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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. REPORTED CONSUMPTION OF ZINC IN 2010, BY INDUSTRY USE AND GRADE1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Special | Continuous | Remelt | ||||||||||||||
| High | High | Galvanizing- | Controlled- | Prime | and other | |||||||||||
| Industry use | Grade | Grade | Grade | Lead Grade | Western | grades | Total | |||||||||
| Galvanizing- | 105,000 | 86,900 | 120,000 | 718 | 56,200 | 91 | 369,000 | |||||||||
| Zinc-base alloys- | 34,900 | 169 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35,000 | |||||||||
| Brass and bronze- | 40,800 | 4,860 | -- | -- | 223 | -- | 45,800 | |||||||||
| Other- | 24,100 | 40 | -- | -- | 110 | 875 | 25,100 | |||||||||
| Total | 205,000 | 91,900 | 120,000 | 718 | 56,500 | 966 | 475,000 | |||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
