| Financial group No. | Company | Percentage of production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct.-Nov., 1918 | 1917 | ||
| 1 | American Smelting & Refining Co | 34.1 | 37.7 |
| 3 | National Lead Co. (St. Louis Smelting & Refining Co.) | 5.9 | 9.0 |
| 2 | St. Joseph Lead Co. | 20.1 | 16.4 |
| 4 | International Smelting & Refining Co. | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| 5 | U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co. | 5.5 | 8.3 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania Smelting Co. | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| 7 | American Metal Co. | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 8 | American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co. | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Eagle-Picher Lead Co. | 9.3 | 6.2 |
| 10 | Banker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Desloge Consolidated Lead Co. | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| Ontario Smelting Co. | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
The American Smelting & Refining Co., through the preponderance of its production and the wide distribution of its interests, dominates the domestic industry, although its proportion of the total output has decreased greatly during the past few years.
Spain.
—More than 60 per cent. of the pig lead made in Spain comes from the smelters of the Penarroya company (French), which within the past few years has absorbed the Spanish smelters of Escombrera-Bleyberg at Esconbrera, and the two smelters of Figueroa, at Linares and Cartagena. This gives the Penarroya company a dominant position in the Spanish lead industry. English interests, E. J. Enthoven & Co., have a smelter producing about 25,000 short tons of lead annually. All the smelting companies have made a combination to stop competition in ore buying. The Spanish government imposes a duty of about $1.80 per ton on lead concentrates exported.
Australia.
—Smelting plants in Australia that produce lead have the capacities shown below.
| Company | Location | 1913 production, short tons pig lead |
|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill Associated Smelters | Port Pirie, South Australia | 92,824 |
| Sulphide Corporation | Cockle Creek, New South Wales | 19,660 |
| Total | 112,484 |
The annual capacity of the Port Pirie plant is now 165,000 short tons of pig lead.
Table 56.—Silver Lead Smelters in Mexico
| Company | Location | Number of furnaces | Annual capacity tons of charge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Smelting & Refining Co. | Monterrey | 7 | 410,000 | |
| American Smelting & Refining Co. | Aguascalientes | 1 | (lead) | 40,000 |
| American Smelting & Refining Co. | Chihuahua | 7 | 400,000 | |
| American Smelters Securities Co. | Velardeña | 3 | 150,000 | |
| Compañia de Minerales y Metales | Cerralvo | 2 | 35,000 | |
| Compañia de Minerales y Metales | Guadalupe, N. L. | 1 | 70,000 | |
| Compañia Fundadora y Refinadora de Monterrey (leased to American Metal Co.) | Monterrey | 4 | (or 8?) | 210,000 |
| Compañia Metalurgica Mexicana (Towne) | San Luis Potosi | 10 | 250,000 | |
| Compañia de Minerales y Metales (reported about to be dismantled) | Torreon | 9 | 350,000 | |
| Compañia Minera de Peñoles | Mapimi | 6 | 350,000 | |
| Mazapil Copper Co., Ltd. (English) | Saltillo, Coahuila | 1 | 36,000 | |
| Total | 51 | 2,301,000 | ||