Table 3.--U.S. consumption of primary magnesium, by use (Metric tons) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 1,057 728 309 165 193 115 220 902 Permanent mold--------------------------- 53,688 7,536 34 8 11 40 520 586 Sand------------------------------------- 40,617 16,697 835 809 1,751 2,801 2,803 9,234 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 4,340 2,225 2,440 1,469 2,294 3,052 3,085 3,683 Sheet and plate-------------------------- 1,400 1,376 1,805 955 1,144 1,955 3,045 4,525 Other1/---------------------------------- 312 142 90 95 94 182 94 667 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total--------------------------------- 101,414 28,704 5,513 3,501 5,487 8,145 9,767 19,597 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum -------------------------------- 6,231 5,070 2,170 1,756 1,970 1,596 3,377 5,437 Other ----------------------------------- 11 22 37 36 39 35 231 364 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- (2/) (2/) (2/) 85 349 213 1,757 2,145 Chemicals---------------------------------- 142 165 136 241 369 203 339 406 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Nodular iron------------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- (2/) (2/) Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, and beryllium----------- NA NA NA (2/) NA (2/) (2/) (2/) Other-------------------------------------- 3/12,584 3/5,943 1,101 3/612 3/584 3/646 4/905 4/2,674 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 18,968 11,200 3,444 2,730 3,311 2,693 6,609 11,026 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 120,382 39,904 8,957 6,231 8,798 10,838 16,376 30,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 2,519 2,178 1,581 2,376 1,701 1,496 1,409 1,608 Permanent mold--------------------------- 1,012 1,003 712 795 938 518 806 890 Sand------------------------------------- 13,166 12,978 8,659 6,234 5,877 5,512 5,169 4,327 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 2,463 4,304 2,751 3,725 4,986 4,460 2,380 2,789 Sheet and plate-------------------------- 4,672 4,938 2,233 5,828 5,645 4,609 3,684 5,559 Other1/---------------------------------- 11 22 100 279 429 6 128 1,735 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total--------------------------------- 23,843 25,423 16,036 19,237 19,576 16,601 13,576 16,908 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum--------------------------------- 7,800 9,387 7,313 10,074 12,087 10,193 9,749 13,408 Other------------------------------------ 871 379 93 330 89 533 405 762 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- 1,905 2,303 4,971 3,575 2,754 2,719 1,840 2,726 Chemicals---------------------------------- 513 329 57 112 57 295 134 319 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Nodular iron------------------------------- (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, and beryllium----------- (2/) (2/) 5,793 7,308 12,068 8,795 5,400 2,880 Other-------------------------------------- 4/3,521 4/4,674 4/1,315 4/1,515 4/2,003 4/1,181 4/966 4/691 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 14,610 17,072 19,542 22,914 29,058 23,716 18,494 20,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 38,453 42,495 35,578 42,151 48,634 40,317 32,070 37,694 --------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 3.--U.S. consumption of primary magnesium, by use--Continued (Metric tons) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 1,386 1,205 3,320 5,062 4,316 5,079 4,518 7,590 Permanent mold--------------------------- 676 421 817 1,270 664 738 573 503 Sand------------------------------------- 2,323 2,184 3,143 2,976 2,022 2,684 3,593 3,491 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 2,341 3,620 5,661 3,057 4,009 5,439 6,441 9,541 Sheet and plate-------------------------- 3,730 4,022 5,763 5,126 4,442 4,479 5,511 (5/) Other1/---------------------------------- 810 696 376 199 266 -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------- 11,266 12,148 19,080 17,690 15,719 18,419 20,636 21,125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum--------------------------------- 11,350 17,921 16,697 19,758 19,849 23,828 27,998 28,344 Other------------------------------------ 382 947 904 1,352 1,637 2,134 1,882 2,198 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- 2,961 2,183 1,836 2,708 4,520 4,170 4,236 4,404 Chemicals---------------------------------- 250 269 390 426 2,435 3,453 4,177 4,730 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Nodular iron------------------------------- (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) (2/) Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, beryllium--------------- 6,330 7,212 2,579 2,785 3,415 7,681 7,647 6,082 Other-------------------------------------- 4/1,117 4/627 4/1,442 4/1,765 4/2,092 4/3,475 4/8,642 4/15,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 22,390 29,159 23,848 28,794 33,948 44,741 54,582 61,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 33,656 41,307 42,928 46,484 49,667 63,160 75,218 82,395 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 6,656 6,789 8,166 6,776 8,460 9,071 10,708 5,799 Permanent mold--------------------------- 551 367 236 129 668 736 907 1,038 Sand------------------------------------- 3,393 2,324 1,574 694 635 1,203 1,245 1,771 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 10,233 11,893 11,113 5,068 7,030 6,746 6,643 5,638 Sheet and plate-------------------------- (5/) (5/) (5/) 