A lobbying group, the Lead-Zinc Producers Association (LZPC) dealt with issues impacting the lead and zinc industries, and represented American lead and zinc companies such as AMAX, Inc., ASARCO, Inc., Anaconda Corporation, Gulf & Western Natural Resources Corporation, Gulf Resources and Chemical Corporation, and St. Joseph Mineral Corporation.
The Lead-Zinc Producers Association records (1963-1981) contain files from the Lead-Zinc Producers Association (LZPA). The materials in this collection are divided into seven sections. In every section correspondence precedes other documents. Undated materials, press releases, news clippings, and miscellaneous pieces conclude each section.
Section I contains office files covering a wide variety of topics associated with metals (primarily lead and zinc) and projects relating to the LZPA in the 1970s. Subject files, arranged in alphabetical order, begin this section. Company reports and U.S., regional, and foreign brochures follow. A collection of speeches by industry executives and documents pertaining to the national stockpile, which is a government regulated storage of raw materials for use in emergencies and wars, are also included in this section. Lastly, there are company and government press releases, news clippings, and miscellaneous files.
A combination of lead and zinc statistical data, apparently used by the LZPA for research purposes, comprises Section II.
The first part of section III, Import and Export Files, contains subject files concerning import and export issues. The second part deals with the Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN) attended by Seth M. Bodner, president of the committe in the 1970s. Held in different European cities during 1974-1978, the MTN discussed topics such as tariffs, incentives, subsides, and countervailing duties. The last part of the section involves antidumping legislation. This segment is comprised of U.S. International Trade Commission investigation notices, legislative registers, press releases, and news clippings about domestic pricing of certain foreign products.
Items concerned with primary lead metal dumping are gathered in Section IV of the collection. The LZPA contributed to the International Tariff Commission (ITC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) investigations, in which foreign countries, namely Canada and Australia, were accused of selling lead in the American market at less than fair value. The LZPA, along with domestic lead companies, petitioned the ITC and USITC to protect lead producers from financial injury due to unfair foreign pricing. Along with correspondence and testimony by industry executives at the International Tariff Commission and USITC hearings, this section contains briefs and post-hearing briefs by lead-producing companies in the United States and abroad.
Materials for a U.S. International Trade Commission investigation on the zinc escape clause case are contained in Section V. The escape clause case dealt with the suspension of certain duties and tariffs on unalloyed and unwrought zinc for a period of time in order to make the industry economically stable. The LZPA filed two petitions to the USITC. The first initiated an investigation and the second expanded the inquiry to include other forms of zinc. Most of the documents in this section are USITC testimonies and briefs. Press releases and news clippings conclude the section.
Section VI contains materials relating to International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) held in Geneva, Switzerland. During the years 1972-1978 industry executives would visit the ILZSG to attend lectures and committee meetings conducted by a group of lead and zinc experts. The participants would share information on a variety of topics, including innovative metal production and research. This section is mainly comprised of meeting transcripts, press releases, and news clippings.
Section VII is the last section in the collection and contains miscellaneous reports, articles, and journals that are organized in chronological order. The reports and articles deal with subjects such as environmental concerns, economics, and lead and zinc research. There are also journals, including the
Organized in seven series: I. Office Files; II. Surveys and Statistical Data; III. Import and Export Files; IV. Lead Dumping; V. U.S. International Trade Commission; VI. International Lead-Zinc Study Group; VII. Reports, Articles, and Journals.
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Deposited by the Association in 1987.
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The materials in this section reflect the office files of the Lead-Zinc Producers Association. Boxes 1-3 contains subject files, which are in alphabetical order. These files are a combination of topics associated with metals, especially lead and zinc, and also subjects of interest in the 1970's. The rest of the section, boxes 4-12, contains company reports, United States, regional, and foreign brochures, speeches by industry executives, documents pertaining to the national stockpile, company and government press releases, news clippings, and miscellaneous files.
Speeches by industry executives, statistical data, and news clippings.
Reports, brochures, government documents, and news clippings.
Correspondence; meeting notices, statements, government documents, press releases and news clippings.
Press release.
Information sheet.
Government legislation.
"United States Energy Through the year 2000," by Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Press releases
Correspondence, reports, and brochures.
News clippings and miscellaneous information.
News clippings.
News clippings.
News clipping.
Correspondence and report.
Information sheet and brochure.
Correspondence, program agenda, and memorandum.
Environmental Protection Agency decision and miscellaneous.
"Lead Zinc Deposits of Kutum," by Ministry of Mining and Industry, Republic of Sudan.
