and brass
mills totaled 108,000 tons in November, according to the Bureau of Mines, United
States Department of the Interior . These groups account for nine-tenths of the
total copper scrap consumption . The November figure represented a 7,300 - ton decline
from the October level of consumption owing to a 7,900-ton drop at brass mills and a
2,800 -ton decline at secondary copper smelters which were partially offset by a
3,400 - ton gain at primary producers. Nine - tenths of the scrap consumed by brass
mills was new scrap generated by processors of brass -mill sheet rod and tubing ; the
old scrap used was chiefly No. 1 unallo:red copper scrap and fired cartridge cases .
Three - fourths of the scrap used by secondary smelters was old scrap ; the new was
chiefly skinmings , irony brass and composition turnings. The unalloyed copper scrap
and low - grade residues consumed by primary producers were two-thirds new and one
third old ; their refinery brass , as reported , was one - fourth new and three- fourths.
old .
3
Production of brass ingot 'was down 7 percent in October , chiefly in the leaded
red brasses . Output of refined copper , the - other...major product of the secondary
smelters, increased for the fourth successive month , totaling 2,557 tons in July and
3,435. tons in November . Production of refined copper from scrap by primary producers
( 20,000 tons ), although less than in October was greater than in all other. preceding
months of 1955 .except Sopteraber ,
The price of No. I cooper scrap paid by dealers at New York was 35.5 .cents per
pound at the beginning of November and 38 cents at the end. The price of No. 2
copper scra : increased from 34.50 cents to 36.50 in the same period. The price of
No. 115 composition ingot remained at 41 cents per pound throughout the month .
.
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid, Jo W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals.
in the United States, in short: tons
January - November October November
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955

( gross weigiit ) 1 /:
At secondary smelters --- 333,74 370,816 30,6231 37,042 31,962 34,211
At brass mills- 333,027 ! 438,459 38,347 45,672 33,994 37,835
At primary producers 300,230, 285,035 | 36,097 32,581
1 24 , 700 35,977
Total 367,001: 73052 ,310 95,067,115,295 90,656 108,023
weight ) 2 / :
Brass ingot production ---- O ‫ لبا‬29,279
264,765 ; 302,038 24,044 25,706 27,119
Refined copper ----- 23,920. 30,552 2,280 3,244 2,130 3,435
At brass mills ( brass-mill
products ). 327,672 , 431,471 37,884 24,941 33,488 37,232
At primary producers (refined
copper )----- 164,4841 187,437 16,258) 21,184 14,598 20,169
Copper in chemicals 3/ ---- 5,850 6,833 438 693 335 778
Total secondary recovery.
from copier -base scrap 17 767,610 939,824 79,080 97,667.73,895 | 36,958
base scrap :
By secondary smelters 241,078 266,865 22,151 . 26,768 23,258 24,884
By brass mills--- 243,3401 328,430 28,257 ) 34 ,680 25,2591 28,554
Byprimary producers 5 169,890! 193,602 16,651 21,793 14,900 20,894
Exports ( copper - base scrap ):
Unalloved- 70,4346/28,095 | 5,220 1,664 6,872 (7 )
Alloyed ------ 87,173,7 /40,945 5,217 2,762 7,517 (7)
Stocks of cooper-bese scrap at
At secondary smelters ------- 29,647 28,961 . 27,874 29,406 29,647 28,961
At brass maills ------ 39,2021 45,289 1 41,483 42,866 39,202 45,289
At primary producers------- 15,961 62,272 19,297 60,918 15,961 62,272
3 ) Excludes consuiption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
2 ) Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products, etc.
3/ Froduction by secondary and primary smelters,
I / Total production of all metals from cooper -base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined cooper, refined and scrap leaci, tin , zinc , etc. )
51 Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap.
8) January - October only .
7 Not available,
2
Table 2 . Consumption and stocks of purchased cooper - base scrap at
secondar coer selters in November 1955 , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item Opening Receipts
Melted or Closing
stocks constmed 27 stocks
No, l wire and heavy ----- 2,457 3,153 3,110 2,500

F.ailroad - car boxes- 269 130 .128 271
Yellow brass - O 7,674 . 9,691 8,838 8,527
Bronze----- 1,774 2,775 2,828 1,661
Nickel silver- 409 324 226 507
Low brass------ 259 256 252 263
Aluminum bronze 76 . 20 24 72
Low - grade scra- and residues 5,514 3,449 3,104 5,859
Total cooper -base scrap 29,406 33,766 34,211 28,961
3 ) Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper shelters , 75 plants .
Z / At secondary copper smelters the scrap is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
allor form which remains in allor form in the product .

copper smelters in November 1955 , ross weight in short tons
Shipments
Kind of ingot opening Production to
closing
stocks 'stocks
consumers .
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )--- 1,122 1,237 1,339 1,020 .

Leeded tin bronze (88-6-13-4 )---- 1,305 1,695 1,834 1,166
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) - 3,372 9,259 9,136 3,495
Leaded semired brass ( 81–3–7-9 ) -- 2,921 4,552 4,760 2,713
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) 1,304 2., 019 1,954 1,369
1,794 882
(84-6m8m2 ) 796 1,880
( 75-5-20 ). 349 . 487 ‫ܢܢܐ‬8 418
Leaded yellow brass (66 – -3-30 ). 1 , ‫ وبليا‬, 2,117 2,099 1,467
Manganese bronzeme 1,141. 1,094 982 1,253
Aluminum bronze LOL 506 442 468
Nickel silver --- 226 323 316 233
Low brass ----- 161 611 440 .332
Silicon bronzeme 489 412 342 559
Conductor bronze ----- 95 73 69 99
Miscellaneous- 212 3- 70 139
Total brass and bronze ingots ----- 15,962 27,119 26,930 16,151
Miscellaneous products produced ---- 3,501
Refined copper consumed in cooper - base alloys -370
base allos -1,405
copper -base scrap 28,845
1 Negetive production indicates consumption greater than production .
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Table 4. Stocks and consumption of all copper-base scrap and
receipts of purchased coorder - base scrap at brass mills
in 1955, by months , gross weight in short tons 1 /
lionth
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3 / consumption 2 of all scrap 2 )
January- 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863

February-- 32,863 38 ; 145 46,174 86,417 30,765
Larch --- 30,765 1,111 54,864 100,092 -- 30,648
Auril --- 30,648 2:5 ;610 53,300 96,349 33,209
liai---- 33,209 46 ; 872 46,734 93,512 33,303
June--- 33,303 L6,463 65,343 109,348 35,761
July ----- 35,761 29,117 33,902 61,402 37,378
August---- 37,378 36,945 44,541 82,371 36,493
September 36,493 38,462 54,598 90,275 39,278
October --- 39,2.78 4,672 57,224 99,308 42,866
November-- 42,866 37,835 . 57,807 93,219 45,289
1 ! Reports were tabulated for all knom operators of brass mills , representing about
25 mills .
2 / Stocks and consumption represent both' home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
3 / Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. Receipts of purchased copper-base scrap at brass mills in 1954 ,

and in 1955 by months, įross reight in short tons 1 /
1954 January July
Scrap item October November 1
prelimin
* ary ) . June September
No. 1 tire and heavy ------ 60,785 245,828 24,899 10,922 8,698
l'o . 2 wire, mixed heavy and light 23,468 15,665 8,069 3,225 2,488
Yellow brass--- 200,903 118,162 48,428 21,616 18,546
Cartricce brass and cases 447,598 42,103 13,147 4,727 3,800
Bronze- 1,122 763 465 155 108
Ilickel silver --- 8,354 4,361 1,715 8‫ܢܐܢܐ‬ 787
Low brass--- 17,936 13,556 5,355 2,729 2,013
Aluminum bronze 556 . 353 154 43 32
Fixed alloy scrap --- 7,925 9,637 2,292 1,411 1,363
Total cooper - base scrap------ 368,649 : 250,428 104,524 45,672 37,835
3. Reports were tabulated for all know operators of brass mills, representing about
65 mills ,
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Table 6. Consumtion and stocks of purchased .corper -base scrap at plants of
primary copper producers in November 1955, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Cpening Melted or Closing
Scrap item Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy- 614 2,940 2,415 1,139

Refinery -brass 9,380 4,756 3,552 10,584
Total 60,918 37,331 35,977 62,272
primary materials used by the prilary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
Table 7.. Consumption of purchased new and old cooper- base scrap 1) in 1954
Secondary
Primary producers copper smelters Praco nullo 2
Month Total
scrap
New scrap old scrap New scrap aploid
old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January 13,723 9,422 9,012 24,806 24,047 4,180 85,190

February 11,995... : 10,235 7,702. 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
March 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,881 109,431
April 14,342 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
May -- mine 15,313 10,749. 8,649 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
June 15,399 12,489 8,245 26,145 39,676 6,787 108,741
July ----- 11,495 6,967 5,728 17,764 .25,056 4,061 71,071
August --- 11,517 8,579 7,6644 24,860 32,831 4,114 89,565
September 18,591 9,393 7,738 : 27,070 33,942 4,520 101,254
October 18,937 13,644 9,218 27,824 41,786 3,886 115,295
November 22,526 1. 13,451 7,831 26,380 34: ,519 3,316 108,023
Total 167,100 117,935 90,722 280,0914 381,126 57,333 1,094,310
1954 14:, 333 12,882 8,157 22,575 * 26,129 4,857 88,933
1 / Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap. and 11,000 tons of old
scrap per month , not shown in table :
2 ) Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5 .
Brass in Brass recovery
Secondary Primary
Month ingot chemicals mill from copper
smelters producers
production at smelters products base scrap 3 /
January 26,388 2,284 15,043 436 27,769 70,143
February 26,361 2,043 14,573 371 37,537 79,163
March 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 44,357 96,309
April 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 44,892 94,530
Maya --- 28,035 2,766 17,759 768 46,1404 93,684
June.com 28,316 2,692 18,832 599 45,741 94,357
July 18,800 2,557 10,937 876 28,628 60,600
August 26,828 2,750 13,423 689 36,365 78,851
September- 27,967 3,070 20,204 115 37,865 87,562
October --- 29,279 3,244 21,184 693 ‫ بابا‬, 9 ‫حيا‬ 97,667
November -.27 ; 119 3,435 20,169 778 37,232 86,958
Total- 302,038 30,552 187,437 6,833 431,471 939,824
1954- 24,157 .
2,170 14,995 534 30,495 .
70,594
per month ,
3 / Equals total production of all metals from copper-be.se scrap by these groups,
minus added ello ring ingredients (rofined copper , refined ana scrap le ac, tin , zinc ,
Table 9. Copper recovered 1 in unalloved and alloyed form from copper -base
scraz in 1954 (monthly everage ) , and in 1955 by months , in short tons
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ducers 2/ from smelters from from Total
Month
copper
scrap old
New scrap , old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January 10,203 5,207 5,544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February 8,362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
March 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
April 11,213 6,828 5, 86 2 20 ,651 28,813 4,965 78,332
May ------- 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,804 28,856 6,336 78,191
June 11,795 7,593 5,582 19,272 29,663 5,146 79,051
July----- 7,672 4,091 3,896 13,267 18,797 3,198 50,921
August- com 8,844 5,208 4,984 18,511 25,032 3,402 65,981
September 13,875 6,384 5,005 20,039 25,546 3,768 74,617
October 13,544 8 , 2 ‫ويا‬ 5,911 20,857 31,318 3,362 83,241
November 13,080 7,814 5,104 19,780 25,767 2,787 74,332
Total 120,943 72,659 59,454 207,411 283,566 444,864 788,897
1954 8,643 6,844 5,278 16,882 18,915 3,734 60,296
2 / Recovcry by primary producers includes unalloyed coder and copper content of
corper sulfate produced from scrap .
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Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products
in 1955 by months , cross weicht in short tons
Tonth Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab
corner lead pig tin nickel zinc
January 54,415 2‫ܪܝܐ‬ 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April--- 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
l'ay---- 51,515 302 87 277 11,543
June--- 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July ---- 31,324 185 54 178 6,209
August------ 36,675 267 58 317 9,347
September---- 49,211 272 80 313 11,715
October ---- 6‫ܐܨܛܬ‬81 355 105 331 12,934
November--- 61,510 353 9€ (1) 12,593
1 / Not available .
Table 11. Esports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1954 , and
in 1955 by months, in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period Unalloyed Cooper-base

1954 75,031 93,971
1955 :
January 5,394 5,573
February --- 6,953 5,487
Tarch- 3,712 3,986
April --- -3,600 5,434
lay --- 2,926 5,167
June--- 1,171 2,404
July ---- 665 3,567
August----- 980 3,857
September ---- 950 2,708
October- 1,664 2,762
Total 28,095 40,945
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SECONDARZ COPPER AND BRASS IN DECEMBER 1955

AND PRELIMINARI TOTALS FOR 1955
Consumption of copper scrap totales 103,000 short to23 30 December compared

yith 108,000 in November, according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department
of the Interior of the Decenber total , secondary smalters eccovated for 35,400
tons , brass m ! Jis 34,400 tons and primary producers 33,200 tons . Although the pri
mary producers ' total copper scrap cuasumption was less than that of either of the
other two groups , use of unalloyed scrap i 13,000 tons, by prime y producers was the
highest . The 5,000 - ton decline in total copper scrap consumption was attributable
to decreases 1.a cozisiwption of unallovec and yellow brass scrap oy vrass mills Enc in
use of No. 2 copper scrap und of residues by primary producers .
The annual figures for primary producers in this report die final , but others
are preliminary and subject to charige by substitution of iate correct reports for
monthly estimates and of data from en :wal reports for which estimates have also been
made . Total secondary copper recovered in 1955 is estimated at 959,000 toas com
pared with 840,000 in 1954. The difference between the estimated total and the
correct final total in 1954 was 9,000 tons .
Total consumption of copper scrap at brass mills increased 18 percent to

473,000 tons in 1955, that of the secondary smelters 9 percent to 106,000 ions ,
whereas consumption by primary producers decreased 3 percent to 318,000 tons . Total
copper scrap consumption by the 3 groups increased 9 percent to 1,197,000 coas . Al
though scrap consumption by primaz'y producers decreased in 1955 , the secondary copper
recovered by this group rose 15 percent for the reason that the scrap used in 1955
was of higher grade . Primery producers used in that year one -third more unalloyed
copper scrap , a total of 121,000 tons of No : 2 and 37,000 tons of No. 1 , both high
grade 1.tems , whereas their consumption of low - grade scrap und refinery brass de
clined 61,000 tons . Bruss malls used more No. 1 inalloved copper screr(98,000 tons )
and less No. 2 scrap 131,000 tons ) than the primary producers , No. I scrap is pre
ferred to No , 2 by the bress mills because it is almost as pure as refined copper
of which the mills used 646,000 tons in 1955 .
Iwo factors which had considerable effect on comestic use of copper scrap in
1955 were the limitation of exports of copper scrap by adoption of c.efinite quotas ,
which were made effective on Februery 10 by the Department of Commerce, and the sub
stantial increases by domestic proäucers in the price of refined copper which had
been held close to 30 cents a pouzd during most of 1953 and all of 1954. Nonferrous
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J. W. Pernington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard R. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals .
refined metal , scrap , and alloy Ingot can each be substituted for the other to a
great extent by consumers . The material used then depends on price and availabil
ity . Sometimes the price is satisfactory but the material unavailable .
Increases in production of metal from copper scrap in 1955 included 39,000
tons in brass ingot , 35,000 tons in refined copper , and nearly 100,000 tons in
brass -mill products . According to the 1954 Yearbook of American Bureau of Metal
Statistics , shipments of brass -mill products were about one - third unalloyed copper
and two - thirds copper alloy in 1954. Assuming this ratio was the same in 1955 and
that the secondary metal percentage of each was the same , brass - mill secondary
production in 1955 was about 33 , coo tons of unalloyed copper and about 67,000 tons
of copper alloys .
The price of No. 1 copper scrap paid by dealers at New York was 38 cents per
pound at the beginning of December and 42 cents at the end . The price of No. 2
copper scrap increased from 36.50 cents to 39 cents in the same period . The price
of No. 115 composition ingot to consumers was increased to 42 cents per pound from
41 cents per pound on December 5 and remained at that figure for the remainder of
the month .
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January -December November December
1954 1955 1954 1955 1954 1955

( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters - 373,471 406,210 31,962 34,211 ' 35,039 : 35,394
At brass molls 399,759 472,909 33,994 37,835 38,804 34,450
At primary producers . 326,575 318,271 24,700 35,977 26,346T 33,236
Total --- 1,099,805 2,197,390 90,656 : 108,023.100,189 103,080
weight) 2):
Brass ingot production-- 289,882 329,275 25,706 27,119 ' 25,117 27,237
Refined copper -- 26,036 34,060 2,130 3,435 2,116 3,508
. At brass mills ( brass -mill .
products ) --- 365,943 465,377 33,488 : 37,232 38,271 33,906
copper ) 179,943 206,555 14,598 20,169 15,459 19,118
Copper in chemicals 3 /--- 6,409 7,873 335 77.8 .: 559 : 1,040
Total secondary ry
recove
from copper -base scrap 4 /-_ 847,129 1,023,049 73,895 , 86,958 79,519 83,225
Copper recovered from copper -
base scrap :
By secondary smelters 268,553 292,696.23,258 24,884 : 24,841 25,831
By brass mills - 292,593 354 , 342;25,259 28,554 : 28,443 : 25,912
By primary producers 5 / --- 185,845 213,625 14,900 20,894 | 15,955 i 20,023
Exports ( copper -base scrap ) : 1
Unalloyed ---- 75,776 6 /29,499 6,872 1,303 : 5,397
Alloyed
93,972 5 /42,541 7,517 1,595 6,798 3
At secondary smelters --- 29,377 27,48229,647 | 28,961 29,377 27,482
At bruss mills- 40,615 46,967 39,202 45,289 40,615 46,967
At primary producers ------- 19,305 56,174 , 15,961 62,272 : 19,305 : 56,174
1 Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
Production by secondary and primary smelters .
Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc.) used
by ingot makers .
5. Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
5) January -November only .
7 Not available .
3
totals for year , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item stocks :
Receipts consumed 2 / stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 2,500 3,602 3,758 2,344
3,374 4,518 4,610 3,282
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light------
Composition 3,263 10,040 9,265 4,038
or soft red brass --
Railroad -cer boxes - 271 27 119 179
Yellow brass 8,527 4,338 6,705 6,160
Cartridge cases - · 86 41 49 78
Bronze 1,661 2,745 2,726 1,680
Low brass -- 263 218 224 257
Total copper -base scrap 28,962 !
33,915 35,394 27,482
1955- 28,375 i 405,317 406,210 27,482
At secondary copper smelters the scrap is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form which remains in alloy forin in the product .

copper smelters in December 1955 , and preliminary totals for year. ,
í December 1955 Total
produc
Kind of ingot Opening Production Shipments
to
i Closing tion in
stocks stocks
consumers 1955
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2) --- 1,020 1,483 1,349 1,154 15,439
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43) 1,166 1,880 1,714 1,332 19,871
Leaded red brass ( 35-5-5-5 ) 3,495 9,579 8,641 4,433 112,192
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) -- 2,713 5,034 4,843 2,904 68,743
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) :1,369 1,757 1,621 1,505 21,111
84-6-8-2 ) 882 1,559 1,435 i 1,006 16,951
( 75-5-20 ) 418 525 .577 . 366 6,762
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) -- 1,467 1,833 1,600 1,700 25,170
Manganese bronze 1,253 .1,073 1,002 1,324 13,649
Aluminum bronze 1468 . : 483 469 482 5,234
Nickel silver 233 196 223 206 3,291
Low brass --- 332 235 309 258 4,070
Silicon bronze . . : 559 -502 531 530 5,003
99 39 70 790
Hardeners and special alloys -- 538 973 904 607 10,150
Miscellaneous -- 86 69 156
139 849
Total brass and bronze ingots - 16,151 27,237 25,357 18,031 329,275
Miscellaneous products produced ----- 3,661 35,098
alloys - -210 -3,264
coppers - base alloys -- -1,374
Net total secondary recovery from pur : -16,827
chased copper -base scrap
29,314 344,282
.
Table 4. Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and
receipts of purchased copper-base scrap at brass mills
in 1955 , by months , and preliminary totals for
year , gross wieght in short tons 1
Month Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total " scrap Closing stocks
of all scrap 2 ) receipts
.
generated 3 consumption 2 /of all scrap 2 /
January- 39,003 28,227 46,628 80,995 32,863

February- 32,863 38,145 46,174 86,417 30,765
March ------ 30,765 45,111 54,864 100,092 30,648
April ---- 30,648 45,610 53,300 96,349 33,209
May ------- 33,209 46,872 46,734 93,512 33,303
June------ 33 , 303 46,463 65,343 109,348 35,761
July ------ 35,761 29,117 33,902 61,402 37,378
August ---- 37,378 36,945 44,541 82,371 36,493
September- 36,493 38,462 54,598 90,275 39,278
October ---- 39,278 45,672 57,224 99,308 42,866
November--- 42,866 37,835 57,807 93,219 45,289
December --- 45.289 34,450 65.936 98,708 46.967
1.955 ---- 39,003 472,909 627,051 1,091,996 46,967
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing 57
mills .
2 ) stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts
3 Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total con
sumption .
Table 5. Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in

1955 by months , and preliminary totals for year,
Scrap item January- July October November December 1955

June September ( preliminary )
No , I wire and
heavy ---- 45,828 24,899 10,922 8,69 € 7,877 98,224
No. 2 wire , mixed at
heavy and light ) 15,665 8,069 3,225 2,488 1,753 31,200
Yellow brass------- 118,162 48,428 21,616 18,546 16,081 222,833
Cartridge brass and
cases --- 42,103 13,147 4,727 3,800 3,873 67,650
Bronze ---- 763 465 155 108 113 1,604
Nickel silver------ 4,361 1,715 844 787 951 8,658
Low brass----- 13,556 5,355 2,729 2,013 2,237 25,890
Aluminum bronze--- 353 154 43 32 85 667
Mixed alloy scrap - 2637 2,292 1.411 1.363 1,480 16,183
Total copper
5
base scrap --- 250,428 104,524 45,672 37,835 34,450 472,909
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing
57 plants .
5
of primary. copper producers in December 1955 , and final totals for year,
gross weight in short tons ]
Scrap item Opening Receipts lelted or Closing
stocks conswned stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy 1,139 3,303 3,870 572

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and licht 3,084 9,299 2,952 3,431
Refinery brass ------ 10,584 4,948 3,624 11,908
Lovi- grade scrap and residues---- 247,465 9,588 16,790 40,263
Total--- 62,272 27,138 33,236 56,174
Final total for 1955 --- 19,305 | 355,140 318,271 56,174

1 Reports were tabulated from all 12 lents of primary roducers . The scrap and
Table 7. Comsumption of purchased new and old copper- base scrap 1 in 1955 ,
Primary producers Secondary
copper smelters Brass mills 2 )
lionth Total
Tew scrapſoid scrap Now scrap $610 scrap New- scrap fold 'scrap scrap
used
January- 13,723 | 9 ; 422 9,012 24,806 24,0247 4,180 85,190

February- 11,995 : 10 ; 235 7,701 23,234 32,079 6,066 91,310
líarch ---- 13,262 12,390 10,028 28,640 39,230 5,091 109,431
April---- il! , 31 :2 10,616 8,908 27,854 39,200 6,410 107,330
May --- 15,313 10,749 8,629 25,517 38,760 8,112 107,100
June--- 15,399 12,489 8,21,5 26,11:5 39,676 6,787 108,7441
July ----- 11; 1195 6,967 5,728 17,762 25,056 11,061 71,071
August --- 11 ; 517 8,579 7,664 24,860 32,831 4,11 % € 9,565
September 19,591 9,393 7,738 27,070 33,942 4,520 101,254
October- 12,937 13,64.29 9,218 27,824 42,786 3,886 115,295
'lovember- 22,526 13,451 7,831 26,380 34,519 3,316 108,023
December 14,676 18,560 8,649 26,745 31,053 3,397 103,080
1955-- 181,776 136,495 99,371 306,839 | 412,179 | 60,730 1,197,390

Consumption by foundries , chezical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of next scrap and 11,000 tons of old
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Table 8. Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1955
by months , and preliminar totals for year ,
Drass in Brass recovery
Tonth infot Secondary Primary chemicals mill from Copper
smelters producers
production at smelters products | base scrap 3 /
January --- 26,388 2,284 15,043 4:36 27,769 70,143
February- 26,361 2,043 11,573 371 37,537 79,163
larch --- 32,636 2,684 17,785 930 41., 357 96,309
April 30,309 3,027 17,528 578 L! : , 892 91,530
12y --- 2,035 2,766 17,759 768 ‫ܛܐܕܠܐܙܶܝܰܛܳܐ‬ 97,684
June --- 28,316 2,692 12,832 599 47,721 944,357
July ---- 12,800 2,557 10,937 876 20,628 60,600
August--- 26,828 2,750 13,423 689 36,365 78,851
September- 27,967 3,070 20,204 115 37,865 67,562
October --- 29,279 3,22:44 21,184 693 41,941 97,667
November- 27,119 3,435 20,169 778 37,232 86,958
December- 27,237 3,508 19,118 1,040 33,906 83,225
1955 ---- 329,275 | 361,060 206,555 7,873 465,377 1,023,049

per month .
3 / Equals total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc. )
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Table 9. Copper recovered 1/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from copper - base
scrap in 1955 , by months, and preliminary totals for year ,
in short tons
By primary pro By secondary By brass mills: Total

Month ducers 2/ from smelters from from copper
New scrap old scrapi tew scrap | old scrapi New scrap! old scrap recovered
January 10,203 15,207 5., 544 18,165 17,692 3,087 59,898
February E ; 362 6,552 5,060 17,032 23,324 4,421 64,751
March ---- 10,443 8,218 6,738 21,033 28,758 4,392 79,582
April --- 11,213 6,828 5,862 20,651 28,613 4,965 78,332
May ----- 11,912 6,515 5,768 18,8044 28,856 6,336 78,191
June---- 11,795 7,593 5,582 19,272 29,663 5,146 79,051
July---- 7,672 4,091 3,896 13,267 18,797 3,198 50,921
August- 8,844 5,208 4,984 18,521 25,032 3,402 65,981
September 13,875 6,384 5,005 20,039 25,546 3,768 74,617
October 13,544 8,249 5,911 20,857 31,318 3,362 83,241
November 13,080 7,814 5,104 19,780 25,767 2,787 74,332
December 9,009 11,014 5,521 20,310 23,108 2,804 77,766
1955--- 129,952 83,673 64,975 227,721 306,674 47,668 860,663
From From Total

recovered
By primary producers in 1955 --- 130,000 844,000 214,000

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1 secondary smelters in 1955 65,000 228,000 293,000
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brass mills in 1955 ----- 307,000 47,000 354,000
3 / By foundries and chemical plants in
1955 ---- 17,000 72,000 89,000
copper-base scrap in 1955--.. 519,000 431,000 950,000

scrap other than copper-base in 1955--- 6,000 3,000 9,000
3 / Total secondary copper recovered in

1955 ---- 525,000 434,000 959,000
2 / Recovery includes unalloyed copper and copper content of alloys produced from
scrap .
3 / Estimated .
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Table 10 , Refined metals consumed in brass -mill products
in 1955 by months, and preliminary totals
for year , gross weight in short tons
Month | Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab
January 54,415 242 103 236 11,341

February 54,354 270 86 282 9,779
March ---- 62,490 293 95 274 11,707
April---- 53,735 266 88 279 10,075
May- 54,515 302 87 277 11,543
June---- 55,902 313 92 355 12,312
July----- 31,324 135 54 178 6,209
August- 36,675 267 58 317 9,347
September --- 49,211 272 80 313 11,715
October----- 64,118 355 105 331 12,934
November--- 61,510 353 98 364 12,593
December- 67,907 326 109 321 14,182
Total--- 646,156 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737
Table 11. Exports of copper-base scrap from the United States in 1954 , and
in 1955 by months , in short tons (U.S. Department of Commerce)

1954---
75,831 93,971
1955 :
January 1 /5,422 1 /5,574
March- 1 / 3,713 3,986
April --- 13,614 1 / 5,316
May ----- 1 /3,037 1 /5,284
June ----- 1,171 2,404
July---- 665 3,567
August- 1 / 1,007 13,858
September 950 2,708
October----- 1,664 2,762
Total --- 29,499 42,541

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Recovery of copper , lead , tin , zinc , and other nonferrous metals from copper
scrap by principal consumers declined to 81,000 short tons in January, according to
the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior , Secondary metal re
covery increased 4,000. tons at brass mills and 1,000 tons at secondary copper smelt
ers , but this was more than offset by c. 7,000 - ton decrease at primary producers , pro
ductivity of which was hampered by a labor strike at one of the largest. plants . Pro
duction of brass ingot at secondary smelters increased 2,000 tons over the December
figure to 29,000 tons in January , although reported scrap consumption by this group
was virtually the same as in December . The increase in output may have been due to
consumption of accumulated home scrap which would not appear in reports to the Bureau
of Mines , It also may have been caused by ingot production emerging in January from
scrap consumed in December, Shipments of brass ingot in January totaled 30,000 tons ,
representing an increase of 4,300 tons over December shipments .
The larger increases in copper scrap .consumption at s'econdary smelters in Janu
ary were 1,300 tons 1n . auto radiators and 400 tons in composition scrap, which raised
use of these items during the month to 5,000 and 10,000 tons, respectively . Compo
sition scrap was the leading item consumed, followed by yellow brass, of which 6,000
tons was used in January. Auto radiators occupied third place . The increases in
scrap consumption at smelters were largely offset by 800 -ton decreases in No. 1 and
No. 2 unalloyed copper scrap .
There were no significant changes in stocks of copper scrap at consumers ' plants
in January 1956 , but compared with January, 1955 opening stocks at primary producers
in January 1956 were three times . greater , the increase being in low - grade scrap and
residues . At brass mills scrap stocks were 8,000 tons greater at the beginning of
1956 than at the beginning of 1955. Scrap stocks at primary producers were about
equal to three times the consumption of purchased scrap in January 1956 ; at brass
mills the scrap stocks , including home scrap , were about one -fourth greater than pur
chased receipts , and at secondary smelters stocks of purchased scrap were one -fourth
: less than consumption , Stocks and consumption of home scrap are not reported at
smelters . At some of the latter , cupolas are used to smelt accumulated stocks of re
verberatory furnace slags . The slags , being home scrap , are not reported , but irreg
ular consumption of them may cause reported production to fluctuate ,
The price paid in New York for No. I copper scrap by dealers was 42 cents per
pound at the beginning of January , but had declined to 40.5 cents at the end of the
month . The price of No. 2 scrap declined half a cent to 38.5 cents and that of com
position solids half a cent to 31.5 cents in the same period . The price paid by con
sumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 42 cents throughout January.

