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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP AND PIG IRON IN 2005, BY REGION AND STATE1, 2, 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturers of | Total, all | |||||||||||||||
| pig iron and raw | Manufacturers of | Iron foundries and� | manufacturing | |||||||||||||
| steel and castings | steel castings | miscellaneous users | types | |||||||||||||
| Region and State | Scrap | Pig iron | Scrap | Pig iron | Scrap | Pig iron | Scrap | Pig iron | ||||||||
| New England and Middle Atlantic: | ||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, | ||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont | 1,780 | 22 | 11 | -- | 652 | 155 | 2,440 | 177 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 5,510 | 2,860 | 170 | 1 | 340 | 31 | 6,020 | 2,900 | ||||||||
| Total | 7,290 | 2,890 | 181 | 1 | 992 | 186 | 8,460 | 3,070 | ||||||||
| North Central: | ||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1,360 | 2,020 | 68 | 1 | 308 | 14 | 1,740 | 2,040 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 5,900 | 12,100 | 64 | 1 | 861 | 86 | 6,830 | 12,200 | ||||||||
| Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South | ||||||||||||||||
| Dakota, Wisconsin | 2,850 | 1 | 1,080 | 62 | 2,370 | 419 | 6,310 | 481 | ||||||||
| Michigan | 1,660 | 4,670 | 27 | -- | 1,360 | 95 | 3,040 | 4,770 | ||||||||
| Ohio | 7,250 | 6,860 | 184 | (4) | 626 | 144 | 8,060 | 7,010 | ||||||||
| Total | 19,000 | 25,700 | 1,430 | 64 | 5,520 | 758 | 26,000 | 26,500 | ||||||||
| South Atlantic: | ||||||||||||||||
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia | 3,490 | W | W | W | 304 | 16 | 3,790 | 1,600 | ||||||||
| Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina�� | 4,020 | W | W | W | 155 | 2 | 4,170 | 182 | ||||||||
| Total | 7,500 | 1,760 | 2 | (4) | 459 | 18 | 7,960 | 1,780 | ||||||||
| South Central: | ||||||||||||||||
| Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee | 6,650 | W | 85 | W | 1,610 | W | 8,350 | 4,260 | ||||||||
| Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma | 5,070 | W | 12 | W | 18 | W | 5,100 | 804 | ||||||||
| Texas | 4,320 | 52 | 10 | W | 185 | 24 | 4,520 | 101 | ||||||||
| Total | 16,000 | 5,010 | 107 | 24 | 1,820 | 129 | 18,000 | 5,170 | ||||||||
| Mountain and Pacific: | ||||||||||||||||
| Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Utah� | 2,760 | W | 6 | (4) | 106 | W | 2,880 | 1,500 | ||||||||
| California, Oregon, Washington | 1,970 | W | 89 | (4) | 120 | W | 2,180 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 4,740 | 1,500 | 94 | (4) | 226 | 4 | 5,060 | 1,510 | ||||||||
| Grand total | 54,600 | 36,900 | 1,810 | 89 | 9,020 | 1,090 | 65,400 | 38,000 | ||||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Total" or "Grand total."� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Includes recirculating scrap resulting from current operations and home-generated obsolete scrap. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes molten pig iron used for ingot molds and direct castings. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program