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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||
| CONSUMPTION AND YEAREND STOCKS OF COPPER-BASE SCRAP1 | |||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||
| � | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Scrap type and processor | Consumption | Stocks� | � | Consumption | Stocks� | ||||
| Unalloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| ��� No.� 1 wire and heavy: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 68,700 | 5,890 | 64,000 | 6,210 | |||||
| ����� Brass and wire-rod mills� | 382,000 | (2) | 400,000 | (2) | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 28,000 | (2) | 22,400 | (2) | |||||
| ��� No.� 2 mixed heavy and light: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 34,900 | 1,220 | 28,400 | 1,470 | |||||
| ����� Brass and wire-rod mills� | 5,260 | (2) | 13,600 | (2) | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 5,160 | (2) | 3,890 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Total unalloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 104,000 | 7,120 | 92,400 | 7,680 | |||||
| ����� Brass and wire-rod mills� | 387,000 | 33,800 | 413,000 | 34,900 | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 33,200 | 2,220 | 26,300 | 2,110 | |||||
| Alloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| ���� Red brass:3 | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 22,900 | 1,340 | 20,100 | 1,210 | |||||
| ����� Brass mills� | 14,300 | (2) | 12,400 | (2) | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 7,900 | (2) | 7,540 | (2) | |||||
| ���� Leaded yellow brass: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 8,010 | 746 | 7,570 | 729 | |||||
| ����� Brass mills� | 183,000 | (2) | 177,000 | (2) | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 981 | (2) | 880 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Yellow and low brass, all plants | 174,000 | 901 | 177,000 | 877 | |||||
| ��� Cartridge cases and brass, all plants | 94,600 | (2) | 94,100 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Auto radiators: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 24,300 | 1,020 | 24,800 | 661 | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 5,030 | (2) | 6,370 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Bronzes: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 10,300 | 625 | 10,300 | 645 | |||||
| ����� Brass mills and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 17,900 | (2) | 19,200 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Nickel-copper alloys, all plants | 18,700 | 211 | 19,100 | 205 | |||||
| ��� Low grade and residues; smelters, refiners, miscellaneous manufacturers | |||||||||
| ��� Other alloy scrap:4 | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 1,180 | 372 | 1,820 | 265 | |||||
| ����� Brass mills and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 5,400 | (2) | 4,950 | (2) | |||||
| ��� Total alloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 88,800 | 5,850 | 86,800 | 5,280 | |||||
| ����� Brass mills� | 487,000 | 24,300 | 482,000 | 24,900 | |||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 48,500 | 2,160 | 49,100 | 2,370 | |||||
| Total scrap: | |||||||||
| ����� Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers� | 192,000 | r | 13,000 | 179,000 | 13,000 | ||||
| ����� Brass and wire-rod mills� | 874,000 | 58,000 | r | 895,000 | 59,800 | ||||
| ����� Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers� | 81,700 | 4,390 | r | 75,500 | 4,480 | ||||
| rRevised. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Individual breakdown is not available; included in "Total unalloyed scrap," "Total alloyed scrap," and "Total scrap." | |||||||||
| 3Includes cocks and faucets, commercial bronze, composition turnings, gilding metal, railroad car boxes, and silicon | |||||||||
| bronze. | |||||||||
| 4Includes aluminum bronze, beryllium copper, and refinery brass. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program