IRON ORE 
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Table 8.—.U.S. consumption of iron ore and agglomerates in 1985,
by
State 
(Thousand long tons and exclusive of ore containing 5% or more manganese)

 Iron ore and 2 
 concentrates1 Agglomerates Miscella- Total 
Blast Steel Blast Steel iieous3 repOrt8bia 
furnaces furnaces furnaces furnaces 
Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Utah - - -  W W 7,606 W W 7,606illinois, Indiana,
Michigan W W 31,972 W W 31,972 
Maryland and Pennsylvania 995 W 11,885 W W 1*880 
Ohio and West Virginia 1,236 W 15,072 W W 16,308 
Undistributed 292 119 -- 268 1,129 1,308 
Total4 2,524 119 66,535 ~268 1,129 70,575 
 W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Undistributed."

 ' Excludes pellets or other agglomerated products. 
 2lncludes approximately 42,878 unite of pellets produced at U.S. mines and
7,117 units of foreign pellets and other agglomerates. 
 Includes iron ore consumed in production of cement and iron ore shipped
for use in manufacturing paint, ferrites, heavy media, cattle feed, refractory
and weighting materials, and for use in lead smelting. 
 4Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
 5lncludes an estimated 220 units of ore and agglomerates used for production
of direct-reduced iron for steelmaking. 
Table 9.—Iron ore consumed in production of sinter at 
iron and steel plants in the United States in 1985, by State 
(Thousand long tons) 
State Iron ore Sinter consumed' produced 
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, andUtah 3,779 7,988MarylandandPennsylvania 3,382
6,333Ohioand West Virginia 1,359 2,236 
Total 8,520 16,557 
' Includes domestic and foreign ores. 
 
Table 1O.—U.S. production of iron ore 
agglomerates,1 by type 
(Thousand long tons) 
 Type 1984 1985 
 Sinter 216,926 ~16,557 
 Pellets 50,083 46,970 
 Total 67,009 63,527 
 
' Production at mines and consuming plants. 2lncludes 7,983 units of self-fluxing
sinter. 
3lncludes 7,256 units of self fluxing sinter.