Production And Shipments Of Secondary Aluminum Alloys By Independent Smelters In The United States

TABLE 5
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS OF SECONDARY ALUMINUM ALLOYS BY INDEPENDENT SMELTERS
IN THE UNITED STATES¹

(Metric tons)

	2014				2015
			Net			Net
	Production		shipments²		Production	shipments²
Diecast alloys:
13% Si, 360, etc. (0.6% Cu, maximum)	47,100		47,100		35,300	33,900
380 and variations	180,000		180,000		157,000	166,000
Sand and permanent mold:
95/5 Al-Si, 356, etc. (0.6% Cu, maximum)	57,900		57,800		51,200	51,100
No. 12 and variations	998		998		1,360	1,360
No. 319 and variations	78,600		78,300		82,600	82,600
F-132 alloy and variations	4,960		4,980		4,220	4,140
Al-Mg alloys	10,100		10,100		10,800	9,620
Al-Zn alloys	2,060		2,090		2,140	1,830
Al-Si alloys (0.6% to 2.0% Cu)	3,390		3,380		2,800	2,770
Al-Cu alloys (1.5% Si, maximum)	954		1,020		861	788
Al-Si-Cu-Ni alloys	2,270		2,130		2,080	2,080
Other	63		82		89	68
Wrought alloys, extrusion billets	748,000	^r	749,000	^r	754,000	757,000
Miscellaneous:
Steel deoxidation	26,200		26,200		9,250	9,250
Pure (97.0% Al)	W		W		W	W
Other³	42,000		41,000		43,900	45,600
Total	1,200,000	^r	1,200,000	^r	1,160,000	1,170,000
Less consumption of materials other than scrap:
Primary aluminum	178,000	^r	XX		208,000	XX
Primary silicon	21,100	^r	XX		24,300	XX
Other	13,200	^r	XX		14,900	XX
Net metallic recovery from aluminum scrap and sweated
pig consumed in production of secondary aluminum ingot⁴	992,000	^r	XX		910,000	XX
^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with -Miscellaneous, other.--
XX Not applicable.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes inventory adjustment.
³Includes other diecast alloys.
⁴No allowance made for melt loss of primary aluminum and alloying ingredients.