Table A5. Production Data for Industrial Sources of Carbon Dioxide, 1990-1998
(Thousand Metric Tons)

Item 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 P1998
Cement Clinker 63,326 61,608 62,184 65,745 69,787 69,983 70,361 72,686 75,254
Masonry Cement 2,911 2,592 2,806 2,962 3,613 3,603 3,469 3,634 3,700
Lime Produced 15,832 15,667 16,199 16,700 17,400 18,500 19,200 19,700 19,300
Limestone in Iron Smelting 3,955 3,635 3,098 2,561 2,538 2,615 2,538 2,549 2,574
Limestone in Steelmaking 682 738 612 1,087 1,225 1,126 949 750 798
Limestone in Glass 272 269 354 439 680 754 450 203 203
Limestone in FGD 4,369 4,552 4,479 4,274 4,621 5,815 6,125 6,595 6,595
Dolomite 986 732 641 549 526 428 691 691 691
Soda Ash Production 8,147 8,152 8,269 8,056 8,111 9,167 9,056 9,500 9,738
Soda Ash in Glass 3,177 2,997 3,082 3,095 3,150 3,130 3,040 3,130 3,130
Soda Ash in FGD 179 155 156 146 191 211 206 295 295
Sodium Silicate 740 789 827 913 914 1,091 1,002 1,101 1,040
Sodium Tripolyphosphate 451 419 419 419 419 419 419 419 419
Aluminum Manufacture 4,048 4,121 4,042 3,695 3,299 3,375 3,577 3,603 3,700
Copper Primary Smelting 1,577 1,580 1,710 1,790 1,840 1,930 2,010 2,060 2,140

P = preliminary data.
Sources: U.S. Department of the Interior,Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries (Washington, DC, various years). U.S. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Cement Annual Report (Washington, DC, various years). American Iron and Steel Institute, Annual Statistical Report (Washington, DC, various years). U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Soda Ash Annual Report (Washington, DC, various years) (soda ash production calculated from quantity of trona ore production). U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Crushed Stone Annual Report (Washington, DC, various years). Chemical Manufacturers Association, U.S. Chemical Industry Statistical Handbook 1997 (Washington, DC, September 1997). Energy Information Administration unpublished survey data, Steam Electric Plant Operation and Design Report, Form EIA-767 (Washington, DC, various years). Freedonia Group, Inc., Carbon Dioxide, Business Research Report B286 (Cleveland, OH, November 1991), and Carbon Dioxide, Industry Study 564 (Cleveland, OH, February 1994).

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