* May 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.
** Includes lime sold and used, where 鈥渦sed鈥 denotes lime produced for internal company use.
*** Data withheld in order to prevent disclosing proprietary company data.
Data includes Puerto Rico. Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. Data excludes regenerated lime. The source does not collect value data by end use; in previous years value data were estimated.
Lime sold or used by producers in the United States.
In 2020, the steel and iron industry in the United States sold or used a total of around **** million metric tons of lime. Lime is an inorganic material that is mainly comprised of oxides, carbonates, and hydroxides.
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US Geological Survey. (March 15, 2022). Lime consumption in the United States in 2020, by use (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In 糖心破解版. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/657847/united-states-lime-consumption-by-use/
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