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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||||
| PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY COPPER AND COPPER-ALLOY PRODUCTS | |||||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES, BY ITEM PRODUCED FROM SCRAP1 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Item produced from scrap | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||
| Unalloyed copper products: | |||||||||||
| Refined copper | 46,900 | 46,000 | |||||||||
| Copper powder | 1,020 | 7,060 | |||||||||
| Copper castings | 124 | 347 | |||||||||
| Total | 48,100 | 53,400 | |||||||||
| Alloyed copper products: | |||||||||||
| Brass and bronze ingots:- | |||||||||||
| Tin bronzes | 6,230 | 6,230 | |||||||||
| Leaded red brass and semired brass | 37,600 | r | 37,800 | ||||||||
| High leaded tin bronze | 5,100 | 5,100 | |||||||||
| Yellow brass | 4,820 | 4,820 | |||||||||
| Manganese bronze | 6,260 | 6,260 | |||||||||
| Aluminum bronze | 5,170 | 5,130 | |||||||||
| Nickel silver | 1,020 | 1,030 | |||||||||
| Silicon bronze and brass | 4,390 | 4,390 | |||||||||
| Copper-base hardeners and master alloys- | 5,250 | 5,900 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous | 6,090 | 6,090 | |||||||||
| Total | 81,900 | r | 82,800 | ||||||||
| Brass mill and wire-rod mill products | 677,000 | r | 727,000 | ||||||||
| Brass and bronze castings | 38,500 | 40,600 | |||||||||
| Copper in chemical products | 5,030 | 1,800 | |||||||||
| Grand total | 851,000 | r | 905,000 | ||||||||
| rRevised.- | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