January - December December January
1954 1955 1954 1955 1955 1956

( gross weight) 17:
At secondary smelters 373,471 i * 406,21035,039 35,394 33,818 35,330
At brass mills --- 399,759 472,909
38,804 | 34,450 28,227 38,222
At primary producers 326,575 26,346 33,236 23,145 20,925
318,271
Total ----- 1,099,805 1,197,390 100,189 103,080 85,190 94,477
weight) 2 /):
Brass ingot production 291 ; 799 329,275 25,117 27,237 26,388 29,054
Refined copper- 26,482 34,060 2,116 - 3,508 2,284 2,892
At brass mills : (brass -mill
products ) -- 394 , 107.465,377 38,271 33,906 27,769 37,609
copper) 179,943 206,555 15 ;459 19,118 15,043 12,826
Copper in chemicals 3/ ---- 6,409 7,873 559 1,040 436 17
Total' secondary recovery 4 47 47 47
from copper -base scrap- 898,740 1,023,049 , 79,519 83,225. 70,14380,856 76,243
Copper recovered from copper -
base scrap :
By secondary smelters -- 268,553 · 292 ;696 24,841 25,831 23,709 25,029
By brass mills --- 292,593 354,342 28,443 25,912 20,779 j28,577
By primary.producers: 5/-- 185,845 213,625 15,95520,023 15,410 12,843
Unalloyed --- 75 ; 776 31,137 5,397 1,638 ' 5,422 ( 6)
Alloyed -----
93,972 45,260 6,798 2,719 5,574 (6 )83
At brass mills-, 40,615 46,967 40,61546,967 32,863 46,348
At primary producers ------ 19,305 : 56,174 19 ; 30556,174 21,283 56,500
Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and mdscellaneous manufactur
ers, about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000, tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
which is estimateż to be about 12,000 tons per month of secondary metal from copper
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters .
Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients (refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc,etc.) used
by ingot makers ,
Not available ,
2
secondary copper smelters in January 1956 , gross
weight in short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts consumed 2 stocks
stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 2,344 2,850 2,974 2,220

Railroad - car boxes- , 179 3 ) -23 98 58
Yellow brass 6,160 7,266 . 6,291 6,135
Cartridge cases - 78 62 49 91
Bronze- 1,680 3,327 3,073 1,934
Low brass . 160
257 254 351
Aluminum bronze --------- .. 81 80 20 14 ]
Total copper -base scrap-. 27,482 36,425 35,330 28,577
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters ,: 74 plants,
2 At secondary copper smėlters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete équipment
in alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product.
Table 3. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass Ingot at secondary
copper smelters. In January 1956 , gross weight in short tons
Kind of ingot stocks Production ' to stocks
consurrers
Tin bronze (88-10-2)-... 1 ; 154 1,490 1,558 1,086

Leaded red brass ( 05-5-5-5 ) 4,433 20,226 10,873 3,786
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ) -- 2,904 5,326 5,122 , 3,108
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10) - 1,505 2,069 2,173 1,401
84-6-8-2 ) 1,006 .1,773 1,629 1,150
75-5-20 ) 366 725 640. 451
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) - 1,700 1,878 2,149 1,429
Manganese bronze -- 1,324 1,086 1,184 , 1,226
Low brass 258 271 289 240
Silicon bronze-- . 530 405 423 512
Conductor bronze - 68 112 87 93
Hardeners and special alloys - 607 950 883 674
Miscellaneous -- 156 41 28 169
Total brass and bronze ingots 18,031 129,054 i 29,723 17,362
alloys -- -197
base alloys ---- -1,345
3
Table 4 . Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955 ( preliminary ),
and 1956, by months, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Period Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3 / consumption 2 ) of all scrap2 /
1955 --- 39,003 472,909 627,051... 1,091,996 46,967
1956 :
January --- 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
1/ Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57
mills .
2/ Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
3/ calculated, by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption.

in 1955 and January 1956 ; gross weight in short tons 1)
Scrap item 1955 December January
( preliminary)
No , I wire and heavy 98,224 7,877 7,577
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light 31, 200 1,753 2,758
Yellow brass- 222,833 16,081 18,655
Cartridge brass and cases 67 ; 650 3,873 4,596
Bronze --- 128
1 ;604 113
Nickel silver- 8,658 951 501 :
Low brass -- 25,890 2,237 2,198
Alud num bronze . 667 85 42
Mixed alloy scrap 16,183 1,480 1,767
Total copper -base scrap- 472,909 34,450 38,222
1/ Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing.57
plants ,
Table 6. Consumption and stocks of purçciased copper - base scrap at plants
of primar ; copper producers in January 1956, gross weight in short tons 1 /
Melted
Receipts or
stocks
stocks consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy ----- 572 2,733 .2,547 758
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light- 3,431 6,003 6,687 2,747
Refiner ; brass- 11,908 522 425 12,004
Total ---- 56,174 21,251 20,925 56,500 .
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during
treatment .
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly average ) and 1956 , by montis ,
gross weigiit in bort tons
Month Primary producers copper smelters 21 scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap i old scrap | New scrap Old scrap
January --- 2,683 11,242 7,232 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
1955 ------ 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783
1/ Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers ,

about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap; 11,000 tons of old
scrap per montn , not shown in table .
2 Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
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1955 (montnly average .) :and 1956 oy months,

Month Secondary Primary
production chemicals . products from corger
smelters producers at smelters base scrap 3/
January 23,054 2,892 12,826 17 37,605 80,856
1955 ----- 27,440 2,838 17,213 -656 38,781 85,254
1 / Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous
manufacturers,which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary
etc. per monta ..
minus added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin ,

copper - base scrap in 1,55 (monthly average ), and 1956 , by months,
in short tons
B primary pro By secondary By brass mills Total
Monti ducers 2 from smelters from from
copper
Newscrapold scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap oldscrap recovered
January- 6,350 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
1955 ----- 10,829 6,973

5,415 18,577 25,556 3,72 71,722
1 Recover : by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not

2 Recovery b , primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
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maslo 20 . Refined metals consuined in mill products in 1955 ( preliminary ),
and 1956 by months , gross weight in short tons
Wire mills Brass mills
Period Refined Refined Refined Primery Refined Slab
copper 1 copper 1/ lead i pig tin nickel zinc
1955 ---- 824,609 646,156 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
1 ) Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the Monthly

Copper Report .
in 1955 by months, in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1954 --- 75,831 93,971
1955 :
January 5,422 5,574
February- 6,953 5,487
March --- 3,713 3,986
April --- 3,614 5,316
May ---- 3,037 5,284
June 1,171 2,404
July ---- 665 3,567
August ---- 1,007 3,858
September --- 950 2,708
October 1,664 2,762
November- 1,303 1,595
December - 1,638 2,719
Total ---- 31,137 45,260
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Secondary recovery from copper scrap by chief consuming groups increased 14 per
cent in February to 92,000 short tons , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior . With the exception of scrap stocks at brass
mills , total receipts , consumption and stocks of copper scrap increased during the
month . At plants of primary producers receipts more than doubled , consumption rose
65 percent , and stocks increased a thousand tons . A month -long labor strike at one
of the primary copper plants using scrap ended on February 10 . Increases in second
ary metal operations at brass mills and secondary smelters were less notable . Re
ceipts at bras8 mills were up 2,000 tons , about equaling the decrease in stocks .
Receipts of scrap at secondary smelters increased 500 tons , consumption 300 tons ,
and stocks 1 ; 300 tons .
Production of refined copper from scrap by primary producers rose 68 percent

to 22,000 tons in February, following a decline of 33 percent to 13,000 tons in
January An increase of 500 tons in brass ingot production was counterbalanced by
a decrease of 500 tons in refined copper output at secondary copper smelters.
Secondary metal content of brass -mill products increased from 38,000 tons in January
to 40,000 tons in February.
The prices paid in New York for No. 1 copper scrap , No. 2 copper scrap and
composition solids by dealers were 40.5 cents , 38.5 cents and 31.5 cents, per pound,
respectively , at the beginning of February , and 42.cents, 40 cents and 32.5 cents
at the end of that month , according to the American Metal Market . The price paid
by consumers for No. 115 composition Ingot was 42 cents at the beginning of February
and 44 cents at the end .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon, under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals . 11
January February January February
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956
( gross weight ) 1 :
At secondary smelters------- 64,753 70,925 33,818 35,330 30,935 35,595
At brass mills ----- 66,372 78,644 28,227 38,222 38,145 40,422
At primary producers ------ 45,375 55,41923 , 145 20,925 22 , 230 34,494
Total- 176,500 204,9881 85,190, 94,477 91,310 110,511
weight) 2 /:
Brass ingot production ---- 52,749 58,624 26,388 29,054 26,361 29,570
Refined copper ---- 4,327 5,275 2,284 2,892 2,043 2,383
products ) ----- 65,306 77,390, 27,76937,609 37,537 39,781
copper )---- 29,616 34,416 15,0431 12,826 14,573 21,590
Copper in chemicals 3/ -- 807 683 436 ; 31 372 652
from copper -base scrap 4 /---_ 149,306
149,306 273,027.70,143 80,870 79,163 22,157
base scrap :
By secondary smelters- .. 45,801 50,432 23 ;709 25,029: 22,092 25,403
By brass mills --- 48,524 58,854 20,779 28,577 27,745 30,277
By primary producers 5 -- 30, 324 135,073 15,410 : 12,843 14,924 , 22,230
!
Unalloyed --------- 12,375 6 /1,817 5,422 ; 1,817; 6,953 ( 7)
Alloyed ---- 11,061 5 /3,315 5,574 3,315 5,487 (7)
Stocks of copper - base scrap at.
At secondary smelters --- 26,149 29,891 27,045 28,577 26,149 . 29,891
At brass mills ----- 30,765 44,610 32,8631 46,348 30,765: 44,610
At primary producers -------- 21,868 57,755 21,283 56,500 21,868 57,755
1 ) Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manu
facturers , about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and
11,000 tons of old scrap per month .
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufactur
ers , which is estimated to be about 12,000 tons per month of secondary metal from
copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc.
3 Production by secondary and primary smelters ; beginning 1956 includes other
products ( see table 8 , footnote 4 ) .
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc , etc.)
used by ingot makers ( see tables 3 and 8 ) .
January only . 1
Not available .
2
Table 2 . Q
Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in February 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts consumed 2
stocks stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy -. 2,220 3,247 3,162 2,305

Composition or soft red brass --- 4,337 9,498 9,482 44,353
Yellow bress ---- 6,135 6,479 6,304 6,310
Cartridge cases--- 91 . 75 : 63 : . 103
Bronze ------ 1,934 3,328 3,310 1,952
Nickel silver --- 493 216 233 476
Low brass 271
351 - 257 337
Aluminum bronze .... 141 162
58 37
Low - grade scrap and residues .-- . 5,888 3,932 3,576 6,244
Total copper -base scrap ------ 28,577 36,909 35,595 29,891
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known' secondary copper smelters, 74 plants .
At secondary copper smelters the screp used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
in alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product .

Shipments
Opening Closing
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) ---- 1,086 1,698 1,533 1,251

Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) --- 3,786 10,277 9,914 4,049
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 )-- 1,401 2,644 2,301 1,744
(84-6-8-2 )- 1,150 1,930 1,831 1,249
( 75-5-20 ) --- 451 664 547 568
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) -- 1,429 1,986 2,118 1,297
Manganese bronze- 1,226 1,166 1,250 1,142
Nickel silver --- 306 248 310 244
Low brass ------ 240 907 512 635
Silicon bronze----- 512 1/ - 78 291 143
Conductor bronze ---- 93 68 74 87
Miscellaneous- 169 11 123
1 /- 35
Total brass and bronze ingots-- 17,362 29,570 28,774 18,158
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys-- . 456
base alloys ------- -1,363
copper -base scrap QC
30,146
1) Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
Table : 4 . Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955
( preliminary ), and 1956 , by months , gross weight
"in short tons 1
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap closing stocks
Period
of all scrap 2 ) receipts generated 3/ consumption 2 / of all scrap 2 ]
1955-. 39,003 472,909 627,051 1,091, 996 46,967
1956 ;
January-- 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40 ,422 60,125. 102,285 44,610
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57
mills .
2 / Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre

in 1955, and 1956 , by ' months , gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1955 January February
(preliminary )
No. 1 wire and heavy- 98,224 7,577 8,076
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light - ud 31,200 2.758 2,878
Yellow brass-.. 222 : 833 18,555 19,256
Cartridge brass. and cases 67,650 4,595 5,182
Bronze ---------- 1,604 128 206
Nickel silver --now 8,658 501 739
Low brass - wlo 25,890 2,198 2,268
Aluminum br9142 667 42 ‫ܛܐܛܐ‬
Mixed alloy sor po 16,783 1,767 1,774
Total copper - base scrap- 472,909 38,222 40,422
of primary copper producers in February 1956 ,
Melted
Opening Closing
Scrap item stocks Receipts ar
stocks
consumed
No. I wire and heavy 758 4,712 4,345 1,125

Refinery brass- 12,004 2,649 2,915 11,738
Total--- 56,500 35,749 34,494 57,755
1 ) Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 11

in 1955 ( monthly average ), and 1956 , by months,
2/ used
New scrap Old scrap · New scrap old scrap : New scrap Old scrap
January- 9,683 11,242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
February 15,186 19,308 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 110,511
1955 ---- 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783

2) Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
• 5
Table 8. Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap In 1955
(monthly average ), and 1956, by months ,
.
Other Brass Total

Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 / products mill recovery
Month Gross Alloying Secondary Primary pro products from copper -
weight ingredients 2 smelters producers duced 4 / base scrap
January- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870

February 29,570 -1,819 2,383 21,590 652 39,781 92,157
1955 ---- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
from copper and brass scrap In brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc.
per month .
2/ Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on & toll basis .
4/ Includes copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum Ingot production , etc.

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly average ), and
1956, by months, in short tons
ducers from smelters from from Total
Month copper
January 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449

February 10,054 12,176 5,530 19,873 ; 26,990 3,287 77,910
1955 ---- 10,829 6,973 . 5.,415

. 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not

shown, estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap.
.- 6 .
Table 10 .
Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 ( preliminary ),
and 1956 , by months , gross weight in short tons
Wire mills Bress mills
Period Refined Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab

copper 2 copper 21 lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 ---- 824,609 646,156 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February ---- 71,838 63,703 345 138 ( 3) 11,680
1/ Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .

2 / Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the Monthly
Copper Report ,
3 / Not available .
Table 11 . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1955 ,
and in 1956 ,by months, in short tons (u . s . Department of Commerce )

1955 ---- 31,137 45,260
1956 :
January- 1,817 3,315
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Consumption of copper scrap by principal users totaled 114,000 short tons in
March compared with 109,000 in February , according to the Bureau of Mines , United
States Department of the Interior . Treatment of scrap by primary producers and
secondary smelters increased , whereas that of brass mills declined slightly . Old
scrap consumption by all three groups rose in each of the first three months of
1956 , that by primary producers 86 percent, in the 3 -month period , by the brass
mills 24 percent , and that by the secondary smelters 2 percent. The scrap used in
greatest quantity by the primary producers in March , and as a rule at all times,
was low - grade material . The scrap items used in greatest quantity in March 'at
brass mills and secondary smelters were , as usual , yellow brass and composition
scrap , respectively . Stocks of copper scrap at primary producers decreased 1,700
tons in March to 56,000 tons , at brass mills 1,100 tons to 43,500 tons , and at
secondary smelters 1,200 tons to 28,700 tons .
Production of copper -alloy Ingot by secondary smelters , for use chiefly by
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foundries , rose 2 percent to 30,200 tons. The secondary metal content of the re
fined copper produced by primary producers increased 18 percent to 24,200 tons .
Most of the total domestic output of refined copper is used by brass and wire mills
which consumed 143,000 tons in March compared with 136,000: in February . Recovery
of metals from copper scrap by. brass mills decreased 1 percent to 39,400 tons in
March .
According to the American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for No. 1
copper scrap , No. 2 copper scrap and composition solids by dealers were 42 cents ,
40 cents and 32.5 cents per pound , respectively, at the beginning of March , and
42 cents , 39 cents and 32 cents at the end of that month . The price paid by con
sumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 44 cents throughout March .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid, J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals .
::::
January -March: February March
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956

( gross weight ) 1 /:
At brass nils --- - ! 111,483 118,673 | 38,145 40,422 45,111 40,029
At primary producers 71,027 91,142 22,230 2 /33,474 25,652 36,743
Total.- .. 285,937 317,677 91,310 2 / 109,492 109,431 113,709
Production of all metals frord
weight) 3 /:
Brass ingot, production 85,385 88,777 26,361 29,570 32,636 30,153
· Refined copper -- 7,011 8,337.2,043 2,383 2,684 3,062
products ) -- 109,663 116,785 37,537 39,781 44,357 39,395
copper )-- 47,401 " 57,633 14,573 2/20,600 17,785 24,207
from copper -base scrap 5 ) - 245,615 267,716 79,163 2 /91,16796,309 95,679
Copper recovered from copper ,
base scrap :
By secondary smelters - 73,572 76,476 22,092 25,403 27,771 26,044
By brass mills ---- 81,674 89,200 27,745 30,277 33,150 30,346
By primary producers 6 ) ----- 48,985 59,013 14,914 2 /21,240 18,661 24,930
Unalloyed ---- 16,088! 7 /5,139 6,953 3,322 3,723 8)
Alloyed- ..
15,047 7 /8,333 5,487 5,018 3,986 18
8)

At secondary smelters - 28,153 28,677 26,749 294,891 28,153 28,677
At brass mills 30,648 :43,535 30,765 44,610 30,648 143,535
At primary producers- 25,235 56,004 21,868 57,7551 25,235 55,004
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous inanufactur
2) Revised figure .
3 / Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
4/ Production by secondary and primary sivelters; beginning 1956 includes other prod
ucts ( see Table 8 , Footnote 4) .
5 / Total production of all metals from copper-base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap, lead, tin ,zinc , etc.) used .
.
by Ingot nakers ( see Tables 3 and 8 ) .

61, Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap . .
7 January -February only .

8/ Not available .
2
Table 2. - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at
secondary copper sinelters in March 1956 , gross weight in
short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts
No , I wire and heavy- 2,305. 3,678 3,613 2,370

No. 2 wire ,' mixed heavy and Hight- 3,190 3,668 3,513 3,345
Yellow brass -6,310 6,506 6,520 : 6,296
Cartridge cases . 103 ,
44 *70 77
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) -.... 4,369 5,062 5,339 4,092
Bronze 2,740 2,983
1,952 1,709
Nickel silver 476 .
286 : 383 379
Low brass 337 190 240 287
Aluminum bronze ‫مافین‬. 162 Ý 35 134
Low -grade scrap and residues ---- 4,413 6,119
Tota ? ..copper -base scrap ------
6,2444,288
29,891 35 ;723 36,937 28,677
Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters ; 74 plants .
Z / At secondary copper sielters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
In alloy form , which remains in alloy , forn in the produetoorai
Table 3. - Stocks, production , and shipments of brass Ingot at secondary

copper smelters in March 1956 , gross weight in short. tons
Kind- of ingot
stocks
Production to stocks
consumers.
Amıy.mobi
Tin bronzemesi10 2) 1,251" 1,532 1,432 1,351
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-43 )--- 1,330 1,846 1,932 1,244
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ). 4,049 . 9,725 , 9,565 4,209
High - leaded : tin bronze (884-
0-10 -10)) --
6-8-2 )
1,744 2,005 2,225 .1,52
1,249 1,970 2,035 1,184
( 75-5-20 ) 568 760 826 502
Leaded yellow brass ( 56-1-3-30 ) 1,297 2,178 2,204 ing 1,272
Manganese bronze 1 ,142 *1,289 1,241 1,190
Aluminun bronze- 506 ... 541 . 656 391
Nickel silver 2 ‫باها‬ .490 .435 299
Low brass 635 14-146 327 162
Silicon bronze 143 ..:- 995 631 507.
Conductor bronze - 87 46 : ..63 70
Hardeners and special alloys 711 1,275 : 1,339 647
Miscellaneous -- 123 . 28... 67 84
Total brass and bronze ingots- 18,158 30,153 30,420 17,891
Miscellaneous products produced ----- 3,078
Refined copper .consumed . in copper -base alloys -497
base alloys -don 21,380
copper -base scrap- 31,354
1 /Negative production indicates consumption greater than production .
3
Table 4 Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts
of purchased copper-base scrap at brass mills in 1955
(preliminary ) , and 1956 , by months , gross weight
in short tons »
Period
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/ consumption of all scrap 3
1955--- 39,003 472,909 627,052 1,091,996 46,967
1956 ;
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 101 , 006 26,348
February 46,348 ‫ܢܐܕܘܢܐ‬22 60 , 125 102,285 24,610
March 44,610 40,029 58,043 99 , 147 43,535
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known. operators of brass mills, representing 57
mills .
3 / Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption ,

in 1955 and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1955 January February March

( preliminary )
No , I wire and heavy- 98,224 7,577 8,076 8,756
and light ----- 31,200 2,758 2,878 3,173
Yellow brass- 222,833 18,655 19,256 18,448
Bronze 1,604 128 206 -96
Nickel silver ---- 8,658 501 739 e 688
Low brass------ 25,890 2,198 2,268 2,501
Aluminum bronze ---- 667 42 4141 5975
Mixed alloy scrap ---- 26.183 1,767 1,774 1,090
Total copper -base scrap ----- 472,909 38,222 40,422 40,029
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of primary copper producers in larch 1956 ,
gross weight in short tons“ )
Melted Closing
Opening
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy.----- 1,125 5,441 5,653 913
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light-- r-... 4,889 12,903 12 , 802 4,990
Refinery brass------ 11,738 2,563 4,000 10,301
Totalva . 57,755 34,992 36,743 56,004
1/ P.eports were tabulated from all 12. plants of primary producers. The scrap and
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment ,
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly average ) and 1956, by months,
Total
Secondary Prass mills
scrap
Month Primary proucers copper smelters ..2 / üsea
January- 9,683 11,242 77932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477

February 15,186 3 /18,288 8,155 1.27,440 36,467 3,955 3 / 109,491
farch ---- 15 , 246 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279. 4,750 113,709
Total- 40,715 50,427 25,002 82,860 106 , 147 12,526 317,677

1955----- 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783
1 / Corsurption hy foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , about

scrap per month , not shown in table.
2/ Consumption at brass mills assuned equal to receipts , Table 5 .
5
Table 8. Production of all metals 1/ from copper -base scrap in 1955
( monthly average ), and 1956, by months,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 / bther Total
products Bress . recovery
pro mill from copper
Lonth Gross Alloying Secondary Primary duced products base scrap
weight ingredients27 smelter's producer's 47
January --- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 22 37,609 80,870

February 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600...652
53 //20,600 39,781 5 /91,167
March ----- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 . 739 39,395 95,679
Total... 88,777 -5,238 8,337 57,633 12,422 116,785 267,726
1955------ 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213676 38,781 85,274

month .
2 / Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc., used by ingot
makers .
/ Includes copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot production , etc.

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly average ), and 1956 , by months ,
in short tons
By primary pro Ey secondary By brass mills

Month ducers 2 from smelters from from Total
copper
recovered
New scrap ! old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January-- 6,366 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66 , ‫ويليا‬

February- 10,054 3// 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 3 / 76,920
l'arch ---- 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
Total-- 27,634 31,379 16,454 60,022 78,780 10,420 224,689
1955----- 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1 / Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not

2 / Fiecovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of
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Table 10. Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 (preliminary ),
and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons

Period
Refined Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab
copper 2 / copper 2 / lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 --- 824,609 646,156 3,443

3 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January ----- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February ----- 71,838 63,703 3 ‫كيا‬ 138 411 11,680
March ------ 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
1 / Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .

Copper Report .
Table 11. xports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1955 , and
in 1956, by months, in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1955 --- 31,137 45,260
1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
February---- 3,322 5,018
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Output of aluminum , copper , lead , nickel, tin and zinc, from copper scrap by
principal producers , chiefly as refined copper and in copper -base alloys , but also
in aluminum ingot , chemicals , etc. , in April, totaled 101,000 short tons , according
to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior , This output from
scrap , which may also be called secondary recovery , was the greatest for any month
since April 1953 , soon after removal of price controls, when the total was lll , 000
tons . Of the April total, brass mills recovered 45,000 tons, secondary smelters
33,000 tons , and primary producers 23,000 tons . fiost of the increase over March
figures was attributable to the brass mills because secondary recovery by primary
producers was over a thousand tons less and that of the secondary smelters was a
thousand tons more in April than in March ,
Consumption of old scrap increased for the fourth consecutive month at plants
of primary producers and secondary smelters In April the old scrap percentages of
the old and new scrap consumed by primary producers , secondary copper smelters and
brass mills were 60 percent , 77 percent , and 9 percent , respectively . The average
recovery from copper scrap consumed in the first 4 months of 1956 was 85 percent,
the same average as for the year 1955 .
According to the American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for. No , i
copper scrap , No. 2 copper scrap and composition solids by dealers were 42 cents ,
39 cents, and 32 cents per pound, respectively, at the beginning of April, and 36
cents, 34 cents and 28 cent's at the end of that month . The price paid by consumers
for No. 115 composition ingot was 44 cents at the beginning of April and 40.5 cents
at the end . ' The foregoing prices were influenced by the market for refined copper
which had a declining trend , especially in the United Kingdom .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N , Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote, Chief , Franch of Base detals. Division of
Minerals .
Table 1. - Salient statistics of; the secondary copper and brass industry
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956

Consumption of. copper - base scrap
( gross weight ) 1 / :
At secondary smelters ---- 140, 183 144,797 38,668 36,937 36,762 36,935
At brass mills---- 157,093 164,630 45,111 40,029 45,610 45,957
Total------- 393,261 435,949 109,431 113,709 107,330 118,272
weight ) 3/:
At secondary smelterss *
Brass ingot . production 115,694 119,542 32,636 30,153 30,309 30,764

Refined copper- :-10,038 11,625 2,6841 -3,062 3,027 .: 3,288
At brass,mills (brass-mill }
products.)-- 1 154,555 262,000 lik,
h ,357 , 39,395 14,8921-25,215
At primary producers (refined ,
copper ) 64,929 80,212 17,785) 24,207| 17,528 . 22,579
Copper in chemicals 3 / ---- :: 2,315 2,230 930 739 5781... 808
fror copper-base scrap 1/ -4340,145 369,061 96,309 95,679 94,530 101,345
Copper recovered from copper . :
base scrap :
Fy secondary smelters ---- 100,085 103,175 27,771 26,044 26,513] 26,699
Ey brass mills --- 115,452 123,701 33,1501: 30,346 ) 33,7781 34,501:
By primary producers 5 / -- 67,026 82,382 18,6611: 24,930 18,041 23,369
Unalloyed---- 19,702 6 /6,943 3,713 1,80L 3,614 (7)
Alloyed --- 120,363 | 6712,139 3,986 3,806 5,316 ( 7 ).
end of period ( gross weight ) : :: '!!!
At secondary smelters.com 29,275 | 29,333 28,153 28,677 29,275 29,333
.
At brass mills- 33,209 46,366 30,648 43,535 33,209 :46,366

At primary producers--- 29,814 56,287 25,235 56,004 29,814 56,287
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
2 / Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
3/ Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956 includes other prod
ucts ( see Table 8 , Footnote 4 )
added allcying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin, zinc, etc. )
used by ingot makers ( see Table s 3 and 8 ) .
5 / Includes copper content of conner sulfate produced from scrap ,
7 January -March only .
7 / Not available .
2
Table 2. - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
secondary copper smelters in April 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1/
Scrap item stocks Feceipts consumed 2 stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,370 4,026 3,627 2,769

io . 2. wire , mixed heavy and light 3,345 4,399 4,426 3,328
Composition or soft red brass ----- + 3,758 9,969 : 9,923 3,804
Dailroad - car.boxes --- lll 17 . .
17 ‫בנב‬
Yellow brass --- 6,296 6,848 6,807 6,337
.
Auto radiators (unsweated ). 4,092 .

