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| TABLE 4 | |||||
| CONSUMPTION OF IRON ORE AT U.S. IRON | |||||
| AND STEEL PLANTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCT1 | |||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||
| Type of product | 2013 | r | 2014 | ||
| Blast furnaces: | |||||
| Pellets | 38,200 | 37,500 | |||
| Sinter2 | 5,420 | 5,360 | |||
| Total | 43,600 | 42,900 | |||
| Steelmaking furnaces: | |||||
| Direct-shipping ore | 454 | 1,320 | |||
| Sinter2 | 159 | 159 | |||
| Total | 613 | 1,470 | |||
| Grand total | 44,200 | 44,400 | |||
| rRevised.- | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant | |||||
| digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||
| 2Includes briquettes, nodules, and other. | |||||
| Source: American Iron and Steel Institute. | |||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
