Copper Recovered From Scrap Processed In The United States, By Kind Of Scrap And Form Of Recovery

TABLE 6
COPPER RECOVERED FROM SCRAP PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES,
BY KIND OF SCRAP AND FORM OF RECOVERY¹

(Metric tons, copper)

	2004	2005
Kind of scrap:
New scrap:
Copper-base	735,000	730,000
Aluminum-base��	38,800	39,300
Nickel-base��	18	18
Total	774,000	769,000
Old scrap:
Copper-base	169,000	168,000
Aluminum-base��	22,100	14,200
Nickel-base��	279	214
Zinc-base	29	33
Total	191,000	182,000
Grand total	965,000	951,000
Form of recovery:
As unalloyed copper	51,400	48,100
In brass and bronze	840,000	837,000
In alloy iron and steel	1,020	985
In aluminum alloys	60,400	53,400
In other alloys	28	32
In chemical compounds	12,300	12,300
Total	965,000	951,000
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.