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 RECOVERY ¹

(Metric tons)

	2009		2010
Kind of scrap:
New scrap:
Copper-base------------	608,000		611,000
Aluminum-base------------	30,400	^r	30,300
Nickel-base------------	18		18
Total-------------	639,000	^r	641,000
Old scrap:
Copper-base------------	120,000		109,000
Aluminum-base------------	17,800	^r	21,800
Nickel-base------------	267		266
Zinc-base-------------	9		9
Total-------------	138,000	^r	131,000
Grand total------------	777,000	^r	772,000
Form of recovery:
As unalloyed copper	47,100		39,000
In brass and bronze-----------	676,000	^r	676,000
In alloy iron and steel-----------	673		731
In aluminum alloys-------	48,200	^r	51,900
In other alloys-----------	8		9
In chemical compounds-----------	5,030		5,030
Total	777,000	^r	772,000
^rRevised.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.