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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||
| REPORTED U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FERROALLOYS AS ALLOYING ELEMENTS BY END USE IN 20061, 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of alloys unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| Manganese | |||||||||||||
| End use | FeB | FeMn | SiMn | FeP | FeSi | FeTi | |||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||||
| Carbon and high-strength low-alloy | 742 | 243,000 | 56,900 | 4,250 | 20,000 | 3 | 4,880 | ||||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting | 204 | 8,770 | 13,600 | 136 | 50,100 | 3 | 3,270 | ||||||
| Other alloy | 112 | 23,900 | 19,500 | 844 | 7,670 | 3 | 164 | ||||||
| Tool | -- | (3) | (3) | -- | -- | (4) | |||||||
| Unspecified | -- | 4,960 | 777 | (4) | 63,300 | 5 | -- | ||||||
| Total steel | 1,060 | 281,000 | 90,700 | 5,230 | 141,000 | 8,310 | |||||||
| Cast irons | -- | 7,210 | 390 | 1,300 | 70,500 | 5 | (5) | ||||||
| Superalloys | 36 | (6) | -- | (7) | 364 | 5, 7 | 1,300 | ||||||
| Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys) | 386 | 26,600 | (8) | (7) | 49,000 | 5 | 1,630 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified | -- | (6) | (8) | -- | 178,000 | 47 | |||||||
| Grand total | 1,480 | 315,000 | 91,100 | 6,530 | 439,000 | 11,300 | |||||||
| Total 2005 | 1,440 | 293,000 | 93,000 | 6,770 | 479,000 | 11,000 | |||||||
| Percentage of 2005 | 103 | 107 | 98 | 96 | 92 | 103 | |||||||
| Consumer stocks, December 31 | 331 | 31,300 | 9 | 10,400 | 9 | 1,110 | 16,300 | 1,020 | |||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2FeB, ferroboron, including other boron materials; FeMn, ferromanganese, including manganese metal and other manganese� | |||||||||||||
| alloys; SiMn, silicomanganese; FeP, ferrophosphorus, including other phosphorus materials; FeSi, ferrosilicon, including silicon� | |||||||||||||
| metal, silvery pig iron, silicon carbide, and inoculant alloys; FeTi, ferrotitanium, including titanium scrap and other titanium | |||||||||||||
| materials. | |||||||||||||
| 3All or part included with "Steel, unspecified." | |||||||||||||
| 4Included with 'Steel, other alloy." | |||||||||||||
| 5Part included with "Miscellaneous and unspecified." | |||||||||||||
| 6Included with "Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys)." | |||||||||||||
| 7All or part included with "Cast irons." | |||||||||||||
| 8All or part withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||||
| 9Consumer and producer stock. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program