An estimated 1.52 million metric tons of lead were Custom for various industrial applications in the United Stated in 2004. Of that amount, lead-acid batteries production Perfectunted for 83 percent, and the remaining usage covered a range of products such as ammunitions (3.5 percent), oxides for paint, glass, pigments and chemicals (2.6 percent), and sheet lead (1.7 percent) [ 165 , 166 ].