Show LARGE INCREASE IN OUTPUT OF COPPER I 1 the smelter production of copper in 1923 according to reports of smelters shelters sm elters showing actual production for eleven eleve n months and estimated production in december was about pounds compared with pounds in 1922 an increase of slightly over 55 per cent the smelter production for december as estimated by the producing companies was pounds or at the rate of about pounds a year according to data given the government the production of new refined copper from domestic sources determined similarly was about pounds compared with pounds in 1922 in 1923 the production of new refined copper from domestic and foreign sources plus the imports of refined copper amounting to about pounds compared with I 1 pounds in 1922 in addition to the output of new refined copper about pounds of secondary copper was produced at refineries compared with pounds in 1922 so that the total output of refined copper was about 2248 pounds in 1923 1023 and pounds in 1922 the imports of copper in form durin during the first eleven months of 1923 according to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce amounted to pounds compared with pounds during the entire year 1922 and pounds in 1921 the exports for the first eleven months in 1923 amounted to pounds compared with pounds during durina the entire year 1922 the figures showing the imports and exports in december will be available about january 20 1924 4 the stocks of refined copper in the hands of domestic refineries on december 31 1923 as estimated by the drefin ing companies were about pounds compared with pounds on december 31 1922 the stocks of oster blistered ed copper and material in process of refining in the hands of the smelters shelters sm elters in transit to refineries and at rein refineries eries on december 31 1923 were estimated by smelt ing and refining companies at about pounds compared with pounds on december 31 1922 4 the quantity of primary refined copper withdrawn on domestic account during the year was about pounds compared with pounds in 1922 1 calculated as follows 1923 1923 f refinery production from domestic sources refinery production from foreign sources including estimated imports of refined copper 0 stocks toc k s of new n refined ii n e d copper c 0 p p e r january J a n u a r y 1 I 1 exports including unrefined black blister and converter copper in bars pigs and other forms and refined in ingots ingols bars rods etc stocks december 31 total withdrawn on domestic account 1305 |