Table  14.--Zinc consumption of new and old scrap in the United States, by type of scrap1/
                                                              (Metric tons)
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       Raw material            1970     1971     1972     1973     1974     1975     1976     1977     1978     1979     1980
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Chemical residues --------   25,275   41,973   39,793   39,138   30,940    8,242   12,727   11,625   10,640   10,974    9,527
Diecastings --------------   35,758   37,248   36,101   35,248   42,385   22,798   26,020   18,994   10,932    8,429   12,916
Die-cast skimmings -------    5,525    5,612    6,788    6,196    6,414    2,704    5,408    5,901    5,498    5,741    4,613
Engraver's plates --------    2,905    2,484    2,660    1,681    1,002    1,012    1,276      791      972      735      663
Flue dust ----------------    9,362    8,804    7,758    8,283    9,250    4,871    7,403   13,293   16,233   15,485   17,274
Fragmentized diecastings -       --       --       --       --       --   13,486   14,140    9,368   16,500   21,932   15,179
Galvanizer's dross -------   56,773   61,742   68,736   57,634   48,160   36,991   51,359   43,949   42,442   57,997   57,504
New clippings ------------      542      381      553      661      614    1,091      865    1,249    1,414      770      435
Old zinc -----------------    5,682    7,306    5,557    5,137    5,586    4,970    8,468    8,964   10,626   10,595    7,894
Remelt die-cast slab -----       --       --       --       --       --    6,546   10,855   13,281    9,628    9,433   10,249
Remelt zinc --------------       --       --       --       --       --    1,201    2,966    2,477    2,645    1,977    3,961
Rod and die scrap --------    2,111    3,369    4,184    1,884    2,849    3,404    4,853    8,782    2,616    2,318    4,961
Sal skimmings ------------    8,085    7,410    7,001    5,675    7,990    4,902    5,407    4,279    4,358    4,297    3,519
Skimmings and ashes ------   73,536   65,732   65,372   69,902   64,952   38,730   48,085   40,398   40,235   42,161   26,320
Steelmaking dust ---------       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --
Other --------------------       --       --       --       --       --      102      134    6,093    6,439   10,863    8,024
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      Total --------------  225,554  242,061  244,503  231,439  220,142  151,050  199,966  189,444  181,178  203,707  183,039
        From new scrap ---  149,142  145,279  152,329  144,210  168,318   88,157  117,926  110,993  111,148  131,549  113,013
        From old scrap ---   76,412   96,782   92,174   87,230   51,823   62,894   82,041   78,452   70,031   72,159   70,026
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                               1981     1982     1983     1984     1985     1986     1987     1988     1989     1990
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Chemical residues --------   10,100   11,531    8,312    3,154     (2/)     (2/)     (2/)     (2/)     (2/)     (2/)
Diecastings --------------   12,009   11,594   11,822   13,390   11,513    5,839    6,157    5,122    5,368    5,137
Die-cast skimmings -------    6,795    3,988    6,185    6,112    7,134     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)
Engraver's plates --------      571      567      585      621      585     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)
Flue dust ----------------   15,966    5,884    9,642   11,637   16,418   26,754   49,320    7,483    5,514    4,491
Fragmentized diecastings -   19,236   18,221   27,017   25,514   27,711   28,285   21,878   13,640   28,217   29,230
Galvanizer's dross -------   58,061   37,595   34,297   48,982   42,151   32,642   34,718   63,212   72,038   71,649
New clippings ------------      487      404      993      873      650     (5/)     (5/)     (5/)     (5/)     (5/)
Old zinc -----------------    8,672    3,952    1,543    1,334    1,400    4,867    2,270    3,313    2,561    1,587
Remelt die-cast slab -----   17,823    7,610    8,739   12,524    8,800   11,203   13,145   14,574   16,731        W
Remelt zinc --------------      307       52    7,981    5,957    6,635    3,157    3,885      425      303      240
Rod and die scrap --------    5,643    1,024    2,430    3,049    2,305     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)     (4/)
Sal skimmings ------------    4,436    5,077    5,844    5,963    5,029     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)     (3/)
Skimmings and ashes ------   33,853   58,661   76,156   98,085   84,100   87,918   80,721   45,267   30,125   23,123
Steelmaking dust ---------       --       --       --       --       --       --       --   36,111   37,380   30,882
Other --------------------    9,124    4,639    3,520    2,488    4,024    5,388   13,871    3,695    7,834   24,403
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     Total ---------------  203,083  170,799  205,066  239,683  218,455  206,053  225,965  192,842  206,071  190,742
       From new scrap ----  121,046  113,358  139,797  174,279  157,932  142,482  157,855  116,341  128,825  117,944
       From old scrap ----   82,037   57,441   65,269   65,405   60,523   63,571   68,110   76,502   77,246   72,798
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  W  Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Other."
  1/From 1970-74, data reported in gross weight; data from 1975 reported in zinc content.
  2/Included in "Other."
  3/Included in "Skimmings and ashes."
  4/Included in "Old zinc."
  5/Included in "Remelt zinc."