Consumption Of Purchased Copper-Base Scrap

TABLE 11
CONSUMPTION OF PURCHASED COPPER-BASE SCRAP^{1, 2}

(Metric tons, gross weight)

	New scrap			Old scrap			Total
Type of operation	2013		2014	2013		2014	2013		2014
Ingot makers	20,900	^r	23,900	69,300	^r	65,700	90,100	^r	89,600
Smelters and refineries	18,300		18,300	31,600		31,500	49,900		49,700
Brass and wire-rod mills	664,000		696,000	36,600		44,400	701,000		740,000
Foundries and miscellaneous manufacturers	52,300	^r	47,400	12,200	^r	12,000	64,500	^r	59,400
Total	756,000	^r	786,000	150,000	^r	154,000	906,000	^r	939,000
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Consumption at brass and wire-rod mills assumed equal to receipts.



























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