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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||
| U.S. AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE AND COMPOSITE PRICE FOR NO. 1 | |||||||||
| HEAVY-MELTING STEEL, WITH ANNUAL AVERAGES1 | |||||||||
| (Dollars per metric ton) | |||||||||
| Composite | |||||||||
| Period | Chicago, IL | Philadelphia, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | price | |||||
| 2005, average | 193.96 | 186.95 | 196.40 | 192.44 | |||||
| 2006: | |||||||||
| January | 220.02 | 187.00 | 217.51 | 207.42 | |||||
| February | 232.84 | 206.68 | 239.49 | 228.09 | |||||
| March | 233.12 | 209.26 | 241.13 | 227.91 | |||||
| April | 240.69 | 221.79 | 245.81 | 236.53 | |||||
| May | 244.86 | 232.22 | 246.05 | 241.21 | |||||
| June | 245.24 | 238.99 | 246.05 | 243.47 | |||||
| July | 241.62 | 238.82 | 237.69 | 239.08 | |||||
| August | 203.09 | 203.95 | 181.39 | 194.13 | |||||
| September | 203.73 | 216.67 | 189.78 | 204.05 | |||||
| October | 199.62 | 210.18 | 191.92 | 200.28 | |||||
| November | 194.82 | 209.74 | 191.92 | 198.86 | |||||
| December | 199.84 | 217.82 | 200.21 | 206.42 | |||||
| Average | 221.62 | 216.09 | 219.07 | 218.91 | |||||
| 1Calculated by the U.S. Geological Survey from prices published in American Metal Market. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program