5,049 · 5,054 4,087
Bronze ------ 1,709 2,999 2,928 1,780
Low brass--- 287 248 229 306
Aluminum bronze ----- 134 37 29 11,2
Low - grade scrap and residues--- 6,119 3,676 3,545 6,250
Total copper - base scrap- 28,677 37,591 36,935 29,333
1 / reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 74 plants ,
in alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product ,

Cpening Shipments Closing
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )-- ~ 1,351 1,540 1,683 1,208
Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-43 ) 1,244 2,121 2 , 1044 1,261
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) -- 4,209 10,122 9,331 5,000
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 --- 3,256 5,511 5,579 3,188
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) -- 1,524 2,294 2,337 1,481
(84-6-8-2 ) C
1,184 1,918 1,981 1,121

( 75-5-20 ) -- 502 574 467 609
Leaded yellow brass (66–1–3-30 )--- 1,271 2,328 2,102 1,497
liangane se bronze 1,190 1,387 1,366 .. 1,211
Aluminum bronze 391 636 626 ‫ ܢܐ‬ol
Nickel silver ----- 299 --374 342 331
Low brass ------ 162 503 383 2E2
Silicon bronze --- 507 L88 5644 431
Conductor bronze 70 &2 67 85
Miscellaneous---- 84 66 35 115
Total brass and bronze ingot- 17,891 30,764 29,870 18,785
Miscellaneous products produced --- 3,306
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys - -221
i.iscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
copper - base scrad 32,540
3
and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons /
Period
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/. consumption 21 of all scrap 2 /
1955---- 39,003 472,909 627,051 1,091,996 46,967
1956 :
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40, 422 60,125 102,285 44,610
liarch - end 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
I/ Peports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57
mills .
22 / Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased -scrap . Peceipts repre
sent purchased . scrap only .
3 / Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
Table 5 . Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills

in 1955 and 1956 , by months , grose weight in short tons
1955
Scrap item
( preliminary )
January February March April
No , I wire and heavy --- ** 98,224 7,577 8,076 8,756 9,483

and light- 31,200 ..2,758. 2,878 3,173 3,510
Yellow brass 222,833 18,655 19,256 18,448 22,271
Cartridge brass and cases 67,650 4,596 5,181 5,202 4,937
Bronze ----- 1,604 128 206 96 211
Nickel silver ----- 8,658 501 739. 688 631
Low . brass 25,890 , 2,198 * 2,268 2,501 2,709
Aluminum bronze 667 . ‫ܢܐ‬2 . ‫ܝܢܐ‬ 75 88
lixed alloy scrap - 16,183 1,767 1,774 1,090 2,117
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Table 6 , - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in April 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
ivielted
stocks
Receipts or
stocks
consumed
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 913 4,312 4,468 757

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and
light ---- 4,990 11,409 12,447 3,952
Refinery brass 10,301 3,510 3,593 10,218
Low - grade scran and residues--- 39,800 16,432 14,872 41,360
Total--- 56,004 35,663 35,380 56,287
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1 /

in 1955 (monthly average ) and 1956 , by months,
gros 8 weight in short tons
Total
Month Primary producers scrap
copper smelters 2/ used
iJew scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January 9,683 11, 242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477

February 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
l'arch-- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April -- + 16,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
Totalt 55,008 71,514 33,616 111,181 148,180 16,450 435,949
--- 15,148
1955--- 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783
1 / Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers,

about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of
old scrap per month , not shown in table ,
5
Table 8 Production of all metals 1 / from copper - base scrap in 1955
( monthly " average ) and 1956, by months,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 / Other

Brass
Total
Tonth products recovery
Gross Alloying Secondary Primary mill
pro from copper
weight ingredient s2 / smelters producers duced w/ products base scrap
January - 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870

February 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
Karch- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 739 39,395 95,679
April 30,764 . -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
Total 119,541. -6,547 11,625 80,212 2,230 162,000 369,061
1955 --- 27 , ‫صبايا‬ -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,782 85,274

1/ Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
month ,
2 / Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
[et/c.Includes secondary copper in chemicals, black copper , aluminum ingot production ,
Table 9 . Copper recovered 1 / in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly average ), and 1956, by months ,
in short tons

Total
Month ducers 2/ from smelters from from
copper
recovered
New scrap old scrap New Scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January ---- 6,360 6,483 5,175 . 19,854 25,357. 3,220 66 , ‫وبابا‬
February --- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
l'arch ------ 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April ------ 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
Total ---- 37,770 444,612 22,026 81,149 109,960 13,741 309,258
1955 ------ 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not

Copper sulfate produced from scrap .
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able 10. - Tiefined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 (preliminary ) ,
Period
copper 2 / copper 2/ lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 ---- 824,609 646,156 3 , ‫ويليا‬ 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February 71, 838 63,703 345 138 421 11,680
March ------ 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
April 81,871 60,035 291 112 11,800
(3 )

Copper report .
3 / Not available ,
Table 11. - Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1955 , and
in 1956 , by months, in short tons ( U. & . Department of Commerce)
Period alloy scrap
copper scrap
1955 ---- 31,137 45,260

1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
February ---- 3,322 5,018
Yarch ---- 1,804 3,806
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CONSUMERS REPORT 'NO . 131
"SECONDARY COPPER AND.BRASS IN MAY 1956

Production of 90,800 short tons of metals from copper scrap in May by major
producers was the lowest since January, according to the Bureau of mine s , United
States Department of the Interior . The drop in May followed a rise in April to
101,300 tons , which was the highest since April 1953. The 10,500 -ton May decrease
was the result of declines in secondary output of 8,000 and 4,000 tons at brass
mills and secondary smelters, respectively , and a gain of 1,000 tons at primary
producerst plants.
Scrap consumption at plants of each of the above groups was in proportion to
production. For the elapsed portion of 1956 the ratio of oldscrap consumption to
total scrap consumption at primary producers had a rising trend, and at secondary
smelters and brass mills a declining trend . Consumption of purchased copper scrap
in lay at plants of primary producers, secondary copper smelters, and brass mills
was 39,000 tons, 34,000 tons, and 38,000 tons, respectively, and their stocks of
scrap at the end of themonth were 56,000 tons , 29,000 tons and 48,000 tons. Three
quarters of the primary producer stocks was low - grade material and a considerable
part of the brass -mill stocks was home scrap .
The 11,000- ton reduction in secondary metal output was accompanied by declines
in prices of copper scrap and refined metal . According to the American Metal Market ,
prices paid in New York for No. 1.copper scrap , No , 2 copper scrap and composition
solids by dealers were 34 cent s, 33 cents, and 27 cents per pound , respectively , at
the beginning of May, and 30 cents, 27 cents and 23.5 cents at the end of that
month . The price paid by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot, was 40: 5 cents at
the beginning of May and 37 cents at the end , The price at which refined copper was
sold by the principal producers was unchanged, during may , at.46 cents per pound,
but that sold by custom smeIters declined about 1l cents to 40 cents .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J , W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon, under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals, Division of
Minerals .
**" Table 1 .-- . Salient- statistics of the secondary cop'er and brass industry
January- lay April May

1955 1956 : 1955 .
.1956 1955 1956

( gross weight) 1:
At secondary smelters 174,349 178,909 .
36,762 ; 36,935 34,166 34,112

At brass mills --- 203,965 202,910 45,610 45,957 46,872, 38,280
At primary producers. 122,047 : 165,160 24,958 35,380 26,062 ! 38,638
Total 500,361 ; 546,979 107,330 118,272 107,100 111,030
weight) 2 ) :
At secondary Smelters
Brass ingot production 143,729 147,263 30,309 30,764 : 28,035 27,722
Refined copper 12,804 14,510 3,027 3,288 -2,766 2,885
products ) 200,699 199,668 44,892 45,215 46,144 37,668
copper ) 82,688 103,272 17,528 . 22,579 17,759 23,060
Coprer in chemicals 3/-- 3,083 3,324 578 808 : 768 ! 1,094
from copper -base scrap 4/ 433,829 459,846 94,530 101,345 93,684 90,785
base scrap :
By secondary smelters 124,657 127,630 26,513 26,699 : 24,572 24,455
By brass mills 150,644 152,399 33,778 34,501 : 35,192 28,693
By primary producers 3 /----- 85,453 106,520 18,041 23,369 18,427 24,138
Unalloyed 22,739 6 /8,829 3,614 : 1,886 3,037 ( 7 )
Alloyed
Stocks or copper -base scrap at
25,647 6716,178 5,316 4,039 -5,284 3
end of period ( gross weight) :
At secondary smelters 30,004 29,192 29,275 29,333 30,004 | 29,192
At brass mills 33,303 47,596 33,209 46,366 : 33,303 47,596
At primary producers 33,664 29,814 56,287 33,664 | 56,410
56, 410
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
ers , about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
of old scrap per month.
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956 includes other prod
ucts ( see Table 8 , Footnote 4 ) .
4 / Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups, ininus
added alloying ingredients (refined copper, refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. )
used by ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8) .
5 ). Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap ,
January - April only .
7 lot available .
2 .
secondary copper smelters in riay 1956, gross weight
in short tons 1 /..
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,769 2,999 3,068 2,700

Composition or soft red brass ------- 3,804 9,698 9,021 *4,481
Railroad -car boxes- 111 -31-3 14 944
Yellow brass --- 6,337 6,616 6,142 6,811
Cartridge cases--------- 84 71 63 392
Auto radiators ( unsweated )------
. 4,087 3,676 4,436 3,327
Bronze------ 1,780 3,118 3,141 1,757
Nickel silver- 335 : 339 298 376
Low brass ----- 306 288 276 318
Aluminum bronze ----- 12 23 21 ILL
Low - grade scrap and residues --- : 56,250 3,107 3,701 5,656
Total copper - base scrap ------- 29,333 33,971 34,112 29,192
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters, 74 plants .
2 / At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsoleto, equipment
In alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product .
Table 3. - Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

Closing
stocks
Production Shipments
to stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) -- 1,208 1,596 1,344 1,460

Leaded tin bronze ( 68-6-13-43) -- 1,261 1,681 1,658 1,284
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 5,000 8,973 8,835 5,078
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ). 3,188 5,288 4,788 3,688
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,121 2,204 2,037 1,288
( 75-5-20 ) 609 LLI 535 515
Leaded, yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,497 1,548 1,537 1,508
Manganese bronze---- 1,221 1,358 , 1,316 1,253
Aluminun bronze ~ - ~~ 401 550 5244 227
Nickel silver ----- 331 353 313 371
Low : brass----- 282 2 ‫ ويا‬: 264 267
Siliconi bronze---. 431 360 2:26 365
Conductor bronze----- 85 419 66 68
Hardeners and special alloys------ 564 833 1849. 548
Total brass and bronze ingots --- 18,785 27,722 26,525 19,982
ifiscellaneous products produced ---------- 2,901
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys--- -228
base alloy8---- -2,426
copper - base scrap ----- 28,979
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Table 4. - Stocks and consumption of all copper-base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper-base scrap at brass mills in 1955. ( preliminary ),
and 1956, by.inonths, gross vieight in short tons - 1/
Period...... Opening stocks Purchased -Home scrap ! Total scrap closing stocks
ofall scrap 24 receipts - generated 37 .consumption 27 of all scrap21
1955mma
39,003 • 472,909 627,051 1,091,996 46,967
1956 :
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 . 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40,422 60,125 .... 102,285 44,610
arch 44,610 40,029 58,043 ---- ..99,147 -43., 535
April 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
ay 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 :47,596
1/ leports were tabulated for all knovima operators of brass, mills , representing 57
mills...
2 / Stocks and consumption représent.Both home and purchased scrap. ieceipts repre
3 / Calculated, by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption ."
vite
Table 5. - Receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1955 and 1956 , by inonths, gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1955 January April May

No. 1 wire and heavy 98,224 24,409 9,483 7,272

and lights 31,200 8,809 3,510 3,461
Yellow brass 222,833 56,359 22,271 17,836
Bronze 1,604 430 211 124
Nickel silver 6,658 1,928 631 647
Low brass ---- 25,890 6,967 2,709 1,863
Aluminum bronze 667 161 88 79..
ixed alloy scrap 16,183 bus631 2,117 2,613
Total copper - base scrap 472,909 ** 118,673 45,957 38,280
Table 6. - Consuiption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants
: of primary copper" producers in Play 1956, gross weight in short tons 1
Helted
'Scrap item Opening Receipts or
closing
stocks stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy ... 757 4,023 4,074 706

No. 2 wire, miied heavy and
:: light 3,952 11,554 11,849 : 3,657
Refinery brass-------- 10,218 4,832 4,940 10,110
Low - grade scrap and residues. 41,360 18,352 17,775 . : 41,937
Total 56,287 38,762 38,638 56,420
1 Reports were tabula ted from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
primary' materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment,
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old oopper - base scrap - 1/

in 1955 (monthly average ), and 1956 , by months ,
Secondary Total
ionth Primary producers. Brass mills Scrap
copper smelters
2/ . used
New scrap
New scrapi old scrap New oid scrapNew scraploid scrap
Jamary 9,683 11,242 .7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
February 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
Ray 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
Total 70,755 94,405 42,579 136,330 183,300 19,610 546,979
1955m 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34, 348 5,061 99,783
1 Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, about

2,, 00000 plants in all, estima ted at 2,000 tons of new, scrap and 11,000 tons of old
" scrap per month , not shown in table .
2 ) Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5.
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Table 8 . Production of all metals 1 / from copper-base scrap in 1955
( monthly average ), and 1956 , by months,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3/ Other Brass
Total
Month products mill recovery
Gross Alloying Secondary Primary pro products from copper
weight ingredients smelters producers duced 47 base scrap
January-- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870

February - 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
March-- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24 , 207 739 39,395 95,679
April --- 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808. 145,215 101,345
May ------ 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 137,668 90,785
Total -- 147,263 -8,191 14,510 103,272 3,324 199,668 459,846
1955 ----- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,272
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products , etc.
per month .
2 / Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers ,
6 / Includes secondary copper in chemicals, black copper, aluminum ingot, etc.

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly average ), and 1956 , by months ,
in short tons
By primary pro- By secondary By braes mills Total
ducers 2 ) from smelters from from
copper
Month
New scrap old scrap New.scrap old' scrap New scrap Old scraprecovered
January ------ 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66‫ويليار‬

February 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
March ------- 11,220 13,710 : 5,749. 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
Ápril 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 841,569
May ---- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
Total------ 47,813 58,707 27,565 100,065 136,081 16,318 386,549
1955-------- 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1/ Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not

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Table 10 . efined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 ( preliminary ) ,
Vire mills Brass mills
Period
copper 2 copper 2 / lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955--- 824,609 3,443 3,527 133,737

646,156 1,055
1956 :
January 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February 71,838 63,703 345 138 421 11,680
Warch 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
April 81,872 60,035 291 112 366 11,800
May 82,270 58,625 246 95 922 11,381
1 iata cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .

2 Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the onthly
Copper report .
Table 11 . Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1955, and
in 1956, by months, in short tons ( U. S. epartment of Commerce )

1955
31,137 45,260
1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
iarch 1,604 3,806
April 1,886 4,039
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Reported consumption of copper - base scrap totaled 100,000 short tons in June
compared with 111,000 tons în Hay , according to the Bureau of lines , United States
Department of the Interior . Treatment of scrap at plants of secondary smelters and
brass mills decreased 14 and 16 percent, respectively , whereas that at primary pro
ducers remained virtually unchanged .
Total output of refined copper and copper alloys recovered from copper - base
scrap declined 9 percent in June to 82,300 tons . Production of brass ingot and re
fined copper by secondary smelters and output of brass - mill products by brass mills
were at the lowest rates of the year ., Refined copper production from secondary ma
terials by primary producers , however , rose 7 percent over Way .
According to the American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for No. 1 cop
per scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 30 cents and 27 cents per pound,
respectively , at the end of both May and June . Composition solids were quoted at
23,5 cents per pound at the end of May and 24 cents at the end of June , The price
paid by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 37 cents on May 31 and 35.5 cents
on June 30 .

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base " etals , Division of
Tinerals .
Table 1. – Salient.s.ta tistics, of secondary copper and brass in the
United States , in short tons
January - June day : June
1955. 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956

( gross weight) 1:
At brass mills----- 250,428 235,207 46,672 38,280 46,463 32,297
: At primary producers 149,935 203,787 26,062 38,638 27,888 38,627
Total 609,102 647,338 107,100 111,030 108,741 100,359
weight) 2 / :
Refined copper 15,496 16,890 2,766 2,885 2,692 2,380
products )—- 246,440 231,450 46,144 37,668 45,741 31,782
copper ) 101,520 127,936 17,759 23,060 18,832 24,664
Copper in chemicals 3 3,682 4,086 768 1,094 599 762
To tal secondary recovery
from copper-base scrap 47-528,186 542,145 93,684 90,785 94,357 82,299
base scrap :
By secondary smelters-- 149,511 149,153 24,572 24,455 24,854 21, 523
By brass mills 185,453 176,386 | 35,192 28,698 34,809 23,987
By primary producers 5 /-- 104,841 131,878 18,427 24,138 | 19,388 25,358
Exports ( copper -base scrap ) :
Unalloyed- 23,910 6 / 10,808 3,037 1,979 1,171 (7 )
Alloyed 28,051 6 / 20,580 5,284 4,402 2,404 (7)
end of period ( gross weight) :
At brass nills 35,762 55,168 33,303 47,596 35,761 55,168
At primary producers
--- 39,304 62,532 33,664 56,410 | 39,304 62,532
1 ) ixcludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
ers , about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
which is estima ted to be about 12,000 tons per month of secondary metal from copper
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters ; beginning 1956 includes other prod
ucts ( see Table 8 , Footnote 4) .
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin, zinc, etc. )
used by ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 5 ) .
6 January -lay only .
7 Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in June 1956, gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Receipts consumed 2 / stocks
stocks
No , li wire and heavy 2,700 2,732 2,798 2,634

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light 3,436 3,015 3,548 2,903
Composition or soft rec . orass 4,481 7,447 8,273 3,655
Yellow . brass 6,811 4,577 5,404 5,984
Auto radiators ( unswea ted) -- 3,327 2,253 3,273 2,307
Bronze- 1,757 2,360 2,742 1,375
LOV ! brass 318 196 196 318
Aluminum bronze- 144 3-1 27" 116
Reports were tabula ted from all known secondary copper smelters , 74 plants ,
2 At secondary copper smelters , the scrap used is chiefly old or oosole te equipment
3 / Negative receipts indica te shipments greater than receipts .

copper smelters in June 1956, gross weight in short tons
stocks
consumer's
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 )--- 1,460 1,314 1,336 1,438

Ieadedi tin bronze ( $ 8-6-12-43 ). 1,284 1,729 1,560 1,453
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ). 5,078 7,842 7,736 5,134
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,288 1,553 1,660 1,181
( 75-5-20 ) 515 302 378 4399
Ieaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3--30 ). 1,508 1,453 1,224 1,737
Low brass ----- 267 277 325 219
Silicon bronze- 365 344 338 372
Conductor bronze 68 89 . 83 74
Miscellaneous products produced----- 2,448
-200
Refined copper consumed in copper - base alloys.
base alloysma -1,117
Net total secondary recovery from purchased cop
per -base scrap 25,159
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Table L. - Stocks and consulrition of all corner -base scran and receipts of
purchased corner -base scrap at brass mills in 1955. (preliminary ),
and 1976 , by months, cross weight in short tons 1
Openins stocks rchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
Period
of all scran 2 / receipts generated 3/ consumption 3 / of all scran 2 /
1955- 30,003 2 : 72,909 € 27,051 1,091,99€ 46,967
1976 :
Januar 2:6,967 38,222 62,165 201,00 € 46,348
Februari 1:6,348 40,22 : 60,125 102,285 ‫ وبابا‬610
srch --- 44,610 10,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
Anrii- 113,35 1: 5,957 60,81:9 103,975 L:6,366
: a --- 16,366 38,260 56,388 93,438 47,596
June--- 17,596 32,297 216,2:17 71,112 55,168
1 / Reports were tabulated for all knom operators oſ brass : ills, representing 57
mills . '
2 / Stocios en consumption represent boch hone and purchased scrap . eceipts repre
sent purchasce scrap only .
3 / " alculated , by cifference, from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Talle 5. - Receipts of purchased copper -baso scrap at brass mills

in 1965 and 1976 , lov oniis , fross reisnt in sort tons
item
1955 January June
Scra arch April 1.21
( preliminary )
O. IT : 9 :2 !!:22 92,224 214,409 9,403 7,272 5,502
* 0 2 rire , 1:: d learn
and licki---- 37., 200 8,609 3,510 3,461 2,894
Yellott brass--- 222,833 56,359 22,271 17,836 17,787
Cartridge brass and cases- 67,650 1!! , 979 4,937 4,385 3,083
Dronze 1,60L 2:30 211 124 ‫ܘܢܐܐ‬
Nickel silver 2,650 631 647 595
1,92 €
Low brass---- 25,890 16,967 2,709 1,863 1,717
Aluminum bronze ---- 667 161 CE 79 91
Tixed alloy scrap ---- 16,123 4,631 2,117 2,613 LCE
Lii
of primary copper producers in June 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts
stocks or stocks
consumed
No , I wire and heavy 706 5,108 5,082 732

light 3,657 12,345 12,899 3,103
Refinery brass 10,110 4,314 4,499 9,925
Low -grade scrap and residues- 41,937 22,982 : 16,147 48,772
Total 56,410 44,749 38,627 62,532
1 Reports were tabula ted from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly average ) , and 1956, by months ,

2/ 1
Primary producers
Month copper smelters 201 scrap
used
New scrap ; Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap
January 9,683 11,242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,822 94,477
February 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March- 15,8461 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
May 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
June 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
Total 86,627 117,160 49,728 158,616 213,510 21,697 647,338
1955 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783

scrap per month , not shown 'in table .
5
Table E. Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1955
(monthly average )., and 1956 , by months
Total :
Brass ingot production Refined copper 31 Other Brass
Month
products min recovery
Gross Alloying Secondary Primary pro from copper
products base scrap
weight ingredients2 ] smelters producers duced 4 /
January- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870
February 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
March 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 739 39,395 95,679
April 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
May 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June 24,028 1,317 2,380 24,664 762 31,782 82,299
Total 171,291 -9,508 16,890 127,936 4,086 231,450 542,145
1955 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze cas tings , chemical products , etc. per
month ,
2 / Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers ,
3 / Includes recovery from ioreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
4 Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.
Table 9. - Copper recovered 1 in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly average ); and 1956 , by months,
in short tons
By primary pro By secondary By brass, mills Total

] smelters from from copper
Month ducers 2/ from New scrap old scrap recovered
New scrapi Old scrap New scrap old scrap
January- .
6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
February 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
March 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May 10,043 14,095 5, 539 18,916 , 26,121 2,577 77,291
June 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
Total 58,106 73,772 32,290 116,863 158,363 18,023 457,417
1955 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 1 71,722
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown,
6
Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 (preliminary ),
and 1956 , boy months , cross weicht in short tons
" Fire mills Brass mills
Period
copper 2/ lead pię tin nickel zinc
copper 2
1955- € 214,609 626,156 3 , ‫ويليا‬ 1,055 3,527 133,737
1976 :
January-- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February 71,38 63,703 32.5 138 411 11,680
March 82,670 60,51: 2 329 128 368 ll , E24
April- ( 1,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,600
jay ---- 82,270 58,625 216 95 32: 2 11,381
:
June----- 79,013 LiL:, 110 177 67 (3 ) 7,475
1/ Data cover operations of 17 yrire rills and 57 brass nills .
2 / Detailed information on consumption oï refined coprer is : ublished in the ; onthly
Conner report .
3 / lot available .
Table ll . - Exports oí couper - base scra ) iro the United States in 1955 , and
in 1956 , by months , in sl : ort tons ( U , S. Department of Cornerce)
Unalloyed Copper - lase
Period
Copper scrap alloy , scrap
1955--- 31,137 1:5,260

1956 :
Januarie 1,817 3,315
Ferruar , --- 3,322 5,018
March- 1,204 3,806
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Ha 1,979 4,202
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COPPER SCRAP
Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap in July totaled 67,000

short' tons and the resulting recovery of metals 53,000 tons , compared with 100,000
tons and 82,000 tons , respectively , in June , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . The July figures were the smallest at
least since January 1951 when this monthly series of reports was inaugurated . A
decline in activity at plants using copper materials is usual in July because of
plant closure or slowdowns for employee vacations and annual repairs . Other
factors affecting these operations to some extent were the steel strike and
decreased automobile production .
Although secondary copper and brass consumption and output were less in July
1956 than in any month in 1955, and in elapsed 1956 ; consumption of copper -base
scrap was 5 percent greater in the first 7 months of 1956 than in the same portion
of 1955 . The chief increase in individual group operations in the 1956 period , as
compared with the same part of : 1955 , was 62,000 tons in old scrap used by primary
producers , illustrating an upward trend which began in January 1955 and continued
through July 1956. The increase was partly offset by a 19,000 -ton decrease in use
of old scrap by brass mills . Other changes in group consumption of new and old
scrap were under 10,000 tons each .
Consumption of refined copper at wire and brass mills decreased in July but
stocks increased to 52,000 tons at wire mills and to 59,000 tons at brass mills,
the highest levels of the year .
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 30 cents and 27 cents , per pound ,
respectively , at the end of June and 32 cents and 29.5 cents , respectively , at the
end of July . Composition solids were quoted at 24 cents per pound at the end of
June and 26 cents at the end of July . The price paid by consumers for No. 115 com
position ingot was 35.5 cents on June 30 and 37.75 cents on July 31 .
Final data for 1955 , insofar as available , are given in this report , especially
on page 8 .
Prepared by Archie J. TícDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of
linerals .
Table 1 . Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the
United States , in short: tons

