LEAD AND ZINC PIGMENTS AND ZINC SALTS 175


Lead content of lead and zinc pigments produced by domestic manufacturers,
1940—41
by sources, in short tons

Pigment
1940




1941





Lead in pigments produced from— Ore
Second-
Pig lead ary ma-
9mes Foreign tarial



Total
lead rn
pig-
men s
Lead in pigments produced from—
*
Ore
Second-
Pig lead aryma-
Domes Foreign terial



Total
lead in
pig-
men
White lead
Red lead
Litharge
Orange mineral
Basic lead sulfate -
Leaded zinc oxide~
4,705
12, 164

69,535
18,905
85,005
180
1,436
1, 174

69,535
38,905
85,005
180
6,141
13,338
6, 122
17,829
290
86,750
47,615
112,099
172
1, 126
912
400
 
86,750
47,615
112,099
172
7,648
19,031

16,869

196,235

213, 104
23,951
290
248,674
400
273,315
Zinc content of zinc pigments and salts produced by domestic manufacturers,
1940-41,
by sources, in short tons

.
Pigmentorsalt

.
1940

1941


Zinc in pigments and salts produced from—

——— —-— —-

-

re
 Slab econ -

ary ma-

D7es- Foreign terial
Total
zincin
pig-
ments
and
Zinc in pigments and salts produced from—
—- ——- —— —-—-
~
re
— —' —-- -— Slab econ -
- ary ma-
Dcmes- Foreign terial
Total
zincin
pig
ments
and


It

salts
Zinc oxide     
Leaded zinc oxide~
Lithopone     
Zinc sulfide     
Zinc chloride    
-Zinc sulfate     
59,463
21, 178
13,850
(1)
(1)
1~426
18,696
680
45

(1)

15, 148
93, 307
87,999
662
13,865
 

(1)
22,520
27,760
(1)

(1)
27, 508
14,013
(1)

(1)
1,958
-3,384
2,831
373

2,091
15, 435

-28

(1)
12,826

1,469

17, 408

(1)

- 2,840
116, 633

31,068

31,449

(1)

(1)

5,671.






























1Data not available.

PRICES

 The total values reported by producers for lead and zmc pigments and zinc
salts are given in the tables in the first part of this report. The average
reported values for all lead pigments, except white lead in oil and basic
lead sulfate (blue), were above those for 1940 by $2 to $20 a ton; these
two classes remained unchanged from 1.940. Average price quotations for all
lead pigments exceeded those for 1~40, principally because they were near
or at the top of the range for 1940 rather than because they actually exceeded
the range for that year. Price changes for lead oxides, as usual, coincided
with the price changes for the metal. White lead prices rose at the beginning
of January 1941 and remained unchanged thereafter.
 All values reported by producers for zinc pigments and salts were higher
in 1941 than in 1940. On the whole, average price quotations also were higher
than in 1940 because they clung to the higher part of the 1940 range. They
were generally unchanged throughout 1941, although Pacific coast prices for
lithopone, zinc oxide, and zinc