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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||
| REPORTED U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FERROALLOYS AS ALLOYING ELEMENTS BY END USE IN 20051, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained elements unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||
| End use | FeCr | FeMo | FeNb | FeNi | FeV | FeW | ||||||
| Steel: | ||||||||||||
| Carbon and high-strength low-alloy | 3,870 | 3 | 518 | 2,390 | -- | 2,150 | (4) | |||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting | 205,000 | 766 | 562 | 13,200 | 60 | (4) | ||||||
| Other alloy | 17,000 | 5 | 2,590 | (6) | W | 1,010 | (4) | |||||
| Tool | 3,250 | W | (6) | -- | 402 | (4) | ||||||
| Unspecified | W | -- | -- | -- | -- | (4) | ||||||
| Total | 229,000 | 3,870 | 2,950 | 13,200 | 3,620 | 250 | ||||||
| Cast irons | W | 736 | W | -- | W | -- | ||||||
| Superalloys | 12,600 | 23 | 1,220 | -- | 36 | (4) | ||||||
| Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys) | 1,390 | 96 | W | W | W | (4) | ||||||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified | 13,400 | 7 | 91 | 3 | 117 | 259 | -- | |||||
| Grand total | 257,000 | 4,816 | 4,170 | 13,300 | 3,910 | 250 | ||||||
| Total 2004 | 268,000 | 4,700 | r | 3,650 | r | 13,700 | r | 4,060 | 248 | |||
| Percentage of 2004 | 96 | 102 | 114 | 97 | 96 | 101 | ||||||
| Consumer stocks, December 31 | 8,600 | 604 | NA | 944 | 326 | 24 | ||||||
| rRevised.� NA Not available.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||
| and unspecified."� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2FeCr, ferrochromium, including other chromium ferroalloys and chromium metal; FeMo, ferromolybdenum, including | ||||||||||||
| calcium molybdate; FeNb, ferrocolumbium, including nickel columbium; FeNi, ferronickel; FeV, ferrovanadium, | ||||||||||||
| including other vanadium-carbon-iron ferroalloys; and FeW, ferrotungsten. | ||||||||||||
| 3All or part included with "Steel, other alloy." | ||||||||||||
| 4Included with "Steel, total." | ||||||||||||
| 5Includes full alloy and high-strength low-alloy steel. | ||||||||||||
| 6Included with "Carbon and high-strength low-alloy." | ||||||||||||
| 7Includes cast irons, electrical steel, and unspecified uses. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program