1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956
Consumo tion of cooper - base scrap
( gross "eight) 1/:
it secondary smelters- +232,231 227,682 34,390 29,435 23,492 19,338
t brass mills------ 279,545 253,400 46,463 32,297 29,117 18,193
At primary producers --- 1168,397 233,587 | 27,888 38,627 18,462 29,800
Total ----- 680,173 ! 714,669 1108,741 100,359 71,071 67,331
cover -base scrap ( gross
weight) 2 /:
it secondary srelters
Brass in ot production --- 190,845 186,664 | 28,316 i 24,028 18,800 15,373
Refined copper---- 18,053 18,583 2,692 2,380 2,557 1,693
t brass mills (brass-rill
products) ----- -$275,06€ 249,352 45,741 | 31,782 28,628 17,902
copper ) 112,57 | 146,363 18,832 24,364 10,937 18,427
Copper in chemicals 3 /----- 4,558 4,928 599 762 876 842
from conver-hase scrap 17--508,756 | 595,519 94,357 !| 82,299 60,600 53,374
hase scrap :
By secondary sielters-- 165,671: 163,110 244,854 | 21,523 17,163 13,957
Py brass nills ----- 207,148 169,937 34,809 23,987 21,995 13,551
By primary producers 5/ -- 116,504 | 151,099 19,308 : 25,358 11,763 19,221
Exoorts ( copper -hase scrap ):
Unalloyed --- 211,575 6 / 11,228 1,171 L120 665 (7)
Alloyed ---- 31,618 3 /22,715 2,404 2,135 3,567 (7)
Stocks of cop ver -base scran at
end of period ( Cross weight ) :
It secondary shelters--- 29,971 26,633 26,113 214,999 29,971 26,833
it brass mills--- 37,378 56,902 35,761 55,168 37,378 56,902
At primary producers --- 1:0,195 59,307 39,304 |62,532 40,196 59,307
Excluces consumption by foundries , chemical plants, und miscellaneous manufactur
ērs, about 2,000 ɔlants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scray and 11,000 tons
2/ Excludes roduction by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
which is estimated to be about 12,000 tons per ronth of secondary retal from copper
3 / Production by secondary and primary shelters; beginning 1956 includes other prod
ucts ( see Table 8 , ootnote 4 ) .
Li / Total production cf all metals from copper -hase scrap by these groups , minus
ādded alloying in redients ( refined copier, refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. )
used by incot inakers ( see Tables 3 and 8 ) .
51 Includes comper content or cower sulfate produced from scrap .
5 ) January -June only .
7 / : ot available .
2
Table 2 . . Consurretion and stocks of purchased cooper - base , scrap at
secondary copper smelters in July 1956 , ross weight
in sort tons 1 )
Scrap item Opening Melted or Closing

stocks Receipts consumed 27 stocks....
ko . I rire and he : vi ------ 2,634 1,897 1,743 2,788
10.2 rire , mixed heavy and light--- 2,903 2,693 2,515 3,081
Railroad -car boxes- , 91 31 “ li 108
Yellow brass- 5,984 3,930 3,351 6,563
uto radiators ( unseated ) 2,307 1,918 2,182 2,043
Bronze - von 1,375 1,933 1,589 17719
Nickel silver --- 327 278 183 L22
Low brass--- 318 177 : . 171 324
luminum hronze ---- 116 37-39 · 11 : 66
Low - grade scray and residues- 5,228 2,732 2,342 5,619
1 / Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters, 74 plants .
2 / t secondary cod er sielters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
in alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product.
3 / eative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts.
Table 3 .
Stocks, production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary
copper smelters in July 1955, bross weight in short tons
Kind of ingot Opening Shipments Closing

Production to
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze . ( 88-10-2 ) ----- 1,438 1,104 1,113 1,429
Leaded tin bronze (08-6-1 -4 ';). 1,453 945 1,126 1,272
Leaded red brass (05-5-5-5 --- 5,184 4,978 5,844 3,318
( 84-6-6-2 ) 1,181 1,089 1 , 220 1,050
( 75-5-20 ) -- 439 251 275 415
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) -- 1,737 582 906 1,413
anganese bronze 1,526 732 875 1,383
luminum bronze --- 4:67 357 419 405
Nickel silver ----- 343 191 272 252
Low brass --- 219 173 265 126
Silicon bronze --- 371 315 361 325
Conductor bronze 719 ul! 39 79
Vardeners and special alloys---- 5814 345 364 565
Miscellaneous- 295 117 98 315
Total brass and bronze ingot----- 21, 222 15,373 19,035 17,560
iscellaneous products produced ------ 1,747
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys 2105
liscellaneous ray materials consumed in cooper
base allovs --- -758
let total secondary r? covery irom purchased copia
per base scran- 16,251
Table 4. - Stocks and consumption of all copper - base scrap and receipts
of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955 and 1956,
by months , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Period Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap | Total scrap Closing stocks
of all scrap 2/ recaipts generated 3 / consumption 2 / of all scrap /
2]
1955 ( final) 40,615 477,180 630,005 1,099,926 47,874
1956 :
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40,422 60,125 102,285 44,610
March 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
May 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
July 55,168 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
1 / Reports were tabula ted for all known operators of brass mills, representing 57
mills .
2 ) Śtocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
31. Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. - Receipts of purchased copper -base 'scrap at brass mills

in 1955 and 1956 , by months , gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1955 1956

( final ) Jan. - Tarch Apr. - June July
No , I wire and heavy 97,223 24,409 22,257 2,643
Yellow brass 224,601 56,359 57,894 9,178
Cartridge bras's and cases 71,528 14,979 12,405 2,148
Bronzead 1,656 430 475 60
Nickel silver 8,891 1,928 1,873 398
Low brass 25,724 6,967 6,289 925
Mixed alloy scrap 16,046 4,631 5,218 615
To tal copper -base scrap 477,180 118,673 116,534 18,193
4
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Table 6 ..- Consumption and stocks of purchased . coppermbase scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in July 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed 2 / stocks
No. I wire and heavy ------- 732 3,033 3,462 303

light ----- 3,103 9,011 9,481 2,633
Refinery brass--- 9,925 3,707 4,417 9,215
Total--- 62,532 i 26,575 29,800 59,307
1 / Reports irere tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
Table ? . - Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months,

Month 2/ scrap
used
Ner ! scrap ' Old scrap.i ! ew scrap old scrap New scrap! Old scrap
January 9,683 11,242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
February- 15,186 18,288 8,155 . 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March ----- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April----- 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
May--- 15,747 22,891 " 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
June ----- 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
July --- 11,696 18,104 5,050 14,278 .
16,953 1,240 67,331

Total-98,323 235,264 54,788 !
172,894 230,463 22,937 774,669
1955--- 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 ; 5,061 99,783

1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old :
scrap per month , not shoin in table .
5
(monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months,
Brass. ingot production Refined copper 3 Other Total
products Brass recovery
Month mill from copper
pro
+ Gross Alloying Secondary Primary duced 4 , products base scrap
weight ingredients 2 smelters producers
January - 29,054 --1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37 ; 609 80,870
February - 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
March---30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 739 39,395 95,679
April --od 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
May 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June- 244,028 -1,317 2,380 244,664 762 31,782 82,299
July 15,373 863 1,693 18,427 842 17,902 53,374
Total -- 186,664 -10,371 18,583 146,363 4,928 249,352 595,519
1955---- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
1 / 'Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
per month .
2 ' Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc., used by ingot
makers .
4. Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot.etc .
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Table 9. - Copper recovered il in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly report average ) , and 1956 , by months,
in short tons

Month ducers 2 ' from smelters from from
copper
Tev! scrap Old scrap riew scrap old scrap Nek scrap: old scrap recovered
January --- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449

February 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 | 3,287 76,920
liarch 21,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May ----- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
June --- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July----- 7,668 | 11,553 3,165 10,792 12,572 979 46,729
Total -- d 65,774 85,325 35,455 127,655 170,935 19,002 504,146
1955 ----- 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722

l ' Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not
shovn , estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
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Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products / En 1955 and 1956 ,
by months, cross yeicht in short tons
ire mills ! Brass milis

Period :
copper 2 copper 2 / lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 3 /---
---- 812,563 647,044 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February 71,838 63,703 345 138 411 11,680
Parch ----- 82,578 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
pril ----- 82,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,800
lay ---- 82,270 58,625 2016 95 342 11,381
June- 79,013 2:41, 710 177 67 403 7,475
July ---- 215,301 31,772 115 56 (4) 4,578
17 Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .
Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the
Monthly Copper report .
3/ Final figures .
C / Not available.
Tahle 11. - ports of copper -hase scra , îrom the United States in 1955 , and
in 1956 , by months, in short tons ( u . 5. Department of Commerce )

cooper scrap alloy scrap
1955 ------ 31,137 45,260
1956 :
January ----- 1,017 3,315
February- 3,322 5,018
l'arch- 1,804 3,806
pril ----- 1,886 4,039
lay --- 1,979 4,402
June 420 2,135
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Table 12 , - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper - base scrap at
secondary smelters in 1955, gross weight in short tons
Stocks , Consumption Stocks ,
Scrap item beginning Receipts New Old end of
of year Total
scrap scrap year
No. 1 wire and heavy copper 3,072 42,364 3,403 | 39,019 42,422 3,014
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy , ?
and light copper 3,990 41,416 2,476 38,979 41,455 3,951
Composition or red brass 4,555 112,166 41,059 / 71,529 112,588 4,133
Railroad -car boxes 628 1,021 165
! 1,484 1,484
Yellow brass 6,384 81,592 23,909 67,796 ! 87,705 6,271
Cartridge cases 184 644 8 737 745 83
Auto radiators (unsweated ) 2,373 51,627 50,826 50,826 3,174
Bronze
2,327 37,090 22,581 24,872 37,453 1,964
Nickel silver 560 2,987 315 2,576 2,891 656
Low brass 334 3,620 3,036 626 3,662 292
Aluminum bronze 189 265 45 321 366 88
Low - grade scrap and residues 4,781 39,714 22,459 14,888 37,347 7,148
Total copper -base scrap 29,377 414,506 99,291 313,653 412,944 30,939
Table 13. - Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

copper smelters in 1955, gross weight in short tons 1
Stocks , Shipments Stocks
Kind of ingot beginning Production to end of
of year consumers year
Tin bronze ( 82-10-2 ). 1,718 14,911 15,519 1,110

Leaded tin bronze ( 8 : -6-13 ). 1,594 20,129 20,324 1,399
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) 4,222 115,888 115,569 4,542
High -leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ). 1,717 21,446 21,593 1,570
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,313 16,928 17,026 1,215
( 75-5-20 ) 485 6,889 6,993 381
Leaded yellow brass (66–1–3–30 ) – 1,674 25,062 24,869 1,867
Manganese bronzeme 1,358 13,840 13,830 1,368
Aluminum bronze 533 5,137 5,195 475
Nickel silver 370 3,230 3,401 199
Low brass----- 299 4,012 4,058 253
Silicon bronge 689. 4,677 4,852 514
Conductor bronze 52 1,031 990 *** 93
Hardeners and special alloys 676 12,007 11,964 719
Miscellaneous --- 126 877 851 152
Total brass and bronze ingotsa 20,739 335,908 337,875 18,772
Miscellaneous products produced 1 35,744
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys -6,827
base alloys -17,627
per - base scrap 347,198
1 Includes refined copper, copper in chemicals, black copper, copper powder and
copper in other alloys at other than copper smelters .
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Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap in August was 85,000 short
tons compared with 67,000 in July , the latter figure being a record low , according
to the Eureau of lines, United States Department of the Interior . The increase was
not sufficient to bring the August total up to the monthly average for 1955 nor to
the monthly average for the first 8 months of 1956 , which in each case was about
100,000 tons Secondary copper smelters increased the use of scrap 64 percent
in August and the brass mills 42 percent . In both July and August, consumption by
the smelters: ( 19,000 and 32,000 tons , respectively ) was greater than that of the
brass mills ( 18,000 and 26,000 tons , respectively), whereas in all other months of
the elapsed portion of 1956 and all months of 1955 , except · January and December ,
scrap consumption by brass mills was greater than that by secondary copper smelters ,
Scrap consumption by primary producers was 30,000 tons in July and 27,000 in August .
Total reported recovery of all metals from copper -base scrap totaled 667,400
tons in January through August 1956 , 300 tons less than in the same period of 1955 .
The scrap consumption from which this recovery was obtained totaled 800,000 tons in
January through August 1956 compared with 770,000 tons in January through August
1955. The higher ratio of consumption ' to output in 1956 was caused chiefly by
73,000 -ton increase in use of scrap by primary producers and a 37,000 -ton decrease
by brass mills ; the brass mills use high - grade scrap from which about 98 percent
extraction may be expected whereas primary producers use material from which an
average of 65.to 70 percent may be extracted as metal...
According to the American iletal Market, prices paid in New York for No. 1
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 32 cents and 29.5 cents per
pound , respectively , at the beginning of August , and 31,5 and 29.5 cents, respective
ly , at the end of the month . Composition solids were quoted at 26 cents per pound
on August 1 and remained at that level throughout the : month . The price paid by , con
sumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 37.75 cents at the beginning and end of
August .
Prepared by irchie J. McDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon, under

the supervisi on of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Pranch of Base Metals, Division of
Table 1 . Salient statistics .of . secondary copper and brass in the
January -August July August
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956
At secondary smelters---- ---264,755 259,3044 23,492 19,338 32,524 / 31,622
At brass mills- --316,490 279 , 281 29,117 18,193 36,945 25,881
At primary producers- -- 188,493 261,184 18,462 29,800 20,096 27,597
Total------ 769,738 799,769 71,071 67,331 89,565 85,100
weight ) 2 / :
Refined copper --- 20,803 20,513 2,557 1,693 2,750 1,930
products ) --- 311,433 274,814 28,628 17,902 36,365 25,462
copper ) ----- 125,880 164,982 10,937 18,427 13,423 18,619
.
Copper in chemicals 3 / 5,247 5,596 876 8L2 689 668

from copper -base scrap 4/ 7667,637 667,366 60,600 53,374 78,851 | 71,847

base scrap :
By secondary smelters --- -- 190,169 185,574 17,163) 13,957 23,495 22,464
By brass mills ---- 235,882 209,102 21,995 13,551 28,434 19,165
By primary producers 5 /------- 130,656 170,374 11,763 19,221 14,052 .19,275
Exports ( copper -base scrap ) :
Unalloyed ------ 25,582 6 / 12,6644 665 1,436 1,007 (7 )
Alloyed ----- 35,476 6 /28,024 3,567 5,309 3,858 (7)
end of period . ( gross weight ):
At secondary smelters--- 30,510 23,639 29,971 26,833 30,510 23,639
At brass mills------ 36,493 52,911 37,378 56,902 36,493 52,911
At primary producers--- 53,536 63,002 40,196 59,307 53,536 63,002
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufactur
ērs , about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons
2 / Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products, etc.
4 / Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups, minus
used by ingot makers ( see Table s 3 and 8 ) .
5 / Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
7 Not available .
secondary copper smelters in August 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1 /.
consumed 2 /
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,788 2,380 2,886 2,282
NO : 2 wire , mixed heavy and light--- 3,081 , 2,793 . . 3,309 2,565
Composition or..soft red : brass --- 4,049 7,963 8,720 3,292
Yellow brass --- 6,563 5,163 5,973 5,753
Bronze --- 1,719 2,077 2,586 1,210
Nickel silver--- 422 348 345 425
Low brass ------ 324 304 244 384
Aluminum bronze 66 47 7 .106
Low - grade scrap and residues---- 5,619 1..3,670 3,769 5,520
... - Total copper -base scrap ------ 26,833 28,428 31,622 23,639
Reports were tabulated from all knoin secondary copper smelters , 74 plants .

copper smelters in august 1955 , gross weight in short tons
Opening
Shipments Closing
Kind of ingot Production i to
| stocks
stocl :s
! Consumers
Tin bronze ( 86-10-2 )----- 1,429 1,753 1,719 1,463

Leadec tin bronze ( 88-6-1-43 ). 1,272 1,735 1,810 1,197
Leaded red brass (65-5-5-5 .)-- 3,318 8,972 8,337 3,952
Leaded semired brass (51-3-7-9 ----- 3,554 4,892 5,257 3,289
High-leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) -- 1,649 1,544 1,529 1,664
( 84-6-8-2 ) -- 1,050 1,593 1,700 943
( 75-5-20 ) ----1 415 456 401 470
lianganese bronze --- 1,383 1,407 1,450 1,340
Aluminum bronze ---- 405 620 543 472
Nickel silver--- 262 389 351 300
Low brass ---- 126 260 157 229
Silicon bronze ---- 325 351 290 386
liscellaneous 315 140 190 265

lliscellaneous products produced----- 1,942
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys --- -254
iscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper
base alloys ------ ----- -1,190
Net total secondary recovery from purchased copy
per - base scr2 ----- - 27,110
Table 4. - Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955, ( final ),
end 1956, by months, cross weight in short tons 1 !
Period
of all scrap 21 receipts generated 3 / consumption 2 /of all scrap 2 /
1955 (final). 40,615 477,180 1630,005 1,099,926 47,874
1956 :
January- 46,567 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February --- 46,348 40,422 60,125 102,285 44,610
l'arch ------ 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April------ 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
May----- 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June --- 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
Júly ------ 55,168 | 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
August- 56,902 25,881 44,069 73,941 52,911
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57
mills .
3 / Calculated, by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .
Table 5. - Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills

in 1955 (final ) and 1956 , by months, gross vei cht in short tons
1955 January April
Scran item July August
( finai) llarch June
No. I wire and heavy- 97,223 24,409 22,257 · 2,643

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4,089
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light-- 30,838 8,809 9,865 , 2,214 2,551
Yellow brass --- 224,601 56,359 57,894 ; 9,178 1 13,576
Bronze---- 1,656 1 430 475 : 60 104
Nickel silver --- 8,891 1,928 i 1,873 398 630
Low brass ----- 25,724 6,967 6,289 925 1 1,427
Aluminum bronze --- 673 161 256 12 85
Mixed alloy scrap--- 16,046 4,631 5,218 6151 636
Total copper -base scrap ---- 477,180 118,673 1

116,534 18,193 25,881
4
Table 6. - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants
of primary copper producers in August 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1
i Opening Melted or closing
stocks consumed 2
No. 1 wire, and heavy --- 303 4,342 4,297 348
light------ 2,633 9,634 9,800 2,467
Refinery.brass ----- 9,215 2,779 4,419 7,575 .
Total- 59,307 31,292 27,597 63,002
Table 7. - Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months,

Primary producers copper smelters Total
Month 2) scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap lew scrap old scrap
January- 9,683 11 , 242 7,932 27,358 34,401 3,821 94,477
February- 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March ---- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April---- 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
lay---- 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
June 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
July ----- 11,696 18,204 5,060 14,278 16,953 1,240 67,331
August-- 11,350 16,207 7,609 24,013. 23,855 2,016 85,100
Total-- 109,713 151,471 62,397 106,907 254,328 24,953 799,769
1955 ----- 15,148 | 11,375 2,281 25,570 34,346 5,061 1. 99,783
2,000.plants in all estimated at 2,000 tons of new scrap and 11,000 tons of old scrap
2' Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
5
( monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months ,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 Other Total
Brass
Month Gross
Alloying products mill recovery
Secondary Primary produced from copper
weight ingredients smelters producers products base scrap
2 4
January-- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870
February-- 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
ilarch----- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 244 , 207 739 39,395 95,679
April----- 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
Ma 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 50,785
June----- 214,028 -1,317 2,380 244,6664 762 31,782 82,299
July-----15,373 -863 1,693 16,427 842 17,902 53,374 .
August ---- 26,612 -1,44444 1,930 18,619 668 25,462 71,847
Total--- 213,276 -11,815 20,513 1. 164,982 5,596 . 274,814 667,366
1955 ----- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
1 ' Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous man
ufacturers which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal
per month .
2 ) Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
31. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis ,

copper - base scrap in 1955 (monthly report average ), and 1956 , by months ,
in short tons
copper
New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap i old scrap recovered
January-- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
February-- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
ilarch-- 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April---- 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
Ilay ---- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
June --- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July ----- 7,668 11,553 3,165 10,792 12,572 979 46,729
August ---- 7,708 11,567 4,831 17,633 17,618 1,547 60,904
Total 73,482 96,892 40,286 145,288 188,553 20,549 565,050
1955 - * 10,829 i 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722

shown estimated at 1,700 tons from new scrap and 7,600 tons from old scrap .
Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill. products 1 in 1955 ( final)
and 1956 , by ronths, cross weight in short tons
Period Refined Slab
Refined Refined Refined Primary 1
copper 2 / Copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 ( final ) & 12,663 647,044 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737
1956 :
January- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February 71,838 63,703 345 !
138 411 11,680
March 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
April----- 81,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,800
May------- 82,270 58,625 246 95 342 11,381
June----- 79,013 44,110 177 67 403 7,475
July ------ 45,301 31,771 115 56 319 4,578
August--- 71,183 48,529 203 87 (3 ) 7,694
Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .
2 Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the Monthly
Copper report .
2 Not available.
Table 11. - Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1955 , and
in 1955 , by months , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1955 ----- 31,137 45,260

1956 :
January- 1,817 3,315
liarch------ 1,804 3,806
April- 1,886 4,039
ilay---- 1,979 4,402
June --- 420 2,135
July --- 1,436 5,309
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COPPER SCRAP
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN SEPTEMBER 1956
Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap declined from 85,000 short
tons in August to 81,000 tons in September , according to the Bureau of Mines, United
States Department of the Interior . The net decrease consisted of 2,600 - ton and
1,800-ton losses by the secondary smelters and primary producers , respectively , and
a 100-ton apparent gain by the brass mills . For convenience in calculation , con
sumption of purchased scrap by the brass mills is assumed equal to receipts of pur
chased scrap .
Total copper scrap consumption in each of the first 5 months of 1956 was greater
than the consumption in the corresponding months of 1955 , but in June through Septem
ber 1956 , consumption in each month was less than in the corresponding months of
1955 . Total consumption for the first three quarters of 1956 was a little greater
than for the first three quarters of 1955. However , the trend in copper scrap con
sumption was downward in May through September and, according to press reports ,
continued through October . Thus the present outlook is that copper scrap consumption
and the resulting secondary metal recovery will be less in 1956 than in 1955 .
The primary producers ' consumption of scrap in the first three quarters of 1956
( 287,000 tons ) was 33 percent greater than in the same part of 1955 , whereas consump
tion by brass mills (306,000 tons ) was 14 percent less , and of secondary smelters
( 288,000 tons ), 4 percent less . The increase by the primary producers and the de
creases by the other two groups were , to a great extent , in use of old scrap .
According to the American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for No. 1 copper
scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 31.5 and 29.5 cents , respectively , at
the beginning of September , and 30 and 28 cents, respectively , at the end of the
month . Composition solids were quoted at 26 cents per pound throughout the month .
The price paid by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 37.75 cents at the
beginning and end of September .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , J. 1 !. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of
Minerals .
Table 1 , - Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the
January -September August September

1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956
Consumption of copsr -base scrap
At secondary smelters 299,563 288, 279 32,524 31,622
. 34,808 ' 28,975
At brass mills 305,263 36,945! 25,881 38,462 25,982
354,952
At primary prod icers- 216,477 286,980 20,096 27,597 27,984 25,796
Total--- 870,992 880,522 89,565 85,100 101,254 80,753
Production of al metals from
copper -base scr .p (gross
weight ) 2 ):
Brass ingot production
Refined copper
245,640 237,380 26,828 | 26,612 i 27,967 24,104
23,873 22,282 i 2,750 1,930 3,070 1,769
products )---- 349,298 300,377 36,365 25,462 ; 37,865 ; 25,563
copper )------ 146,084 181,497 13,423 | 18,619 20,204 16,515
Copper in chemicals 3/ 5,362 6,268 689 668 115 672

from copper -base scrap 47-755,199 734,721 78,851 71,847 87,562 67,355
base scrap :
By secondary smelters 215,213 206,276 23,495 22,464 : 25,044 20,702
By brass mills----- 265,196 228,423 28,434 19,165 · 29,314 19,321
By primary producers 5 -- 150,915 187,548 14,052 | 19,275 20,259 | 17,174
Unalloyed ---- 26,532 6 / 14,2471,007 1,583 950 (7)
Alloyed ------- 38,184 18 /31,896 3,858 3,872 2,708 (7)
end of period (gross weight ):
At brass mills ----- 39,278 48,073 36,493 52,911 39,278 1 48,073
At primary producers--- 64,890 53,5361 63,002 60,134 ! 64,890
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufactur
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956'includes other prod
added alloying ingredients (refined copper, refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc. )
used by ingot makers (see Tables 3 and 8 ) .
5)). Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
6! January -August only .
7 Not available .
secondary copper smelters in September 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item Receipts
No. l wire and heavy--- 2,282 3,037 2,536 2,783
Composition or soft red brass- 3,292 8,078 7,770 3,600
Railroad - car boxes- 101 .. 31-17 48 36
Yellow brass ---
5,753 5,373 5,392 5,734
Cartridge cases- 85 . : . 68 . 107 46
Bronze ------ 1,210 2,373 2,259 1,324
Low brass --- 384 297 370 311
Aluminum bronze 106 55 31 . 130
Total copper -base scrap --- 28,975 25,569
1 Reports were tabulated
23,639 30,905
from all known secondary copper smelters, 74 plants .

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) -- 1,463 1,582 1,590 1,455

Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) -- 3,952 8,142 8,402 3,692
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9)------ 3,289 4,545 4,627 3,207
High-leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ) ---- 1,664 1,513 1,597 1,580
( 84-6-8-2 )---- 943 1,683 1,440 1,186
( 75-5-20 ) --- 470 243 290 423
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ---- 1,383 973 1,161 1,195
Nickel silver ----- 300 350 319 331
Low brass --- 229 164 286 107
Silicon bronze ----- 386 372 388 370
Conductor bronze ----- 83 88 76 95
Hardeners and special alloys- 527 589 524 592
Miscellaneous --- 265 102 142 225
Miscellaneous products produced- 1,782
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys-- -211
base alloys ----- -1,057
per base scrap 244,618
3
Table 4. - Stocks and consumption of all copper - base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955 ( final ),
and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons 1 ]
Period
of all scrap 2/ receipts generated 3 consumption 2 /) of all scrap 2 )
1955 ( final ) 40,615 477,180 630,005 1,099,926 47,874
1956 :
January- 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40,422 60,125 102,285 44,610
March- 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April- 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
llay- 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June--- 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
July ------ 55,168 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
August ------ 56,902 25,881 44,069 73,941 52,911
September 52,911 25,982 41,873 72,693 48,073
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing 57
mills .
3 / Calculated, by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .

in 1955 ( final ) , and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons
1955 January- April
Scrap item March June July August September
( final )
No. 1 wire and heavy ------ 97,223 244,409 22,257 2,6431 4,089 4,278
light---- 30,838 8,809 9,865 2,214 2,551 2,657
Yellow brass 224,601 56,359 57,894 9,178 13,576 14,067
Cartridge brass and cases 71,528 14,979 12,405 / 2,148 2,783 2,287
Bronze ---- 1,656 430 475 60 104 64
Nickel silver --- 8,891 1,928 1,873 398 630 545
Low brass 25,724 6,967 6,289 925 ! 1,427 1,634
Alununum bronze- 673 161 258 121 85 3
Mixed alloy scrap 16,046 4,631 5,218 615 636 447
Total comper -base scrap --- |477,180 118,673 216,534 18,193 25,881 25,982
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of primary copper producers in September 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Opening Meited or Closing
Scrap item Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy- 348 3,946 3,926 368
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and
- light------- 2,467 7,697 8,026 2,138
Refinery brass --- 7,575 2,492 3,967 6,100
Low - grade scrap and residues ---- 52,612 13,549 9,877 56,284
Total--- 63,002 27,684 25,796 64,850
1 / Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . ' The scrap and
Table 7. - Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1

in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months ,
Primary producers Total
Month copper smelters 2) scrap
used
January ---- 9,583 11 , 242 7,932 27,398 :-34,401 3,821 94,477
February --- 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 , 3,955 109,491
March ------ 15,846 20,89.7 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April------ 144,293 21,037 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
May -------- . 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
June----- 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
July ------ 11,696 18,104 5,060 14,278 16,953 1,240 67,331
August----- 11,390 16,207 7,609 244,013 23,865 2,016 85,100
September - 12,719 13,077 6,786 22,189 24,807 1,175 80,753
Total --- 122,432 164,548 69,183 219,096 279,135 26,128 880,522
1955------- 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783
1/ Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, about

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Table 8. – Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1955
(monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months,
Brass ingot. production Refined copper 3 Other Total
Alloying Brass recovery
products
Month Gross ingredients Secondary Primary produced mill . from copper
weight smelters producers products base scrap
2/ 4 / ..
January --- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870
February-- 29,570 . -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 ..39,781 91,167
March ----- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 ..73.9 . 39,395 95,679
April --- 30 ,7 64 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
May ------- 27,7 22 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June------ 24,028 -1 ., 317 2,380 244,664 762 31,782 82,299
July ------ 15,373 -863 1,693 18,427 842 17,902 53,374
August ---- 26,612 -1,4444 1,930 18,619 668 25,462 71,847
September- 24,104 -1,268 1,769 16,515 672 25,563 67,355
Total--- 237,380 -13,083 22,282 181,497 6,268 300,377 734,721
1955 ------ 27,440 -1,674 2 ; 838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
1 Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous man
ufacturers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal
month .
2 ) Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. used by ingot
makers .

