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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||
| STOCKS AND CONSUMPTION OF NEW AND OLD ZINC SCRAP IN THE UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||
| IN 2006, BY TYPE OF SCRAP1 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons, zinc content) | ||||||||||||
| Consumption | ||||||||||||
| Stocks, | New | Old | Stocks, | |||||||||
| Type of scrap | January 1 | Receipts | scrap | scrap | Total | December 31 | ||||||
| Diecastings | 184 | r | W | -- | W | W | W | |||||
| Flue dust | 33 | r | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Galvanizer's dross | 2,830 | 41,000 | 41,000 | -- | 41,000 | W | ||||||
| Old zinc2 | 63 | r | 159 | -- | 132 | 132 | 90 | |||||
| Remelt die-cast slab | 53 | W | -- | W | W | W | ||||||
| Remelt zinc3 | 514 | r | W | W | -- | W | 514 | |||||
| Skimmings and ashes4 | 739 | 22,900 | 22,900 | -- | 22,900 | W | ||||||
| Other5, 6 | 262 | r | W | W | -- | W | W | |||||
| Total | 4,680 | r | 184,000 | 144,000 | 39,900 | 184,000 | 4,550 | |||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with other.� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes engraver's plates and rod and die scrap. | ||||||||||||
| 3Includes new clippings. | ||||||||||||
| 4Includes slab and die-cast skimmings. | ||||||||||||
| 5Includes chemical residues and solutions, electrogalvanizing anodes, fragmentized diecastings, | ||||||||||||
| and steelmaking dust. | ||||||||||||
| 6Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program