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HYDRATED LIME SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons3 and thousand dollars)
    2005   2006
Use   Quantity4   Value5   Quantity4   Value5
Chemical and industrial 540 r 55,400   542   61,200
Construction:
Asphalt 408 34,900 381 34,400
Building uses 481 53,000 470 53,600
Soil stabilization 466 32,800 466 37,600
Other construction 5   514   16   1,770
Total 1,360   121,000   1,330   127,000
Environmental:
Flue gas desulfurization (FGD):
Utility powerplants 220 13,300 165 11,000
Incinerators 21 2,170 40 3,860
Industrial boilers and other FGD 27   2,840   34   3,820
Total 268 18,300 239 18,700
Sludge treatment:              
Sewage 40 3,700 30 3,170
Other sludge treatment 54   5,090   51   4,910
Total 94   8,800   80   8,080
Water treatment:
Acid-mine drainage 85 8,460 58 5,770
Drinking water 127 12,200 167 16,400
Wastewater 151   14,400   238   23,800
Total 363 35,100 463 46,000
Other environmental 24 r 2,240 66 6,270
Metallurgy 47 4,500 57 5,590
Grand total   2,700   246,000   2,780   273,000
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 hydrated lime sold and used, where "used" denotes lime produced for internal
company use in building, chemical and industrial, and metallurgical sectors.
5The U.S. Geological Survey does not collect value data by end use; the values shown are mainly
derived from average lime values.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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