Recycled Metals in the United States: A Sustainable Resource

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Compounds Antimony Cadmium Chromium Copper Mercury Occupational Health Recycling Safety Titanium Tungsten Vanadium

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• Keywords:
  Aluminum Gold Iron-and-steel-industry Lead-metal Magnesium Metal-recycling Mineral-economics Molybdenum Nickle Platinum Selenium Silver Tantalum Tin Zinc

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Special Publication
• Publisher:
  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  86 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004568
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-228185
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 03-93, 1993 Oct; :1-76
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 03-93
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206061/cdc_206061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.18 MB ]