TABLE 4
AIR-COOLED BLAST FURNACE SLAG SOLD
OR USED IN TIE UNITED STATES, BY USE1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)


Use


Asphaltic concrete aggregate
Concrete aggregate
Concrete products
Fill
Glass manufacture
Mineral wool
Railroad ballast
Road base
Roofing, built-up and shingles
Sewage treatment
Soil conditioning
Other2
Total3


1992
Quantity      Value
'2,262     14,068
'1,322      '9,180
469        2,863
'1,497      '5,563
w            w
'753       '4,917
'178         r831
'5,496     '30,018
70          844
w            w


w


w


665       r6,242
'12,711     174,526


'Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included
with 'Other.'
'Value based on selling price at plant
'Includes ice control, miscellaneous, and uses indicated by symbol 'W.'
'Data may not add to totals shown because of independentrounding.


1993
Quantity       Value
2,048        13,124
1,004        7,412
442         2,246
1,459        6,409
w             w
507         3,621
157          678
4,377        23,373
43           538
w             w
w             w
439         4,285
10,477       61,685


TABLE5
STEEL SLAG SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE'
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)


Use                                    1992                             
1993
Quantity        Value           Quantity         Value
Asphaltic concrete aggregate                  903           4,272       
   1,094            4,921
Fill                                        :1,152         '3,230       
     905            2,366
Railroad ballast                              224             772       
     116              323
Road bases                                  2,400          '7,258       
   2,660            8,119
Other2                                     '2,257           6,604       
   1,896            7,128
Total                                   '6,936         '22,136          36,672
          22,857
TRevised.
'Excludes tonnage returned to furnace for charge material. Value based on
selling price at plant.
2Includes ice control, soil conditioning, and miscellaneous uses.
'Data do not add to total shown because of independentrounding.


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