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U.S. CONSUMER RECEIPTS, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP IN 2005, BY GRADE1
(Thousand metric tons)
    Receipts of scrap   Production of home scrap            
From brokers, From other Recirculating Consumption Ending
dealers, and other company-owned scrap from current Obsolete of purchased Shipments stocks,
Grade   outside sources   plants   operations   scrap2   and home scrap   of scrap   December 31
Manufacturers of pig iron and raw steel
and castings:
Carbon steel:�
Low-phosphorus plate and punchings 305 -- 520 -- 653 71 134
Cut structural and plate 4,150 132 650 57 4,810 124 266
No. 1 heavy-melting steel 4,160 147 2,080 11 6,320 234 442
No. 2 heavy-melting steel 5,570 66 373 1 6,020 5 420
No. 1 and electric furnace bundles 4,260 63 1,670 30 5,750 112 283
No. 2 and all other bundles 787 13 2 -- 828 (3) 42
Electric furnace, 1 foot and under
(not bundles) 80 -- 83 -- 135 47 3
Railroad rails 262 22 42 -- 320 -- 16
Turnings and borings 2,020 50 44 -- 2,200 (3) 100
Slag scrap 853 82 1,460 6 1,990 577 174
Shredded or fragmentized 9,530 1,130 332 112 11,100 70 681
No. 1 busheling 5,150 92 208 72 5,300 (3) 366
Steel cans, post consumer 260 -- 44 -- 313 -- 85
All other carbon steel scrap 1,490 193 1,650 49 3,190 106 305
Stainless steel scrap 731 59 216 -- 1,060 1 31
Alloy steel (except stainless) 137 1 498 18 617 7 32
Ingot mold and stool scrap 1 -- 80 81 58 82 15
Machinery and cupola cast iron 3 -- 2 -- 5 -- (3)
Cast-iron borings 298 -- (3) (3) � 302 (3) 18
Motor blocks 8 -- -- -- 8 -- 1
Other iron scrap 620 81 398 -- 1,140 68 380
Other mixed scrap 1,970   72   466   --   2,430   40   643
Total 42,600   2,200   10,800   436   54,600   1,540   4,440
Manufacturers of steel castings:
Carbon steel:�
Low-phosphorus plate and punchings 283 3 74 (3) 373 (3) 32
Cut structural and plate 154 2 42 (3) 196 (3) 3
No. 1 heavy-melting steel 36 -- 4 -- 43 -- 3
No. 2 heavy-melting steel 17 -- -- -- 17 -- (3)
No. 1 and electric furnace bundles 1 -- -- -- 1 -- (3)
No. 2 and all other bundles -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electric furnace, 1 foot and under
(not bundles) 38 -- 37 -- 75 -- (3)
Railroad rails 19 -- 57 -- 76 (3) 2
Turnings and borings 34 -- 14 (3) 48 (3) 1
Slag scrap 1 -- 4 -- 5 -- (3)
Shredded or fragmentized 97 -- 24 -- 121 -- 1
No. 1 busheling 75 -- 34 -- 109 -- 2
Steel cans, post consumer -- -- -- -- -- -- --
All other carbon steel scrap 51 -- 97 (3) 146 (3) 4
Stainless steel scrap 20 (3) 30 (3) 52 2 25
Alloy steel (except stainless) 30 2 32 -- 62 (3) 7
Ingot mold and stool scrap (3) -- (3) -- (3) (3) (3)
Machinery and cupola cast iron -- -- -- -- � -- -- --
Cast-iron borings -- -- (3) -- (3) -- (3)
Motor blocks -- -- -- -- � -- -- --
Other iron scrap 27 -- 178 -- 206 -- (3)
Other mixed scrap 168 -- 101 14 282 1 3
Total   1,050   7   729   14   1,810   3   85
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2�Continued
U.S. CONSUMER RECEIPTS, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP IN 2005, BY GRADE1
(Thousand metric tons)
 
    Receipts of scrap   Production of home scrap            
From brokers, From other Recirculating Consumption Ending
dealers, and other company-owned scrap from current Obsolete of purchased Shipments stocks,
Grade   outside sources   plants   operations   scrap2   and home scrap   of scrap   December 31
Iron foundries and miscellaneous users:
Carbon steel:�
Low-phosphorus plate and punchings 919 2 163 3 969 23 116
Cut structural and plate 1,160 37 38 (3) 1,240 9 40
No. 1 heavy-melting steel 198 2 16 -- 164 (3) 55
No. 2 heavy-melting steel 222 1 -- -- 224 (3) 2
No. 1 and electric furnace bundles 90 -- -- -- 88 -- 4
No. 2 and all other bundles 91 -- 24 -- 115 3 5
Electric furnace, 1 foot and under
(not bundles) 24 -- (3) -- 24 -- 1
Railroad rails 65 -- 32 -- 100 -- 3
Turnings and borings 135 -- (3) -- 135 1 2
Slag scrap -- -- 14 -- 10 3 1
Shredded or fragmentized 1,310 -- 7 -- 1,310 8 48
No. 1 busheling 511 (3) 31 (3) 541 1 11
Steel cans, post consumer 12 -- (3) -- 12 -- (3)
All other carbon steel scrap 61 -- 2 (3) 63 (3) 3
Stainless steel scrap 2 -- (3) -- 2 (3) (3)
Alloy steel (except stainless) 1 -- (3) -- 1 (3) (3)
Ingot mold and stool scrap 56 -- 15 -- 71 -- 10
Machinery and cupola cast iron 617 (3) 251 2 674 32 221
Cast-iron borings 73 37 11 -- 118 2 2
Motor blocks 283 3 575 -- 855 1 13
Other iron scrap 417 4 1,710 1 2,090 11 64
Other mixed scrap 125   21   59   (3)   204   1   5
Total 6,380   108   2,950   6   9,020   96   605
Grand total, all manufacturing types:
Carbon steel:�
Low-phosphorus plate and punchings 1,510 5 756 3 2,000 95 282
Cut structural and plate 5,470 171 730 57 6,250 133 310
No. 1 heavy-melting steel 4,390 149 2,100 11 6,520 234 501
No. 2 heavy-melting steel 5,810 68 373 1 6,260 5 422
No. 1 and electric furnace bundles 4,350 63 1,670 30 5,840 112 287
No. 2 and all other bundles 878 13 26 -- 944 3 47
Electric furnace, 1 foot and under
(not bundles) 142 -- 120 -- 234 47 4
Railroad rails 345 22 132 -- 496 (3) 20
Turnings and borings 2,190 50 59 (3) 2,380 1 102
Slag scrap 854 82 1,470 6 2,010 580 174
Shredded or fragmentized 10,900 1,130 363 112 12,600 78 729
No. 1 busheling 5,730 92 273 72 5,950 1 380
Steel cans, post consumer 272 -- 44 -- 325 -- 85
All other carbon steel scrap 1,600 193 1,740 49 3,400 106 312
Stainless steel scrap 753 59 246 (3) 1,110 2 56
Alloy steel (except stainless) 167 2 531 18 680 7 39
Ingot mold and stool scrap 57 -- 96 81 129 82 25
Machinery and cupola cast iron 620 (3) 253 2 679 32 221
Cast-iron borings 371 37 11 (3) 421 2 20
Motor blocks 291 3 575 � -- 863 1 13
Other iron scrap 1,060 85 2,290 1 3,440 79 444
Other mixed scrap 2,270 93 626 14 2,920 42 651
Total   50,100   2,310   14,500   457   65,400   1,640   5,130
-- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Obsolete home scrap includes ingot molds, stools, and scrap from old equipment and buildings.
3Less than � unit.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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