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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||||||
| REPORTED U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FERROALLOYS AS ALLOYING ELEMENTS BY END USE IN 20131, 2 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained alloying element) | |||||||||||||||
| End use | FeCr | FeMo | FeNb | FeNi | FeV | FeW | |||||||||
| Steel: | |||||||||||||||
| Carbon- | 2,900 | 173 | 1,250 | -- | 649 | (3) | |||||||||
| High-strength low-alloy | 1,330 | 112 | (3) | (3) | (4) | -- | |||||||||
| Stainless and heat-resisting | 215,000 | 645 | 828 | 12,900 | 61 | (3) | |||||||||
| Tool | (3) | (5) | 17 | (3) | (5) | (3) | |||||||||
| Other alloy | (3) | 2,910 | 368 | (3) | 2,410 | (3) | |||||||||
| Unspecified | 23,600 | -- | 3,440 | 96 | -- | 97 | |||||||||
| Total- | 243,000 | 3,840 | 5,900 | 13,000 | 3,120 | 97 | |||||||||
| Alloys (excluding alloy steels and superalloys) | (5) | (5) | 80 | 80 | (5) | (3) | |||||||||
| Cast irons | (5) | 358 | -- | -- | (5) | -- | |||||||||
| Superalloys | 5,380 | (5) | 1,710 | 120 | 6 | (3) | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified | 3,850 | 138 | -- | 1,980 | 10 | -- | |||||||||
| Grand total, 2013 | 252,000 | 4,340 | 7,690 | 15,200 | 3,140 | 97 | |||||||||
| Grand total, 2012 | 255,000 | r | 5,010 | r | 7,670 | r | 14,900 | r | 3,140 | 165 | |||||
| Consumer stocks, December 31 | 7,760 | 330 | 388 | 1,010 | 140 | W | |||||||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | |||||||||||||||
| 2FeCr, ferrochromium, including chromium metal; FeMo, ferromolybdenum, including calcium molybdate; FeNb, ferroniobium,- | |||||||||||||||
| including nickel niobium; FeNi, ferronickel; FeV, ferrovanadium, including other vanadium-carbon-iron ferroalloys; and | |||||||||||||||
| FeW, ferrotungsten. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with -Steel, unspecified.- | |||||||||||||||
| 4Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; all or part included with -Steel, other alloy.- | |||||||||||||||
| 5Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with -Miscellaneous and unspecified.- | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
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