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- Raw Steel, Pig Iron & Ferroalloys Production: 1970 - 1989[In millions, except percent.]Item 1970 1975 1980 1985 1988 1989
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- Raw Steel (net tons)
- World production 654.2 712.0 790.4 791.6 859.2 862.6
- U.S. production 131.5 116.6 111.8 88.3 99.9 97.9
- Percent of world 20.1 16.4 14.2 11.1 11.6 11.4
- Basic oxygen process 63.3 71.8 67.6 51.9 58.0 58.3
- Electric 20.2 22.7 31.2 29.9 36.8 35.2
- Open hearth 48.0 22.2 13.0 6.4 5.1 4.4
- Carbon 117.4 100.4 94.7 76.7 86.8 86.2
- Alloy & stainless 14.1 16.3 17.1 11.6 13.1 11.7
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- Pig iron & ferroalloys,
- production(1) 93.5 79.9 68.7 50.4 55.7 55.9
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- 1. In short tons. Beginning in 1975, includes blast furnace
- ferroalloys.
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- Source:American Iron & Steel Institute, Washington, DC.
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