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| TABLE 7 | ||||
| CONSUMPTION OF IRON ORE AT U.S. IRON | ||||
| AND STEEL PLANTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCT1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| Type of product | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| Blast furnaces: | ||||
| Direct-shipping ore | 34 | 36 | ||
| Pellets | 50,100 | 49,300 | ||
| Sinter2 | 8,200 | 6,990 | ||
| Total | 58,300 | 56,400 | ||
| Steelmaking furnaces: | ||||
| Direct-shipping ore | 431 | 522 | ||
| Sinter2 | 113 | 95 | ||
| Total | 544 | 617 | ||
| Grand total | 58,900 | 57,000 | ||
| 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