TABLE 6—Continued832  THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND MINERALS
YEARBOOK—1988

IRELAND: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
 
States 
. 
Other (principal) 
METALS—Continued 
1 
— 
 
 
Germanium: Metal including alloys, all forms 
 
 
 
 
Gold: 
$1 
$16 
— 
All from United Kingdom. 
Waste and sweepings value, thousands 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys, unwrought and partly 
wrought troy ounces 
1 71 051 
50,700 
64 
United Kingdom 42,086; Japan 4,278; Sweden 4,083. 
Hafnium: Metal including alloys, all forms 
— 
(2) 
 
All from West Germany. 
Iron and steel: 
80 
40 
— 
All from United Kingdom. 
Ore and concentrate: 
 
 
 
 
Excluding roasted pyrite 
 
 
 
 
Pyrite, roasted 
629 
1 41 8 
— 
All from Belgium-Luxembourg. 
Metal: 
121,979 
148,594 
(~) 
United Kingdom 148,524. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Pig iron, cast iron, related materials 
1,716 
1,118 
3 
United Kingdom 1 051 ; Sweden 42. 
Ferroalloys: 
— 
2 
— 
All from United Kingdom. 
Ferroaluminum 
 
 
 
 
Ferrochromium 
9 
10 
— 
Sweden 5; United Kingdom 5. 
Ferromanganese 
286 
187 
— 
France 80; West Germany 78; United Kingdom 29. 
Ferromolybdenum 
2 
3 
— 
All from Sweden. 
Ferrosilicochromium 
— 
21 
16 
West Germany 3; Sweden 2. 
Ferrosilicomanganese 
1 587 
838 
— 
France 700; United Kingdom 138. 
Ferrosilicon 
1 049 
2,406 
— 
Norway 2,030; United Kingdom 376. 
Silicon metal 
265 
277 
— 
United Kingdom 138; France 90; China 20. 
Unspecified 
51 
2 
— 
All from United Kingdom. 
Steel, primary forms 
2,265 
8,767 
3 
Sweden 6,321 ; United Kingdom 1,884. 
Semimanufactures: 
106,198 
126,910 
190 
United Kingdom 82,209; Spain 22,411; Norway 3,986. 
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections 
 
 
 
 
Universals, plates, sheets 
125,483 
134,871 
234 
United Kingdom 84,732; Finland 9,505; France 9,450. 
Hoop and strip 
20,073 
20,485 
1 
United Kingdom 16,815; West Germany 2,187; Spain 1,003. 
Rails and accessories 
6,519 
4,385 
22 
United Kingdom 4,177; West Germany 132. 
Wire 
18,71 1 
20,549 
30 
United Kingdom 8,348; France 4,130; Belgium-Luxembourg 2,722. 
Tubes, pipes, fittings 
50,548 
42,986 
1 53 
United Kingdom 24,831 ; Netherlands 4,511; Finland 3,129. 
Castings and forgings, rough 
2,803 
2,538 
37 
France 697; United Kingdom 690; West Germany 429. 
Lead: 
 Ore and concentrate See footnotes at end of table. 
— 
(9 
— 
All from United Kingdom.