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* >** I***" LIA10265 r* -m LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OC LCXiMOTO* AVXNUC KIW TOAK I?, H. V. mt t a u >: l s a o k >o w c t i d t v imo * i i Aasuil 1952 CKrxcAX yyjrra so. go g-J3.'im n-~ rr. >?::v.gn-tTT o? rats.* um &'.'f>Lns ' a To Win of the Metallic Lead Products Dlrljlocu The inclosed leaflet bu be<n prepared to explain briefly why eooatsaers of lead say dupend on adequate rjpplice in the future and the reaaone for list year's tosporary shortage. The booklet anavera with reassuring facte and pictorial charts baaed on theta facta eoae of the wlslaadlr^ or hlsundarstocd statements aada about our lead supplies and reserves in recant years* Mvlla this leaflet will be clean as broad circulation aa possible by the Association Itself, we feel that woebers can use It to fcod advantage In reassuring their customers shout the future. Believing that the widest possible circulation of this leaflet will benefit both producers and constsers of lead, the Association will supply aeabora with cepies In quantity for their own distribution as long as the supply lasts* Sincerely yours, lecrtUiy.^ 'H } l * | 1 : -A.- i LIA10266 The Dependability f FUTURE LEAD SUPPLIES mM i .{mi. Jiumiu1 . ;T_r rv i. .f*<i ; ~rf u att mm P LIA10267 Augtm, lyvi LEAD INDLSTRItS ASSOCIATION <M tl XING TON AVINVt Nnr y o u * it . n . V. ^g^i'HU I. t iH'uptp LIA10268 The Dependability of FUTURE LEAD SUPPUES L*i m thr bar of tfar nwrer MruU for ohfa (far N**wul ProJutKM Auchorry reoLrrf iH n to* tn4v pcRwmn| lr*d to far rtr^lMjrrf m *y taon for wy pifporr TK* frrr^aoi erf mix * h mfl ig InJ tnula from mfctiri tuffrf** (w k m^ mil- ibk to Ajamca* (Omiwa h < w abvKjur (Kj ( (far rff*rmr ifaoar|t W lr*J (onM<nrt m IVM frmfard Irm than trtm *** erf (far mOa* Lril by (far (inftwntM of rtrunom os tfa r of Iraf m m ,<wKx*ua 'fan (far h*tr fn of tfar lej oqff or**** *ft no* (rrJuirrf. |Wmt, r*rry ltJ (OQh a i ** uTcimf m (far long term outlook m *rU. m ohrtfart hr <a a Jrpmrf uptr (hr w{ylm of lr*f o (far prrr% 10 tome. h i pi i iviqiii m unptvuM M mrfrff to u|v the Ut duf IrJ * i|*.n ta free KippJf but to try to urwknttihj whj the thtf*. (tut Happened mi rhe lead market 4k 1 happen Or>)f A tHai tif tan ihr fufvitc hr appealed. A^% mvirfr*nj.(i ihr f*rv n apparent that thetc UiW to frat atx*n fueurr i4tUNl*ry at lead rurfe (or ttw* ht*rf pefiuda nhra (tw halamc i* uj-act by temporary twraordftary rtunum* or pole*.*] lorwb tnm or by arwhual torerole H*h nullify the nor* nui wivirftft at the law ot tupply tnd demand Cer tainly (hr (t (tui (hr IraJ mu k mm iwmttd atari/ rtorr yumkly (Ka d*d thr uruai** an other common nwiah |Wt w t Q lor n frr* WHY UAO SUmJCS W! SHORT IN THt UNTO) STATtS IN mi UJ m a worU teuvnodtfy Thr in/ iuri<( o tht touty u a m opera*, whcrhrf ywtnwt too* troiicJ or Am. mdrprndrnrly otf thr worU At/ill shout dntuptitif normal dnmfcution U tntir ^no Amrtaia toniumm. Km darned thrtr had fmnj chert MWArv tak wpfipa| ahowf i third cd thr ten a!, %*h h mw eamtaom from yme m rex Thrar three CMn anr aim o rhr Unwed Sratrv wrap, anl imports In IWM thr I'fMhd Sum Commit iryon/ mlA| pntr% on lead whwh *m mt u t ahsalky be- b* thr wwrhl marker A a uamprar, lom^i hmn Wrtr able tw pay <ewn a pours! aK>nfl^ ihr Anm an <nUr\ and atrraat Wad. whk. aniriftT fret Mifkt, would Kite Irntd to thr t*J Sum U tht aiamJ * a cunr Wn demand, hesfc Km ad draad m aftihuDf md atid )y dricnar proffwm \fs enr knrw pt* what delme mptset ntirt would h and carryone Irk thr nerd ct pew himvrif i^irtr pmd4| thorrajenlead mr a war metal to the umr rtmv it many aUt rktih In detente apfd*aio*M Idler elotriy rhe partem ot * prne nmr wwp (Mr^umly, g d*J t take tunjt (or fomjpt Hirer* to fed rhrflnrHer <ra an o*r# Kaufir poucian and aho far/ ark <# nn? iiAakrt that pm hided farther heavy buying Mrartabdr. m the fall ol tvM the Owerwnmr *o kA a Dart realms powewn on thr cnlmg pnr and I LIA10270 irjnmt f'rtmrfxrd Mi uhM*t heft ad U pet poiMtl. bn*f*f (he kxnfc p<t (lowt ID (he erU flUiic Thai (e4kr*t^ fifty mi IW by Cow^rrwxMul npe*' woo of (he k*J ie>l Alu, m (he f*U ad I9M (he GotrmmcfM rtWoi omc >0.000 mm ad tr*J from he eakpW foe MvWacruJ im m m emrf/pacy mtiwtr, Mi ertkn k*d merfw4 h iumnte p**h*t>0*. Tail W*J rtiJily iti4jble foenjpi nuAm tom>ory poMKrn of foertjpi (OMinm Mnpeo*t4. buying *n ItmrtrJ to oKfeie rr^utmnr*u. Coixt- JneiDf (he JofUe j o mmm o 4 (heie forn^n con mo w fr7 mmew L I A10271 rn Jctrfwxtfrd to tbtf dofUft wctc oat fr^Dy *J4< for (untinjol Utp ^>iwnc pmium. A* ad iKn* fcorv fortijo drauo-J tittvl toor S* And (hr ptKc inliflrd 10 a potM *hrrt An*o iunw/nrit could buy a $t the o*w cnlm^ pcne T> W*d ih* Jutiiif iv m h*d bm dimmed b*o+d i|ut k^ui to mtrf tbr domra* Avid tkh p*>*rd from i poutoo o/ nfy to pkwy prftod a/ only few tnU h ftov ratmjfrd iH* mart duo I.>00.000 to nt lr*d oiO be rtuUWr for tootwoipioA m du .cuMfy m IVM. TKo i* gntut duo die tndutm^i rruiftjtao ad |K* (awacry to Aity pM )x*t -price # -- irtj it tarar lV3.ao0 tom mote duo to rantit4 >0 1^1. (Sc k*J auriti tu octet o ax*h M of hiiuir trmpotry conditiam o 4n m4. The lrJ ** rKetr bwf pycSo4o0 rtd commit vptcl o nvtaul ditftiSnioo. fat the lid r*rt*J mcrvHt ctcry comuenrt m dtf C*rd Vtn Km bee* KW m buy til eh* lead be mo And. mi *dd*iao, * reported ih* warn loo.000 tom Km beto pmtutrd far dir Hockplt 6 'JWP^WfF IIA10272 T>u more than replace* (hr >0.000 too* Out %tt* Axhorvard to be re*nc*cJ (roar * of which oo)y ihotf l?,000 tom actually were r*tf iQoirrJ to mdustry. WHY THE LONG-TEAM OVtlOOK /TOt LEAD IN THE In iTEO STATES IS ENCOUtAdNO Otf mrr>t <4 ***f mrtaJ m 4*Jf*vik to k u mi ciwj kfutn pa >cwrei fx#w hr tnrd w*H the yntnt vM4*j o or they tray be tljn^erouJjr mitkaduif. Fo* ntaxerMc *?**, o r not jnvrl)y yearnral for a company to Weak out n mmn lot owe than i fro jean ahr*j of #% OfxiHnw. The uuiJ p* Artec i to try to bvj through f*r fmky- mcro twi rath fur mufb wnnci to it|4t the amount eefractoA i Fwtlermgrt. rtemt (hityt frao time w tone *<h cha/ife* m aonorvuc arxi MthnohyiiiJ coxh- tioeto lot nampW, a favorable acaeoauc (Umar* stay a44 (ooanjctabfr amuunra o4 few $n4t maerruj to T -arriVr"'- - -*iaiuto*otaMhfc.. ^ "'CjVtJUU iIj MPW LI A 102 73 reserve* anj *k c vfnt. Thu doc* oct change the Amount of mrui control actually us the ground but merely what may be profitably ruraiied under gism ms of economic condition*. Alto, technology mjy add large Amounts of ore rm Icxftfi either through heftet recustry ex lowering oxt. An rumple u the development of flotation acme years ago. Tha prates* enabled operators to etas* u fcitrw Urge tonnages of material from huh ratal could nor pemowtiy hnc been ptobubfy maced. No doubt other unproved proctws will be devchiywd. RjgN at the moment a great amount of drutopnnt turk u bring ctpendrd to chemical pnxntri of mrui refining to replace., at a taking, hr* rttaung prat rues ot make ret octable metait mi p<n iQudy recoverable. So far thme hast only bent applied coeruTtmulYf 10 a fern metal* ban there ra ai*iy the po%ubUy that trad map eventually bendt from new trthaxjur*. Web the CfualihatHXU enumerated above, know* world reverse* of trad contained to ore hat* beat estimated *0 the neighborhood of V).000,000 loo*. Thar is about 2 A to SO timet annual omumpiotL Important Canadian producers mmtty ceJMtrf nreated potential production of some 10 perernt largely aa a result of opening three nrw property* and Ji* entry of an important or* ore body by an not ing Urge producer Opening of new peopettam in Memo >s also ripcord by producers there Mid d maintaining Neman production at high le*tk. New prapenws tn Pen. together with raU/| wnrUrr capacey. are ripeeled to add some 20 | cent to that country a potential product Import addiouns are also eapcctrd from Africa eb me traits earning from Morauo, $awbwrw AK and fast Africa, and povubly from an entirely us property no* undergoing dr*ejupmml n Nigeria. la Auxtilu orer the nea few years a suable m- ertaw, perhaps 20 percent, potmtuf production n Anticipated. In fait. Australian producers estimate that based only 00 the tremendous reverse* of the ti nting mines, they wdl be producing m the end ot the century, aasd the country n large and mil UttW prospected. !o ih*s country the search for new ore hat been spitted by (trotMe penes. A couple of new names P** m LI A10274 m 1944 1950 hm hero tourvi io Mimo u o , M Utho klftKy tM her* furtuttU/ty Autobic %k H dmowy of mv Oft K*4*o mv J unporfA/e rurflMXM of oU oon. Lro4 m i by proJuti of nrw mk m>i aIm will be to iffretuhir town* of mrttl 10 thr fwure. Only of Uhor amnt to be t JrtcmiM to (OtiU- cr*bty mermed produitMtfi but (hot Joe* not &fn rocmt to f*n, arw Ubor yttn| mrtfcoii hm ttiicd tbouwwii of tom of low frtJr noon Of ftttt tofortitcr i tb fat choc new mmo Othrt country or brw^t *Urd rtiH yeti m t mv rrpliic or mo ami the Irt4 tenuity ttttMtf. n\ f rnron *re ctfuntted } to 10 htM, v*ry .!! f^obthty oar Mct much from fairy. |w* 01 ttufjw ' w It) yet% ifo were nor grotty dttfcfcm. for iAjf*r 10 1*4? bfifinp before thr Suheom- oortrr am of Nu*orul ftnownn of the Vntf frtMTWtrr on Pubf LtoJt *m pi^uhrf. | i^-w Hrtfin/p frjsrvtwifnci of the U. i Burnt of Mim inj the U. S. Ccolofvil Sumy nommij root rrNr W*J <onrunrl * fnrrm *0 the ffowod hew 6,V.ooo toot mi 1*44. or them I) nmet the tierft l*)Vt*44 rtteof peoJuctio*. M.'vorr. m the fifon of the Prn*Jc't Mrortitk Poi* j fommmmit. f^fcfnhed M June. 1*12. memo iff (emorf M thornt 7,000,000 too* M I9S0, or ihol * *," mi.-nxvmM.JL * . r ii i i LIA10275 16 (unrt WM) production. Ibu* ntimated ftserrr* were wrorwhn lugSei in IVM) thin to 1944 despair the fact ihu ftra/ty 2,>00,000 tom of lesd had barm mined from L'aaed Sum m*an w the u*rrrn,,|Si wx year* Both rrpom admit that the /nerve |tvrn air minima This clesrly mJicatn the dacfrr of uunf rrtrnc hgutn a* of any particular date at i fuide to the hfe of the rrvmi bctaute they cannot af ftrtrv*ifjr fair into Account the or* ftxrvri opened ap each frit. There U a further coAiwkrirMM to beat m awnd. Vtuk mem* of Wad contained ul ore hare appaimety tnerrated tome >00,000 torn or percent ta the us year* under drstusaioa. induMtuI comumprioa of primary Wad. hat actually been let* tfl each of (he year* amt r 1944 than sraa m 1944. due to the c*er me rta Mif importance of wrap at a teurrr of supply. Aiao. there need be IerW concern about the fact that mi periods of food buameia we need amble amounts of fomfn Wad so p*ne out our dometca supply. Mott of our import* come from Mrtico and Canada, oar onjchbon on the North American Continent., Thoar two (ountrcet hm accounted foe about 60 percent of our imports wtt the war. U thould be home mmind chat over tbe la* four or h{ yean, *iewtd as a whole rather than looiuitf ar che yean separately, wotid Wad supply and demand urn n balance. rm thoufb our Co*tnmcm m that period was aivumulacMVf a udotantia} raock|uW. > | r n m r n * ) II i Ii . m n . p in