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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) | |||||
| Ingot type or material consumed | 2005 | 2006 | |||
| Tin bronzes | 16,400 | 14,200 | |||
| Leaded red brass and semired brass | 54,400 | 50,600 | |||
| Yellow, leaded, low brass2 | 7,840 | 5,240 | |||
| Manganese bronze | 3,870 | 3,980 | |||
| Nickel silver3 | 2,410 | 2,890 | |||
| Aluminum bronze | 3,970 | 3,630 | |||
| Hardeners and master alloys4 | 2,330 | 2,880 | |||
| Lead free alloys5 | 974 | 1,250 | |||
| Total brass ingot | 92,200 | 84,700 | |||
| Refined copper | 60,700 | 46,500 | |||
| Copper scrap | 81,700 | 75,400 | |||
| 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