Table 15.--U.S. consumption of iron ore and agglomerates, by end use (Thousand metric tons and exclusive of ore containing 5% or more manganese) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subtotal integrated Direct-reduced Blast Steel Sintering Miscella- iron and steel iron for Nonsteel Year furnaces furnaces plants1/ neous2/ plants3/,4/ steelmaking5/ end uses6/ Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965----- 79,650 6,529 40,609 363 127,151 NA 467 127,618 1966----- 84,277 5,367 39,827 272 129,743 NA 667 130,410 1967----- 80,270 3,870 36,658 93 120,891 NA 473 121,364 1968----- 84,206 3,885 34,282 9 122,382 NA 476 122,858 1969----- 93,056 3,214 34,297 46 130,613 NA 467 131,080 1970----- 91,056 2,612 31,524 47 125,239 81 426 125,746 1971----- 82,604 1,844 26,243 24 110,715 158 580 111,453 1972----- 93,008 1,782 27,034 38 121,862 461 613 122,936 1973----- 106,624 2,079 30,265 305 139,273 633 632 140,538 1974----- 100,014 1,991 29,081 62 131,148 919 729 132,796 1975----- 83,553 936 23,384 62 107,935 718 746 109,399 1976----- 92,031 1,046 22,884 197 116,158 534 899 117,591 1977----- 87,890 682 21,435 195 110,202 695 915 111,812 1978----- 94,784 783 22,253 350 118,170 748 953 119,871 1979----- 95,019 943 20,680 218 116,860 978 1,017 118,855 1980----- 74,593 492 15,617 130 90,832 800 1,151 92,783 1981----- 80,022 343 16,028 87 96,482 711 1,421 98,614 1982----- 45,898 248 9,062 911 56,119 95 1,084 57,298 1983----- 51,610 225 10,134 234 62,202 -- 848 63,050 1984----- 56,072 380 10,353 245 67,049 179 1,222 68,450 1985----- 55,589 184 8,440 465 64,678 224 1,147 66,049 1986----- 48,539 97 7,424 110 56,170 244 1,099 57,513 1987----- 54,614 144 6,270 23 61,051 325 1,049 62,425 1988----- 63,172 282 8,381 30 71,865 443 1,293 73,601 1989----- 65,597 336 7,118 10 73,062 487 1,208 74,757 1990----- 67,551 89 5,809 235 73,685 583 940 75,208 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NA Not available. 1/Excludes dust, mill scale, and other revert iron-bearing materials. 2/Sold to nonreporting companies or used for purposes not listed. 3/Data from American Iron Ore Association. 4/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 5/U.S. Bureau of Mines estimates based on production reports compiled by Midrex Corp. 6/Includes iron ore consumed in production of cement and iron ore shipped for use in manufacturing paint, ferrites, heavy media, cattle feed, refractory and weighting materials, and for use in lead smelting. Data from U.S. Bureau of Mines surveys.