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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, PIG IRON, AND DIRECT-REDUCED IRON IN 2005, BY TYPE OF FURNACE OR OTHER USE1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturers of pig iron and | Manufacturers | Iron foundries and | Total, all | |||||||||||||||||||||
| raw steel and castings | of steel castings | miscellaneous users | manufacturing types | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pig | Pig | Pig | Pig | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Scrap | iron | DRI2 | Scrap | iron | DRI2 | Scrap | iron | DRI2 | Scrap | iron | DRI2 | |||||||||||||
| Blast furnace | 1,380 | -- | 445 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 1,390 | -- | 445 | ||||||||||||
| Basic oxygen process | 11,400 | 34,400 | 341 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 11,400 | 34,400 | 341 | ||||||||||||
| Electric furnace | 41,700 | 2,400 | 958 | 1,460 | 60 | (3) | 3,390 | 588 | 3 | 46,600 | 3,040 | 962 | ||||||||||||
| Cupola furnace | 40 | -- | -- | 353 | 29 | -- | 5,610 | 498 | -- | 6,000 | 528 | -- | ||||||||||||
| Other4 | W | -- | -- | 1 | (3) | -- | W | W | -- | W | W | -- | ||||||||||||
| Direct castings5 | -- | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36 | -- | ||||||||||||
| Total | 54,600 | 36,900 | 1,740 | 1,810 | 89 | (3) | 9,010 | 1,090 | 3 | 65,400 | 38,000 | 1,750 | ||||||||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Electric furnace."� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Direct-reduced iron. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Includes air furnaces. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5Includes ingot molds and stools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program