Antimony world reserves

World reserves of antimony (5) ate estimated to be from 4—5 million metric tons. Approximately 80% of the world s reserves are located in China, Bohvia, Russia, Thailand, the RepubHc of South Africa, and Mexico China has the world s largest reserves. The United States possesses only 2% of the world s reserves. Most of the antimony produced in the United States is from the complex antimony deposits found in Idaho, Nevada, Alaska, and... 

As indicated in the Product Assessment Matrix (Table 5), an environmental assessment of mining metal must consider the energy consumption and the solid, liquid and gaseous residues that result from the various mining processes. Availability of the metals is an additional consideration. Table 6 lists the world reserves of the major metals typically utilized in electronic assemblies. Sn-Ag-Cu alloy is one of the major compositions proposed as a replacement for Sn-Pb solder. Silver is 300 times less available than lead. Half of the silver available comes as a by-product from mining lead, copper and zinc. Antimony and bismuth are also obtained as by-products of lead, copper and silver mining. 

U.S. imports by class and country, 3 49t world mine production, reserves, and reserve base, 3 42t Antimony (III) acetate, 3 65 Antimony alloys, 3 41-56 compositional ranges, 3 52t process metallurgy, 3 44-47 selenium and metallurgy of, 22 98 uses of, 3 51-54... 

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