Lead, dross

CAS 69029-52-3

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceNo public record

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

EPA-registered manufacturers (21)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Nv Bekaert Sa · BE Belgium

Bekaert

Bekaert North America Management

C&D Technologies

Clarios

Show all 21

Concorde/Interspace Battery

Concorde/Interspace Battery Georgia

Crown Battery Manufacturing

East Penn Manufacturing

Ecobat

Edison Group Companies

Enersys Delaware

Envirofocus Technologies

Gopher Resource

Hammond Global

Heartland Metals

Mayco Manufacturing

Sanders Lead

Superior Battery Manufacturing

Trojan Battery

Vulcan Gms

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Crown Holdings

Hammond Lead Products

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsMetals & MiningCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (95%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS69029-52-3

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID00102957

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00102957Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Lead, dross (CAS 69029-52-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/69029-52-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00102957. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00102957 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 69029-52-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 69029-52-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting