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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.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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