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TABLE 2
MATERIALS CONSUMED IN BLAST FURNACES AND PIG IRON PRODUCED1
(Thousand metric tons)
Material   2004   2005
Iron oxides:2
Ores 26 34
Pellets 54,900 50,100
Sinter3 7,900   8,200
Total 62,900 58,300
Scrap4 1,090 1,250
Coke2 15,100 13,800
Pig iron, produced   42,300   37,200
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


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