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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| MATERIALS CONSUMED IN BLAST FURNACES AND- | ||||||||
| PIG IRON PRODUCED1 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||
| Material | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
| Iron oxides:2 | ||||||||
| Pellets | 38,200 | 37,500 | ||||||
| Sinter3 | 5,420 | 5,360 | ||||||
| Total | 43,600 | 42,900 | ||||||
| Scrap4 | 1,970 | 2,840 | ||||||
| Coke2 | 8,130 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Pig iron, produced | 30,300 | 29,400 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not- | ||||||||
| add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Source: American Iron and Steel Institute. | ||||||||
| 3Includes sintered ore and pellet fines, dust, mill scale, and other- | ||||||||
| revert iron-bearing materials; also includes some nodules. | ||||||||
| 4Mainly briquetted turnings and borings, shredded scrap, and so forth; | ||||||||
| scrap produced at blast furnaces and remelt not included. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
