Table 2.--U.S. raw steel production, by furnace process and by steel type (Thousand metric tons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Furnace Process Steel type ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Year Open Basic Electric Total hearth oxygen furnace Carbon1/ Alloy2/ Stainless3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1970----- 119,308 43,565 57,452 18,291 106,513 11,634 1,160 1971----- 109,264 32,259 58,008 18,997 97,075 11,043 1,146 1972----- 120,874 31,693 67,661 21,519 106,774 12,682 1,419 1973----- 136,803 36,088 75,532 25,183 120,426 14,663 1,714 1974----- 132,195 32,204 73,983 26,008 114,857 15,388 1,950 1975----- 105,816 20,104 65,137 20,575 91,045 13,763 1,008 1976----- 116,120 21,292 72,500 22,328 101,612 12,980 1,528 1977----- 113,700 18,183 70,223 25,294 98,094 13,917 1,689 1978----- 124,312 19,332 75,735 29,871 106,064 16,475 1,773 1979----- 123,687 17,380 75,529 30,778 105,438 16,337 1,911 1980----- 101,455 11,842 61,339 28,273 85,900 14,011 1,543 1981----- 109,613 12,203 66,434 30,976 92,045 15,987 1,583 1982----- 67,655 5,543 41,104 21,009 58,190 8,344 1,120 1983----- 76,761 5,399 47,219 24,145 66,935 8,239 1,588 1984----- 83,940 7,562 47,919 28,457 72,500 9,832 1,608 1985----- 80,067 5,831 47,069 27,167 69,580 8,906 1,527 1986----- 74,032 3,021 43,441 27,569 64,785 7,716 1,532 1987----- 80,876 2,419 47,624 30,834 70,739 8,298 1,840 1988----- 90,650 4,643 52,580 33,426 78,764 9,890 1,995 1989----- 88,852 4,030 52,932 31,891 78,227 8,878 1,747 1990----- 89,726 3,172 53,044 33,510 78,553 9,325 1,848 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/Including high-strength low-alloy steel. 2/Excluding stainless and heat-resisting steels. 3/Including heat-resisting steels.