Table 13.--Consumption of iron ore, pellets, and sinter at U.S. iron and steel plants (Thousand metric tons) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blast furnaces1/ Steelmaking furnaces2/ -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Direct- Total Direct- Total Grand Year shipping Pellets Sinter2 ironmaking shipping Pellets Sinter2/ steel- total3/ ore ore making3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984----- NA 53,296 17,152 70,448 51 34 84 70,533 1985----- 2,904 51,698 16,182 70,784 90 62 82 233 71,017 1986----- 1,893 43,610 13,221 58,725 65 31 25 122 58,846 1987----- 2,696 49,500 14,420 66,616 123 44 42 209 66,824 1988----- 5,155 61,025 15,497 81,676 194 88 -- 282 81,958 1989----- 3,211 61,659 13,664 78,533 142 76 -- 219 78,752 1990----- 2,479 60,512 12,226 75,217 53 50 13 115 75,333 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. 1/Method of statistical computation was changed starting in 1984. 2/Includes briquettes, nodules, and other. 3/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. Source: American Iron and Steel Institute.