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| TABLE 12 | ||||
| FOUNDRIES AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURERS CONSUMPTION | ||||
| OF BRASS INGOT, REFINED COPPER, AND COPPER SCRAP | ||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES1 | ||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||
| Ingot type or material consumed | 2013 | 2014 | ||
| Brass ingot: | ||||
| Tin bronzes | 6,650 | - | 6,620 | |
| Leaded red brass and semired brass | 32,400 | 26,300 | ||
| Yellow, leaded, low brass2 | 9,830 | r | 10,900 | |
| Manganese bronze | 2,670 | 2,390 | ||
| Nickel silver3 | 3,570 | r | 4,590 | |
| Aluminum bronze | 3,760 | 4,560 | ||
| Hardeners and master alloys4 | 4,810 | 5,450 | ||
| Lead free alloys5 | 3,160 | 3,810 | ||
| Total | 66,800 | r | 64,600 | |
| Refined copper | 54,900 | r | 51,700 | |
| Copper scrap | 64,500 | 59,400 | ||
| rRevised. | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2Includes brass and silicon bronze. | ||||
| 3Includes brass, copper nickel, and nickel bronze. | ||||
| 4Includes special alloys. | ||||
| 5Includes copper-bismuth and copper-bismuth-selenium alloys. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