Press releases and government documents.
Correspondence, project plan, and miscellaneous.
Correspondence and reports.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Correspondence and press releases.
Brochures.
Registration list, speeches, and news clippings.
Quarterly and annual reports.
Quarterly and annual reports, product directory, and brochures.
Report to the Stockholders.
Annual meeting of stockholders and annual report.
Remarks of the president, Lawrence E. Blanchard, Jr.
Quarterly and annual reports.
Quarterly and semi-annual reports and brochures.
Annual report.
Annual reports.
Government and bank brochures.
"Proposed Lead and Zinc Stabilization Act," during Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Committee on Armed Services, H.R. 13320, 11365, and 11368.
Agenda and panel list.
Press releases
These files contain news clippings from domestic and foreign lead/zinc companies.
The files in this section are a compilation of statistics and surveys from various organizations including the American Bureau of Metal Statistics and Lead Industries Association and government agencies, such as the United States Bureau of Mines. The surveys and statistics cover a variety of topics concerning lead and zinc, such as imports, consumption, and mine and smelter production. Many of the documents in this section came out of binders from the LZPA office. Whenever evident and possible the original order was maintained. As a result, the Mineral Industries Survey, boxes 1-3, Lead Industry Association, box 12, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), box 13, and Zinc Institute, box 14, are organized by subject, and within each subject heading the data is in chronological order. The remainder of the section, the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, boxes 4-10, is arranged by date only.
The import and export section of the collection has three divisions. Boxes 1-3 contain subject files on a variety of topics associated with trade issues. There are legislative bills and acts as well as other government documents. This section also contains correspondence, press releases, and news clippings that correspond with the import/export subjects. The files in this section are in alphabetical order. Boxes 4-5 of the section contain files on the Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN). These negotiations were attended by Mr. Bodner in various European countries between 1974-1978. The purpose of the MTN was to gather industry executives in order to discuss topics such as tariffs, subsides, incentives, and countervailing duties. The MTN files contain correspondence, reports, press releases and news clippings. The last box in the section involves antidumping legislation. The majority of these files contain
Economic intelligence department information sheets on foreign trade.
"The U.K. Exporter's Guide to Payment Risks and Import Regulations Abroad."
Department of the Treasury Guidelines.
Statements, schedules, news releases, and news clippings.
Correspondence.
Zenith Radio Corporation vs. United States Government.
Legislative publications.
Press releases, new clippings, and miscellaneous.
Correspondence.
Statements and testimony.
Statistical data.
Tariff bills and tariff acts.
Information sheets.
Ways and Means Committee list of witnesses, list of senators, and press releases.
News clippings.
News clippings.
News clippings.
Correspondence.
"The Outward Urge: Japanese Investment World-Wide," by Charles Sebestyen.
"United States Imports from Japan by Custom District of Entry," by the United States-Japan Trade Council.
Government notices and congressional record.
Statistical data.
News clippings.
News clippings.
Statement.
Domestic and foreign zinc statistical data.
Legislation, preferences, and miscellaneous.
Correspondence.
House of Representatives Trade Bill and
Statements concerning the Trade Reform Act of 1973.
News clippings and miscellaneous.
Notices and new clippings concerning customs duties.
Report to Customs Co-operational Council.
USITC notices.
USITC draft report.
Communication report from the chairman of the USITC.
Press releases and news clippings.
"Lead and Zinc," report to congress.
Weekly bulletin of congressional and executive branch activities.
Summary of lead zinc activities.
Statements.
Itinerary, schedules, and MTN membership rosters.
STR advisory report.
Incentives, subsides, and countervailing.
News clippings.
The material in this section is associated with two government cases in which the Lead-Zinc Producers Association was actively involved. The first case dealt with Primary Lead Metal from Canada and Australia and was discussed during sessions of the U.S. Tariff Commission (USTC) in 1973-1974. The second case took place in the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and occurred during 1975-1976. In both cases the LZPA was concerned that the domestic lead industry was damaged by unfair prices. The claim by domestic lead producers was that foreign competitors, especially Canada and Australia, were selling their products in America for less money than in their own country, hence the use of the word "dumping". This section is comprised of statistical data, testimony and statements made by industry executives, reports and briefs from the USTC and USITC investigations, as well as press releases and news clippings. All documents are in chronological order. Correspondence begins this section and press releases and news clippings are combined at the end of the files.
These files contain statements made during the USTC hearing concerning lead metal dumping, 1973.
Broken Hill Association Smelters Pty. Ltd.
