Table 14.--Consumption of iron ore at U.S. iron and steel plants, by source1/ (Thousand metric tons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source of iron ore Source of iron ore for consumption in for consumption in Total blast furnaces Total blast furnaces steel ------------------------------- blast ------------------------------ furnace Year United States Canada Other consumption2/ United States Canada Other consumption2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965---- 60,287 11,042 8,320 79,650 2,067 835 3,627 6,529 1966---- 62,869 12,003 9,406 84,277 1,584 744 3,039 5,367 1967---- 60,250 11,470 8,550 80,270 905 725 2,239 3,870 1968---- 63,453 13,370 7,383 84,206 1,259 780 1,846 3,885 1969---- 71,147 11,474 10,435 93,056 832 688 1,694 3,214 1970---- 68,591 12,775 9,690 91,056 744 563 1,306 2,612 1971---- 63,336 11,541 7,726 82,604 446 334 1,064 1,844 1972---- 71,997 12,988 8,023 93,008 500 437 845 1,782 1973---- 79,325 14,974 12,325 106,624 623 255 1,201 2,079 1974---- 72,951 12,826 14,237 100,014 619 276 1,096 1,991 1975---- 61,916 10,393 11,244 83,553 294 139 503 936 1976---- 66,980 15,182 9,870 92,031 212 202 631 1,046 1977---- 64,214 14,921 8,755 87,890 207 72 402 682 1978---- 69,732 15,091 9,960 94,784 189 73 521 783 1979---- 72,464 15,634 6,920 95,019 290 93 560 943 1980---- 59,272 11,515 3,806 74,593 166 48 278 492 1981---- 63,861 12,401 3,760 80,022 66 19 258 343 1982---- 36,595 7,272 2,031 45,898 81 38 129 248 1983---- 40,154 8,524 2,932 51,610 67 26 131 225 1984---- 43,808 8,908 3,356 56,072 163 42 176 380 1985---- 44,320 7,353 3,916 55,589 46 6 132 184 1986---- 39,023 7,364 2,151 48,539 25 2 69 97 1987---- 43,364 7,899 3,351 54,614 24 15 105 144 1988---- 48,914 9,228 5,030 63,172 45 52 186 282 1989---- 51,547 7,396 6,655 65,598 107 40 190 336 1990---- 54,795 7,954 4,803 67,552 17 29 42 88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source of iron ore Total for consumption in Miscellaneous consumption blast furnaces Total uses of of iron ore in ------------------------------- sintering iron ore in iron and steel United states Canada Other consumption2/ steel plants plants2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965---- 17,827 17,827 9,960 40,609 363 127,151 1966---- 17,936 12,450 9,441 39,827 272 129,743 1967---- 15,704 11,335 9,619 36,658 93 120,891 1968---- 13,538 11,153 9,591 34,282 9 122,382 1969---- 13,836 9,481 10,980 34,297 46 130,613 1970---- 12,751 9,212 9,560 31,524 47 125,239 1971---- 10,472 7,138 8,633 26,243 24 110,715 1972---- 10,665 7,232 9,136 27,034 38 121,862 1973---- 11,840 7,130 11,295 30,265 305 130,273 1974---- 11,128 6,122 11,832 29,081 62 131,148 1975---- 9,741 5,127 8,517 23,384 62 107,935 1976---- 8,997 7,808 6,079 22,884 197 116,158 1977---- 7,563 6,768 7,103 21,435 195 110,202 1978---- 5,812 7,282 9,160 22,253 350 118,170 1979---- 4,396 7,682 8,601 20,680 218 116,860 1980---- 3,839 5,956 5,822 15,617 130 90,832 1981---- 4,529 6,569 4,931 16,028 87 96,482 1982---- 2,028 3,368 3,666 9,062 911 56,119 1983---- 2,253 3,983 4,799 10,134 234 62,202 1984---- 2,090 3,225 5,038 10,353 245 67,049 1985---- 1,779 1,748 4,914 8,440 465 64,678 1986---- 1,886 857 4,682 7,424 110 56,170 1987---- 1,317 763 4,190 6,270 23 61,051 1988---- 3,323 153 4,904 8,381 30 71,865 1989---- 1,894 38 5,187 7,118 10 73,062 1990---- 811 274 4,725 5,810 235 73,685 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/Data complied from various statistical publications of the American Iron and Steel Institute, American Iron Ore Association, and the U.S. Bureau of Mines. 2/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.