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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||||
| REPORTED U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FERROALLOYS BY END USE IN 20131, 2 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of alloy, gross weight) | |||||||||||||||
| End use | FeB | FeMn | SiMn | FeP | FeSi | FeTi | |||||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||||||
| Carbon and high-strength low-alloy | 371 | 291,000 | 106,000 | 3,670 | 71,000 | 5,670 | |||||||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting | 207 | 9,770 | 15,600 | (3) | 45,700 | 3,460 | |||||||||
| Tool | (3) | (3) | (3) | (3) | (3) | (4) | |||||||||
| Other alloy | (3) | 48,200 | 24,900 | (3) | 8,330 | 808 | |||||||||
| Unspecified | 225 | 59,000 | 2,660 | 849 | 47,800 | (4) | |||||||||
| Total steel | 803 | 408,000 | 149,000 | 4,520 | 173,000 | 9,940 | |||||||||
| Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys) | (5) | 600 | 2,920 | (5) | 27,900 | 1,240 | |||||||||
| Cast irons | (5) | 7,900 | 330 | 432 | 91,800 | 14 | |||||||||
| Superalloys | 36 | (6) | -- | (5) | 39 | 483 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified | 691 | (6) | (6) | 476 | 163,000 | 137 | |||||||||
| Grand total, 2013 | 1,530 | 416,000 | 152,000 | 7 | 5,430 | 456,000 | 11,800 | ||||||||
| Grand total, 2012 | 1,510 | 382,000 | r | 154,000 | r, 7 | 5,750 | 461,000 | r | 12,500 | ||||||
| Consumer stocks, December 31 | 147 | 27,200 | 8 | 5,620 | 8 | 625 | 14,600 | 1,490 | |||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | |||||||||||||||
| 2FeB, ferroboron, including other boron materials; FeMn, ferromanganese, including manganese metal; SiMn, silicomanganese;- | |||||||||||||||
| FeP, ferrophosphorus, including other phosphorus materials; FeSi, ferrosilicon, including silicon metal, silvery pig iron, silicon- | |||||||||||||||
| carbide, and inoculant alloys; FeTi, ferrotitanium, including titanium scrap and other titanium materials. | |||||||||||||||
| 3All or part included with -Steel, unspecified.- | |||||||||||||||
| 4All or part included with -Steel, other alloy.- | |||||||||||||||
| 5All or part included with -Miscellaneous and unspecified.- | |||||||||||||||
| 6All or part included with -Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys).- | |||||||||||||||
| 7Internal evaluation indicates that silicomanganese consumption is considerably understated. | |||||||||||||||
| 8Consumer and producer stocks. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
