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CHROMIUM
THOUSAND SHORT TONS
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CHROMITE CONSUMPTION IN MFG. CHEMICALS
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FIGURE 2.-Stainless Steel Production and Chromite Consumption for Metallurgical and Chemical Uses, 1940-58.
TABLE 6.-Consumption of chromium ferroalloys and metal in the United States in 1967, by major end uses
Short tons Percent consumed in (gross weight)
Stainless High-speed Other alloy High-tem-
Gross weight Cr content steel steel steels perature Other uses
alloys
Low-carbon ferrochromium-----.............. 115, 933 77, 883 78. 9 0. 3 14. 1 6. 3 0. 4
High-carbon ferrochromium ------------ 56, 464 35, 737 49. 8 1. 5 42. 8 2. 7 3. 2
L.C. ferrochromium silicon---------.-.-- 36, 780 14, 987 88. 8 . 0 10. 1 0. 7 0. 4
Other 1.. ------------------------- --36, 414 17, 365 11. 4 .0 78. 8 4. 3 5. 5
Total- . .----------------------- 245, 591 145, 972 63. 7 . 5 29. 7 4. 3 1. 8
I Includes chromium briquets, exothermic chromium additives, chromium metal, and other chromium alloys.1949-58. Metallurgical-grade ores were princi-
pally from Asia (53 percent) and Africa (38
percent). Refractory-grade ores were mostly
from the Republic of the Philippines (75
percent) and Cuba (14 percent), and virtually
all Chemical-grade ore was from the Union
of South Africa.
Domestic imports of ferrochromium and other
chromium products are minor compared with
chromite. In 1958 they totaled 28,0100 short
tons, of which 25,000 tons was ferrochromium,
2,000 tons chromium metal, and 1,000 tons
chromate and bichromate.The United States is not an
chromite, but small quantities of
are reexported annually.exporter of
foreign oresSELF-SUFFICIENCY
The United States is dependent on foreign
sources for practically- all of its chromite. The
domestic resource of about 3.9 million short
tons of chromic oxide, though mostly in low-
grade materials, could be extremely important
in the event a national emergency occurred or
if political situations in foreign countries produc-I I
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