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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COPPER RECOVERED AS REFINED COPPER AND IN ALLOYS AND OTHER FORMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FROM COPPER-BASE SCRAP PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE OF OPERATION1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From new scrap | From old scrap | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of operation | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ingot makers- | 13,600 | 15,900 | 59,600 | 57,700 | 73,100 | 43,600 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Refineries2 | 17,500 | 17,000 | 29,400 | 29,000 | 46,900 | 46,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brass and wire-rod mills- | 531,000 | 563,000 | 35,500 | 43,000 | 567,000 | 606,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Foundries and manufacturers- | 28,800 | 37,600 | 11,100 | 10,800 | 39,900 | 48,400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical plants | 5,030 | 1,800 | -- | -- | 5,030 | 1,800 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total- | 596,000 | 635,000 | 136,000 | 140,000 | 732,000 | 776,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes electrolytically refined copper produced from scrap material processed at smelter level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
