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| TABLE 12 | ||||
| FOUNDRIES AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURERS CONSUMPTION OF | ||||
| BRASS INGOT, REFINED COPPER, AND COPPER SCRAP IN THE UNITED STATES1 | ||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | ||||
| Ingot type or material consumed | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| Brass ingot: | ||||
| Tin bronzes | 22,800 | 16,400 | ||
| Leaded red brass and semired brass | 55,300 | 54,400 | ||
| Yellow, leaded, low brass2 | 6,440 | 7,850 | ||
| Manganese bronze | 3,930 | r | 3,870 | |
| Nickel silver3 | 2,270 | r | 2,410 | |
| Aluminum bronze | 3,580 | r | 3,970 | |
| Hardeners and master alloys4 | 2,040 | 2,330 | ||
| Lead free alloys5 | 864 | 974 | ||
| Total brass ingot | 97,200 | 92,200 | ||
| Refined copper | 57,400 | 60,700 | ||
| Copper scrap | 80,700 | 81,700 | ||
| rRevised. | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2Includes brass and silicon bronze. | ||||
| 3Includes brass, copper nickel, and nickel bronze. | ||||
| 4Includes special alloys. | ||||
| 5Includes copper-bismuth and copper-bismuth-selenium alloys. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program