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956 ,
by months , in short tons
smelters from
Total
ducers 2 ) from from
copper
New scrap Old scrap Mew scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January --- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
February-- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
I-larch ---o- 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April----- 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May------ 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
June----- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July ------ 7,668 11,553 3,165 10,792 12,572 979 46,729
August---- 7,708 11,567 4,831 17,633 17,618 1,547 60,904
September- 8,479 8,695 4,430 16,272 18,355 966 57,197
Total --- , 81,961 105,587 44,716 161,560 206,908 21,515 622,247
1955------ 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown,
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Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 (final )
Period
copper 2 copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 (final ) 812,663 647,044 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737

1956 :
January --- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February --- 71,838 63,703 345 138 411 11,680
March 82,678 60,542 1 329 128 368 11,884
April 81,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,800
May ---- 82,270 58,625 246 95 342 11,381
June ---- 79,013 44,110 177 67 403 7,475
July ------- 45,301 31,772 115 56 319 4,578
August---- 71,183 48,529203 87 425 7,694
Sep tem ber -- 67, 635 43,515191 98 (3 ) 7,498
Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .
Copper report .
3 / Not available .
Table ll . - Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1955 , and
in 1955 , by months, in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1955---- 31,137 45,260

1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
March --- 1,804 3,806
April- 1,886 4,039
May ----- 1,979 4,402
June--- 420 2,135
July ------ 1,436 5,309
August --- 1,583 3,872
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Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap in October totaled 89,000

Sheratontons compared with 81,000 tons in September , according to the Bureau of Mines ,
United States Department of the Interior . The difference can be largely attributed
to the greater number of working days in October . Receipts of purchased scrap at
brass mills increased 6,800 tons or 26 percent , at secondary smelters 2,600 tons or
9 percent , and at primary producers decreased 2,700 tons or 10 percent . Yellow
brass was the most important scrap item used by brass mills and constituted 54 per
cent of their total scrap consumption . Composition scrap was the most important
item used by secondary copper smelters and in October accounted for 27 per cent of
their total .
Production of composition ingot at secondary smelters in October (9,200 tons )

was greater than that of any other type . During 1955 , 113,000 tons of composition
scrap were consumed and 116,000 tons of composition ingot were produced thus indi -
cating that most composition scrap was used in the production of composition ingot .
Although brass mills used virtually the same quantity of scrap in October as the
secondary smelters (33,000 tons ), their secondary metal recovery was 32,000 tons
compared with 28,000 by the smelters . The brass mills use high -grade, more rigidly
segregated scrap than the smelters . Both do considerable remelting but the smelters
also treat large quantities of scrap in reverberatory furnaces , cupolas and blast
furnaces in which fluxes are used , and many impurities are removed in slags and
skimmings . Secondary copper content of refined copper production by primary produc
er's decreased 11 percent to 14,800 tons in October following a decrease to 16,500
tons in September . The ratio of secondary production to primary output by primary
producers varies because these plants use scrap only as auxiliary raw material .
According to the American lietal llarket prices paid in New York for No. 1 copper
scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 30 and 28 cents per pound , respectively ,
at the beginning of the month , and 28 and 26.5 cents, respectively , at the end of
October Composition solids were quoted at 26 cents per pound on October 1 and 24
cents on October 31. The price paid by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot was
37.75 cents at the beginning of October and 35 cents at the end of the month .
Prepared by Archie J. PicDermid , J. W. Pennington and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals , Division of
Minerals
Table 1. - Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the
January -October September October
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956
Consumption of copper -base
scrap ( gross weight) 1 / :
At secondary smelters- 336,605 ! 321,121 34,808 28,975 37,042 32 ;812
At brass mills --- 400,624 338,031 38,462 25,982 45,672 : 32,768
249,058 310,004 27,984 25,796 32,581 23,024
At primary producers.
Total----

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986,287 269,156 101,254 80,753 115,295 88,634
weight ) 2 /: .
Brass ingot production ---- 274,919 264,610 27,967 24,104 29,279 27,230
Refined copper 27,117 214,527 3,070 1,769 3,244 2,245
products ) --- 394,2391 332,616 37,865 25,563 44,941 32,239
(refined copper )- -------- 167,268 196,273 20,204 16,515 21,184 14,776
Copper in chemicals 3 / ------ 6,055 ! 6,593 115 672 693 325
from copper -base scrap 1-852,8
4 66 , 309,922 87,562 67,355 97,667 75,201
base scrap :
By secondary smelters ---- 241,981 : 230,071 25,044 20,702 26,768 23,795
By brass mills ---- -- 299,876 : 252,847 29,314 19,321 34,680 24,424
By primary producers5/----- 172,708 202,631 20,259 17,174 21,793 15,083
Exports ( copper -base scrap ): 28,196 6 /15,837 950 1,590 1,664 (7 )
Unalloyed ----
Alloyed ------ 40,946 6 / 35,495 2,708 3,599 2,762 (7)
At secondary smelters ------- 29,406 26,262 31,079 25,569 29,406 26,262
At brass mills- 42,866 45,907 39,278 48,073 42,866 45,907
At primary producers- 60,918 60,134 64,890 ! 60,918 66,899
66,899
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufactur
ucts ( see Table 8 , Footnote 4 ) . .
4 Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus added
by ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8 ) .
6 January -September only .
7 Not available.
2
2 - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at
Table 2.
secondary copper smelters in October 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1 /
Scrap item Receipts
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,783 2,989 2,970 2,802
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light - od 2,923 3,788 3,932 2,779
Railroad - car boxes --- 36 34 8 62
Yellow brass.- 5,734 5,980 6,111 5,603
Bronze ---- 1,324 3,006 2,800 1,530
Low brass- 311 376 325 362
Aluminum bronze --- 130 38 34 134
Total copper -base scrap- +25,569 33,535 32,842 26,262
1 Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smeliers , 74 plants .
2 ) At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiely old or obsolete equipment

Shipments
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) 1,455 1,597 1,484 1,568
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) --- 3,692 9,152 8,416 4,428
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9 ). 3,207 5,259 5,170 3,296
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) -- 1,580 1,877 1,843 1,614
(84-6-3-2 ) ---- 1,186 1,446 1,625 1,007
( 75-5-20 ) ----- 423 398 404 417
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) ------ 1,195 1,594 1,552 1,237
low brass- 107 315 296 126
Silicon bronze---- 370 365 370 365
Conductor bronze 95 SO 71 114
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys-- -279
per base scrap --- 27,879
3
Table 4. - Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
.
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955 ( final )

Purchased | Home scrap
Opening stocks Purchased Total scrap Closing stocks
Period
of all scrap 2 ) receipts generated 3 consumption 2 ] of all scrap 2 /
1955 ( final ) -- 40,615 477,180 630,005 1,099,926 47,874
1956 :
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February 46,348 40,422 60,125 102,285 4,610
March 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April- 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
May--- 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June --- 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
July ------ 55,168 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
August----- 56,902 25,882 44,069 73,941 52,911
September --- 52,911 25,982 41,873 72,693 48,073
October ---- 48,073 32,768 47,555 82,489 45,907
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57
mills .
3 ) Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .

in 1955 ( final ) and 1956 , by months, gross weight in short tons
1955 January April July
Scrap item October
( final ) March June September
No. 1 wire and heavy- 97,223 264,409 22,257 11,010 6,098
No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light---- 30,838 8,809 9,865 7,422 2,688
Yellow brass- 224,601 56,359 57,894 36,821 17,671
Bronze --- 1,656 430 475 228 161
Nickel silver 3,891 1,928 1,873 1,573 651
Low brass ---- 25,724 6,967 6,2891 3,986 2,034
Aluminum bronze --- 673 161 258 100 153
lixed alloy scrap --- 16,046 4,631 5,218 1,6981 498
Total copper -base scrap- 477,180 118,673 116,534 70,056 32,768

4
of primary copper producers in October 1956 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
No. 1 wire and heavy- 368 205
2,788 2,951
Refinery brass ----- 6,100 1,610 2,859 4,851
Low - grade scrap and residues ---- 56,284 12,591 9,572 59,303
Total --- 64,890 25,033 66,899
23,024
y Reports were
----
tabulated from
all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
Table 7 . -
Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 /
copper smelters 2/
Month scrap
used
New sarap old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January- 9,633 11,2/12
! 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
February---- 15,186 18,258 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
Harch --- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,75 ) 113,709
April--- 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
l-ay---- 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 lll , 030
June --- 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
July- 11,696 18,104 5,060 14,278 16,953 1,240 67,331
August ------ 11,390 16 , 207 7,609 24,013 23,865 2,016 85,100
September-- 12,719 13,077 6,786 22,189 24,807 1,175 80,753
October-- 11,418 11,606 7,334 25 , 508 30,515 2,253 88,634
Total -- 133,850 176,154 76,517 244,604 309,650 28,381 969,156
1955----- 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061 99,783

1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
5
(monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months ,
Brass
Month Alloying products recovery
Gross Secondary Primary mill
ingredien ts produced from copper
2/ 4/
January- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870
February- 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
March --- 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 739 39,395 95,679
April-----+ 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
May--- 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June- 244,028 -1,317 2,380 244,664 762 31,782 82,299
July ------- 15,373 -363 1,693 18,427 842 17,902 53,374
August---- 26,612 -1,444 1,930 18,619 668 25,462 71,847
September - 24,104 -1,268 1,769 16,515 672 25,563 67,355
October 27,230 -1,614 2,245 14,776 325 32,239 75,201
Total --- 264,610 -14,697 24,527 196,273 i 6,593 332,616 809,922
1955------- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous man
ufacturers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal
per month .
2 ) Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. used by ingot
makers .
4 / Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.

copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956 ,
By primary pro- 1 By secondary By brass mills
Total
ducers 2 ) from smelters from from
copper
January- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
February- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
March ------ 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April--- 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May --- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
June --- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July---- 7,668 11,553 3,165 10,792 12,572 979 46,729
August 7,708 11,567 4,831 17,633 17,618 1,547 60,904
September-- 8,479 8,695 4,430 16,272 18,355 966 57,197
October- 7,584 7,499 4,681 19,114 22,598 1,826 63,302
Total ---- 89,545 113,086 49,397 180,674 23,341
229,506 685,549
1955------ 10,829 6,973 18,977
5,415 25,556 3,972 71,722
6
Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1955 (final )
and 1956 , by months, cross weight in short tons
Period
copper 2 / copper lead pig tin nickel zinc
1955 (final ) 8.12,663 647,044 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737

1956 :
January--- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203
February-- | 71,838 63,703 345 138 411 11,680
March 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884
April --- 81,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,800
May --- 82,270 58,625 246 95 342 11,381
June 79,013 44,110 177 67 403 7,475
July ------ 45,301 31,771 115 56 319 4,578
August --- 71,383 48,529 203 87 425 7,694
September- 67,635 43,515 191 98 450 7,498
October ---- 74,751 48,616 200 96 (3 ) 4 /9,128
1 ) Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills .
Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the Monthly
Copper report .
3 ) Not available.
4 / Revised .
in 1956 , by months , in short tons (U. S. Department of Commerce )
1955---- 31,137 45,260

1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
February ----- 3,322 5,018
I'arch 1,804 3,806
April--- 1,836 4,039
Hlay --- 1,979 4,402
June--- 420 2,135
July ------ 1,436 5,309
August---- 1,583 3,872
September 1,590 3,599

Prepared 12/11/55
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BUIRNERA ETCOST S
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BUREAU OF MINES
FRED A. SEATON , Secretary MARLING J. ANKENY , Director
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1057 CONSUMERS REPORT NO . 137
SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN NOVEL-BER 1956

( MENT
Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap declined 6 percent to
84,000 short tons in November , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Depart
ment of the Interior . Total scrap consumption for elapsed 1956 was 1,053,000 tons
from which 745,000 tons of copper was recovered . Corresponding figures for the same
portion of 1955 were 1,094,000 tons of scrap and 789,000 tons of copper , indicating
that reported secondary recovery of copper in 1956 will be less than in 1955. Al
though total scrap consumption declined in November use of that material by primary
producers increased from 23,000 tons in October to 244,000 in November . .
Receipts of purchased scrap at brass mills decreased 14 percent to 28,000

tons in November . The consumption of purchased scrap by brass mills is difficult to
measure but the total scrap consumption , including both home and purchased , is a part
of brass mill records . The consumption of purchased scrap is assumed equal to pur
chased receipts which would be precisely true if stocks were not allowed to accumulate,
and approximately true if stocks remained constant . Brass mills seldom sell scrap
and eventually all scrap , including purchased is consumed , so that over a period of
time purchased scrap receipts are equal to purchased scrap consumption and errors in
monthly consumption figures are compensatory . Purchased receipts of scrap at brass
mills increased in every month of elapsed 1956 in which total scrap consumption in
creased except September and decreased when total consumption decreased indicating
that errors in purchased consumption figures were not unreasonable . Consumption of
copper scrap at secondary smelters decreased in about the same proportion as total
scrap consumption .
The secondary production of each of the three groups mentioned was in

proportion to their consumption of scrap . The production of the smelters and refin
ers was reported whereas the secondary output of the brass mills was calculated from
the quantities of the different types of scrap consumed . The approximate total pro
duction of this group was obtainable by adding secondary production to refined metal
consumption which totaled 81,000 tons in November and 91,000 tons in October . The
melting loss in consumption of refined metals would be small .
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 28 and 26.5 cents per pound ,
respectively ,, at the beginning and end of November . Composition solids were quoted
at 24 cents per pound on November 1 and 24.5 cents on November 30. The price paid
by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 35 cents at the beginning of the month
and remained at that level throughout November .

the supervision of Richard H. Mote . Chief . Branch of Base Metals . Division of Minerals .
Table 1 . - Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the
a

January -November October November
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956

scrap ( gross weight) 1 /:
At brass mills --- 438,459 366,226 45,672 32,768 37,835, 28,195
At primary producers --- 285,035 334,085 32,581 23,024, 35,977 24,081
Total--- 1,094,310 1,052,663 115,295 88,634.208,023 83,507
Production of all metals VIKERESET
from copper -base scrap
( gross weight) 2 /: pa 6
Brass ingot production --- 302,038 290,170 29,279 27,2301 27,119 25,560
Refined copper -- 30,552 26,781 3,244 2,245, 3,435 2,254
At brass mills (brass -mili
products) --- 431,471 360,377 44,941 32,239 37,232 27,761
(refined copper ) 187,437 212,270 21,184 14,77620,169 15,997
4 / ---- 939,824 880,256 97,667 75,201 86,958 70,334
base scrap :
By secondary smelters ----- 266,865 252,584 26,768 23,795 24,884 22,513
By brass mills ---- 328,430 273,731 34,680 24,424 28,554 20,884
By primary producers 5 / -- 193,602 218,861 21,793 15,083 20,894 16,230
Unalloyed --- 29,499 6 / 19,241 1,664 3,404 1,303 ( 7)
Alloyed ----- 42,541 6/46, 158 2,7624,663 1,595 (7)
Stocks of copper -base scrap
at end of period (gross weight );
At brass mills
45,289 44,043 42,866 45,907 45,289 44,043 na
At primary producers ------ 62,272 70,610 60,918 66,899 62,272 70,610
1 ) Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufac.
Eurers , about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000
2 ) Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
turers , which is estimated to be about 10,000 tons per month of secondary metal
3 / Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956 includes other
products ( see Table 8, Footnote 4 ) .
4 ) Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus
added alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc. )
used by Ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8 ).
5/ January -October only .
Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in November 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed 2/ stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,802 2,671 2,953 2,520
No. 2 wiren, mixed heavy and light-- 2,779 4,129 3,824 3,084
Compositio or soft red brass - 3,757 7,649 7,562 3,844
Railroad - car boxes - 62 28 21 69
Yellow brass- 5,603 5,508 6,023 5,088
Bronze 1,530 2,709 2,719 1,520
Nickel silver --- 358 234 242 350
Low brass -- 362 209 261 310
Low -grade scrap and residues 5,818 3,639 3,211 6,246
Total copper -base scrap ------ 26,262 30,992 31,231 26,023
1 Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters, 74 plants .
in alloy form , which remains incalloy form in the product .

Shipments
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) 1,568 1,462 1,626 1,404

Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 4,428 8,294 8,280 4,442
84-6-8-2 ) 1,007 1,725 1,286 1,446
( 75-5-20 ) 417 562 548 431
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) - 1,237 1,642 1,499 1,380
Low brass --- 126 278 239 165
Silicon bronze ----- 365 499 395 469
Conductor bronze --- 114 47 94 67
Miscellaneous- . 171 214 144 241
Miscellaneous products produced -- 2,270

Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys. -274
base alloys 1,213
et total secondary recovery from purchased
copper base scrap 26,343
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1955 ( final ),
and 1956 , by months , gross weight in short tons 1/
Period
of all scrap 2 ) receipts generated 3 / consumption 2/ of all scrap 2
1955 ( final )-- 40,615 477,180 630,005 1,099,926 47,874
1956 :
January 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February---- 46,348 40 , 422 60,125 102,285 44,610
March- 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April --- 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46 , 366
May --- 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June - 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
July ----- 55,168 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
August ---- 56,902 25,881 44,069 73,941 52,911
September -- d 52,911 25,982 41,873 72,693 48,073
October -... 48,073 32,768 47,555 82,489 45,907
November ---- 45,907 28,195 43, 408 73,467 44,043
mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts represent
purchased scrap only .

in 1955 ( final ), and 1956 , by months , gross weight in short tons
>
1955 January- April- July

Scrap item October November
( final) March June September
No. 1 wire and

heavy- 97,223 24,409 22,257 11,010 6,098 4,851
No. 2 wire , mixed
heavy and light--- 30,838 8,809 9,865 7,422 2,688 2,146
Yellow brass 224,601 56,359 57,894 36,821 17,671 14,854
Cartridge brass and
cases- 71,528 14,979 12,405 7,218 2,814 3,486
Bronze 1,656 430 4475 228 161 101
Nickel silver --- 8,891 1,928 1,873 1,573 651 592
Low brass 25,724 6,967 6,289 3,986 2,034 1,700
Aluminum bronze 673 161 258 100 153 18
Mixed alloy scrap .--- 16,046 4,631 5,218 1,698 498 447
Total copper
base scrap --- 477,180 118,673 116,534 70,056 32,768 28,195
4
of primary copper producers in November 1956 , gross weight
in short tons 1
.|1.
No. 1 wire and heavy 205 5,377 3,775 1,807

Refinery brass ---- 4,851 2,079 3,314 3,616
Total .-- 66,899 27,792 24,081 70,610
1/ Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and
Table 76 - Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 /

O
in 1955 ( monthly report average ) and 1956 , by months,


used
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old "scrap New scrap old scrap
January 9,683 11,242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477
: February- 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March ----- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
May --- 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,1 ‫ وبا‬: 35,120 3,160 111,030
June - 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100 , 359
July --- 11,696 18,104 5,060 14 , 278 16,953 1,240 67,331
August 11,390 16,207 7,609 24,013 23,865 2,016 85,100
September --- 12,719 13,077 6,786 22,189 24,807 1,175 80,753
October ---- 11,418 11,606 7,334 25,508 30,515 2,253 88,634
November --- 9,913 14,168 7,695 23,536 26,797 1,398 83,507
Total ----- 143,763 84,212 268,140 336,447 29,779 1,052,663

3 190,322
is 99,783
- 1955 ------ 15,148 11,375 8,281 25,570 34,348 5,061
2,000 plants in all , estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000 tons of old scrap per
month , not shown in table .
5
Table 8 . - Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1955
(monthly report average)and 1956 , by months ,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 ! Other Total
Brass
Month Gross Alloying products mill recovery
Secondary Primary produced from copper
weight
ingredients smelters producers products base scrap
2) 4
January ----- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870
February --- 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167
March 30,153 -1,877 3,062 244 , 207 739 39,395 95,679
April 30,764 -1,309 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 101,345
May ---- 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June--- 214,028 -1,317 2,380 266,664 762 31,782 82,299
July --- 15,373 -863 1,693 18,427 842 17,902 53,374
August --- 26,612 -1,444 1,930 18,619 668 25,462 71,847
September- 24,104 -1,268 1,769 16,515 672 25,563 67,355
October ---- 27,230 -1,614 2,245 14,776 325 32,239 75,202
November ---- 25,560 -1,487 2,254 15,997 249 27,761 70,334
Total ---- 290,170 -16,184 26,781 212,270 6,842 360,377 880 , 256
----
1955------- 27,440 -1,674 2,838 17,213 676 38,781 85,274
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
turers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metals from
2 Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. used by ingot makel.
3. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis.
4 / Includes secondary copper in chemicals, black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.
copper -base scrap in 1955 (monthly report average ) and 1956,
ducers 2 from smelters from from
copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap New Scrap old scrap recovered
January --- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66 , ‫ ملیا‬9
February- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
March ---- 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
April- 10,136 13,233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May ----- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,926 26,121 2,577 77,292
June----- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July --- 7,668 11, 553 3,1 65 10, 792 12,572 979 46,729
August---- 7,708 11,567 4,831 17,633 17,618 1,547 60,904
September- 8,479 8,695 4,430 16,272 18,355 966 57,197
October --- 7,584 7,499 4,681 19,114 22,598 1,826 63,302
November --- 6,825 9,405 4,854 17,659 19,785 1,099 59,627
Total 96,370 122,492 54,251 198,333 249,291 24,440 745,176
1955 ----- 10,829 6,973 5,415 18,977 25,556 3,972 71,722
1/ Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, not shown,
2 ) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products 3 in 1955
and in 1956 , by months, and stocks of refined copper at
end of period , gross weight in short tons
Consumption Stocks
!
of refined
:
Period Wire mills . Brass mills copper
Refined Refined Refined Primary Refined Slab Wire Brass

copper 2 copper 3 lead pig tin nickel zinc mills mills
1955 3- 812,663 647,044 3,443 1,055 3,527 133,737 21,387 122,518
1956 :
January- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203 18,102 33,173
February 71,838 63,703 345 138 411 11,680 18,900 34,268
March ---- 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884 17,875 40,272
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April --- 81,871 60,035 291 112 366 11,800 20,737 42,233
May ---- 82,270 58,625 246 95 342 11 , 381 23,586 | 45,274
Fine 79,013 -44,110 177 403 7,475 28,480 51,566
July ----- 45,301 31,771 115 319 4,578 51,686 58,738
August-- 71,183 48,529 203 87 425 7,694 51,850 49,503
September 67,635 43,515 191 450 7,498 50,668 43,501
October - 74,751 48,616 200 38 9,128 45,411 42,823
November 65,569 44 , 343 180 73 ( 4) 8,312 43,059 49,276
Copper Report .
3 / Final figures .
Not available .
in 1956 , by months , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce)
Period
1955 .-- 31,137 45,260

1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
March --- 1,804 3,806
April --- 1,886 4,039
May ---- 1,979 4,402
June --- 420 2,135
July ---- 1,436 5,309
August ---- 1,583 3,872
October - 3,404 4,663

Prepared 1/15/57
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A N F CONSUMERS REPORT NO . 138
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ARY COPPER AND BRASS IN DECEM
BER 1956
MAN AND PRELIMINARY TOTAIS FOR 1956
Domestic recovery of copper from copper - base scrap as refined copper and in
alloys in Decembet by plants reporting monthly totaled 62,000 short tons compared
MENIbr
with 60,000 CHO , according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Depart
A 6,000 -ton gain in secondary copper output of primary pro
ducers more than offset declines at secondary smelters and brass mills of 2,000 tons
and 1,000 tons , respectively . Production of brass ingot in December ( 23,000 tons )
was the lowest for any month in 1956 except July . Recovery of copper by major plants
totaled 808,000 tons in 1956 compared with 869,000 in 1955. Monthly recovery was
greater in each of the first four months in 1956 than in the same months of 1955 but
was less in each of the remaining months . Recovery of all metals contained in copper
base scrap consumed by the larger -plant groups was 951,000 tons in 1956 and 1,033,000
tons in 1955. The copper recovered by all consumers in 1956 from nonferrous scrap
was estimated at 930,000 tons comprised of 455,000 tons from new scrap and 475,000
from old scrap .
Recovery of secondary copper by primary producers increased 13 percent to 241,000

tons in 1956 but this gain was more than offset by decreases of 18 percent to 293,000
tons by brass mills and 9 percent to 273,000 tons by secondary smelters . Production
of primary refined copper by primary producers increased 7 percent to 1,443,000 tons in
1956. Total metal other than copper , recovered from copper - base scrap by major con
suming groups was 144,000 tons and consisted principally of zinc, lead, tin , nickel
and aluminum contained in the scrap used by the brass mills and secondary smelters .
The precious metals recovered in electrolytic refining of copper were not recorded
in secondary metal reports although some may have been present in the secondary
metal refined .
Consumption of copper scrap in 1956 by brass mills totaled 392,000 tons , of

which about 98 percent was recovered in copper and brass sheet rod and tubing; con
sumption of copper scrap by secondary copper smelters totaled 381,000 tons , of which
about 85 percent was recovered as refined copper and in brass and bronze ingot ; con
sumption of copper scrap by primary producers totaled 371,000 tons , of which about
65 percent was recovered as refined copper and in chemicals .
scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 28 and 26.5 cents per pound , respectively ,
at the beginning of December , and 27.5 and 26 cents , respectively , at the end of the
month . Composition solids were quoted at 24.5 cents per pound throughout December .
The price paid by consumers for No. 115 composition ingot was 35 cents at the begin
nills and end of December .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid, A. D. McMahon and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under the

supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief, Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
January - December November December
1955 1956 1955 1956 1955 1956

Consumption of copper-base
scrap ( gross weight ) 1 / :
At secondary smelters-- 412,944 380,992 34,211 31,231 35,394 28,640
At brass mills ----- 477,180 392,469 37,835 28,195 34,450 26,243
Total--- 1,208,393 1,144,407 108,0231 83,507 103,080 91,744
Production of all metals
from copper - base scrap
( gross weight) 2 /:
Refined copper 29,762 28,904 3,435 2,254 3,508 2,123
At brass mills ( brass-mill
products ) ---- 470,780 386,217 37,232 27,761 33,906 25,840
( refined copper ) --- 206,555 233,817 20,169 15,997 19,118 21,547
Copper in chemicals 3 10,574 7,358 778 249 1,040 516
4 ----- 1,033,488 951,154 86,958 70,334 83,225 71,119
Copper recovered from cop
per-base scrap :
By secondary smelters-- 298,949 273,251 244,884 22,513 25,831 20,667
By brass mills----- 356,446 293,353 28,554 20,884 25,912 19,622
By primary producers 5] --- 213,625 240,915 ( 20,894 16,230 20,023 22,054
Unalloyed --- 31,137 6 / 22,513 | 1,303 3,272 1,638 (7)
Alloyed ------ 45,260 6 /44,099 1,595 3,941 2,719 (7)
Stocks of copper - base scrap
at end of period ( gross
weight );
At secondary smelters- 30,939 24,920 } 28,961 26,023 30,939 24,920
At brass mills---- 47,874 45,360 45,2891 44,043 47,8741 45,360
At primary producers------ 56,174 63,220 62,272 70,610 56,174 63,220
1 / Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers,
about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000 tons of old
scrap per month .
/ Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956 includes other products
(see Table 8 , Footnote 4 ) .
4 / Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. ) used by
ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8 ) .
6 January - November only .
7 Not available .
2
totals for year , gross weight in short tons 1
No. I wire and heavy --- 2,520 2,960 3,069 2,411

Composition or soft red brass---- 3,844 6,588 6,953 3,479
Railroad - car boxes--- 69 5 30 44
Yellow brass- 5,088 5,068 4,921 5,235
Bronze 1,520 2,358 2,362 1,516
Low brass --- 310 273 232 351
1956--- 27,482 378,430 380,992 244,920
1 Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 74 plants .
in alloy form, which remains in alloy form in the producto
Table 3 . Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

December 1956 Total
Shipments produc
Kind of ingot Opening Production Closing tion in
to
stocks stocks 1956
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ). 1,404 1,409 1,177 1,636 18,077

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-43 )- 1,464 1,489 1,489 1,464 20,473
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5) 4,442 7,426 7,032 4,836 103,968
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9)----- 3,332 4,787 4,171 3,948 57,937
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) -- 1,771 1,449 1,607 1,613 22,454
( 84-6-8-2 ) ---- 1,446 1,251 1,286 1,411 20,135
(75-5-20 ) -- 431 419 417 433 5,795
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ). 1,380 978 1,112 1,246 18,734
Manganese bronze 1,473 1,343 1,237 1,579 15,396
Aluminum bronze--- 548 619 592 575 6,336
Nickel silver- 363 196 237 322 3,929
Low brass- 165 251 211 205 3,502
Silicon bronze 469 264 374 359 4,680
Conductor bronze 67. 70 43 94 882
Hardeners and special alloys --- 574 638 510 702 9,286
Miscellaneous- 241 55 55 241 1,230
Total brass and bronze ingots---- 19,570 22,644 21,550 20,664 312,814
Miscellaneous products produced- 2,132 29,164
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys -282 -3,184
copper -base alloys --- -1,269 -14,772
copper base scrap----- 23,225 324,022
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1956 , by months ,
and preliminary totals for year , gross weight in short tons 1)
Period
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3/ consumption 2) of all scrap 2 )
January-- 46,967 38,222 62,165 101,006 46,348
February- 46,348 40,422 60,125 102,285 44,610
March 44,610 40,029 58,043 99,147 43,535
April- 43,535 45,957 60,849 103,975 46,366
May- 46,366 38,280 56,388 93,438 47,596
June - 47,596 32,297 46,417 71,142 55,168
July --- 55,168 18,193 27,437 43,896 56,902
August---- 56,902 25,881 44,069 73,941 52,911
September- 52,911 25,982 41,873 72,693 48,073
October --- 48,073 32,768 47,555 82,489 45,907
"November 45,907 28,195 43,408 73,467 44,043
December --- 44,043 26,243 40,703 65,629 45,360
1956 ----- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360

