United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Copper— Molybdenum—Cobalt 735
No. 1316. C o p p e r — S u m m a r y : 1960 t o 1981
[In thousands ol short tons, except ae indicated. Excludes Hawaii and Puerto Rico, except lor imports and exports. See also
H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, series M 235-241]
ITEM 1960 1965 1970 1975 1976 1977 1976 1979 I960
1981,
prel.
New (primary) copper produced—
Mines (from domestic ores)...................................... 1,080 1,352 1,720 1.413 1,606 1,504 1,496 1,591 1,302 1,696
Copper ore produced 1(mil. sh. tons)..................... 135 173 258 263 264 260 264 306 244 306
Average yield of copper (percent)....................... .73 .70 .59 .47 .51 .52 .51 .47 .48 .51
Smelters (from domestic ores).... 1,143 1.403 1,605 1,374 1,461 1,394 1,400 1,448 1,096 1,427
Percent of world total............... 23 23 24 17 17 16 16 16 13 16
Refineries (from domestic ores).... 1,121 1,336 1 ,5 2 1 1,286 1.423 1,411 1,463 1,556 1,237 1,577
From foreign ores, matte, etc., refinery___________ 398 376 244 157 117 65 134 114 98 125
Total new refined, domestic and foreign__________ 1,519 1,712 1,765 1,443 1,539 1,496 1,597 1,670 1,335 1,702
Secondary copper produced......................................... 871 1,253 1,246 972 1,145 1,196 1,375 1,711 1,584 1,563
Recovered from old scrap only 429 513 504 369 419 452 553 666 676 659
Imports (unmanufactured) 3 ’... 524 523 392 324 535 437 586 310 603 474
Refined............................... 143 137 132 147 3B2 387 444 225 471 364
Exports (unmanufactured)9.... 506 372 307 234 172 125 196 204 213 265
Refined exports of metallic copper 434 325 221 172 112 52 101 81 16 27
Stocks (producers), Dec. 31.. 359 261 470 519 511 580 459 374 354 472
Mine production of primary copper 1 ,0 8 0 1 ,3 5 2 1 ,7 2 0 1 ,4 1 3 1 ,6 0 6 1,504 1 ,4 9 6 1,591 1 ,3 0 2 1,696
Arizona............................... 539 703 918 613 1,024 924 983 1,043 849 1,147
Montana............................. 92 115 120 88 91 86 74 77 42 69
New Mexico........................ 67 99 166 146 172 165 141 181 165 170
Utah................................... 218 259 296 177 185 194 205 213 174 233
Other States....................... 163 175 220 189 134 135 93 77 72 77
Avg. price, domestic production (cents per lb.)............. 32.1 35.4 58.2 64.2 69.6 66.8 66.5 93.3 102.4 85.1
World smelter production.............................................. 5,040 6,105 6,752 8,069 8,642 8,967 8,644 8,869 8,751 9,177
World smelter capacity.................................................. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 10,900 11,180 (NA) (NA)
NA Not available. 1includes old tailings, smelted or retreated. Not comparable with mine production figures which include
recoverable copper content of ores not classified as "copper.” 3 Includes copper Imported for Immediate consumption plus
material entering county under bond. Beginning with 1977 includes imports for consumption. 9Comprises copper in ores and
concentrates, matte, refined, blister, and scrap.
No. 1317. M o l y b d e n u m Co n c e n t r a t e s — S u m m a r y : i9 6 0 t o 1981
[In millions of pounds of contained molybdenum, except ae Indicated. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1970, series
M 227-228, for production and exports of ores and concentrates]
ITEM 1960 1965 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
1961,
prel.
Production.................................... 68.2 77.4 111.4 115.9 112.0 106.0 113.2 122.4 131.8 144.0 150.7 139.9
Shipments from mines................. 69.9 77.3 110.4 135.1 110.2 105.2 114.5 125.0 130.7 143.5 149.3 118.9
Average price per pound 1(dol.).... 1.47 1.75 1.92 1.92 2.24 2.74 3.26 4.02 4.86 6.07 9.00 6.85-8.50
Value (mil. dol,)............................ 87.4 120.8 190.1 217.7 234.7 259.3 333.5 450.4 607.9 871.1 1,344.2 945.5
Exports *...................................... 30.2 24.1 55.7 74.0 78.7 62.6 62.5 65.7 69.2 72.2 66.2 51.4
Imports for consumption.............. - .1 (z) .5 .2 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.7 2.3 1.8 2.0
Consumption................................ 44.8 68.1 76.1 62.5 91.7 90.0 85.0 91.0 96.4 103.2 108.2 80.7
Slocks (Industry), Deo. 31 ’.......... 3.5 4.2 9.7 22.0 18.7 10.7 9.4 9.2 9.0 9.5 18.1 35.5
World production, estimate.......... 89.1 498.5 4161.1 180.1 185.6 180.3 195.5 209.7 220.7 229.4 241.7 240.4
- Represents zero. 2 Less than 50,000 pounds. ‘ Molybdenum in technical-grade oxide, f.o.b., plant of major producer,
domestic sales. includes roasted concentrates. 3At mines and at plants making molybdenum products. 4Free world.
No. 1318. Cobalt—Summary: I960 t o 1981
[In millions of pounds of contained cobalt, except price]
ITEM 1960 1965 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Production:
Mine........................................................ 2.2 1.2 .7
Secondary (scrap)1.................................. .2 .1 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .5 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0
imports 2 . 12.2 15.4 12.4 19.2 16.1 6.6 16.5 17.5 19.0 20.0 16.3 16.6
Zaire_ (NA) (NA) (NA) 11.2 7.5 2.2 6.8 7.5 7.9 6.8 6.2 4.2
Zambia (NA) (NA) (NA) _ .1 _ 1.7 2.4 2.1 3.5 2.2 1.5
Finland (NA) (NA) (NA) .9 .9 1.1 .8 1.3 .9 1.2 1.1 1.2
Exports 9 (NA) .1' 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.8 1.8 .9 1.5 .7 .6 .8
Consumption 8.9 13.6 13.4 18.7 18.9 12.8 16.5 16.6 20.0 17.4 15.3 11.7
inventories 104.0 103.8 81.0 65.4 56.0 49.5 44.1 44.5 45.2 44.2 43.3 42.2
Government4.................. ........................ 103.2 102.2 79.1 62.9 54.0 47.6 41.0 40.9 40.B 40.8 40.8 40.8
Private9 .6 1.6 1.9 2.5 2.0 1.8 3.2 3.7 4.4 3.4 2.5 1.4
Price per pound • (dollars)........................... 1.54 1.62 2.20 3.00 3.46 3.98 4.44 5.56 11.53 24.58 25.00 19.73
- Represents zero. NA Not available. 1Reported consumption of purchased scrap. ’ Includes countries not shown
separately. ’ Content of unwrought cobalt and cobalt alloys, and waste and scrap. ’ Includes cobalt sold but not delivered
’ Consumer stocks only. ’Weighted average based on the market price quoted by a ma|or U.S. cobalt dealer.
Source of tables 1316-1318: U.S. Bureau of Mines, M in e ra ls Y e a rbo o k .