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| TABLE 6 | ||||
| CONSUMPTION OF IRON ORE AT U.S. IRON | ||||
| AND STEEL PLANTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCT1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| Type of product | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| Blast furnaces: | ||||
| Direct-shipping ore | 26 | 34 | ||
| Pellets | 55,000 | 50,100 | ||
| Sinter2 | 7,900 | 8,200 | ||
| Total | 62,900 | 58,300 | ||
| Steelmaking furnaces: | ||||
| Direct-shipping ore | 450 | 431 | ||
| Sinter2 | 147 | 113 | ||
| Total | 597 | 544 | ||
| Grand total | 63,500 | 58,900 | ||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant | ||||
| digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2Includes briquettes, nodules, and other. | ||||
| Source:� American Iron and Steel Institute. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program