{"id":1950,"date":"2013-11-12T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/11\/12\/us-consumption-of-lead-by-produc\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:08","slug":"us-consumption-of-lead-by-produc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1950","title":{"rendered":"US Consumption Of Lead By Product"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12556,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.captainsjournal.com\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/04\\\/ammunition-availability-last-lead-smelter-closes-in-u-s&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.captainsjournal.com\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/04\\\/ammunition-availability-last-lead-smelter-closes-in-u-s&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12557,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/sierra-bullets-on-shutdown-of.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12558,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.indexmundi.com\\\/en\\\/commodities\\\/minerals\\\/lead\\\/lead_t5.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.indexmundi.com\\\/en\\\/commodities\\\/minerals\\\/lead\\\/lead_t5.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12559,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/minerals.usgs.gov&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12560,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/minerals.usgs.gov\\\/minerals\\\/pubs\\\/commodity\\\/lead\\\/mcs-2013-lead.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12561,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.examiner.com\\\/article\\\/last-us-lead-smelter-closure-highlights-need-to-rescind-bullet-material-limits&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/examiner.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nWith the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.captainsjournal.com\/2013\/11\/04\/ammunition-availability-last-lead-smelter-closes-in-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous stories<\/a> including <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/sierra-bullets-on-shutdown-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mine<\/a> regarding the closure of the Heculaneum, MO primary lead smelting facility, I thought this chart would be helpful to put the consumption of lead for ammo into perspective. The chart is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/en\/commodities\/minerals\/lead\/lead_t5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IndexMundi<\/a> which got it from the <a href=\"http:\/\/minerals.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For 2010, lead used in shot and bullets comprised 4.6% of the total lead used in the United States. This was down from 5.26% in 2009.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"xl6553522593\" style=\"width: 544px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6322593\" colspan=\"7\" style=\"width: 407pt;\" width=\"544\">TABLE 5<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"xl6522593\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6322593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">U.S.<br \/>\n  CONSUMPTION OF LEAD, BY PRODUCT<span class=\"font622593\">1<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#8212; <\/span><\/span><span class=\"font522593\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6622593\" colspan=\"7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6322593\" colspan=\"7\">(Metric tons,<br \/>\n  lead content)<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6722593\" colspan=\"7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6822593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">SIC<span class=\"font622593\">2<\/span><span class=\"font522593\"> code<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Product<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">2009<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Metal products:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><b>3482<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><b>Ammunition, shot and bullets<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\"><b>67,900<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7522593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\"><b>65,700<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Bearing metals:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">35<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Machinery except electrical<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7922593\">371<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8022593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8122593\">Motor vehicles and equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">37<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Other transportation equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8422593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,100<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3351<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Brass and bronze, billets and<br \/>\n  ingots<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,370<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">36<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Cable covering, power and<br \/>\n  communication<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8622593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8622593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Calking lead, building<br \/>\n  construction<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8722593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8822593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8722593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Casting metals:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">36<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Electrical machinery and<br \/>\n  equipment<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">371<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Motor vehicles and equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">37<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Other transportation equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3443<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Nuclear radiation shielding<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8922593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">15,900<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7522593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">16,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Pipes, traps, other extruded<br \/>\n  products:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Building construction<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,130<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">3443<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Storage tanks, process vessels,<br \/>\n  etc.<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9022593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">4<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9022593\">(4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">1,130<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Sheet lead:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Building construction<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">16,300<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">16,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3443<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Storage tanks, process vessels,<br \/>\n  etc.<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9222593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9222593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3693<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Medical radiation shielding<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">25,400<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">23,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Solder:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Building construction<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Metal cans and shipping<br \/>\n  containers<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">367<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Electronic components,<br \/>\n  accessories, and other electrical equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">6,160<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">6,130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">371<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Motor vehicles and equipment<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9322593\">6,450<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl9322593\">6,420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Storage batteries:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3691<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Storage battery grids, post, etc.<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">389,000<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">478,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">3691<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Storage battery oxides<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">750,000<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8922593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">806,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8522593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total storage batteries<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,140,000<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">1,280,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Type metal, printing and allied<br \/>\n  industries<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8622593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8622593\"><span class=\"font522593\">(<\/span><span class=\"font722593\">3<\/span><span class=\"font522593\">)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" height=\"16\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 12.6pt;\">34<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Other metal products<span class=\"font622593\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">5,790<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7522593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">8,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Grand total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">1,260,000<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7522593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">1,410,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Other oxides:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">285<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Paint<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">32<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Glass and ceramics products<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7722593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">28<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Other pigments and chemicals<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8422593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7822593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">10,100<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8222593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7622593\">9,760<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\">Miscellaneous uses<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7122593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">12,200<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7522593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7422593\">13,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl7022593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl6922593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl7322593\" style=\"border-top: none;\"><b>Grand total<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8022593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\"><b>1,290,000<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8922593\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl8322593\"><b>1,430,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9422593\" colspan=\"7\">W Withheld to<br \/>\n  avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in appropriate totals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9622593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">1<span class=\"font522593\">Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits;<br \/>\n  may not add to totals shown.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9622593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">2<span class=\"font522593\">SIC Standard Industrial Classification.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9622593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">3<span class=\"font522593\">Included with -Metal products: Other Metal products.-<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9622593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">4<span class=\"font522593\">Included with -Metal products: Sheet lead: Building<br \/>\n  construction- to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt; mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9622593\" colspan=\"7\" height=\"16\" style=\"height: 12.6pt;\">5<span class=\"font522593\">Includes lead consumed in foil, collapsible tubes,<br \/>\n  annealing, galvanizing, plating, electrowinning, and fishing<\/span> weights.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-height-source: userset;\">\n<td class=\"xl9822593\" colspan=\"7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Looking at where raw lead is found, <a href=\"http:\/\/minerals.usgs.gov\/minerals\/pubs\/commodity\/lead\/mcs-2013-lead.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data from the US Geological Survey<\/a> shows that Australia has the greatest proven reserves of lead. China which has the second largest amount of reserves of lead is actually the largest miner of lead accounting for about half of the world&#8217;s yearly production in 2012. The United States has only the 6th largest reserves in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/last-us-lead-smelter-closure-highlights-need-to-rescind-bullet-material-limits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurt Hofmann makes an excellent point in his post<\/a> about the Herculaneum smelter closure. He notes that the possible squeeze in lead for bullets might be felt even more keenly due to the Federal ban on many other materials for use in handgun ammo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Perhaps, perhaps not, but regardless, the squeeze is likely to be felt quite keenly by gun owners. All the more keenly because of longstanding federal law banning the use of many other materials in the construction of bullets used in &#8220;handgun ammunition.&#8221; <b>If lead is unavailable\/unaffordable (and now verboten, to California hunters), and if a great many other possible bullet materials are illegal, the remaining options are both few and of limited utility.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And what, anyway, is &#8220;handgun ammunition,&#8221; you ask? Excellent question. Handguns have been built in nearly every caliber that rifles have, including the .50 BMG and the .600 Nitro Express.<b> It seems apparent that any caliber that can be fired from a rifle can also be fired from a handgun, given a shooter with sufficient tolerance for recoil (and, in many cases, for impracticality).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And that means that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can, if it chooses, ban bullets made with tungsten alloys, steel, brass, etc., in virtually every caliber. It is hardly difficult to imagine the BATFE, especially under an administration like this one, choosing to do precisely that.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And therein lies the rub when it comes to reduced US production of primary lead. <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the numerous stories including mine regarding the closure of the Heculaneum, MO primary lead smelting facility, I thought&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2825,2826],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lead","tag-lead-smelter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}