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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP AND PIG IRON IN 2006, 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 | W | W | W | -- | 229 | W | 2,020 | 26 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 5,380 | 2,710 | 174 | W | 253 | 28 | 5,810 | 2,740 | ||||||||
| Total | 7,160 | 2,730 | 182 | 1 | 491 | 36 | 7,830 | 2,770 | ||||||||
| North Central: | ||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1,770 | W | 63 | W | 458 | 14 | 2,290 | 1,950 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 4,570 | 13,100 | 73 | 1 | 888 | 84 | 5,530 | 13,100 | ||||||||
| Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South | ||||||||||||||||
| Dakota, Wisconsin | W | W | 639 | 52 | 2,070 | 390 | 4,680 | 529 | ||||||||
| Michigan | 2,410 | W | 26 | -- | 2,800 | 64 | 5,230 | 4,690 | ||||||||
| Ohio | 7,710 | 5,640 | 184 | W | 590 | 132 | 8,490 | 5,770 | ||||||||
| Total | 18,400 | 25,300 | 985 | 55 | 6,800 | 685 | 26,200 | 26,100 | ||||||||
| South Atlantic: | ||||||||||||||||
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia | W | W | W | W | 306 | 15 | 4,130 | 1,600 | ||||||||
| Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina�� | 1,590 | W | -- | -- | 158 | W | 4,250 | 266 | ||||||||
| Total | 7,910 | 1,850 | 2 | W | 465 | 17 | 8,380 | 1,860 | ||||||||
| South Central: | ||||||||||||||||
| Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee | 6,710 | 2,380 | 93 | W | 1,110 | 87 | 7,950 | 4,550 | ||||||||
| Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma | 5,630 | W | W | -- | 5 | 1 | 5,660 | 761 | ||||||||
| Texas | 4,520 | W | 24 | -4 | 211 | 23 | 4,750 | 75 | ||||||||
| Total | 16,900 | 5,270 | 128 | -4 | 1,380 | 113 | 18,400 | 5,380 | ||||||||
| Mountain and Pacific: | ||||||||||||||||
| Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Utah� | W | W | W | W | 94 | W | 2,270 | 1,510 | ||||||||
| California, Oregon, Washington | W | -- | 334 | -- | 147 | 3 | 2,510 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 4,190 | 1,510 | 340 | (4) | 241 | 5 | 4,770 | 1,520 | ||||||||
| Grand total | 54,500 | 36,700 | 1,640 | 56 | 9,380 | 856 | 65,600 | 37,600 | ||||||||
| 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