Consumption Of Purchased Copper-Base Scrap

TABLE 11
CONSUMPTION OF PURCHASED COPPER-BASE SCRAP^{1, 2}

(Metric tons, gross weight)

	From new scrap			From old scrap			Total
Type of operation	2005		2006	2005		2006	2005	2006
Ingot makers	48,200	^r	56,500	96,400	^r	77,600	145,000	134,000
Smelters and refineries	16,200		16,500	31,700		28,700	47,800	45,200
Brass and wire-rod mills	842,000		882,000	31,600		13,100	874,000	895,000
Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers	40,100		48,200	41,600		27,200	81,700	75,500
Total	947,000		1,000,000	201,000		147,000	1,150,000	1,150,000
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Consumption at brass and wire-rod mills assumed equal to receipts.									