Bunker Hill Company.
Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corporation Ltd.
Cominco, Ltd.
"An Analysis of the Lead Economy of the United States with Special Reference to the Question Whether Imports at "Less Than Fair Value" are Injuring and Will Injure the Domestic Industry," by Herbert W. Robinson.
"Lead and Zinc Resources in Utah," by Allan H. James.
Opening statement by Trade Commissioner and LZPA statement.
Bunker Hill Co., Cominco Inc., Ethyl Corporation, and Gould Inc.
Hammond Lead Products Inc. and Noranda Sales Corporation Ltd.
Noranda Sales Corporation Ltd., RSR Corporation, and Tool and Stainless Steel Industry and American Footwear Industries Association.
Lead-Zinc Producers Association.
Lead-Zinc Producers Association.
Lead-Zinc Producers Association.
Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corporation Ltd and Noranda Sales Corporation Ltd.
Ad Hoc Group of Industrial Lead Consumers and Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty. Ltd.
Cominco, Ltd.
The files in this section relate to the Zinc Escape Clause legislative case of 1978, which addressed the suspension of duties and tariffs on unalloyed and unwrought zinc. This request was made by zinc advocates in order to protect the industry from economic depression. The investigation and hearings took place in 1976-1978, during which time, two petitions were submitted to the United States International Commission (USITC) by the Lead-Zinc Producers Association (LZPA). The first was for the suspension of duties on unalloyed, unwrought zinc and the second request was for expansion of the investigation to include other forms of zinc. The majority of the files in this section deal with the USITC testimony and briefs. The section is arranged in chronological order and is concluded by press releases and news clippings.
LZPA Board of Directors meeting minutes and summary of proposed legislation fact sheet.
Biographical information on USITC members, articles, reports, testimony, and congressional log.
Statistical data
These files contain statements made before the USITC concerning the zinc escape clause case. The statements include government officials and zinc companies from the United States and various foreign countries.
These files contain statements made before the USITC concerning the zinc escape clause case. The statements include zinc companies from the United States and various foreign countries.
Pacific Smelting Co.
U.S. Importers of Zinc from Australia.
Independent Zinc Alloyers Assoc., Inc.
Metallgesellschaft AG, Pressag Ag Metall, and Societe Miniere et Metallurgique de Penarroya.
Independent Zinc Alloyers Assoc., Inc.
EZ America Limited.
Surveys, follow up information, and requested confidential information from St. Joe Co.
The International Lead-Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) was made up of experts in the field of metal production and research. Lead Zinc Producers Association (LZPA) members attended the Study Group, often held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1972 to 1978. The majority of the materials in this section are comprised of reports from the various committees, such as the Statistical, Standing, and Economic Committees. Correspondence, agendas, attendance lists, press releases, and news clippings are included chronologically with the various reports in this section.
This section contains miscellaneous reports, articles, and journals arranged in chronological order. The reports and articles include environmental considerations, lead and zinc industry concerns and improvements such as, innovative scientific mineral processes, and economic issues, such as tax systems, investments, and supply/demand economics. The journals include the
"Provisions in Utah's Constitution Relating to Mine Taxation."
"The Plight of the Lead and Zinc Industries Today, July, 1957," by The Emergency Lead-Zinc Committee.
Vernon. Ravmond.
"The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development."
"Environmental Quality," by the Council on Environmental Quality.
"A Foreign Economic Perspective," by Peter G. Peterson.
"Presidential Decree: The Development and Promotion of Industrial Investment Act, 1972."
"Evolution of the Zinc Industry Problems in the United States," by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior.
"North American Zinc Situation, 1972-1973."
Fortune. "The Fortune Directory of the Second 500 Largest Industrial Corporations."
"A Report on the American Lead and Zinc Industry," by The Lead Zinc Producers Committee.
"Company Tax Systems in OECD Member Countries."
"The Importance of Percentage Depletion to the U.S. Lead & Zinc Industries."
Jack W. Carlson, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior-Energy and Minerals before the special subcommittee on commerce.
"Free World and U.S. Lead Supply/Demand Situation," by Herbert W Robinson.
"The Impact of Changes in Manufacturing Trade on Sectoral Employment Patterns--Progress Report."
"Potential Output and Productivity," by George L. Perry.
"Electrolytic Zinc Practice."
"Basic Information for Industries." Department of Industrial Development, Australia.
"Western Australian Major Investment Projects: Public and Private, Current and Proposed." Issue No. 25. Department of Industrial Development, Australia.