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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