|
| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF NICKEL, BY USE1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained nickel) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Grand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oxide and | Other | Total | Secondary | Grand | total in | ||||||||||||||
| Use | Metal | Ferronickel | oxide sinter | Chemicals | forms | primary | (scrap) | total | 2004 | ||||||||||
| Consumption reported: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cast irons | 51 | W | W | -- | W | 51 | 128 | 179 | 306 | r | |||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical uses | 1,350 | -- | W | 678 | -- | 2,030 | W | 2,030 | 6,270 | r | |||||||||
| Electric, magnet, expansion alloys | 161 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 161 | W | 161 | 192 | ||||||||||
| Electroplating, sales to platers | #### | -- | -- | 128 | -- | 11,300 | -- | 11,300 | 11,900 | ||||||||||
| Nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloy | 2,910 | -- | W | -- | 15 | 2,930 | 2,930 | 5,860 | 5,990 | r | |||||||||
| Other nickel and nickel alloys | #### | W | W | -- | 61 | 15,000 | 2,200 | 17,200 | 15,400 | ||||||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stainless and heat resistant | #### | 13,200 | 68 | W | 200 | 41,200 | 67,500 | ##### | ##### | r | |||||||||
| Alloys, excludes stainless | 3,430 | W | -- | -- | W | 3,430 | 593 | 4,020 | 3,770 | ||||||||||
| Superalloys | #### | -- | W | W | 251 | 16,100 | 139 | 16,300 | 15,700 | r | |||||||||
| Other2 | 4,150 | 117 | 96 | 175 | 112 | 4,650 | 3,790 | 8,430 | 7,800 | r | |||||||||
| Total | #### | 13,300 | 164 | 981 | 639 | 96,800 | 77,300 | ##### | ##### | ||||||||||
| Consumption, apparent | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | ##### | 37,600 | ##### | ##### | ||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes batteries, catalysts, ceramics, coinage, other alloys containing nickel, and data indicated by the symbol �W.� | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program