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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF IRON ORE, BY END USE1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal | ||||||||||||||||
| integrated | Direct-reduced | |||||||||||||||
| Blast | Steel | Sintering | iron and steel | iron for | Nonsteel | |||||||||||
| Year | furnaces3 | furnaces3 | plants3, 4 | Miscellaneous3, 5 | plants6 | steelmaking7 | end uses8 | Total | ||||||||
| 2001 | 57,300 | 35 | 4,560 | -- | 61,900 | 180 | r | 756 | 64,400 | |||||||
| 2002 | 52,900 | 301 | 5,620 | 1 | 58,800 | 705 | 828 | 60,300 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 53,800 | 133 | 5,650 | -- | 59,500 | 315 | 791 | 60,600 | ||||||||
| 2004 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 270 | 794 | NA | ||||||||
| 2005 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 330 | 928 | NA | ||||||||
| rRevised.� NA Not available.� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes agglomerates.� Excludes ore containing 5% or more manganese. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Data provided by American Iron and Steel Institute. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Excludes dust, mill scale, and other revert iron-bearing materials. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5Sold to nonreporting companies or used for purposes not listed. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6Data provided by American Iron Ore Association. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7U.S. Geological Survey estimates based on production reports compiled by Midrex Corp. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8An estimate, which includes iron ore consumed in production of cement and iron ore shipped for use in manufacturing� | ||||||||||||||||
| paint, ferrites, heavy media, cattle feed, refractory and weighing materials, and for use in lead smelting.� | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program