Lime Sold And Used By Producers In The United States, By Use

TABLE 3
LIME SOLD AND USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons³ and thousand dollars)

	2006				2007
Use	Quantity⁴		Value⁵		Quantity⁴		Value⁵
Chemical and industrial:
Fertilizer, aglime and fertilizer	32		3,260		32		3,490
Glass	196		16,100		187		16,100
Paper and pulp	855		69,800		859		73,500
Precipitated calcium carbonate	1,230		111,000		1,260		122,000
Sugar refining	783		58,300		703		69,700
Other chemical and industrial⁶	1,410		121,000		1,420		136,000
Total	4,510		380,000		4,460		421,000
Metallurgical:
Steel and iron:
Basic oxygen furnaces	2,750		233,000		2,590		223,000
Electric arc furnaces	3,100		266,000		2,960		270,000
Other steel and iron	393		30,100		358		29,800
Total	6,250		529,000		5,910		523,000
Nonferrous metallurgy⁷	1,320		90,600		1,370		100,000
Total	7,570		620,000		7,280		631,000
Construction:
Asphalt	432		38,200		353		35,000
Building uses	481		54,600		435		50,100
Soil stabilization	1,650		126,000		1,540		123,000
Other construction	67		5,590		80		6,730
Total	2,630		224,000		2,410		215,000
Environmental:
Flue gas desulfurization (FGD):
Utility powerplants	3,530		238,000		3,410		248,000
Incinerators	226		21,100		245		23,200
Industrial boilers and other FGD	72		6,940		71		7,410
Total	3,830		266,000		3,730		279,000
Sludge treatment:
Sewage	141		12,100		127		11,600
Other, industrial, hazardous, etc.	123		9,800		112		9,760
Total	263		21,900		239		21,400
Water treatment:
Acid-mine drainage	113		10,500		104		10,000
Drinking water	992		80,200		946		81,600
Wastewater	644		57,200		625		60,000
Total	1,750		148,000		1,680		152,000
Other environmental:	200		17,800		175		16,300
Total	6,040		454,000		5,820		468,000
Refractories (dead-burned dolomite)	200	⁸	26,800	⁹	200	⁸	24,500	⁹
Grand total	21,000		1,700,000		20,200		1,760,000
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.
⁷Includes aluminum and bauxite, magnesium, ore concentration (copper, gold, etc.) and other.

TABLE 3�Continued
LIME SOLD AND USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE^{1, 2}

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

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