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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION, BY END USE, AND INDUSTRY STOCKS OF MANGANESE FERROALLOYS AND METAL IN 20061 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Ferromanganese | |||||||||||
| Medium and | Manganese | ||||||||||
| End use | High carbon | low carbon | Total | Silicomanganese | metal | ||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||
| Carbon | 131,000 | 87,100 | 218,000 | 53,400 | 843 | ||||||
| High-strength, low-alloy | 17,100 | 7,500 | 24,600 | 3,490 | (2) | ||||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting | 7,720 | (2) | 7,720 | 13,600 | 1,050 | ||||||
| Full alloy | 18,200 | 5,700 | 23,900 | 19,500 | (2) | ||||||
| Unspecified3 | 1,450 | 1,560 | 3,010 | 777 | 1,950 | ||||||
| Total� | 175,000 | 102,000 | 277,000 | 90,700 | 3,840 | ||||||
| Cast irons | 6,760 | 445 | 7,210 | 390 | (4) | ||||||
| Superalloys | W | W | W | -- | 434 | ||||||
| Alloys (excluding alloy steels) | 6,660 | 6,270 | 12,900 | (4) | 13,300 | 5 | |||||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified | W | W | W | (4) | (4) | ||||||
| Grand total� | 189,000 | 109,000 | 297,000 | 91,100 | 6 | 17,500 | |||||
| Total manganese content7 | 147,000 | 86,800 | 234,000 | 60,100 | 17,500 | ||||||
| Stocks, December 31, consumers and producers | 12,000 | 19,300 | 31,300 | 10,400 | 716 | ||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Alloys (excluding alloy steels)." -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Steel: Unspecified." | |||||||||||
| 3Includes electrical and tool steel, and items indicated by footnote (2). | |||||||||||
| 4Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 5Approximately 87% of this combined total was for consumption in aluminum alloys.� | |||||||||||
| 6Internal evaluation indicates that silicomanganese consumption is considerably understated. | |||||||||||
| 7Estimated based on typical percentage manganese content. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program