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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||||||
| COMPOSITION OF SECONDARY COPPER-ALLOY PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||||||
| Copper | Tin | Lead | Zinc | Nickel | Aluminum | Total | |||||||||
| Brass and bronze ingot production:2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 107,000 | 3,830 | r | 5,760 | r | 10,500 | r | 225 | r | 14 | 128,000 | ||||
| 2005 | 109,000 | 3,750 | 5,510 | 9,150 | 184 | 12 | 128,000 | ||||||||
| Secondary metal content of brass mill | |||||||||||||||
| products: | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 706,000 | 475 | 6,160 | 150,000 | W | W | 865,000 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 698,000 | 1,750 | 3,590 | 154,000 | W | W | 859,000 | ||||||||
| Secondary metal content of brass and | |||||||||||||||
| bronze castings: | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 39,200 | r | 1,520 | 1,130 | 2,030 | 182 | 62 | 44,100 | r | ||||||
| 2005 | 40,600 | 1,450 | 1,100 | 1,940 | 116 | 60 | 45,300 | ||||||||
| rRevised.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Total." | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Includes approximately 96% from scrap and 4% from other than scrap in 2004 and 2005. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program