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Table 6b. End Uses of Energy per Ton of Steel, 1998 and 2002
(thousand Btu per ton)

MECS Survey Years

Iron and Steel Mills
(NAICS1 331111)

19982

20022

                
Total3

17,559

18,205

                
  Net Electricity 4

1,659

2,302

                
  Natural Gas

4,789

4,855

                
  Coal

504

450

                
  Boiler Fuel

--

--

                
  Coal

84

W

                
  Residual Fuel Oil

105

*

                
  Natural Gas

546

488

                
  Process Heating

--

--

                
  Net Electricity

777

988

                
  Residual Fuel Oil

200

*

                
  Natural Gas

3,875

4,116

                
  Machine Drive

--

--

                
  Net Electricity

714

1,076

                
Notes: 1. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS 331111 includes steel works, blast furnaces (including coke ovens), and rolling mills.
2. Denominators represent the entire steel industry, not those based mainly on electric, natural gas, residual fuel oil or coal.
3. 'Total' is the sum of all energy sources listed below, including net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewable resources, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power. It is the fuel quantities across all end-uses.
4. 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs from onsite cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).
W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.
* Estimate less than 0.5.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys 1998, and 2002; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Industrial Report, Steel Mill Products, December 1998 and December 2003.

For specific questions about the "Iron and Steel Intensities," please contact:

Behjat Hojjati
Program Manager
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For specific questions about the "Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey," please contact:

Robert Adler
Survey Manager
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Phone: 202-586-1134
Fax:  202-586-0018

Release Date:  February 2006