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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 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 110,000 | r | 3,440 | r | 5,170 | r | 9,070 | r | 185 | r | 12 | 128,000 | |||
| 2006 | 109,000 | 3,900 | 5,730 | 9,560 | 196 | 12 | 128,000 | ||||||||
| Secondary metal content of brass mill | |||||||||||||||
| products: | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 698,000 | 1,750 | 3,590 | 154,000 | W | W | 859,000 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 720,000 | 1,830 | 3,480 | 152,000 | W | W | 880,000 | ||||||||
| Secondary metal content of brass and | |||||||||||||||
| bronze castings: | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 40,700 | r | 1,450 | 1,100 | 1,940 | 116 | 60 | 45,300 | |||||||
| 2006 | 38,100 | 1,480 | 1,210 | 2,110 | 105 | 42 | 43,100 | ||||||||
| 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 2005 and 2006. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program