Table 2.--U.S. reported consumption of primary nickel, by use1/ (Metric tons nickel content) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cast irons------------------------------ 3,636 3,381 3,882 4,265 3,671 3,353 1,764 987 Chemicals and chemical uses------------- 2,360 2,261 1,711 1,057 1,338 1,807 1,838 1,773 Electric, magnet, and expansion alloys-- 5,253 660 742 629 488 439 368 589 Electroplating (sales to platers)------- 26,023 19,737 24,783 25,897 17,011 20,248 18,950 20,517 Nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloys-- 6,668 6,321 6,368 7,676 7,961 9,643 16,215 5,687 Other nickel and nickel alloys---------- 29,509 28,927 35,954 37,277 24,897 18,586 3,870 22,617 Steel: Stainless steel and heat-resistant---- 44,106 48,251 54,860 63,162 48,657 45,949 29,213 42,681 Alloys (excludes stainless)----------- 17,348 16,175 15,574 18,300 15,364 14,951 9,084 8,880 Superalloys----------------------------- 8,267 10,307 14,229 15,929 17,375 12,236 9,935 10,429 Other----------------------------------- 4,636 4,830 5,846 3,882 4,030 4,102 3,093 1,820 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total2/------------------------------- 147,806 140,850 163,949 178,076 141,792 131,314 94,330 115,980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 --------------------------------------------------------------- Cast irons-------------------------------- 1,226 1,380 1,286 1,256 1,279 957 954 Chemicals and chemical uses--------------- 2,009 1,664 1,487 1,601 1,591 1,241 1,156 Electric, magnet, and expansion alloys---- 211 666 307 187 196 127 W Electroplating (sales to platers)--------- 17,968 17,549 14,423 16,234 15,651 12,954 12,466 Nickel-copper and copper-nickel alloys---- 7,548 3,839 3,893 4,203 5,001 5,114 3,662 Other nickel and nickel alloys------------ 30,710 18,317 16,509 16,290 17,930 15,594 14,780 Steel: Stainless steel and heat-resistant------ 45,926 38,031 34,875 49,146 45,602 40,732 46,174 Alloys (excludes stainless)------------- 12,718 8,449 7,141 7,766 7,293 6,315 7,024 Superalloys------------------------------- 11,747 12,397 11,996 16,390 13,285 9,654 15,739 Other------------------------------------- 1,715 1,321 1,857 2,115 2,584 2,718 6,786 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total2/------------------------------- 131,778 103,613 93,774 115,188 110,412 95,406 108,741 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other." 1/Data prior to 1976 were not included because they were not available in terms of nickel content. 2/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.