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| IRON AND STEEL SLAG SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Million metric tons and million dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blast furnace slag1 | Steel | Total iron | Blast furnace slag1 | Steel | Total iron | |||||||||||||||
| Air-cooled | Granulated | Total2- | furnace slag | and steel slag2- | Air-cooled | Granulated | Total2 | furnace slag | and steel slag2 | |||||||||||
| Quantitye | 5.8 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 16.6 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 17.7 | ||||||||||
| Valuee | 44 | 231 | 275 | 40 | 315 | 48 | 248 | 296 | 48 | 345 | ||||||||||
| eEstimated. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Excludes expanded (pelletized) slag to protect company proprietary data. The quantities are very small (about 0.1 unit or less). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
