Production of antimonial lead at primary lead refineries is shown in the
accompanying table. The figures cover only part of the total antimonial lead
production, as large quantities are produced at plants that operate exclusively
on scrap,, and some hard lead is made by mixing antimony and soft lead.

Antimonial lead produced at primary lead refineries, 1987—41, in short
tons
 ANTIMONY 763

1940 and 1941, lists receipts of 40,434 tons of ore in 1941 and 34,530 tons
in 1940 or 97 and 91 percent, respectively, of the total amount imported.
The differe~ice in each instance is attributable to the usual lag in reporting.
imports on one hand and receipts on the other, plus the fact that a certain
percentage of total stocks is in transit and not statistically accounted
for in the receipts.' Receipts exceeded con.. sumption in 1940, and stocks
of antimony ore increased 33 percent (gross weight). The reverse was true
in 1941, and stocks declined 56 percent. Although receipts increased 17 percent
over 1940, consumption of 46,211 tons (containing 20,530 tons of antimony)'in
1941 was 44 percent above the reported consumption of 31,982 tons (containing
13,421 tons of antimony) in 1940.

consumption and 8toCk8 of foreign antimony ore in the United States during
1940
and 1941, in short tons

Gross weight of anti
mony ore
 1940 1941
Stocks at beginning of year                                       
Received during year                                           
Consumed during year                                          
Stocks at end of year                                           
7,775 10,32334,530 40,43431,982 46,21110,323. 4,546
Year

.
Production
Antimony content






From do-
mestic ores
From for-
eign ores'
From
scrap
Total
..
~
Quantity Percent

1937                   
l938~~               
1939                   
1940                   
1941                   
27,524
24,123
21,995
29,762
40,237
1,636
1,871
929
1,915
2,586
90
209
179
162
372
853
729
923
867
552
2,579
2,809
2,031
2,944
3,510
9.4
1L6
9.2
9.9
8.7
I Includes lead ores, antimony ores, and metallic antimony.

SECONDARY PRODUCTION

 A large part of the total antimony available for consumption each year in
the United States is recovered in the treatment of secondary nonferrous metals.
The production of antimony from secondary metals in 1941 totaled 21,629 tons—an
89-percent increase from the 11,421 tons produced in ' 1940. Primary antimony
available for consumption in the United States in 1941 totaled 29,994 tons.
Total antimony available was thus 51,623 tons, including 58 percent primary
and 42 percent secondary; the ratios in 1940 were 61 and 39 percent, respectively.