1 ). Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57 mills .
Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts represent
Table 5. - Receipts of purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in

1956 , by months, and preliminary totals for year ,
January- July November December 1956
Scrap item June
October
September ( preliminary)
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 46,666 11,010 6,098 4,851 4,651 73,276
No. 2 wire , mixed
heavy and light 18,674 7,422 2,688 2,146 1,924 32,854
Yellow brass 114,253 36,821 17,671 14,854 11,233 194,832
Cartridge brass and
cases- 27,384 7,218 2,814 3,486 5,376 46,278
Bronze --- 905 228 161 101 154 1,549
Nickel silver 3,801 1,573 651 592 591 7,208
Low brass 13,256 3,986 2,034 1,700 1,632 22,608
Aluminum bronze . 419 100 153 18 54 744
Mixed alloy scrap 9,849 1,698 498 447 628 13,120
Total copper - base
scrap- 235,207 70,056 32,768 28,195 26,243 392,469
4
of primary copper producers in December 1956, and final totals for year ,
1
No. 1 wire and heavy- 1,807 3,746 4,152 1,401

Refinery brass --- 3,616 2,642 3,241 3,017
Total- 70,610 29,471 36,861 63,220
Final total for 1956------- 56,174 377,992 370,946 63,220
1 Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers . The scrap and prima
materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap

in 1956 , by months , and preliminary totals for year ,
Month
Primary producers copper smelters 2/ scrap
New scrap New scrap old scrap
old scrap New New scrap old scrap used
January- 9,683 11,242 7,932 27,398 34,401 3,821 94,477

February- 15,186 18,288 8,155 27,440 36,467 3,955 109,491
March --- 15,846 20,897 8,915 28,022 35,279 4,750 113,709
April --- 14,293 21,087 8,614 28,321 42,033 3,924 118,272
May --- 15,747 22,891 8,963 25,149 35,120 3,160 111,030
June 15,872 22,755 7,149 22,286 30,210 2,087 100,359
July ----- 11,696 18,104 5,060 14,278 16,953 1,240 67,331
August--- 11,390 16,207 7,609 24,013 23,865 2,016 85,100
September 12,719 13,077 6,786 22,189 24,807 1,175 80,753
October --- 11,418 11,606 7,334 25,508 30,515 2,253 88,634
November-- 9,913 14,168 7,695 23,536 26,797 1,398 83,507
December 14,797 22,064 7,526 21,114 24,504 1,739 91,744
1956---- 158,560 212,386 91,738 289,254 360,951 31,518 1,146,407
Consumption by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
,
, 000 plants in all , estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000 tons of oíd scrap
5
Table 8. - Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1956,
Bras
Alloying products mills recovery
Month Gross Secondary Primary produced from copper
ingredients products base scrap |
weight smelters producers
2/
January --- 29,054 -1,542 2,892 12,826 31 37,609 80,870 7
February --- 29,570 -1,819 2,383 20,600 652 39,781 91,167

March 30,153 -1,877 3,062 24,207 739 39,395 95,679
4
April--- 30,76451-1,530 3,288 22,579 808 45,215 5 / 101,124

May- 27,722 -1,644 2,885 23,060 1,094 37,668 90,785
June 244,028 -1,317 2,380 244,664 762 31,782 82,299
July --- 15,373 -863 1,693 18,427 842 17,902 53,374
August ---- 26,612 -1,444 1,930 18,619 668 25,462 71,847
September -- + 244,104 -1,268 1,769 16,515 672 25,563 67,355
October 27,230 -1,614 2,245 14,776 325 32,239 75,201
November --- 25,560 -1,487 2,254 15,997 249 27,761 70,334
December 22,6444 -1,551 2,123 21,547 516 25,840 71,119
1956 312,814 -17,956 28,904 233,817 7,358 386,217 951,154
facturers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metals
month .
Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc , etc. used by ingot maker
Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.
5 ) Corrected .
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Table 9. - Copper recovered in unalloyed and alloyed form from
copper -base scrap in 1956, by months, and preliminary totals
for year , in short tons
By primary produc- By secondary By brass mills 2 ) Total
ers 1 from smelters 2 ) from from copper
recovered
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap
January- 6,360 6,483 5,175 19,854 25,357 3,220 66,449
February-- 10,054 11,186 5,530 19,873 26,990 3,287 76,920
March --- 11,220 13,710 5,749 20,295 26,433 3,913 81,320
Apr il- 10, 136 13, 233 5,572 21,127 31,180 3,321 84,569
May --- 10,043 14,095 5,539 18,916 26,121 2,577 77,291
June- 10,293 15,065 4,725 16,798 22,282 1,705 70,868
July------ 7,668 11,553 3,165 10,792 12,572 979 46,729
August ---- 7,708 11,567 4,831 17,633 17,618 1,547 60,904
September- 8,479 8,695 4,430 16,272 18,355 966 57,197
October 7,584 7,499 4,681 19,114 22,598 1,826 63,302
November --- 6,825 9,405 4,854 17,659 19,785 1,099 59,627
December--- 9,202 12,852 4,625 16,042 18,186 1,436 62,343
1956--- 105,572 135,343 58,876 214,375 267,477 25,876 807,519
Total
From From
old scrap copper
new scrap recovered
By primary producers in 1956 ---- 106,000 135,000 241,000
secondary smelters in 1956--- 59,000 214,000 273,000
brass mills in 1956 ------ 267,000 26,000 293,000
3 ) By foundries and chemical plants in 1956– 20,000 90,000 110,000
Total secondary copper recovered from
copper - base scrap in 1956 452,000 465,000 917,000
3 Total secondary copper recovered from

scrap other than copper - base in 1956 ---- 3,000 10,000 13,000
3 / Total secondary copper recovered in 1956- 455,000 475,000 930,000

2 ) Recovery includes unalloyed copper and copper content of alloys produced from scrap
3 Estimated .
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Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 / in 1956, by months,
and preliminary totals for year , and stocks of refined copper at
Consumption Stocks
of refined
Wire mills Brass mills copper
Period
copper 2 / copper 2 lead pig tin nickel zinc mills mills
January- 77,293 65,519 300 135 368 12,203 18,10233,173
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February 71,838 63,703 345 138 411 11,680 18,900'34,368
March- 82,678 60,542 329 128 368 11,884 17,875 40,272
April --- 81,872 60,035 291 112 366 11,800 20,737 42,233
May --- 82,270 58,625 246 95 342 11,381 23,586 45,274
June 79,013 44,110 177 67 403 7,475 28,480 51,566
July ----- 45,301 31,771 115 319 4,578 51,686 58,738
August 71,183 48,529 203 425 7,694 51,850 49,503
September 67,635 43,515 191 450 7,498 50,668 43,501
October --- 74,751 48,616 200 384 9,128 45,421 42,823
November -- 65,569 44,343 180 73 279 8,312 43,059 49,276
December - 63,536 42,618 165 59 ( 3) 8,018 40,188 51,085
Total-- 862,938 611,926 2,742 1,144 ( 3) 111,651

2 ) Detailed information on consumption of refined copper is published in the Monthly
Copper Report .
3 / Not available .
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in 1956 , by months , in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce)
Period
1955- 31,137 45,260
1956 :
January --- 1,817 3,315
February 3 , 322 5,018
March- 1,804 3,806
April 1,886 4,039
May- 1,979 4,402
June 420 2,135
July --- 1,436 5,309
August- 1,583 3,872
October 3,404 4,663
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COPPER SCRAP
Reported domestic consumption of copper -base scrap in January totaled 99,000

short tons compared with 92,000 tons in December and 94,000 tons in January 1956,
sumption was about equally divided between primary producers, secondary copper smel
ters and brass mills . Production of metal from scrap consumption was 20,000 tons at
primary producers, 34,000 tons at brass mills and 28,000 tons at secondary smelters .
Although recovery from copper -base scrap was 81,500 tons in January 1957, 600 tons
more than in January 1956 , it was well below the 90,300 tons average monthly recovery
in the first half of 1956 .
Scrap consumption at primary producers declined 4,000 tons in January , chiefly

in low - grade items , but the total was greater than the average monthly consumption
by this group in 1956. Scrap consumption at brass mills and secondary smelters in
creased 8,000 and 4,000 ton3, respectively, and the total consumption for each group
was greater than the 1956 monthly average . However , January totals were below the
monthly averages for the first half of 1956 .
Stocks of copper -base scrap decreased 4,000 tons at primary producers , increased
2,000 tons at brass mills , and were unchanged at secondary smelters in January .
Exports of unalloyed copper and copper - alloy scrap totaled 10,000 tons in Decem
ber 1956 compared with 5,000 tons in January 1956 .
According to the American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for No. I cop
per scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 27.5 and 26 cents per pound , respec
tively, at the beginning of the month and 25 and 23.5 cents , respectively , at the end
of January . Composition solids were quoted at 24.5 cents at the beginning of January
and 23 cents at the end of the month . The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot
was 35 cents at the beginning of the month and 34 cents on January 31 .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , A. D. McMahon, and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals ,
January -December December January
1955 1956 1955 1956 1956 1957
Consumption of copper-base
scrap (gross weight ) 1 :
At brass mills ---- 477,180 392,469 34,450 26,2443 38,222 34,180
At primary producers- 318,269 370,946 33,236 36,861 20,925 32,440
Total ---- 1,208,393 1,144,407 103,08091,744 94,477 99,006
Production of all metals
from copper - base scrap
Brass ingot production --- 335,908 312,814) 27,237 | 22,644 29,054 26,872
Refined copper ---- 29,762 28,904 3,508 2,123 2,892 2,087
products )-.. 470,780 386,217 33,906 25,840 37,609 33,646
(refined copper ) ------ 206,555 233,817| 19,118 21,547. 12,826 19,806
Copper in chemicals 3 10,574 7,358 1,040 516 17 399
from copper - base scrap 41,033,488 951,154 83,225 71,119 80,856 81,473
Copper recovered from cop
per -base scrap :
By secondary smelters. 298,949 273,251 25,831 20,667 25,025 23,112
By brass mills----- 356,446 293,3531 25,912 19,622 28,577 25,567
By primary producers 5 - SO
213,625 240,915 20,023 22,054 12,843 20,191
Exports ( copper -base scrap ) : 9151
Unalloyed ---- 31.1.37 ; 25,6811 1,638 3,168 1,817 (6 )
Alloyed ----- 45,260 50,485 2,779 6,386 3,315 (6 )
Stocks of copper -base scrap
at end of period ( gross
weight ) :
At brass mills ---- 47,874 45,360 47,874 45,360 46,348 47,513
At primary producers ----- 56,174 63,220 56,174 | 63,220 56,500 59,622
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers,
scrap per month .
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products, etc.
3 Production by secondary and primary smelters; beginning 1956 includes other products
see Table 8 , Footnote 4 ) .
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc.) used by
ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8) .
5 ) Includes Lopper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
6 Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in January 1957, gross
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 2,471 2,680 3,154 1,937
Yellow brass- 5,235 5,317 5,881 4,671
Auto radiators ( unsweated) --- 3,077 5,457 5,033 3,501
Bronze --- 1,516 2,642 2,675 1,482
Low brass --- 351 235 241 345
Loir -grade scrap and residues- 5,537 3,234 3,111 5,660
Total copper -base scrap --- 24,920 1 32,202 32,386 24,736
2 ) At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product .

Shipments
stocks
consumers
stocks
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) --- 1,636 1,702 1,769 1,569

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-4 . ) ---- 1,464 1,649 1,628 1,485
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) --- 4,836 8,818 8,826 4,828
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9) 3,948 4,574 5,054 3,468
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,421 1,788 1,847 1,352
( 75-5-20 ) 433 606 617 422
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 )--- 1,246 1,905 1,790 1,361
Nickel silver ---- 322 415 353 384
Low brass- 205 160 157 208
Miscellaneous- 241 100 163 178
Miscellaneous pro fricts produced 2,101
Miscellaneous raw materials consumed in copper -base
alloys---- -1,122
base scrap ---- 27,636
Table 4. -
Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
and 1957 , by months, gross weight in short tons ]
Period
of all scrap 2 receipts generated 3 consumption 2 of all scrap 2
1956- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January---- 45,360 34,180 50,971 82,998 47,513
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57 mills
2 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts represent
3 / Calculated, by difference, from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .
Table 5 . Receipts of purchased copper - base scrap at brass mills

in 1956 and January 1957, gross weight in short tons
1956 December
Scrap item January
( preliminary )
No. I wire and heavy 73,276 4,651 7,004
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light. 32,854 1,924 2,234
Yellow brass 194,832 11,233 16,392
Cartridge brass and cases- 46,278 5,376 5,008
Bronze 1,549 154 83
Nickel silver 7,208 591 688
Low brass --- 22,608 1,632 2,116
Mixed alloy scrap ---- 13,120 628 605
2
of primary copper producers in January 1957, gross weight in short tons 1
No. I wire and heavy- 1,401 3,224 3,011 1,614
Refinery brass------ 3,017 2,923 2,628 3,312
Total ---- 63,220 28,842 32,440 59,622
1 Reports were tabulated from all 12 plants of primary producers. The scrap and
Table 7 . -
Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1
in 1956 (monthly report average ) and 1957, by months,
Month
Primary producers copper smelters 27 scrap
used
January 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
1956 ------- 13,213 17,699 7,645 244,105 30,079 2,626 95,367

2,000 plants in all, estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap, 9,000 tons of old scrap per
month , not shown in table ,
2 / Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5 .
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Table 8 . Production of all metals 1 from copper - base scrap in 1956
(monthly report average ) and 1957, by months,
Brass
Month Alloying products maill recovery
Gross Secondary Primary produced prod from copper
ingredients ucts base scrap
weight 2/ smelters producers 4
January --- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
1956- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263

facturers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary meta ]
from copper and brass scrap, in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. , pe ..
month .
Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
• Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot, etc.

copper - base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957, by months,
in short tons
By primary produ- By secondary By brass mills Total

Month cers 2 from smelters from from
copper
recovered
January 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
1956 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,
2) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
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Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products ] in 1956
and in 1957 , by months , and stocks of refined copper at
Stocks
Consumption of refined
Period copper
-
1956 ------- 862,938 621,926 2,742 1,144 4,453 211,651 40,188 51,085
1957 :
January-- 72,973 51,499 215 71 (3 ) 9,900 36,435 42,005
1 Data cover operations of 17 wire mills and 57 brass mills.
Copper Report .
37 Not available.
in 1956 , by months, in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period alloy scrap
copper scrap
1955 31,137 45,260
1956 :
January 1,817 3,315
1 February 3,322 5,018
March- 1,804 3,806
April --- 1,886 4,039
May --- 1,979 4,402
June 420 2,135
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July 1,436 5,309
August- 1,583 3,872
October ---- 3,404 4,663
November- 3,272 3,941
December- 3,168 6,386
Total 25,681 50,485
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COPPER SCRAP
Reported consumption of copper -base scrap totaled 88,400 tons in February com
pared with 99,000 tons in January , a decrease of 11 percent, according to the Bureau
of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . Treatment of scrap at brass
mills registered the largest drop ( 19 percent ) and declines of 9 and 3 percent ,
respectively, were made by secondary smelters and primary producers .
Output of refined copper from copper scrap at secondary smelters and primary
producers decreased 25 and 2 percent , respectively . Brass ingot production at

secondary smelters was il percent less than in January , and output of brass -mill
products dropped 19 percent .

respectively , on February 1, and 24 and 22.5 cents , respectively , at the end of the
month . Composition solids were quoted at 23 cents at the beginning of February and
21 cents on February 28. The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 34 cents
on January 31 , was lowered to 32.5 cents on February 1 , and was 31.5 cents at the end
of February
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , A. D. McMahon , and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals, Division of Minerals .
Table 1 . -
Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the

January -February January February
1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957

scrap ( gross weight ) 1 :
At brass mills ---- 78,644 61,893 38,222 34,180 40,422 27,713
Total --- 204,988 187,421 94,477 99,006 110,511 88,415
copper -base scrap ( gross weight )
2:
Refined copper 5,275 3,648 2,892 2,087 2,383 1,561
At brass mills (brass -mill
products ) ----- 77,390 60,917 37,609 33,646 39,782 27,271
copper ) ---- 34,416 39,227 12,826 19,806 21,590 19,421
Other products--- 683 891 31 399 652 492
from copper -base scrap 3/- 173,027 152,580 80,870 | 81,473 92,157) 77,107
base scrap :
By brass mills ----- 58,854 46,253 28,577 25,567 30,277 20,686
By primary producers 4 35,0731 40,087 12,843 | 20,197 22,230 19,896
Exports (copper - base scrap ):
Unalloyed ---- 5,1395/ 5,177 1,817 5,177 3,322 ( 6 )
Alloyed ----- 8,333 5 / 7,947 3,315 7,947 5,0181 ( 6 )
of period ( gross weight ) :
At secondary smelters- 29,891 ] 244,142 28,577 24,736 29,891) 244,142
At brass mills ----- 44,610 43,733 46,348 47,513 44,61043,733
At primary producers- 57,7551 54,698 56,500 59,622 57,755154,698
1 Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers,
about 2,000 plants in all, estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000 tons of old
scrap per month .
2 ) Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products, etc.
31 Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc ,etc.) used by
ingot -makers ( see Tables 3 and 8). ,
5 January only .
6 ) Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in February 1957, gross
consumed 2 /
No. 1 wire and heavy- 1,937 2,528 2,652 1,813
Railroad -car boxes- 41 49 18 72
Yellow brass --- 4,672 4,601 4,999 4,273
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) 3,501 4,330 -4,085
.
3,746
Dronze ----- 1,482 2,430 2,322 1,590
Nickel silver------ 329 375 246 458
Low brass ------ 345 229 305 269

Shipments Closing
stocks stocks
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) ---- 1,569 1,569 1,597 1,541

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-42 ) -- 1,485 1,665 1,446 1,704
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) -- 4,828 7,260 7,721 4,367
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 ) 3,468 4,525 4,453 3,540
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 ) -- 2,051 1,630 1,687 1,994
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,352 1,541 1,636 1,257
( 75-5-20 ) -- 422 328 336 414
Low brass--- 208 254 276 186
Conductor bronze------ 81 60 74 67
Miscellaneous --- 178 92 12 258

base alloys---- -1,229
copper -base scrap--- -- 23,940
and 1957, by months, gross weight in short tons 1
Period
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3
/ consumption 2 ) of all scrap /
2
1956 --- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January--- 45,360 34,180 50,972 82,998 47,513
February- 47,513 | 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
mills .
2 ) Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap. Receipts represent

in 1956 and 1957,by months , gross weight in short tons
1956
Scrap item ( preliminary ) January February
No. l wire and heavy --- 73,276 7,004 5,275

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 32,854 2,234 2,028
Yellow brass--- 194,832 16,392 13,573
Cartridge brass and cases 46,278 5,008 3,777
Bronze ------ 1,549 83 lll
Nickel silver ---- 7 , 208 688 485
Low brass --- 22,608 2,116 1,973
Mixed alloy scrap --- 13,120 605 506
Total copper - base scrap- 392,469 34,180 27,713
4
of primary copper producers in February 1957, gross weight in short tons 1
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 1,614 5,062 4,586 2,090

Refinery brass ---- 3,312 2,707 1,904 4,115
Total --- 59,622 26,442 31,366 54,698
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1 ,

in 1956 ( monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,

copper smelters 2
Month scrap
New scrap old scrap | New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap used
January ---- 14,250 , 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February-- 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
Total-- 25,972 37,834 14,764 46,958 56,156 5,737 187,421
1956------ 13,213 17,699 7,645 244,105 30,079 2,626 95,367
1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers, about

per month , not shown in table ,
2 Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts, Table 5 .
5
Table 8. - Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1956
(monthly report average a
) nd 1957, by months,
products Brass
Gross Alloying Secondary Primary mill
recovery
ingredients produced from copper
2) 4
January- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February-- 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,272 71,107
Total --- 50,721 -2,824 3,648 39,227 891 60,917 152,580
1956-- -- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
1 Does not include production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manu
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings, chemical products , etc. , per
month .
2 ) Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. , used by ingot
makers .
3 ] Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
4 Includes secondary copper in chemicals, black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.

copper - base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957, by months ,
in short tons

copper
recovered
January ----- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
February ---- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
Total-- 17,264 22,823 9,464 34,242 41,592 4,661 130,046
1956- : 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown
6
Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 in 1956
Stocks
Period
2 copper 2 /
copper / lead pig tin nickel zinc mills mills
1956 862,938 611,926 2,742 1,144 4,453 111,651 40,188 51,085

1957 :
January- 72,973 51,499 3/221 72 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
February 64,389 44,424 208 89 (4) 8,343 31,098 36,933

Copper Report .
3 Revised .
4 Not available .
Table ll . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States in 1956 , and
in 1957, by months, in short tons ( U. S. Department of Commerce )
Period
1956- 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January 5,177 7,947
Interior --Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. , 14902

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COPPER SCRAP
Reported production in March of all metals from copper and brass scrap totaled
70,900 short tons , virtually unchanged from February , according to the Bureau of
Mines, United States Department of the Interior .

Consumption of purchased scrap at primary producers and secondary smelters
decreased 4 percent in March . There was a moderate increase in stocks of scrap at
brass mills , a slight decrease at secondary copper smelters, and stocks at primary
producers fell 4,000 tons .

respectively , at the beginning of the month , and 24.25 and 22.75 cents , respectively ,
at the end of March . Composition solids were quoted at 22 cents during the entire
month . The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 31.5 cents throughout
March .

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals . .
.
: United States ,' in short tons

January -March February March
1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957

scrap ( gross weight) 1 :
At secondary smelters 107,862 89,945 35,595 | 29,336 36,937| 28,223
At brass mills------ 118,673 90,324 40,422 27,723 40,029 28,431
Total 317,677 274,286 110,511 88,415 113,709 86,865
copper -base scrap ( gross weight)
2 ):
Brass ingot production --- 88,777 73,917 29,570 : 23,849 | 30,1531 23,196
Refined copper 8,337 5,926 2,383 1,561 3,062 2,278
products ) ------ 116,785 88,902 39,781 | 27,271 / 39,395 27,985
copper ) 57,633 57,656 21,590 19,421 24, 207 18,429
Other products. 1,422 1,342 652 492 739 451
from copper -base scrap 3/ ---- 267,716 223,487 92,157 71,107 95,679 70,907
base scrap :
By brass mills ---- 89,200 67,308 30,277 20,686 | 30,346 21,055
By primary producers 4 -- 59,0131 58,956 22, 230 19,896 24,930 18,869
ixports ( copper -base scrap ):
Unalloyed --- 6,943 59,859 3,322 4,682 1,804 (6)
Alloyed ---- 12,139 5 / 14,470 5,018 6,523 3,806 (6)
At brass mills ---- 43,535 44,431 4,610 43,733 43,535 44,431
At primary producers ------ 56,004 51,068 57,755 | 54,698 56,004 51,068
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers,
scrap per month .
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc, etc.) used by
ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8) .
5 ) January -February only .
:(
6 Not available .
2
I
secondary copper smelters in March 1957, gross
weight in short tons }
Scrap item stocks
Receipts
consumed 27 stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 1,813 3,196 3,090 1,919
Composition or soft red brass--- 4,152 6,639 6,892 3,899
Railroad - car boxes- 72 3-13 29 30
Yellow brass 4,273 4,736 4,964 4,045
Auto radiators (unsweated) ---- 3,746 3,538 4,143 3,141
Bronze 1,590 2,093 2,229 1,454
Nickel silver --- 458 286 292 452
Low brass- 269 192 222 239
1. Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 74 plants .
27. sit secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
3 ) Negative receipts indicate shipments greater than receipts.
Table 3 .
. Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at secondary
-
copper smelters in March 1957, gross weight in short tons

Shipments Closing
Opening Production
Kind of ingot stocks to stocks
consumers
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ) . 1,541 1,553 1,509 1,585

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 )-- 1,704 1,750 1,879 1,575
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 4,367 6,648 7,131 3,884
Leaded semired brass (81-3-7-9 )------ 3,540 4,600 4,921 3,229
(84-6-8-2 ) -- 1,257 1,508 1,609 1,156
( 75-5-20 ) --- 414 433 440 407
Leaded yellow brass ( 66-1-3-30 ) --- 1,405 1,196 1,235 1,366
Low brass ------ 186 236 211 211
Conductor bronze ---- 67 71 77 61
Hardeners and special alloys--- 702 655 550 807
Miscellaneous --- 258 340 163 435
Refined cop per consumed in copper -base alloys --- -251
base alloys -1,181
Iet total secondary recovery from purchased
copper -base scrap----- 244,053
-

Period
of all scrap 2 / | receipts generated 3 consumption 23 of all scrap 2
1956- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January --- 45,360 34,180 50,971 82,998 47,513
February- 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March ----- 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 45,431
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills , representing 57 mills .
2 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap. Receipts represent
3 / Calculated, by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .

in 1956 and 1957, by months, gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1956 February March

January
( preliminary )
No. 1 wire and heavy- 73,276 7,004 5,275 4,554
Yellow brass- 194,832 16,392 13,573 13,527
Cartridge brass and cases. 46,278 5,008 3,717 4,423
Bronze --- 1,549 83 ‫גנן‬ 127
Nickel silver 7 , 208 688 485 749
Low brass------ 22,608 2,116 1,973 2,080
Mixed alloy scrap- 13,120 605 506 873
Total copper -base scrap ------- 392,469 34,180 27,713 28,431
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of primary copper producers in March 1957, gross weight in short tons 1
No. I wire and heavy- 2,090 3,499 3,799 1,790

No. 2 wire, mixed heavy and light 4,802 9,081 8,899 i 4,984
Refinery brass ------ 4,115 3,101 3,247 3,969
Low - grade scrap and residues --- 43,691 10,900 14,266 40,325
Total --- 26,581
54,698 30,211 51,068
s
primary material used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatment .
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap ]

in 1956 ( monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,
Primary producers
Month copper smelters 2 scrap
New scrap old scrap
old scraj New scrap old New scrap ola scrap
scrap used
January --- 14,250 18,190 7,580 244,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February --- 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March 12,354 17 ,8 57 6, 76 2 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
Total --- 38,326 55,691 21,526 68,419 81,739 8,585 274,286
1956 --- 13,213 17,699 7,645 24,105 30,079 2,626 95,367

5
Table 8. - Production of all metals 1 from copper -base scrap in 1956
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 / Other Total
Brass
Alloying products recovery
Gross Secondary Primary produced mill from copper
ingredients
2 삐
January --- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February - 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,272 71,107
March ----- 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
Total--- 73,917 -4,256 5,926 57,656 1,342 88,902 223,487
1956 ------ 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
from copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. , per
month .
2 ) Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
W Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.

copper -base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957, by months,
in short tons
By primary produ By secondary By brass mills Total

copper
recovered
January- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
February 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March --- 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,341 60,312
Total 26,050 32,906 13,906 50,188 60,306 7,002 190,358
1956- 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
2 Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
6
Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products ] in 1956
-

Consumption Stocks
Wire mills of refined
Brass mills
Period copper
1956----
copper 27
862,938
copper 2
621,926
lead
2,742
pig tin
1,144
nickel
4,453
zinc
111,651
mills
40,188
1
mills
51,085
1957 :
January- 72,973 51,499 221 71 399 9,900 36,4351 42,005
February 64,389 44,424 3/211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March --- + 68,633 42,263 214 74 (4 ) 8,110 42,145 38,726
Copper Report .
3 Revised .
4 Not available .
Table 11 . Exports of copper -base scrap from the United States i. 1956 , and
in 1957, by months, in short tons (Bureau of the Census )
Period alloy scrap
copper scrap
1956 --- 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January --- 5,177 7,947
February --- 4,682 6,523
Interior --Duplicating Section , Washington , D. C. , 16761

