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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


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