Lime Sold Or Used By Producers In The United States, By Use

TABLE 3
LIME SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE-
UNITED STATES, BY USE^{1, 2, 3}

(Thousand metric tons)

	2013		2014
Use	Quantity⁴		Quantity⁴
Chemical and industrial:
Fertilizer, including aglime	82		82
Glass	178		186
Paper and pulp	916		942
Precipitated calcium carbonate	900		803
Sugar refining	680		647
Other chemical and industrial⁵	1,480		1,590
Total	4,240		4,250
Metallurgical:
Steel and iron:
Basic oxygen furnaces	2,560		2,410
Electric arc furnaces	2,930		3,150
Other steel and iron	296		322
Total	5,780		5,880
Nonferrous metallurgy⁶	1,460		1,390
Total metallurgical	7,240		7,270
Construction:
Asphalt	212		207
Building uses	239		269
Soil stabilization	1,010		1,220
Other construction	56		43
Total-	1,520		1,740
Environmental:
Flue gas treatment:
Utility powerplants	3,680		3,660
Incinerators	169		194
Industrial boilers and other flue gas treatment	113		164
Total	3,960		4,020
Sludge treatment:
Sewage	100		110
Other, industrial and hazardous	124		196
Total	224		306
Water treatment:
Acid-mine drainage	87		85
Drinking water	868		861
Wastewater	566		517
Total	1,520		1,460
Other environmental	240		190
Total environmental	5,950		5,980
Refractories (dead-burned dolomite)	200	⁷	200	⁷
Grand total	19,200		19,500
¹Includes Puerto Rico.
²Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals
shown. Excludes regenerated lime.-
³The U.S. Geological Survey does not collect value data by end use; in previous-
years value data were estimated.
⁴Includes lime sold and used, where -used- denotes lime produced for-
internal company use for basic oxygen furnaces, magnesia, paper and pulp,
precipitated calcium carbonate, refractories, and sugar refining.
⁵May include alkalis, calcium carbide and cyanamide, calcium hypochlorite,-
citric acid, food (animal or human), oil and grease, oil well drilling, petrochemicals,
tanning, and other uses. Magnesia is included here to avoid disclosing proprietary
data.
⁶Includes aluminum and bauxite, magnesium, metals concentration (copper-
and gold), and other nonferrous uses.
⁷Data are rounded to no more than one significant digit to avoid disclosing-
company proprietary data.