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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||
| LIME SOLD AND USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons3 and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Use | Quantity4 | Value5 | Quantity4 | Value5 | ||||||||
| Chemical and industrial: | ||||||||||||
| Fertilizer, aglime and fertilizer | 29 | 3,300 | 32 | 3,260 | ||||||||
| Glass | 148 | 11,200 | 196 | 16,100 | ||||||||
| Paper and pulp | 743 | r | 52,500 | r | 855 | 69,800 | ||||||
| Precipitated calcium carbonate | 1,130 | 92,800 | 1,230 | 111,000 | ||||||||
| Sugar refining | 834 | 63,900 | 783 | 58,300 | ||||||||
| Other chemical and industrial6 | 1,300 | r | 104,000 | r | 1,410 | 121,000 | ||||||
| Total | 4,180 | r | 328,000 | r | 4,510 | 380,000 | ||||||
| Metallurgical: | ||||||||||||
| Steel and iron: | ||||||||||||
| Basic oxygen furnaces | 2,680 | 208,000 | 2,750 | 233,000 | ||||||||
| Electric arc furnaces | 2,980 | � | 230,000 | � | 3,100 | 266,000 | ||||||
| Other steel and iron | 323 | 23,000 | 393 | 30,100 | ||||||||
| Total | 5,980 | � | 461,000 | � | 6,250 | 529,000 | ||||||
| Nonferrous metallurgy7 | 1,290 | 87,500 | 1,320 | 90,600 | ||||||||
| Total | 7,270 | 548,000 | 7,570 | 620,000 | ||||||||
| Construction: | ||||||||||||
| Asphalt | 453 | 38,000 | 432 | 38,200 | ||||||||
| Building uses | 493 | 54,000 | 481 | 54,600 | ||||||||
| Soil stabilization | 1,730 | 120,000 | � | 1,650 | 126,000 | |||||||
| Other construction | 55 | 3,930 | 67 | 5,590 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,730 | 216,000 | 2,630 | 224,000 | ||||||||
| Environmental: | ||||||||||||
| Flue gas desulfurization (FGD): | ||||||||||||
| Utility powerplants | 3,470 | 217,000 | 3,530 | 238,000 | ||||||||
| Incinerators | 133 | 12,000 | 226 | 21,100 | ||||||||
| Industrial boilers and other FGD | 50 | 4,620 | � | 72 | 6,940 | |||||||
| Total | 3,650 | 234,000 | 3,830 | 266,000 | ||||||||
| Sludge treatment: | ||||||||||||
| Sewage | 176 | 14,400 | 141 | 12,100 | ||||||||
| Other, industrial, hazardous, etc. | 117 | 9,380 | 123 | 9,800 | ||||||||
| Total | 293 | 23,700 | 263 | 21,900 | ||||||||
| Water treatment: | ||||||||||||
| Acid-mine drainage | 138 | r | 12,300 | r | 113 | 10,500 | ||||||
| Drinking water | 975 | r | 72,000 | r | 992 | 80,200 | ||||||
| Wastewater | 484 | r | 39,500 | r | 644 | 57,200 | ||||||
| Total | 1,600 | r | 124,000 | r | 1,750 | 148,000 | ||||||
| Other environmental | 98 | 8,110 | 200 | 17,800 | ||||||||
| Total | 5,640 | r | 389,000 | r | 6,040 | 454,000 | ||||||
| Refractories (dead-burned dolomite) | 200 | 8 | 21,600 | 9 | 200 | 8 | 26,800 | 9 | ||||
| Grand total | 20,000 | � | 1,500,000 | 21,000 | 1,700,000 | |||||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||||
| 1Excludes regenerated lime. Includes Puerto Rico. | ||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 3To convert metric tons to short tons, multiply metric tons by 1.102. | ||||||||||||
| 4Quantity includes lime sold and used, where "used" denotes lime produced for internal company use | ||||||||||||
| for basic oxygen furnaces, magnesia, paper and pulp, precipitated calcium carbonate, refractories, and� | ||||||||||||
| sugar refining. | ||||||||||||
| 5The U.S. Geological Survey does not collect value data by end use; the values shown are mainly� | ||||||||||||
| derived from average lime values. | ||||||||||||
| 6May include alkalis, calcium carbide and cyanamide, calcium hypochlorite, citric acid, | ||||||||||||
| food (animal or human), oil and grease, oil well drilling, petrochemicals, tanning, and other uses. | ||||||||||||
| Magnesia is included here to avoid disclosing proprietary data. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 3�Continued | ||||||||||||
| LIME SOLD AND USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7Includes aluminum and bauxite, magnesium, ore concentration (copper, gold, etc.) and other. | ||||||||||||
| 8Data are rounded to one significant digit to protect company proprietary data. | ||||||||||||
| 9Values are estimated based on average value per metric ton of dead-burned dolomite for each year. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program