Copper Development Assoc. Inc. Copper
Supply and Consumption, 1993.
Copper and Brass Fabrication Council, Inc.,
U.S. brass mill trade.
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census,
trade in copper products.


International Copper Study Group, monthly
Copper Bulletin International Wrought
Copper Council. Annual Statistics.
Roskill, The Economics of Copper 1992
(London).


World Copper Databook, Metal Bulletin
Books, London 1993.
World Metal Statistics (WBMS, London).
Monthly Statistics.


TABLE 1
SALIENT COPPER STATISTICS
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)


1989           1990           1991           1992           1993


United States:
Ore produced
Average yield of copper percent
Primary (new) copper produced:
From domestic. ores, as reported by:
Mines


Value
Percent of world total
Smelters'


thousand metric tons


millions


Refineries
From foreign ores, matte, etc., as reported by refineries
Total new refined, domestic and foreign2
Secondary scrap copper produced:
Smelter from scrap (new and old)
Refined copper from scrap (new and old)
Secondary copper recovered from old scrap only
Exports:
Refined
Unmanufactured'
Imports for consumption:
Refined
Unmanufactured'
Stocks, Dec. 31: Total industry and COMEX:
Refined
Blister and materials in solution
Consumption:
Refined copper (reported)
Apparent consumption, primary and old copper (old
scrap only)
Price: Weighted average, cathode, cents per pound,
producers


237,301
0.61


1,497,818
i         $4,324
r16
1,120,445
1,351,747
125,085
1,476,833


359,066
480,018
'547,561
130,189
725,000
300,110
515,000
106,656
131,650


249,500
0.62
1,587,742
$4,311
'17
1,158,462
1,502,014
74,620
1,576,633
304,860
440,757
536,732
211,164
780,000
261,672
512,000
101,274
118,924


276,891
0.57
1,631,078
$3,931
18
1,122,926
1,500,544
76,889
1,577,433
364,331
417,761
'518,401
263,217
806,000
288,586
512,000
132,050
135,099


'295,953
ro.59
'1,764,756
'$4,179
19
1,180,305
1,614,509
96,135
1,710,644
393,609
r43,184
r554,608
176,913
'676,000
289,077
593,000
'204,687
166,154


290,706
0.61
1,801,382
$3,636
19
1,265,200
1,704,146
88,553
1,792,699
414,692
459,788
554,815
216,741
685,000
343,375
637,000
153,078
145,583


2,203,116   2,150,426    2,048,323  '2,178,823   2,364,024
'2,168,865  '2,169,255  '2,090,028   '2,304,779  2,525,292


130.95


123.16


109.33


107.42


91.56


World:
Production:
Mine                                thousand metric tons         '9,090 
        '9,078           '9,281          '9,453          '9,352
Smelter                                             do.          '9,741 
        '9,645           '9,503          '9,957         '9,856
Refineries                                          do.         '10,919 
        10,805          10,637          '11,163        -11,375
Price: London, Grade A, average cents per pound                     128.91
          121.02          106.21          103.72          86.75
'Estimated.  evised.
'Includes primary copper produced from foreign ores, matte, etc., to avoid
disclosing company proprietsiy daft.
2Dati may not add to total shown because of indepedentrounding.
Includes copper content of alloy scrap. Copper content of asloy scrp impoited
ad expoted in 1989 and 1990 was estimated from gross weight


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