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)

	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 USE^{1, 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

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