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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. REPORTED CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS OF CHROMIUM PRODUCTS1 | |||||||||||||
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| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Gross | Chromium | Gross | Chromium | Change2 | |||||||||
| weight | content | weight | content | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||||
| Consumption by end use: | |||||||||||||
| Alloy uses: | |||||||||||||
| Iron alloys, steel: | |||||||||||||
| Carbon steel | 6,460 | 3,870 | 6,060 | 3,660 | -397 | -6 | |||||||
| High-strength low-alloy steel | 9,370 | 5,000 | 9,610 | 5,220 | 239 | 3 | |||||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting steel | 355,000 | 205,000 | 351,000 | 205,000 | -3,770 | -1 | |||||||
| Full alloy steel | 20,900 | 12,000 | 21,400 | 12,800 | 452 | 2 | |||||||
| Tool steel | 5,360 | 3,250 | 5,020 | 3,030 | -340 | -6 | |||||||
| Superalloys | 16,200 | 12,600 | 16,400 | 12,600 | 187 | 1 | |||||||
| Other alloys3 | 21,700 | 12,600 | 21,400 | 12,600 | -270 | -1 | |||||||
| Other uses not reported above | 3,400 | 2,240 | 4,400 | 2,800 | 1,010 | 30 | |||||||
| Total | 439,000 | 257,000 | 436,000 | 258,000 | -2,890 | -1 | |||||||
| Consumption by material: | |||||||||||||
| Low-carbon ferrochromium | 36,200 | 24,500 | 36,600 | 25,000 | 431 | 1 | |||||||
| High-carbon ferrochromium | 354,000 | 209,000 | 351,000 | 210,000 | -2,720 | -1 | |||||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 35,700 | 13,900 | 36,500 | 14,300 | 818 | 2 | |||||||
| Chromium metal | 7,280 | 7,630 | r | 6,210 | 6,200 | -1,070 | -15 | ||||||
| Chromite ore | 4,010 | 1,280 | 3,960 | 1,290 | -48 | -1 | |||||||
| Chromium-aluminum alloy | 549 | 380 | 484 | 372 | -65 | -12 | |||||||
| Other chromium materials | 659 | 267 | 421 | 212 | -240 | -36 | |||||||
| Total | 439,000 | 257,000 | 436,000 | 258,000 | -2,900 | -1 | |||||||
| Consumer stocks: | |||||||||||||
| Low-carbon ferrochromium | 2,170 | 1,470 | 2,140 | 1,460 | -29 | -1 | |||||||
| High-carbon ferrochromium | 10,700 | 6,300 | 12,400 | 7,440 | 1,760 | 17 | |||||||
| Ferrochromium silicon | 1,170 | 456 | 1,150 | 451 | -21 | -2 | |||||||
| Chromium metal | 228 | 228 | 194 | 194 | -34 | -15 | |||||||
| Chromite ore | 110 | 35 | 69 | 22 | -41 | -37 | |||||||
| Chromium-aluminum alloy | 120 | 83 | 102 | 78 | -18 | -15 | |||||||
| Other chromium materials | 75 | 31 | 66 | -- | -9 | -12 | |||||||
| Total | 14,500 | 8,600 | 16,100 | 9,640 | 1,610 | 11 | |||||||
| National Defense Stockpile stocks:4 | |||||||||||||
| Chromite ore:5 | |||||||||||||
| Chemical6 | 3,590 | 1,030 | -- | -- | -3,590 | -100 | |||||||
| Refractory7 | 69,800 | 16,700 | 1,160 | 276 | -68,700 | -98 | |||||||
| Chromium ferroalloys:8 | |||||||||||||
| High-carbon ferrochromium9 | 319,000 | 228,000 | 247,000 | 176,000 | -72,200 | -23 | |||||||
| Low-carbon ferrochromium9 | 173,000 | 123,000 | 126,000 | 89,800 | -46,700 | -27 | |||||||
| Chromium metal10 | 6,190 | 6,190 | 5,290 | 5,290 | -910 | -15 | |||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero.�� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | |||||||||||||
| 2Change based on gross weight quantity of current year compared with that of previous year.�� | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes cast irons, welding and alloy hard-facing rods and materials, wear- and corrosion-resistant alloys, and aluminum,�� | |||||||||||||
| copper, magnetic, nickel, and other alloys.�� | |||||||||||||
| 4The source for stockpile materials is the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense National Stockpile Center.��� | |||||||||||||
| 5Metallurgical grade chromite ore was used up in 2002.�� | |||||||||||||
| 6Chromium content estimated using 28.6% chromium.�� | |||||||||||||
| 7Chromium content estimated using 23.9% chromium.�� | |||||||||||||
| 8Ferrochromium silicon was used up in 2002.�� | |||||||||||||
| 9Chromium content estimated using 71.4% chromium.�� | |||||||||||||
| 10Chromium content estimated using 100% chromium.�� | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program