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Recycled Metals in the United States: A Sustainable Resource.

PB95228185

Publication Date	1993
Page Count	92
Abstract	The metal forms of the metallic elements are almost the only mineral-derived materials that are recycled on a commercially and environmentally important scale. In 1990 secondary (recycled) metals produced in the United States were worth $37 billion, only $2 billion less than the value of primary (newly mined) metals. Twenty-two metals for which secondary recovery is important, in terms of quantity and/or value, are shown in the table below. Also included are the six platinum metals, represented as a group. In both quantity and value, iron, with its myriad steel alloys, is more important than all other metals combined. Five metals--iron, aluminum, copper, lead, and zinc--account for well over 99% of the quantity and just over 92% of the value of all secondary metal produced.
Keywords	Metal recycling Mineral economics United States Aluminum Antimony Cadmium Chromium Copper Gold Iron and steel industry Lead(Metal) Magnesium Mercury Molybdenum Nickle Platinum Selenium Silver Tantalum Tin Titanium Tungsten Vanadium Zinc
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines Government Printing Office Exhausted Stock
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 96A - Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC. Div. of Mineral Commodities.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Special pub.
NTIS Issue Number	199517

Recycled Metals in the United States: A Sustainable Resource.

Recycled Metals in the United States: A Sustainable Resource.
PB95228185

Publication Date	1993
Page Count	92
Abstract	The metal forms of the metallic elements are almost the only mineral-derived materials that are recycled on a commercially and environmentally important scale. In 1990 secondary (recycled) metals produced in the United States were worth $37 billion, only $2 billion less than the value of primary (newly mined) metals. Twenty-two metals for which secondary recovery is important, in terms of quantity and/or value, are shown in the table below. Also included are the six platinum metals, represented as a group. In both quantity and value, iron, with its myriad steel alloys, is more important than all other metals combined. Five metals--iron, aluminum, copper, lead, and zinc--account for well over 99% of the quantity and just over 92% of the value of all secondary metal produced.
Keywords	Metal recycling Mineral economics United States Aluminum Antimony Cadmium Chromium Copper Gold Iron and steel industry Lead(Metal) Magnesium Mercury Molybdenum Nickle Platinum Selenium Silver Tantalum Tin Titanium Tungsten Vanadium Zinc
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines Government Printing Office Exhausted Stock
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 96A - Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC. Div. of Mineral Commodities.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Special pub.
NTIS Issue Number	199517