Copper Recovered From Scrap Processed In The United States, By Kind Of Scrap And Form Of Recovery

TABLE 6
COPPER RECOVERED FROM SCRAP PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES,
BY KIND OF SCRAP AND FORM OF RECOVERY¹

(Metric tons)

	2013		2014
Kind of scrap:
New:
Copper-base	596,000		635,000
Aluminum-base	34,400	^r	36,700
Nickel-base	18		18
Total	630,000	^-	672,000
Old:
Copper-base	136,000		140,000
Aluminum-base	30,600	^r	32,400
Nickel-base	267		267
Zinc-base	--		10
Total	166,000		173,000
Grand total	797,000	^-	845,000
Form of recovery:
As unalloyed copper	48,100		53,400
In brass and bronze	678,000		720,000
In alloy iron and steel	682		2,240
In aluminum alloys	65,000	^r	67,700
In chemical compounds	5,030		1,810
Total	797,000		845,000
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.