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Iron and steel recycling in the United States 2005-2015

U.S. volume of iron and steel recycled from scrap between 2005 and 2015 (in thousand metric tons)

The data displays the volume of iron and steel recycled from both old and new scrap in the U.S. between 2005 and 2015. Here, around 52.5 million metric tons of iron and steel were recycled from scrap in 2015.

2005	65600
2006	65300
2007	64000
2008	67600
2009	53500
2010	59700
2011	62800
2012	63100
2013	59000
2014	58600
2015	52500

Iron and steel recycling in the United States 2005-2015

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