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Arctic Mercury Releases Inventory
Table 4-5 Reported mercury release data on primary non-ferrous metal production in USA (selection from table 3-8; data from questionnaire response from USA).
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Inputs to
biosphere: |
Reported releases to (best estimates): |
Sum, rep.
releases
(b.est.) |
(Hg contents
in raw
materials) |
Air |
Water |
Soil |
Muni-
cipal
waste |
Haz
/Med
waste |
Sector
waste
deposit |
Waste
water
system |
By-
pro-
ducts |
| Primary extraction and processing of zinc |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Primary extraction and processing of copper |
NA |
0.03 |
0.002 |
35 |
20.4 |
0 |
NA |
0.3 |
NA |
56 |
| Primary extraction and processing of lead |
NA |
0.0001 |
0.001 |
4.1 |
0 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
4.1 |
| Primary extraction and processing of gold (except
amalgamation process) |
NA |
10.5 |
0.0005 |
1874.2 |
1.2 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1886 |
| Primary extraction and processing of other metals |
NA |
1.4 |
0.1 |
25.1 |
7.5 |
0.02 |
NA |
0.009 |
NA |
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| Co-production of several non-ferrous metals |
NA |
0.1 |
0 |
3 |
5.1 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
8.2 |
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