TABLE 1
PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF SILVERY PIG IRON,
FERROSILICON, AND SILICON METAL IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1993
(Metric tons, gross weight, unless otherwise specified)


Silicon content     Producers'                                Producers'
Material                               (percentage)         stocks,     
  Gross         Net          stocks,
Range      Typical     2Dec. 31,     production'   shipments     Dec. 31,
Range  Typical    ~1992                                      1993
Silvery pig iron                                           5-24       18
            W              W            W            W
Ferrosilicon                                              25-55       48
        48,846        199,275       158,752      43,850
Do.                                                    56-95       76   
     20,672         94,437        93,208      17,125
Silicon metal (excluding semiconductor grades)            96-99       98
        10,391        165,179       164,400       6,630
Miscellaneous silicon alloys (excluding silicomanganese)  32-65       - 
        15,194         79,575        77,675      14,744


W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietay data.
TFerrosilicon production includes material consumed in the production of
miscllanou silicon alloys.


TABLE 2
PRODUCERS OF SILICON ALLOYS AND/OR
SILICON METAL IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1993


Producer                     Plant location              Product
American Alloys Inc.                 New Haven, WV          FeSi and Si.
American Silicon Technologies        Rock Island, WA        Si.
Applied Industrial Minerals Corp.    Bridgeport, AL         FeSi.
Elkem Metals Co.                     Alloy, WV              Si.
Do.                                 Ashtabula, OH          FeSi.
Globe Metallurgical Inc.             Beverly, OH            FeSi and Si.
Do.                                 Selma, AL              Si.
Do.                                 Springfield, OR        Si.
Keokuk Ferro-Sil Inc.                Keokuk, IA             FeSi and silvery
pig iron.
Simetco Inc.                         Montgomery, AL         Si.
SKW Alloys Inc.                      Calvert City, KY       FeSi.
Do.                                 Niagara Falls, NY      FeSi and Si.


SILICON-1993




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