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Consumption of copper and copper - base scrap by both secondary smelters and
brass mills in the United States rose 6 percent in April, according to the Bureau
of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . Complete data on consumption

are not available because of unavoidable delay in receipt of reports from some
plants . Copper scrap consumed by secondary smelters and brass mills in January
April 1957 was considerably below that consumed in the same period of 1956 .
Production of brass ingot by secondary smelters increased 8 percent but
refined copper production declined 2 percent . Output of brass -mill products
advanced 6 percent .
Stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at secondary smelters on April 30 were
virtually unchanged from those on March 31 , but stocks of purchased and home scrap
at brass mills dropped 5 percent .
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 24.25 and 22.75 cents per
pound , respectively , on April 1 , and 24.25 and 23 cents , respectively, at the end
of the month . Composition solids were 21 cents at the beginning of April and
21.5 cents on April 30. The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 31.5
cents throughout April .

the supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals
1956 1957 1957 1957
scrap ( gross weight) 1 /:
At secondary smelters 144,797 119,953) 36,937 28,223 36,935 30,008
At brass mills --- 164,630 120,478 40,029 28,431 45,957 30,154
At primary producers 126,522 NA 36,743 30,211 35,380 NA
Total ------ 435,949 NA 113,709 86,865 118,272 NA

2/ :
Brass ingot production ---- 119,541 98,995 30,153 23,196
30,153 30,764 25,078
Refined copper 11,625 8,155 3,062 2,278 3,288 2,229
products ) -- 162,000 118,567 39,395 27,985 45,215 29,665
copper ) ---- 80,212 NA 24,207 18,429 22,579 NA
Other products 2,230 NA 739 451 808 NA

from copper -base scrap 3/-- 369,061 NA 95,679 70,907 101,345 NA

base scrap :
By brass mills- 123,701 89,727 30,346 21,055 34,501 22,419
By primary producers ! 82,382 NA 24,930 18,869 23,369 NA
: nalloyed ---- 8,829 5 /15,252 1,804 5,393 1,886 ( 6)
Alloyed ---- 16,178 5 /24,785 3,806 10,315 4,039 ( 6)
At secondary smelters --- 29,333 23,493 28,677
28,677 23,377 29,333 23,493
At brass mills --- 46,366 42,052 43,535 44,431 46,366 42,052
At primary producers --- 56,287 NA 56,004 51,068 56,287 NA
1 Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufa :

2/ Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
3/ Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc, etc. ) used
4 / Includes copper c ntent of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
5) January -March only .
5/ Not available .
it
2
secondary copper smelters in April 1957 , gross
weight in short tons 1/
Scrap item Receipts consumed 2 stocks
stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy- 1,919 3,305 2,981 2,243

Railroad -car boxes 30 28 31 27
Yellow brass . 4,045 5,277 5,133 4,189
Cartridge cases ---- 109 106 104 111
Auto radiators (unsweated ) ---- 3,141 4,204 4,307 3,038
Bronze 1,454 2,481 2,431 1,504
Nickel silver ---- 452 364 295 521
Low brass --- 239 252 236 255
Low - grade scrap 5,338 2,938 3,297 4,979
Table 3 Stocks , production , and shipments of brass ingot at seconòsry

Shipments
closing
stocks consumers
stocks
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) . 1,585 1,266 1,312 1,539
Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-12-4 ) -- 1,575 1,542 1,677 1,440
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 3,884 8,184 7,692 4,376
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,156 1,572 1,447 1,282
(75-5-20 ) .
OOO
407 431 459 379

Leaded yel low brass (66-1-3-30 ) 1,366 1,328 1,381 1,313
e
Manganes bronze -- 1,734 1,476 1,578 1,632
Low brass ---- 211 230 261 180
Silicon bronze .. 328 349 334 343
Hardeners and special alloys --- 807 709 828 688
Miscellaneous -- 435 1 /-16 59 366
Miscellaneous products produced -- 2,242
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys- -238
copper -base scrap --- 25,882
1 / Negative production indicates consumption greater thanproduction .
and 1957, by months , gross weight in short tons 1
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing

Period
of all scrap 2 receipts generated 3 consumption 2 of all scrap 2_ )
1956- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January 45,360 34,180 50,972 82,998 47,513
February 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 44,431
April 44,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing 57
mills .
2 Stocks and consumption represent both home and purchased scrap . Receipts repre
3 / Calculated , by difference, from reported stocks , receipts and total ansumption .

in 1956 and 1957, by months , gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1956 January February March April
( preliminary)
No. 1 wire and heavy ----- 73,276 7,004 5,275 4,554 4, 905
and light---- 32,854 2,234 2,028 2,054 2,505
Yellow brass--- 194,832 16,392 13,573 13,527 15,010
Bronze 1,549 83 111 127 151
Nickel silver --- 7, 208 688 485 749 511
Low brass 22,608 2,116 1,973 2,080 2,152
Aluminum bronze . 744 50 45 ‫ܐܢܐ‬ 61
Mixed alloy scrap 13,120 605 506 873 679
Total copper - base scrap 392,469 34,180 27,713 28,431 - 30,154

4
of primary copper producers in April 1957 , gross weight in short tons 1 /
Data for April not available
Table 7 .
. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1 /

copper smelters 2/
Month scrap
used
January ---- 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February --- 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March --- 12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,8448 86,865
April ..-- NA NA 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,410 NA
Total --- NA NA 29,049 90,904 108,483 11,995 NA
1956 --- 13,213 17,699 7,645 24,105 30,079 2,626 95,367

1/ Consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , about >
2/ Consumption at brass mills assumed equal to receipts , Table 5 .
5
Table 8. - Production of all metals 1 / from copper -base scrap in 1956.
( monthly report average) and 1957 , by months
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3/ Other Total
Brass
products recovery
Alloying mill
Gross ingredients Secondary Primary produced from copper
2/ 4/
January -- + 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February- 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,271 71,107
March ...- 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
April .... 25,078 -1,438 2,229 NA NA 29,665 NA
Total- 98,995 5,694 8,155 NA NA 118,567 NA
1956 .... 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
1/ Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
turers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal from
copper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc. , per month .
2/ Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
/ Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot, etc.

copper -base scrap in 1956 ( monthly report average ), and 1957 , by months ,
in short tons
By primary produ . By secondary By brass mills Total

Month cers 2 ) from smelters from from
copper
recovered
January 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
February- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March -.... 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,341 60,312
April .---- NA NA 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 NA
Total .... NA NA 18,655 66,962 80,005 9,722 NA
1956 -.... 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293

1/ Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown,
2) Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
6
Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in mill products Vin 1956
and in 1957, by months , and stocks of refined copper at
end of period, gross weight in short tons
Consumption Stocks
Period wire mi118 Brass Mills of refined
copper
: Refined Refined Refined

Refined Primary Refined Slab Wire Brass
1956 ----- 862,938 621,926 2,742 i 1,144 4,453 111,651 40,188 51,085
1957 :
January- 72,973 51,499 221 71 399 9,900 | 36,435 42,005
February 64,389 44,424 211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March-- 68,633 42,263 214 74 422 8,210 42,145 38,726
April --- 71,652 47,344 199 83 (3 ) 8,63837,367 38,739
1 Data cover operations of 18 wire mills and 57 brass mills ,
Copper Report
3 Not available
in 1957, by months, in short tons ( Bureau of the Census )
1956 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January 5,177 7,947
February --- 4,682 6,523
March --- 5,393 10,315
Interior --Duplicating Section , Washington, D. C. 18742

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AUG 3 1957 SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN MAY 1957
Respepted constatation
M of copper and copper -base scrap totaled 95,000 short tons
OS
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in May , compared with 93,000 tans in April , according to the Bureau of Mices , United
States Department of the Interior . As in every other month of elapsed 1957 , except
January , primary producers used more ecrap than either the secondary smelters or
brass mills . O
Total stocks of scrap at primary producers declined 6,000 tons in May , and
3,000 tons in April , chiefly in low - grade material .
Although scrap consumption was higher at primary producers in May , secondary
metal output was 22 percent or 6,400 tons lower than at brass mills , because the
scrap used at the former plants was of lower grade than that used by the mills .
Production of refined copper from scrap increased 14 percent at primary plants and 8
percent at secondary smelters .
According to the American Metal Market , prises paid in New York for No. 1
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 24.25 cents and 23 ceats per
pounä , respectively , on May 1 , aná 23.5 and 22 cente , respectively , on May 31. Com
position solids were 21.5 cents at the beginning of the month and 20.5 cents at the
end of May . The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 31.5 ceats at the
beginning of May and 30.5 cents at the end of the month .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , A. D. McMahon , and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under the

supervision of Richard H. Mote , Chief , Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
January -May April May
1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957
scrap ( gross weight ) 1 /:
At secondary smelters - 178,909 149,029 36,935 30,008 / 34,112 29,076
At brass mills - 202,910 150,168 45,957 30,154 38,280 29,690
At primary producers ---- 165,160 162,960 35,380 33,169) 38,638 35,774
Total------- 546,979 462,157) 118,272 93,331 111,030 94,540
copper - base scrap ( gross weight)
2/ :
Brass ingot production ----- 147,263) 123,249 30,764 25,078 27,722 24,254
Refined copper --- 14,510 10,563 3,288 2,229 2,885 2,408
products ) ---- 199,668 147,778 45,215 29,665 37,668 29,211
copper ) -- 103,272 98,328 22,579 19,017 23,060 21,655
Other products 3,324 3,519 808 1,018 1,094 1,159
from copper -base scrap 3/ - 459,625 376,311 101,345 75,569 90,785 77,255
base scrap :
By secondary smelters- 127,630 106,903 26,699 21,523 24,455 21,286
By brass mills --- 152,399 111,642 34,501 22,419 28,698 21,915
By primary producers 4 / ---- 106,520 101,776 23,369 20,022 24,138 22,798
Unalloyed ----- 10,808 5 /24,389 1,886 9,137 1,979 ( 6)
Alloyed - od 20,580 5 / 33,364 4,039 8,579 4,402 ( 6)
At secondary smelters ---- 29,192 25,352 29,333 23,493 29,192 25,352
At brass mills ---- 47,596 42,355 | 46,366 42,052 47,596 42,355
At primary producers --- 56,410 41,399 56,287 47,646 56,410 41,399
1/ Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufac
turers, about 2,000 plants in all , estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000
2/ Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc,etc. ) used
by ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8) .
4/ Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
January - April only .
5/ Not available .
2
O

secondary copper smelters in May 1957 , gross
weight in short tons 1/
Scrap item stocks Receipts consumed /
2 stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy- 2,243 3,390 3,312 2,321

Railroad - car boxes - 27 30 23 34
Yellow brass 4,189 5,797 5,106 4,880
Cartridge cases -- 111 140 115 136
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) -- 3,038 4,127 3,684 3,481
Bronze- . 1,504 2,459 2,288 1,675
Nickel silver --- 521 345 363 503
Low brass- 255 276 238 293
Total copper -base scrap ------- 23,493 30,935 29,076 25,352
1/ Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters , 74 plants .
2 ! At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment
în alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product.

Shipments
Kind of ingot Opening to Closing
Production stocks
stocks consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) - 1,539 1,216 1,323 1,432

Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 4,376 7,448 7,734 4,090
Leaded semired brass ( 81-3-7-9) -- 3,325 4,840 4,706 3,459
High - leaded tin bronze ( 80-10-10 - ) -- 1,986 1,703 1,657 2,032
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,281 1,564 1,696 1,149
( 75-5-20) - 379 440 396 423
Nickel silver -.- . 303 427 252 478
Low brass .. 180 220 178 222
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys -- -216
base alloys - -1,216
copper -base scrap- 25,246
3
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1956 (preliminary ),
Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total serep Closing stocks
Period ,
of all scrap 2 / receipts generated 3 / consumption 23/ of all scrap 2
1956 -... 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January 45,360 34,180 50,972 82,998 47,513
February 47,513 27,723 47,455 78,948 43, 733
March ---- 43,733 28,431 47, 783 15,516 44,431
April --- 44,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
May ------ 42,052 29,690 51,860 81,247 42,355
1 / Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mtlle , representing 57
mills .
3 ) Calculated , by difference , fra reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .

Scrap item 1956 Jamiary

May
March April
( preliminary )
No. 1 wire and heavy - won 73,276 16,833 4,905 4,514
No , 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 32,854 6,316 2,505 2,283
Yellow brass ----WA 194,832 43,492 15,010 15,208
Cartridge brass and cases ------ 46,278 13,148 4,180 3,837
Bronze ------ 1,549 322 151 207
Nickel silver -... -- .- 7,208 1,922 51 637
Low brass - ot ...... ---------- 22,608 6,269 2,152 2,259
Mixed alloy scrapthi . 13,120 1,984 679 681
4
Table 6 . Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants of
primary copper producers in April and May 1957, gross weight in short tons 1
April :
No. 1 wire and heavy ------ 1,790 4,032 4,091 1,731
light ---- 4,984 9,307 9,498 4,793
Refinery brass ----- 3,969 2,042 1,911 4,100
Total ..... .ORG
52,068 29,747 33,169 47,646
May :
No. 1 wire and heavy ------ 1,731 5,166 5,154 1,743
light-... 4,793 9,800 10,904 3,689
Refinery brass --- 4,100 2,373 3,075 3,398
Low -grade scrap and residues- 37,022 12,188 16,641 32,569
Total 47,646 29,527 35,774
41,399
Table 7 . Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1956 (monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,
used
January 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February 11,722 19,644 7, 18 4 , 22,1 52 25,0 49 2, 66 4 88,415
March - 12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
April -- d 13,072 20,098 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,410 93,332
May---- 15,922 19,852 6,623 22,453 26,124 3,566 94,540
Total67,319 95,641 35,672 113,357 134,607 15,561 462,157
1956--13,213 17,699 24,105
7,645 30,079 2,626 95,367
1 Consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
5
1
Table 8 . - Production of all metals 1/ from copper -base scrap in 1956
(monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3/ | Other Total

Alloying l
Gross
ing redients Secondary Primary produced mil from copper -
2 4
Luary --- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
ruary- 23,8‫وبل‬ -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,271 71,107
ch ----- 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
il - . - .- 25,078 -1,438 2,229 19,017 1,018 29,665 75,569
24,254 -1,432 2,408 21,655 1,159 29,211 77,255
otal -- d 123,249 -7,126 10,563 98,328 3,519 147,778 376,311
16 --... 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
Does not include production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufac
ers , which are estimated to have recovered about 12,000 tons of secondary metal from
pper and brass scrap in brass and bronze castings , chemical products , etc., per month .
Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc., used by ingot
sers .
Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.
Table 9. - Copper recovered 1/ in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1956 ( monthly report average ), and 1957 , by months,
in short tons

Month
cers 2 / from smelters from from
copper
recovered
nuary -...- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
bruary- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
rch ----- 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,341 60,312
ril-..... 8,638 11,384 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 63,964
y----- 10,966 11,832 4,316 16,970 19,051 2,864 65,999
Total... 45,654 56,122 22,971 83,932 99,056 12,586 320,321
56---- 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293

Recovery by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not show ,
timated at 1,600 tons from new scrap in 7,300 tons from old scrap per month .
Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of copper
lfate produced from scrap . O
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Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in mill products 1/ in 1956
Consumption Stocks
Wire mills
of refined
Brass mills
Period copper
copper 2/ copper 2 / lead pig tin nickel zinc mills mills
1956 -... 862,938 611,926 2,742 1,144 4,453 111,651 40,188 51,085
1957 :
January-- 72,973 51,499 222 71 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
February- 64,389 44,424 211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March ... 68,633 42,263 214 422 8,110 42,145 38,726
April-.-.ad 71,652 47,344 199 83 506 8,638 37,367 38,739
May --- 68,252 48,901 197 90 ( 3) 8,659 42,560 40,028
1 / Data cover operations of 19 wire mills and 57 brass mills .
Copper Report .
3 / Not available .
Table 11 . Exports of copper - base scrap from the United States in 1956 , and
in 1957, by months , in short tons ( Bureau of the Census )
Period
1956 . - .- . 25,681 50,485

1957 :
January 5,777 7,947
March ....... 5,393 10,315
April--------- 9,137 -8,579

Prepared-- 7/11/57
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Reported domestic consumption of purchased copper and copper -base scrap

totaled 87,000 shortatons in June, representing an 8 - percent decrease from the May
total, according VERSETE
to Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior .
Statif
Primary producers' consumption of scrap declined 4,000 tons but continued to exceed
r ary rs pts of purchased
consumption byAhe second smelte or brass mills . Recei
scrap at brass moozemesto virtually the same in June as in May. Scrap stocks in
creased 3,000 tons at brass mills and decreased by about the same quantity at
primary producers .
Recovery of metals from copper and copper -base scrap in June was 77,000 tons ,
6,000 tons less than May . For the first half of 1957 , metal recovery in the second
quarter was nearly the same as in the first quarter . The chart on page 8 of this
report shows domestic primary and secondary copper production by quarters for
1953 through the first half of 1957 and will be eilased. henceforth in the reports
for the last month in each quarter .
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 23.5 and 22 cents per pound ,
respectively , at the beginning of June , and 21.5 and 20 cents at the end of the
month . Composition solids were 20.5 cents on June 3 and 19 cents on June 28 . The
price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 30.5 cents at the beginning of June
and 29.5 cents at the end of the month .

United States, in short tons
January - June May June
1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957
At brass mills 235,207 177,655 38,280 29,690 32,297 27,487
At primary producers. 203,787 194,528 38,638 35,7741 38,627) 31,568
Total--- 647,338 548,749 111,030 94,540 100,359 86,592
2:
Brass ingot production 171,291 146,070 27,722 244 , 2541 244,028 22,821
Refined copper 16,890 12,471 2,885 2,408 2,380 1,908
products ) 231,450 174,822 37,668 29,211 31,782 27,044
copper) ----- 127,936 217,736 23,060 21,655 24,6641 19,408
Other products 4,086 4,516 1,094 1,159 762 997
from copper -base scrap 3 -- 542,145 1447,130 90,785 77,255 82,2991 70,819
base scrap :
By secondary smelters--- 149,153 126,864 24,455 21,286 21,523) 19,961
By brass mills 176,386 132,149 28,698 21,915 23,987 20,507
By primary producers 4 131,878 122,170 24,138 22,798 25,358 20,394
Unalloyed ---- 11,228 531,751 1,979 7,362 420 (6)
Alloyed ----- 22,715 542, 230 4,402 8,866 2,135 (6)
At brass mills ---- 55,168 45,656 47,596 42,3551 55,16845,656
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufac
2 Excludes production by foundries, chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers,
3/ Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
5 January -May only .
6 Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in June 1957, gross
Scrap item Opening Receipts Melted or Closing
stocks consumed 2 stocks
No. 1 wire and heavy- 2,321 2,743 2,660 2,404
Yellow brass 4,880 4,664 5,148 4,396
Bronze 1,675 2,381 2,422 1,634
Low brass 293 236 248 281
Table 3. - Stocks , production, and shipments of brass ingot at secondary

consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) 1,432 1,327 1,156 1,603

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-14-42 ) -- 1,336 1,652 1,507 1,481
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ). 4,090 7,697 7,143 4,644
Leaded semired brass (88-3-7-9 ) -- 3,459 4,428 4,837 3,050
( 84-6-8-2 ). 1,149 1,389 1,384 1,154
(75-5-20 ) 423 191 227 397
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ).-- 1,160 1,305 1,252 1,213
Low brass 222 99 151 170
Miscellaneous products produced --- 1,919
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys ---- -175
base alloys -1,184
3
Table 4 . - Stocks and consumption of all copper - base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1956 ( preliminary)
and 1957, by months, gross weight in short tons I
Period Opening stocks Purchased Home scrap Total scrap Closing stocks
1956 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January 45,360 34,180 50,972 82,998 47,513
February 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 44,431
April 14,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
May 42,052 29,690 51,860 81,247 42,355
June 42,355 27,487 47,927 72,113 45,656
mills .
3 Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks, receipts and total consumption .

in 1956 and 1957, by months2,. gross weight in short tons
Scrap item 1956 January April May June
No. I wire and heavy 73 , 276 16,833 4,905 4,514 4,356

No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light- 32,854 6,316 2,505 2,283 2,488
Yellow brass -------- 194,832 43,492 15,010 15,208 13,486
Bronze ---- 1,549 322 151 207 192
Nickel silver 1,922 637
7, 208 511 527
Low brass 22,608 6,169 2,152 2,259 2,097
Aluminum bronze. 744 139 61 64 60
Mixed alloy scrap 679
13,120 1,984 681 819
4
primary copper producers in June 1957, gross weight in short tons ]
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 1,743 4,356 4,900 1,199
Refinery brass ----- 3,398 2,216 3,237 2,377
Low - grade scrap and residues. 32,569 12,622 13,966 31, 225
Total --------
28,120 | 31,568
41,399 | 37,951
Table 7 . C
Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap ]
in 1956 (monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,
Primary producers copper smelters 2 scrap
Month
used
New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap New scrap old scrap
January 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March 12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
April 13,072 20,098 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,410 93,331
May 15,922 19,852 6,623 22,453 26,124 3,566 94,540
June 13,394 18,174 6,611 20,926 214,065 3,422 86,592
Total-- 80,723 113,815 42,283 134,283 158,672 18,983 548,749
1956 13,213 17,699 7,645 214,105 30,079 2,626 95,367

5
(monthly report average a
) nd 1957, by months,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3) |prOther

oducts Brass
Total
Alloying recovery
Gross Secondary Primary produced mili from copper
weight ingredients smelters producers 4 products base scrap
21
January --- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February --- 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,271 77,107
March -CC
23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
April-- 25,078 -1,438 2,229 19,017 1,018 29,665 75,569
May 244 , 254 -1,432 2,408 21,655 1,159 29,211 77,255
June 22,821 -1,359 1,908 19,408 997 27,044 70,819
Total- 146,070 8,485 12,471 117,7364,516 174,822 447,130
1956 ------- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263

month .
2 Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin , zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
W Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.
Table 9 . Copper recovered ) in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1956 ( monthly report average ), and 1957, by months ,
in short tons

cers 2 from smelters from from
Month copper
New scrap old scrap New scraploid scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870

February- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,341 60,312
April 8,638 11,384 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 63,964
May ---- 10,966 11,832 4,316 16,970 19,051 2,864 65,999
June 9,412 10,982 4,412 15,549 17,734 2,773 60,862
Total --- 55,066 67,104 27,383 99,481 116,790 15,359 381,183
1956- 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown,
estimated at 1,600 tons from new scrap in 7,300 tons from old scrap per month .
per sulfa produ
te ced from scrap .
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Table 10. - Refined metals consumed in mill products in 1956
Consumption Stocks
Wire mills Brass mills of refined
Period copper
1956- 862,938 611,926 2,742 1,144 4,453 111,651 40,188 51,085

1957:
January 72,973 51,499 221 72 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
February 64,389 4,4244 211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March- 68,633 42,263 224 74 422 8,110 142,145 38,726
April 77,652 47,344 199 83 506 8,638 37,367) 38,739
May 68,252 48,901 197 90 372 8,659 142,560 40,028
hine 68,980 41,617 216 73 (3 ) 7,896 43,649| 40,219
Copper Report .
3 / Not available .
1956 . 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January 5,177 7,947
March 5,393 10,315
April 9,137 8,579
May------ 7,362 8,866
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COPPER SCRAP
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Reported domestic production of metals from copper -base scrap was low in July ,
as usual , on account of plant closures or curtailment of operations due to employee
vacations and repairs to equipment, and totaled 51,000 short tons compared with 77,000
tons in June , according to the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior
Recovery of secondary metal at brass mills declined 36 percent , output of brass ingot
27 percent , and in refined copper at primary producers 20 percent in July . Total
production of metal from copper scrap was 5 percent less in July 1957 than in July
1956 . Copper scrap consumption at brass mills , primary producers and secondary smel-
ters decreased 36 percent , 31 percent and 22 percent , respectively .
As shown in Table A, there was a general increase in the average grade of scrap
used by primary producers in the period 1948–57 . This average was higher in 1955 ,
1956 and elapsed 1957 than in any other year of the period.. Total annual secondary
copper recovery by primary producers declined from 1948 to 1952 then increased in
every year through 1956 except 1954. During the 10 - year period the average annual
metal recovery from scrap at brass mills was about 98 percent . That at secondary
copper smelters ranged from a low of 84 percent in 1952 to a high of 87 percent in 1950
scrap and No.2 copper scrap by dealers were 21.5 ha 20 cents per pound , respectively,
on July 1 and July 31. Composition solids were 19 cents per pound at the beginning
and end of the month . The price paid by consuiners for No. 215 ingot was 29.5 cents
per pound throughout the month .
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Table A. - Annual consumption of coppe escrap andspecovery of secondary
Omis7totin short tons
1948-5
copper at primary producers
B B
A B +A A Secondary BEA
Secondary Year Copper scrap Percent
Year Copper scrap Percent
copper copper
consumption recovery recovery consumption recovery
recovery
1948- 500,679 251,508 50 1953 327,640 197,698 60
1949-- 415,498 215,214 52 1954 326,575 185,845 57
1950- 385,660 195,441 51 1955- 318,269 23,625 67
1951 241,514 143,836 60 1956 370,946 2440,915 65
1952-- 240,455 129,262 59 1957 1 216,170 137,651 64

1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957

At secondary smelters- 227,682| 198,212 29,435 27,537 19,338 21,646
At brass mills ---- 253,400 195,358 32,297 27,487 18,193 17, 703
Total--- 724,669 609,740 100,359 86,592 67,331 60,991
2 ):
Brass ingot production 186,664 162,697 24,028 22,821 15,373 16,627
Refined copper 18,583 14,206 2,380 1,908 1,693 1,735
products ) 249,352 192 , 225 31,782 27,044 17,902 17,403
copper ) ----- 146,363 133,217 | 244,664 19,408 18,427 15,481
Other products---- 4,928 4,534 762 997 842 18

from copper - base scrap 337 - 595,519 497,648 82,299 70,819 53,374 50,518
base scrap :
By secondary smelters --- 163,110 142,818 21,523 19,961 13,957 15,954
By brass mills --- 189,937 145,025 23,987 20,507 13,551 12,876
By primary producers 4 / 151,099 137,651 25,358 20,394 19,221 15,481
Unalloyed --- 12,664 5 / 38,770 420 7,019 1,436 (6 )
Alloyed ----- 28,024 5 / 50,503 2,135 8,273 5,309 (6)
At secondary smelters------ 26,833 26,508 24,999 24,961 26,833 26,508
At brass mills----- 56,902 45,596 55,168 45,656 | 56,902 45,596
At primary producers- 59,307 42,930 62,532 37,951 | 59,307 42,930
1 Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufac
3 Total production of all metals from copper - base scrap by these groups , minus added
by ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8 )
5 ) January - June only .
6 Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in July 1957, gross
Scrap item stocks Receipts. consumed 21 stocks
No. l wire and heavy 2,404 2,745 2,803 2,346
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 3,207 2,944 -3,104 3,047
Railroad - car boxes--- 45 26 25 46
Yellow brass ---- 4,396 4,227 3,768 4,855
Cartridge cases ---- 272 68 84 256
Bronze 1,584 1,946
1,634 1,896
Nickel silver --- 548 228 204 572
Low brass 281 302 205 378
Total copper -base scrap ---- 244,961 23,193 21,646 26,508
copper smelters in July 1957 , gross weight in short toms
Shipments
Opening Production to Closing
consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) 1,603 931 1,003 1,531

Leaded tin bronze ( 88–6-14-42) -- 1,481 940 1,002 1,419
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ). 4,644 5,379 6,511 3,512
High - leaded tin bronze (80-10-10 ). 2,049 866 1,299 -1,616
(84-6-8-2 ) 1,154 1,161 1,037 1,278
(75-5-20 ) 397 298 241 454
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) --- 1,213 1,210 1,063 1,260
Manganese bronze 1,788 825 1,047 1,572
Low brass ---- 170 204 210 164
Silicon bronze ---- 340 357 266 431
Miscellaneous --- 304 67 89 282

Miscellaneous products produced ------ 1,753
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys- -92
base alloys- -654
copper -base scrap---- 17,634
3
Table 4 . - Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass miils in 1956 ( preliminary ),
and 1957, by months , gross weight in short tons y
Period
1956- 46,967 392,469 589,032 983,108 45,360
1957 :
January- 45,360 34,180 50,971 82,998 47,513
February 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 44,431
April- 44,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
May 42,052 29,690 51,860 81,247 42,355
June ---- 42,355 27,487 47,927 72,113 45,656
July --- 45,656 17,703 34,312 52,075 45,596
mills .

