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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF NICKEL, BY USE1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained nickel) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Grand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oxide and | Other | Total | Secondary | Grand | total in | ||||||||||||||
| Use | Metal | Ferronickel | oxide sinter | Chemicals | forms | primary | (scrap) | total | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Consumption reported: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cast irons2 | 58 | W | W | -- | W | 58 | 5,290 | 5,350 | 180 | r | |||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical uses | 1,400 | -- | W | 535 | -- | 1,930 | W | 1,930 | 2,030 | r | |||||||||
| Electric, magnet, expansion alloys | 168 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 168 | W | 168 | 161 | ||||||||||
| Electroplating, sales to platers | 10,600 | -- | -- | 104 | -- | 10,700 | -- | 10,700 | 11,300 | ||||||||||
| Nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloys | 3,320 | -- | W | -- | 15 | 3,340 | 3,680 | 7,010 | 6,090 | r | |||||||||
| Other nickel and nickel alloys | 17,900 | W | W | -- | 41 | 17,900 | 1,680 | 19,600 | 18,800 | ||||||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stainless and heat resistant | 46,100 | 16,200 | 258 | W | 213 | 62,700 | 88,600 | 151,000 | 131,000 | r | |||||||||
| Alloys, excludes stainless | 3,430 | W | -- | W | W | 3,430 | 631 | 4,070 | 4,020 | ||||||||||
| Superalloys | 19,800 | -- | W | W | 607 | 20,400 | 100 | 20,500 | 18,000 | r | |||||||||
| Other3 | 3,140 | 106 | 31 | 241 | 182 | 3,700 | 8,290 | 11,700 | 10,100 | r | |||||||||
| Total | 106,000 | 16,300 | 289 | 880 | 1,060 | 124,000 | 108,000 | 233,000 | 202,000 | ||||||||||
| Consumption, apparent | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | 144,000 | 69,000 | 213,000 | 196,000 | r | |||||||||
| rRevised.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other."� XX Not applicable.� --� Zero. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2Under investigation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes batteries, catalysts, ceramics, coinage, other alloys containing nickel, and data indicated by the symbol W. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program