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TABLE 5
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS OF SECONDARY ALUMINUM ALLOYS BY INDEPENDENT SMELTERS
IN THE UNITED STATES1
(Metric tons)
    2006   2007
Net�� Net��
    Production   shipments2   Production   shipments2
Diecast alloys:
13% Si, 360, etc. (0.6% Cu, maximum) 26,000 r 27,300 r 26,000 26,400
380 and variations 357,000 r 358,000 r 313,000 313,000
Sand and permanent mold:
95/5 Al-Si, 356, etc. (0.6% Cu, maximum) 33,800 r 33,900 r 32,900 33,100
No. 12 and variations 3,870 r 3,950 r 2,270 2,270
No. 319 and variations 90,500 r 90,000 r 74,900 75,700
F-132 alloy and variations 21,500 r 21,800 r 20,000 20,200
Al-Mg alloys 6,850 r 6,720 r 9,940 9,700
Al-Zn alloys 2,710 2,740 r 1,720 1,770
Al-Si alloys (0.6% to 2.0% Cu) 19,700 r 19,600 r 20,000 20,000
Al-Cu alloys (1.5% Si, maximum) 3,810 r 4,020 r 399 456
Al-Si-Cu-Ni alloys 3,660 r 3,070 r 9,680 9,940
Other 442 414 r 401 401
Wrought alloys, extrusion billets 730,000 r 728,000 r 703,000 702,000
Miscellaneous:
Steel deoxidation 51,200 r 51,100 r 42,900 42,900
Pure (97.0% Al) W W W W
Aluminum-base hardeners W W W W
Other3 58,200 r 56,800 r 60,000   59,300
Total 1,410,000 r 1,410,000 r 1,320,000 1,320,000
Less consumption of materials other than scrap:
Primary aluminum 321,000 r XX 307,000 XX
Primary silicon 39,600 r XX 34,300 XX
Other 16,800 r XX 15,100 XX
Net metallic recovery from aluminum scrap and sweated pig
consumed in production of secondary aluminum ingot4 1,030,000 r XX 961,000 XX
rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Miscellaneous, other." XX Not applicable.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes inventory adjustment.
3Includes other diecast alloys.
4No allowance made for melt loss of primary aluminum and alloying ingredients.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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