Lead
However, these were partially balanced by reductions in Brazil, Kazakhstan and the U.S.
According to the ILZSG monthly figures, the overall monthly output of lead mines worldwide in April of this year was 380.1 kt.
The lead mine output totalled 4.555 million tonnes in 2024, up from 4.469 million tonnes in 2023.
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The global lead mine supply is likely to record 1.7% growth this year to 4.54 million tonnes.
The refined lead metal production during this period has declined by 0.8%.
The lead mine output totalled 1.380 million tonnes in Jan-Apr’24, compared with 1.375 million tonnes a year before.
The global supply of refined lead metal is expected to exceed demand by 40,000 tonnes in 2024, ILZSG noted.
The lead inventories rose by 123kt to total 447kt at the end of the year, ILZSG report said.
The apparent usage is expected to rise in India, Mexico, Taiwan and Vietnam, but is likely to fall in the Republic of Korea.
The refined lead metal output declined by 0.7%, despite increases in China, India, Japan and Taiwan.
Meantime, global lead metal usage recorded marginal decline from 6.062 million tonnes to 5.982 million tonnes over the year.
The global lead mine production increased marginally by 1.8% from January to April in 2022.
The refined lead metal production during this period surged higher modestly by 3.9% to total 10.118 million tonnes.
The world lead mine supply is forecast to rise by 4.1% to 4.68 million tonnes in 2021, followed by 2.8% surge in 2022 to total 4.81 million tonnes.
For the year 2020, the company was not in commercial production.
The company has arrived at the unavoidable conclusion that the smelter is not sustainable, after thoroughly assessing all possible options.
The world lead mine supply is forecast to rise by 1.76% to 4.7 million tonnes in 2019, followed by 3.9% surge in 2020 to total 4.94 million tonnes.
The refined lead metal production during this period surged higher modestly by 1.8% to total 5.740 million tonnes.
The refined lead metal production during this period recorded a surge of 2.3% to total 4.833 million tonnes.
The refined lead metal production during this period recorded a jump of 2.3% to total 3.870 million tonnes.
The world lead mine production is expected to total 4.75 million tonnes in 2019.
The world refined lead metal production grew slightly by 0.6% in 2018.
The global lead mine output totaled 435.3 kt in Nov ’18.
The ILZSG data indicates that monthly global lead mine output totaled 400.8 kt in Sep ’18.