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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IRON AND STEEL SLAG SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Million metric tons and million dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blast furnace slag1 | Steel | Total iron | Blast furnace slag1 | Steel | Total iron | |||||||||||||||
| Air-cooled | Granulated | Total | furnace slag | and steel slag2 | Air-cooled | Granulated | Total | furnace slag | and steel slag2 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 4.6 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 12.5 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 15.7 | ||||||||||
| Valuee | 33 | 172 | 205 | 30 | 235 | 37 | 186 | 222 | 44 | 266 | ||||||||||
| eEstimated.-- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Excludes expanded (pelletized) slag to protect company proprietary data. The quantities are very small (about 0.1 unit or less). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
