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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||
| CONSUMPTION AND YEAREND STOCKS OF COPPER-BASE SCRAP1 | |||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||
| � | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Scrap type and processor | Consumption | Stocks� | � | Consumption | Stocks� | ||||
| Unalloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| No. 1 wire and heavy: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 58,600 | 980 | r | 68,700 | 5,890 | ||||
| Brass and wire-rod mills | 394,000 | (2) | 382,000 | (2) | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 27,200 | (2) | 28,000 | (2) | |||||
| No. 2 mixed heavy and light: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 28,800 | 2,090 | r | 34,900 | 1,220 | ||||
| Brass and wire-rod mills | 6,250 | (2) | 5,260 | (2) | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 3,570 | (2) | 5,160 | (2) | |||||
| Total unalloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 87,400 | 3,070 | r | 104,000 | 7,120 | ||||
| Brass and wire-rod mills | 401,000 | 28,800 | 387,000 | 33,800 | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 30,700 | 2,550 | 33,200 | 2,220 | |||||
| Alloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| Red brass:3 | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 26,300 | 1,360 | r | 22,900 | 1,340 | ||||
| Brass mills | 14,200 | (2) | 14,330 | (2) | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 9,820 | (2) | 7,900 | (2) | |||||
| Leaded yellow brass: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 8,140 | 735 | r | 8,010 | 746 | ||||
| Brass mills | 314,000 | (2) | 183,000 | (2) | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 1,150 | (2) | 981 | (2) | |||||
| Yellow and low brass, all plants | 42,600 | 948 | r | 174,000 | 901 | ||||
| Cartridge cases and brass, all plants | 86,700 | (2) | 94,600 | (2) | |||||
| Auto radiators: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 25,000 | 1,048 | r | 24,300 | 1,020 | ||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 4,300 | (2) | 5,030 | (2) | |||||
| Bronzes: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 11,100 | 750 | r | 10,300 | 625 | ||||
| Brass mills and miscellaneous manufacturers | 18,400 | (2) | 17,900 | (2) | |||||
| Nickel-copper alloys, all plants | 20,900 | 224 | r | 18,700 | 211 | ||||
| Low grade and residues, smelters, refiners, miscellaneous manufacturers | 35,300 | 619 | 35,000 | 630 | |||||
| Other alloy scrap:4 | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 1,130 | 382 | r | 1,180 | 372 | ||||
| Brass mills and miscellaneous manufacturers | 6,000 | (2) | 5,398 | (2) | |||||
| Total alloyed scrap: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 95,500 | 6,070 | r | 88,800 | 5,850 | ||||
| Brass mills | 480,000 | 25,000 | 487,000 | 24,300 | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 50,000 | 2,150 | r | 48,500 | 2,160 | ||||
| Total scrap: | |||||||||
| Smelters, refiners, and ingot makers | 183,000 | 9,140 | r | 193,000 | 13,000 | ||||
| Brass and wire-rod mills | 881,000 | 53,800 | 874,000 | 58,100 | |||||
| Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers | 80,700 | 4,700 | r | 81,700 | 4,380 | ||||
| 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