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Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy

Stakeholder Forum - 1998

IMPLEMENTING THE BINATIONAL TOXICS STRATEGY
Mercury Workgroup

First Annual Report of the Chlorine Institute  

Table 1:  Chlor-Alkali Mercury Cell Process - USA Only
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Average 1996 1997
1990-95
Total Mercury
Purchased - pounds		 407890 330209 231872 133219 268731 406517 296406 242015 323500
Total Mercury
Purchased - tons		 204 165 116 67 134 203 148 121 162
US Gov Hg
Consumption
(C/A) data-tons		 272 203 230 198 149 170 204 150 n/a
Total Mercury
Used - pounds		 443024 350702 296292 207066 291077 330488 319775 273659 235096
Total Mercury
Used - tons		 222 175 148 104 146 165 160 137 118
Annual Cl2
Capacity
- Tons/yr		 1757080 1757080 1757080 1757080 1757080 1762080 1757913 1783580 1800886
Total number
of Hg cells		 762 762 762 762 762 762 762 762 762
 
Data (except for government purchase data) are for the fourteen currently operating facilities.
Note: 1 ton = 2,000 pounds; U.S. Government data for 1990 -95 is adjusted from previous CI report

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