1956 January
July
Scrap item ( preliminary ) March April - June
No. 1 wire and heavy ---- 73,276 16,833 13,775 2,134
Yellow brass- 194,832 43,492 43,704 10 , 2446
Bronze 1,549 322 550 : 75
Nickel silver -... 7, 208 1,922 1,675 286
Low brass ------ 22,608 6,169 6,508 992
Aluminum bronze ----- 744 139 185 94
Mixed alloy scrap ---- 13,120 1,984 2,179 495
Total copper -base scrap--- 392,469 90,324 87,331 17,703
4
Table 6. - Consumption and stocks of purchased copper -base scrap at plants of
primary copper producers in July 1957 , gross weight in short tons 1
No. 1 wire and heavy--- 1,199 4,563 4,248 1,514
Refinery brass ------------ 2,377 2,189 1,848 2,778
Total 37,951 26,621 21,642 42,930
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper - base scrap 1

in 1956 ( monthly report average ) and 1957 , by months ,
Primary producers copper smelters 2
Month scrap
January --- 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February- 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March--
C
12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
April --- 13,071 20,098 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,410 93,331
May ----- 15,922 19,852 6,623 22,453 26,124 3,566 94,540
June --- 13,394 18,174 6,611 20,926 24,065 3,422 86,592
July --- 10,288 11,354 4,686 16,960 15,865 1,838 60,991
Total ---- 91,001 125,169 46,962 151,243 174,537 20,821 609,740
1956 13,213 17,699 7,645 244,105 30,079 2,626 95,367
1 Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers , about
2,000 plants in all, estimated at 1,500 tons of new scrap and 9,000 tons of old scrap
1
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3/ Other Total
Brass
Alloying products mili
recovery
Gross
ingredients Secondary Primary produced from copper
weight 21 smelters producers products base scrap
4
January-- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,271 71,107
March ---- 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
April- 25,078 -1,438 2,229 19,017 1,018 29,665 75,569
May ---- 244,254 -1,432 2,408 21,655 1,159 29,212 77,255
June --- 22,821 -1,359 1,908 19,408 997 27,044 70,819
July --- 16,627 -746 1,735 15,481 18 17,403 50,518
Total -- 162,697 -9,231 14,206 133,27 4,534 192,225 497,648
1956-- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263

month .
makers .
3 ] Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
\ Includes secondary copper in chemicals , black copper , aluminum ingot , etc.

copper -base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957 , by months ,
in short tons
By primary produ- By secondary By brass mills

Total
Month
cers 2 from smelters fram from
copper
January-- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870

February-- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March --- 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,724 2,341 60,312
April-- 8,638 11,384 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 63,964
May 10,966 21,832 4,316 16,970 19,051 2,864 65,999
June 9,412 10,982 4,412 15,549 17,734 2,773 60,862
July ------ 7,802 7,679 3,053 12,901 11,431 1,445 44,311
Total ---+ 62,868 74,783 30,436 112,382 128,221 16,804 425,494
1956 ------ 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
estimated at 1,600 tons from new scrap in 7,300 tons from old scrap per month .
2 / Recovery by primary producers includes unalloyed copper and copper content of cop
6
Table 10 . - Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 in 1956
Consumption Stocks
of refined
Period Wire mills Brass mills
copper
1956 ----- 862,938 611,926 2,742 1,144 4,453 111,651 40,188 51,085
1957 :
January- 72,973 51,499 221 71 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
红四弘 882
February 64,389 44,424 211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March --- 68,633 42,263 214 74 422 8,110 42,145 | 38,726
April --- 71,652 47,344 199 83 506 8,638 37,367 | 38,739
May ----- 68,252 48,901 197 90 372 8,659 42,560 40,028
June --- 68,980 41,617 216 73 400 7,896 43,649 40,119
July ---- 4; 702 33,737 159 64 (3 ) 5,687 49,779 40,663
Copper Report .
3/ Not available ,
in 1957, by months, in short tons ( Bureau of the Census )
1956- 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January --- 5,177 7,947
February --- 4,682 6,523
March---- 5,393 10,315
April --- 9,137 8,579
May --- 7,362 8,866
June- 7,019 8,273
Interior --Duplicating Section

Prepared-- 9 / 12 /57 23694
7
ERION
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Reported domestic production of metals from copper -base scrap rose 33 percent
to 67,000 short tons in August from the usual low output in July , according to the
Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior . The rebound in activity
was greatest at brass mills where total scrap consumption rose 43 percent and stocks
decreased 11 percent . Output of brass mill products increased 48 percent .. Brass
mills were the only group whose secondary production was greater in August 1957
than in August 1956. Purchased scrap consumption at secondary copper smelters in
creased 32 percent and their brass ingot output 43 percent . Consumption of scrap
at primary producers increased 17 percent , chiefly in refinery brass and low - grade
scrap and residues . Their recovery of secondary copper rose 8 percent .
copper scrap and No. 2 copper scrap by dealers were 21.5 and 20 cents per pound,
respectively , on August 1, and 20 and 18.5 cents on August 30. Composition solids
were 19 cents at the beginning of the month and 18.25 cents at the end of August .
The price paid by consumers for No. 115 ingot was 29.5 cents at the beginning of the
month and 28.75 cents at the end of the month .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , A. D. McMahon and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under the

supervision of Richard H. Mote Chief . Branch of Base Metals . Division of Minerals .
Table 1. Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the
United States, in short tons
January - August July August
1956 1957 1956 1957 1956 1957
At secondary smelters. 259,304 226,749 | 19,338 21,646 31,622 | 28,537
At brass mills ------ 279 , 281 221,542 18,193 17,703 25,881 26,184
Total 799,769 689,718 67,331 60,991 85,100 79,978
2:
Refined copper --- 20,513 16,429 1,693 1,735 1,930 2,223
At brass mills ( brass -mill pro
ducts ) - 274,814 217,985 17,902 17,403 | 25,462 25,760
copper ) 164,982 149,293 18,427 15,481 | 18,619 16,076
Other products 5,596 5,132 842 18 668 598
copper -base scrap 3 - 667,366 564,682 53,374 50,518 71,847 67,034
Copper recovered from copper -base
scrap :
By brass mills. 209,102 164,556 13,551 12,876 19,165 | 19,531
By primary producers y 170,374 154,307 | 19,221 | 15,481 19,275 | 16,656
Exports ( copper -base scrap):
Unalloyed ------- 14,247 1542,980 1,436 4,210 1,583 ( 6)
Alloyed----
31,896 1256,378 5,309 5,875 3,872 8
(6 )
At secondary smelters- 23,639 27,412 | 26,833 26,508 23,639 27,412
At brass mills- 52,911 40,515 56,902 45,596 52,911 40,515
At primary producers 63,002 45,356 59,307 42,930 63,00245,356
1 Excludes consumption by foundries, chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
scrap per month .
2 Excludes production by foundries , chemical plants and miscellaneous manufacturers ,
3 ) Total production of all metals from copper -base scrap by these groups , minus added
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc, etc. ) used by
85der,
ingot makers ( see Tables 337and 8) .
W Includes copper content of copper sulfate produced from scrap .
5 ) January - July only .
5 Nat available .
2
secondary copper smelters in August 1957, gross
weight in short tons y
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,346 2,696 2,715 2,327
Yellow brass--- 4,855 5,467 4,892 5,430
Bronze ------ 1,946 2,535 2,422 2,059
Nickel silver --- 572 248 372 449
Low brass------ 378 285 222 441
Reports were tabulated from all known secondary copper smelters, 72 plants .
At secondary copper smelters the scrap used is chiefly old or obsolete equipment in
alloy form , which remains in alloy form in the product .

Shipments
Tin bronze ( 88-10-2 ). 1,531 1,357 1,156 1,732

Leaded tin bronze (88-6-13-43)-- 1,419 1,515 1,656 1,278
Leaded red brass (85-5-5-5 ) 3,512 8,009 7,247 4,274
Leaded semired brass (88-3-7-9) --- 2,948 5,068 4,936 3,080
( 84-6-8-2 ) 1,278 1,162 1,273 1,167
( 75-5-20 ) 454 21.4 335 363
Leaded yellow brass (66-1-3-30 ) -- 1,260 1,502 1,461 1,301
Mangane se bronze 1,572 1,335 1,269 1,638
Low brass --- 164 268 216 186
Silicon bronze -- 431 228 276 383
Miscellaneous ---- 282 114 140 256
Total brass and bronze ingots. 18,306 23,722 22,606 19,422

Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys --- -250
base alloys- -1,095
copper -base scrap 244,618
Table 4 . Stocks and consumption of all copper - base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1956 and 1957,
by months , gross weight in short tons 1
Period
3
1956 (final ) 47,874 388,738 595,720 986,471 45,861
1957 :
January -- + 45,360 34,180 50,971 82,998 47,513
February- 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March- 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 44,431
April ---- 44,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
May ---- 42,052 29,690 51,860 81,247 42,355
June- 42,355 27,487 47,927 72,113 45,656
July ----- + 45,656 17,703 34,312 52,075 45,596
August 45,596 26,184 43,107 74,372 40,515
1 Reports were tabulated for all 'inown operators of brass mills , representing 58 mills .
3 Calculated , by difference , from reported stocks , receipts and total consumption .

Scrap item 1956 January - April July
June
August
(final) March
No. 1 wire and heavy- 73,771 16,833 13,775 2,134 4,500
No. 2 wire , mixed heavy and light 31,386 6,316 7,276 1,752 2,438
Yellow brass---- 193,353 43,492 43,704 10,246 13,341
Bronze- 1,582 322 550 75 157
Nickel silver 286
7,317 1,922 1,675 553
Low brass --- 22,317 6,169 6,508 992 1,820
Aluminum bronze --- 723 139 185 94 144
Mixed alloy scrap ----- 12,877 1,984 2,179 495 351

4
primary copper producers in August 1957 , gross weight in short tons Y
No. 1 wire and heavy --- 1,514 3,402 3,601 1,315

Refinery brass 2,728 2,410 2,804 2,3244
Total 42,930 27,683 25,257 45,356
primary materials used by the primary producers are mixed before or during treatement .
Table 7. Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap ]

in 1956 (monthly report average) and 1957, by months,
January- 14,250
+
18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February ---- 11,722 19,64 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March- 12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
April 13,071 20,098 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,420 93,331
May --- 15,922 19,852 6,623 22,453 26,124 3,566 94,540
June- 13,394 18,174 6,611 20,926 244,065 3,422 86,592
July ---- 10,288 11,354 4,686 16,960 15,865 1,838 60,991
August--- 10,317 14,940 6,661 22,876 244,233 1,952 79,978
Total- 101,318 140,109 53,630 173,119 ,770
198,770
198 22,772 689,718
1956 ------ 13,213 17,699 7,645 24,105 30,079 2,626 95,367
} Consumption by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers, about
5
(monthly report average ) and 1957, by months ,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 / Other Total
Alloying
Gross
ingredients
Secondary Primary produced mill from copper
weight smelters producers
41뇌 products base scrap
2
January --- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February- 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,272 72,107
liarch ----- 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
April --- 25,078 -1,438 2,229 19,017 1,018 29,665 75,569
lay------- 244,254 -1,432 2,408 21,655 1,159 29,211 77,255
June 22,821 -1,359 1,908 19,408 997 27,0444 70,819
July------ 16,627 -746 1,735 15,481 18 17,403 50, 518
August- 23,722 -1,345 2,223 16,076 598 25,760 67,034
Total--- 186,419 -10,576 16,429 149,293 5,132 217,985 564,682
1956- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
month .
2 Includes refined copper , refined and scrap lead , tin, zinc , etc. , used by ingot
makers .
31. Includes recovery from foreign scrap refined on a toll basis .
Table 9. - Copper recovered } in unalloyed and alloyed form from

copper -base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957 ,
Dy primary produ- By secondary By brass mills Total
Dionth cers 2 from smelters from from
copper
New scrap old scrap New scrap Old scrap New scrap old scrap recovered
January ----- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870

February ----- 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March ---- 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,341 60,312
April.- . 8,638 1.1., 384 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 63,964
Tey 10,966 31,832 4,316 16,970 19,051 2,864 65,999
Junc
9,43.2 10,982 11,7,12 15,549 17,734 2,773 60,862
July ..... 7,602 7,679 3,053 12,901 11,431 1,445 44,311
August 7,381 9,275 4,349 16,250 17,765 1,766 56,786
Total 70,249 84,058 34,785 128,632 145,986 18,570 482 , 280
1956 --- 8,798 11,278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
1 Recovery by foundries , chemical plants, and miscellaneous manufacturers , not shown ,

6
Table 10 . .
Refined metals consumed in mill products 1 in 1956
Stocks
Consumption
of refined
Wire mills Brass mills Copper
Period
1956 ( final ) 864,585 621,098 2,742 1,144 4,453 111,65140,188 51,040

1957 :
January --- 72,973
红的弘 8 % B4 %
51,499 221 72 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
February --- 64,389 44 , 424 21 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March 68,633 42,263 214 74 422 8,11042,145 38,726
April 71,652 47,344 199 83 506 8,638 37,367 38,739
May 68,252 48,901 197 372 8,659 42,560 40,028
June 68,980 41,617 216 73 400 7,896 43,649 40,119
July ----- 44,702 33,737 159 64 272 5,687 49,779 40,663
August- 66,778 45,083 210 92 (3 ) 8,877 51,444 39,075
1. Data cover operations of 19 wire mills and 58 brass mills .
Copper Report .
3/ Not available .
1956 ---- 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January ---- 5,177 7,947
March- 5,393 10,315
April- 9,137 8,579
May 7,362 8,866
June 7,019 8,273
July ---- 4,210 5,875
Interior --Duplicating Section, Washington, D. C. 25159

Prepared October 9 , 1957
DE
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OF FRED A. SEATON , Secretary MARLING J. ANKENY, Director
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COPPER SCRAP
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DEC SECONDARY COPPER AND BRASS IN SEPTEMBER 1957

1952
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Reported domestic consumption of and production from copper -base scrap were 6
percentang 10 percent lower , respectively , in September than in August , according to
.
the Bureau of Mines , United States Department of the Interior . The chief reason for
the greater loss in production than in consumption was that primary producers used
less high - grade and more low - grade scrap in September than in August . Total scrap
consumption was 75,400 short tons in September and 80,000 tons in August . Of the
4,600 - ton loss, 2,900 tons was attributable to the brass mills, 1,000 to the primary
producers and 700 to the secondary smelters . September 1957 scrap consumption and
secondary production were also lower than in September 1956 .
Stocks of scrap at primary producers at the end of September were 6 percent
lower than at the end of August and 34 percent lower than a year previously .
Corresponding percentages for brass mills were 5 and 20. September ending stocks
of scrap at secondary smelters were virtually the same as at the end of August and
6 percent greater than on September 30, 1956 .

Scrap prices declined about as much as those of primary copper . According to the
American Metal Market , prices paid in New York for No. 1 copper scrap and No. 2 copper
scrap by dealers were 20 and 18.5 cents per pound , respectively , on September 3 , and
18.5 and 16.5 cents at the end of September . Composition solids were 18.25 cents at
the beginning of the month and 16.5 at the end of the month . The price paid by
consumers for No. 115 ingot was 27.75 at the beginning and end of September .
Prepared by Archie J. McDermid , A. D. McMahon and Gertrude N. Greenspoon , under the

supervision of Richard H. Mote, Chief, Branch of Base Metals , Division of Minerals .
1
Table l . - Salient statistics of secondary copper and brass in the

January - September August September
1956 1957 1956 1957
1956 1957
( gross weight ) 1:
At secondary smelters 288 , 279 254,609 31,622 28,537 28,975 27,860
At brass mills----- 305,263 244,813 25,881 26,184 25,982 23,271
At primary producers 286,980 265,679 27,597 25,257 25,796 24 , 252
Total 880,522 765,101 85,100 79,978 80,753 75,383
2):
Refined copper 22,282 18,851 1,930 2,223 1, 769 2,422
At brass mills ( brass -mill prod
ucts )----- 300,377 240,889 25,462 25,760 25,563 22,904
copper ) 181,497 162,916 18,619 16,076 16,515 13,623
Other products--- 6,268 5,149 668 598 672 17
copper -base scrap 3- 734,721 625,048 71,847 67,0
| 34 67,355 60,365
Copper recovered from copper -base
scrap :
By secondary smelters- 206,276 183,540 22,464 20,599 20,702 20,123
By brass mills ----- 228,423 182,076 19,165 19,531 19,321 1 ? ,520
By primary producers 4 187,548 168,686 19,275 16,656 17,174 14,379
Unalloyed- 15,837 544,644 1,583 1,664 1,590 (6)
Alloyed ----- 35,495 559,140 3,872 2,762 3,599 (6)
At brass mills- 48,073 38,641 | 52,911 40,515 | 48,073 38,641
At primary producers 64,890 42,751 |63,002 45,356 64,890 42,751
1 Excludes consumption by foundries , chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacturers,
scrap per month ,
alloying ingredients ( refined copper , refined and scrap lead, tin , zinc , etc. ) used by
ingot makers ( see Tables 3 and 8) .per,
5. January -August only .
6 / Not available .
2
secondary copper smelters in September 1957, gross
No. 1 wire and heavy 2,327 2,974 3,016 2,285
Yellow brass --- 5,430 4,840 4,819 5,451
Auto radiators ( unsweated ) -- 3,279 3,540 3,781 3,038
Bronze- 2,059 2, 228 2,251 2,036
Low brass- 441 166 213 394
Low -grade scrap and residues- 5,219 3,448 3,225 5,442
Total copper - base scrap ---- 27,412 27,650 27,860 27,202
Shipments
Openi ng Production to Closing
stocks consumers
Tin bronze (88-10-2 ) 1,732 1,106 1,156 1,682

Leaded tin bronze ( 88-6-13-43 )--- 1,278 1,652 1,550 1,380
Leaded red brass ( 85-5-5-5 ) . 4, 274 7,712 8,129 3,857
(84-6-8-2 ) 1,167 1,226 1,389 1,004
(75-5-20 ) 363 295 276 382
Low brass ------ 186 250 242 194
Silicon bronze- 383 265 276 372
Refined copper consumed in copper -base alloys---- -212
base scrap ---- 23,839
3
Table 40 - Stocks and consumption of all copper -base scrap and receipts of
purchased copper -base scrap at brass mills in 1956 and 1957,
by months , gross weight in short tons y
Period
of all scrap 21 receipts generated 3 consumption 31 of all scrap 2 )
1956 (final ) 47,874 388,738 595,720 986,471 45,861
1957 :
January-- 45,360 34,180 50,971 82,998 47,513
February 47,513 27,713 47,455 78,948 43,733
March- 43,733 28,431 47,783 75,516 44,431
April 44,431 30,154 49,064 81,597 42,052
May ---- ..42,052 29,690 51,860 81,247 42,355
June- 42,355 27,487 47,927 72,113 45,656
July ---- 45,656 17,703 34,312 52,075 45,596
August ---- 45,596 26,184 43,107 74,372 , 40,515
September- 40,515 23,271 44,993 70,138 38,641
1 Reports were tabulated for all known operators of brass mills, representing 59
mills .

1956 January- April September
Scrap item ( final) March June July August
No. I wire and heavy- 73,771 16,833 13,775 2,134 4,500 4,434
light 31,386 6,316 7,276 1,752 2,438 2,126
Yellow brass 193,353 43,492 43,704 10,246 13,341 11,387
Cartridge brass and cases 45,412 13,148 11,479 1,629 2,880 2,588
Bronze ----- 1,582 321 550 75 157 189
Nickel silver 7,317 1,922 1,675 286 553 482
Low brass- 22,317 6,169 6,508 992 1,820 1,652
Aluminum bronze 723 139 185 94 144 110
Mixed alloy scrap 12,877 1,984 2,179 495 351 303
Total copper -base scrap-- + 388,738 90,324 87,331 17,703 26,184 23,272
4
primary copper producers in September 1957 , gross weight in short tons 1
No. 1 wire and heavy ---- 1,315 3,867 3,788 1,394

Refinery brass --- 2,324 1,679 2,121 1,882
Total ---- 45,356 21,647 24,252 42,751
Table 7. - Consumption of purchased new and old copper -base scrap 1

in 1956 (monthly report average) and 1957, by months,
Month 21 scrap
used
New scrap old scrap New scrap pid scrap New scrap old scrap
Jan uar y ------ 14,250 18,190 7,580 24,806 31,107 3,073 99,006
February --- 11,722 19,644 7,184 22,152 25,049 2,664 88,415
March 12,354 17,857 6,762 21,461 25,583 2,848 86,865
April- 13,071 20,098 7,523 22,485 26,744 3,420 93,331
May--- 15,922 19,852 6,623 22,453 26,124 3,566 94,540
June 13 ,3 94 18 ,1 74 6, 61 1 20 ,9 26 24 4,065 3,422 86,592
July --- 10,288 11,354 4 , 6 8 6 16, 960 15, 865 1,838 60,991
August 10,317 14,940 6,661 21,876 244,2 33 1,951 79,978
September 9,624 14,628 6,189 21,671 21,679 1,592 75,383
Total---- 110,942 154,737 59,819 194,790 220,449 24,364 765,101
1956 ---- 13,213 17,699 7,645 24,105 30,079 2,626 95,367
5
(monthly report average) and 1957 , by months ,
Brass ingot production Refined copper 3 Other

Brass
Total
Alloying products recovery
mill co
Gross Primary produced from pper
ingredients Secondary products ba se scrap
weight
2/ smelters producers 4
January-- 26,872 -1,337 2,087 19,806 399 33,646 81,473
February 23,849 -1,487 1,561 19,421 492 27,271 71,107
March 23,196 -1,432 2,278 18,429 451 27,985 70,907
April 25,078 -1,438 2,229 19,017 1,018 29,665 75,569
May ---- 244,254 -1,432 2,408 21,655 1,159 29,211 77,255
June- 22,821 -1,359 1,908 19,408 997 27,044 70,819
July - ma 16,627 -746 1,735 15,481 18 17,403 50,518
August --- 23,722 -1,345 2,223 16,076 598 25,760 67,034
September- 22,734 -1,334 2,422 13,623 17 22,904 60,366
Total- 209,153 -11,910 18,851 162,916 5,149 240,889 625,048
1956 ----- 26,068 -1,496 2,408 19,485 613 32,185 79,263
month .
makers .
copper -base scrap in 1956 (monthly report average ), and 1957,
By primary produc- By secondary By brass mills Total
Month ers 21 from smelters from from copper
recovered
January --- 8,817 11,374 4,956 18,156 23,108 2,459 68,870
February 8,447 11,449 4,508 16,086 18,484 2,202 61,176
March --- 8,786 10,083 4,442 15,946 18,714 2,342 609312
April- 8,638 11,384 4,749 16,774 19,699 2,720 63,964
May --- 10,966 11,832 4,316 16,970 19,051 2,864 65,999
June 9,412 10,982 4,412 15,549 17,734 2,773 60,862
July --- 7,802 7,679 3,053 12,901 11,431 1,445 44,311
August 7,381 9,275 4,349 16,250 17,765 1,766 56,786
September 6,126 8,253 3,877 16,246 16,045 1,475 52,022
Total--- 76,375 92,311 38,662 144,878 162,031 20,045 534,302
1956 --- 8,798 11 $, 278 4,906 17,865 22,290 2,156 67,293
1 Recovery by foundries, chemical plants , and miscellaneous manufacutrers , not shown,
estimated at 1,600 tons from new scrap and 7,300 tons from old scrap per month.
6
Table 10 . Refined metals consumed in mill products } in 1956
and in 1957, by months, and stocks of refined copper at
Stocks
Period
copper 2) copper 2
2/ lead pig tin nickel zinc mills mills
1956
(final) 864,585 611,098 2,742 1,144 111,651
4,453 111,651 40,188 51,040
1957 :
29 % 88238
January-- 72,973 51,499 221 71 399 9,900 36,435 42,005
February- 64,389 449424 211 89 348 8,343 31,098 36,933
March- 68,633 42,263 214 74 422 8,110 42,145 38,726
April 71,652 47,344 199 506 8,638 37,367 38,739
May ----- 68,252 48,901 197 90 372 8,659 42,560 40,028
June 68,980 41,617 216 73 400 7,896 43,649 40,119
July ---- 44,702 33,737 159 64 272 5,687 49,779 40,663
August- 66,778 45,083 210 92 323 8,877 51,444 39,075
September 61,781 43,311 172 77 (3 ) 8,795 54,123 37,619
Copper Report .
3 Not available .
in 1957, by months, in short tons (Bureau of the Census )
1956- 25,681 50,485
1957 :
January 5,177 7,947
March --- 5,393 10,315
April- 9,137 8,579
May --- 7.362 8,866
June 7,019 8,273
July --- 4,210 5,875
August 1,664 2,762
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400
TOTAL PRIMARY COPPER
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SECONDARY COPPER
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COPPER FROM OLD SCRAP
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Ist. 2nd 3rd 4th . I st. 2nd 3rd 4th . Ist. 2nd. 3rd . 4th. Ist. 2nd . 3rd . 4th . Ist. 2nd . 3rd. 4th
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Domestic production of primary and secondary copper, 1953-57..

Source : Data from the tables in the monthly copper report
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11.HTINUTURISTIMONIOUSISOITETTIILOTTITILS....................... BOLEHIYO .....RODOTTORITROTOLOER . O.O.PEROTERBARULITTOORIUMIRIHLUTIRANIH TRODUIRE

STOCKS OF COPPER AND BRASS SCRAP DECLINE SLIGHTLY IN JULY

Prepared by Herbert L , Cullen and A. J. 1c Dermid , under the supervision of Charles

No. I wire and heavy .. 6,998 6,447

Total copper-base scrap 102,616 100,845

Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper scrap

Remelters, smelters Manufacturers

No. 1 wire and heavy . 1,462 3,277 1,092 1,639 7,470

Auto radiators ( unsweated ).... 1,343 6 1,349

Total.copper - base -scrap . 16,624 28,390 33,275. 19,717 98,006

Item produced from Gross weight

Brass and bronze ingots

Total brass and bronze ingots ... 27,860

1 / Gross weight of secondary metal produced .

CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SCRAP DOWN 4 PERCENT IN AUGUST 1945

Consumption of copper and brass scrap by smelters; refiners , brass mills ,

The August decrease in consumption of copper scrap and in recovery of secondary

Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

STOCKS OF COPPER AND BRASS SCRAP DECLINE SLIGHTLY IN JULY

Prepared by Herbert L. Cullen and A. J. ic Dermid , under the supervision of Charles

Stocks Stocks Stocks

No. 1 wire and heavy ... 6,998 6,447 6,998

Total copper - base scrap 102,616 100,845 96,921

Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper scrap

Remelters , smelters Manufacturers

No. 1 wire and heavy.... 1,710 2,838 1,457 1,292 7,297

Auto radiators ( unsweated ) . 1,304 ll , 1,315

Total copper - base scrap 15,343 26,277 31,099 121,813 94,532

Brass and bronze ingots

Total brass and bronze ingots , .

Electrolytic grade .. 8,282

CONSUMPTION OF COFPER SCRAP DOWN 27 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER 1945

Operations in the secondary copper industry suffered a pronounced setback in

Prepared by Herbert I. Cullen and A, J. McDermid, under the supervision of Charles

Stocks Stocks Stocks

No. 1 wire and heavy .. 6,447 6,998 7,497

Total copper-base scrap 100,845 96,921 99,037

Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper scrap

Femelters , smelters Manufacturers Total

No , I wire and heavy . • 1,592 2,317 1,463 1,717 7,089

Total copper- base scrap 11,880 21,702 21 ; 339 14,173 6.9,094

Item produced from scrap Gross weight

Erass and bronze ingots

Tin bronze ( 88–10-2 ) .... 1,508

Total brass and bronze ingots .. 21,014

Electrolytic grade . 7,084

Prass mill products .... 1.9,711

CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SCRAP UP 31 PERCENT IN OCTOBER 1945

Consumption of copper - base scrap , which had decreased 27 percent in September ,

Production of nearly all kinds of brass ingot increased in October , particu

Prepared by Herbert 1, Cullen and A. J, McDermid , under the supervision of Charles

August 31 September 30 October 31

No. 1 wire and heavy ..... 6,998 7,497 7,024

Total copper -base scrap 96,921 99,037 .90,202

Table 2. Consumption of purchased copper-base scrap

Remeltérs, smelters Nanufacturers

No , I wire and heavy .. 1,973. 12:,919 1,283 1,846 8,021

Auto radiators (unsweated ) 1,442 3 1,445

Bronze .. 784 1,583 711 5,286

Total copper - base scrap 18,355 26,202 29,585 16,648 90,790

Brass and bronze ingots