2,647 3,463 (6/) (6/) (6/) Other1/---------------------------------- (5/) (5/) (5/) 2,007 1,253 5,016 5,466 3,130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------- 20,833 21,373 21,089 17,321 21,509 22,772 24,969 17,376 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum--------------------------------- 31,283 33,906 33,151 33,974 39,424 47,131 56,383 42,339 Other------------------------------------ 47 48 32 203 158 496 54 35 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- 5,183 5,522 5,242 6,619 5,936 9,009 9,470 4,266 Chemicals---------------------------------- (2/) (2/) 7,607 8,129 8,829 8,922 8,350 7,875 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Nodular iron------------------------------- 2,250 2,154 4,282 5,978 6,897 7,914 9,619 6,146 Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, beryllium--------------- 5,633 6,680 5,715 8,213 5,524 6,683 6,867 6,357 Other-------------------------------------- 7/13,176 7/16,619 7/7,699 7/3,175 7/5,790 7/2,101 7/2,266 7/1,033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 57,572 64,929 63,728 66,291 72,558 82,256 93,009 68,051 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 78,405 86,302 84,817 83,612 94,067 105,028 117,978 85,427 --------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 3.--U.S. consumption of primary magnesium, by use--Continued (Metric tons) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 4,317 4,546 5,058 4,701 2,894 2,551 1,452 1,757 Permanent mold--------------------------- 961 951 918 970 836 832 601 15 Sand------------------------------------- 1,119 1,036 965 1,097 1,574 1,109 1,213 1,259 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 5,850 (6/) 5,716 5,824 6,219 5,249 6,404 6,435 Sheet and plate-------------------------- (6/) (6/) 3,969 4,467 4,268 4,125 (6/) (6/) Other1/---------------------------------- 3,440 11,460 362 197 55 39 2,784 3,939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------- 15,687 17,993 16,988 17,256 15,846 13,905 12,454 13,405 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum--------------------------------- 49,278 50,880 53,341 54,929 49,433 45,829 36,177 41,754 Other------------------------------------ 48 37 37 29 22 19 12 6 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- 7,084 3,704 5,987 6,141 3,565 5,850 5,410 5,158 Chemicals---------------------------------- 9,199 9,018 8,339 8,205 5,695 4,822 4,375 5,138 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Nodular iron------------------------------- 6,880 6,620 7,217 3,933 3,788 3,406 2,305 1,996 Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, beryllium--------------- 5,430 4,749 5,652 6,745 7,218 8,229 5,353 4,274 Other-------------------------------------- 7/1,152 7/962 7/1,284 7/1,504 7/1,330 7/912 7/1,589 7/2,636 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 79,071 75,970 81,857 81,486 71,051 69,067 55,221 60,962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 94,758 93,963 98,845 98,742 86,897 82,972 67,675 74,367 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For structural products: Castings: Die-------------------------------------- 540 2,229 3,646 3,710 4,383 5,627 7,479 Permanent mold--------------------------- 1,511 825 748 1,121 943 811 875 Sand------------------------------------- 1,753 1,482 1,373 1,454 1,743 1,017 724 Wrought products: Extrusions------------------------------- 5,287 7,036 6,285 6,804 6,907 6,712 7,848 Sheet and plate-------------------------- (6/) (6/) (6/) (6/) (6/) (6/) (6/) Other1/---------------------------------- 4,008 3,804 1,452 1,496 3,231 2,941 3,096 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------- 13,099 15,376 13,504 14,585 17,207 17,108 20,022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For distributive or sacrificial purposes: Alloys: Aluminum--------------------------------- 44,155 37,059 39,290 52,172 53,671 53,821 45,060 Other------------------------------------ 7 7 5 8 7 9 8 Cathodic protection (anodes)--------------- 4,334 4,307 6,342 5,537 6,234 5,474 5,421 Chemicals---------------------------------- 4,990 3,469 1,449 1,047 780 594 800 Iron and steel desulfurization------------- e/7,500 e/8,000 e/9,000 e/10,000 W 10,463 9,853 Nodular iron------------------------------- 2,185 1,540 1,622 1,811 2,037 1,635 1,424 Reducing agent for titanium, zirconium, hafnium, uranium, beryllium--------------- 6,068 7,372 5,235 5,286 8,467 10,798 8,989 Other-------------------------------------- 7/6,706 7/6,622 7/2,514 7/4,174 7/12,390 7/5,324 7/4,531 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------------------ 75,945 68,376 65,457 80,035 83,586 88,118 76,086 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total------------------------- 89,044 83,752 78,961 94,620 100,793 105,226 96,108 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e/Estimated. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in other distributive or sacrificial purposes. 1/Prior to 1965, forgings only. 2/Included in other distributive or sacrificial purposes. 3/Includes primary metal consumed in making secondary alloy, powder, and scavenger and deoxidizer. 4/Includes primary metal consumed for experiment purposes, debismuthizing lead, production of nodular iron and secondary alloy, powder, scavenger, and deoxider. 5/Included with "Extrusions." 6/Included in other structural products. 7/Includes magnesium used for powder, scavenger and deoxidizer, and experimental purposes.