U.S. Copper Industry Continues Growth.U.S. copper consumption grew about 30% from 1992-1998, a compound annual growth rate of 4.5%, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Copper Development Assn. (CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. ). Total 1998 U.S. end-use consumption (copper and copper alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. mill and foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. products to domestic markets) of 8.6 billion lb, set an all-time record, up 2% from the 1997 level of 8.5 billion lb, the CDA reported. Building construction in 1998 continued to be the largest end-use market for copper products, accounting for more than two-fifths (41.4% or 3572 million lb) of total U.S. consumption. Other end-use markets include: electrical and electronic products--26% (2247 million lb); transportation equipment--12.4% (1068 million lb); industrial machinery and equipment-11.2% (967 million lb); and consumer and general products--9% (782 million lb). |
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