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| TABLE 2 | |||||
| MATERIALS CONSUMED IN BLAST FURNACES AND PIG IRON PRODUCED1 | |||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||
| Material | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Iron oxides:2 | |||||
| Ores | 36 | -- | |||
| Pellets | 49,300 | 46,300 | |||
| Sinter3 | 6,990 | 6,830 | |||
| Total | 56,400 | 53,100 | |||
| Scrap4 | 2,510 | 2,510 | e | ||
| Coke2 | 14,700 | 14,700 | e | ||
| Pig iron, produced | 37,900 | 36,300 | |||
| eEstimated. -- Zero. | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||
| 2American Iron and Steel Institute. | |||||
| 3Includes sintered ore and pellet fines, dust, mill scale, and other revert iron-bearing | |||||
| �materials; also some nodules. | |||||
| 4Mainly briquetted turnings and borings, shredded scrap, etc.; scrap produced at blast furnaces and remelt not included. | |||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program