Iron Ore: World Production, By Country

TABLE 14
IRON ORE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	Gross weight³										Metal content⁴
Country⁵	2008		2009		2010		2011		2012^e		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012^e
Algeria	2,077		1,307		1,220	^r	1,280	^r	1,300		1,050		700		671	^r	704	^r	715
Australia^e	342,000		394,000		433,000		488,000		521,000		209,000		228,000		271,000		277,000		315,000
Austria	2,033		2,002		2,069		2,207	^r	2,200		650		641		662		706	^r	704
Azerbaijan	28		--		58		214	^r	230	⁶	14	^e	--		33		114	^r	122	⁶
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,482		1,615		1,401		1,891	^r	1,900		622		678		588		794	^r	798
Brazil	350,707		298,528		372,120		398,131	^r	398,150	^{p, 6}	233,514		198,710		247,772		257,600	^r	257,600	^{p, 6}
Canada⁷	32,102		31,704		37,001		35,705	^r	39,427	^{p, 6}	20,300		20,000	^e	23,300	^e	22,500	^{r, e}	24,900
Chile	9,316		8,242		9,130	^r	12,625	^r	17,330	⁶	5,670		5,006		5,852		7,747		9,429	⁶
China^{e, 8}	824,000		880,000		1,070,000		1,330,000		1,310,000		270,000		280,000		332,000		412,000		393,000
Colombia	473		281		77		174		173	⁶	300		154	^e	42	^e	96	^e	95
Egypt	178	^r	195		256		250	^{r, e}	250		89	^r	98	^r	128	^r	125	^{r, e}	125
Germany⁹	455		364		390		489	^r	450		48		38		41		51	^r	47
Greece^{e, 10}	1,500		1,500		1,500		1,200		1,200		575		570		570		560		550
Guatemala	(11)		5		2		1	^r	1		(11)		1		(11)		(11)		(11)
India¹²	213,033	^r	217,155	^r	210,006	^r	177,256	^r	143,710	⁶	136,341	^r	138,979	^r	134,404	^r	113,444	^r	91,974	⁶
Indonesia^e	65		45	⁶	46	⁶	46		48		37		25		26		27		29
Iran^{e, 13}	32,000		34,034	^{r, 6}	35,000	^r	35,000	^r	37,000		15,000		16,000	^r	16,500	^r	16,500	^r	17,500
Kazakhstan	21,486		22,281		24,229		24,813		25,998	⁶	12,200	^e	12,700	^e	13,800	^e	14,100	^e	14,800
Kenya^e	1		7	^r	11		11		11		(11)		4	^r	7		7		7
Korea, North^e	5,136	⁶	5,300		5,300		5,300		5,300		1,488	⁶	1,500		1,500		1,500		1,500
Korea, Republic of	366		455		513		542	^r	500		205		274		308		320	^r	300
Malaysia	982		1,470		3,466		7,696		8,000		560	^e	838	^e	1,970	^{r, e}	4,380	^e	4,500
Mauritania	11,296	^r	10,524	^r	11,534	^r	11,160	^r	12,000		7,340	^r	6,840	^r	7,500	^r	7,250	^r	7,200
Mexico¹⁴	11,688		11,677		13,998		14,482		14,500		7,013		7,007		8,400	^e	7,722		7,750
Mongolia	1,387		1,379		3,203		5,678	^r	7,561	⁶	888		883		2,050		3,600	^r	4,760
Morocco	23	^r	31		45		79	^r	79		12	^r	16		24	^r	43	^r	43
New Zealand¹⁵	2,020		2,092		2,439		2,357	^r	2,400		1,200	^e	1,200	^e	1,400	^e	1,300	^e	1,320
Nigeria^e	62	⁶	99	^r	63	^r	70	^r	70		23		37	^r	20	^r	26	^r	26
Norway	1,635	^r	1,678	^r	3,292	^r	3,427	^r	3,911	⁶	839	^r	891	^r	1,926	^r	2,047	^r	2,405	⁶
Pakistan^{e, 16}	250		333	^{r, 6}	418	^{r, 6}	400	^r	380		125		167	^r	210	^r	200	^r	190
Peru	7,823		6,698		9,160		10,626	^r	10,132	⁶	5,244		4,490		6,140		7,123	^r	6,792	⁶
Portugal^{e, 17}	14		14		14		14		14		10		10		10		10		10
Russia	99,900		92,000		95,900	^r	104,000	^r	105,000		57,800	^e	53,200	^e	56,581	^r	61,360	^r	64,000
Slovakia	392		--		--		--		--		133		--		--		--		--
South Africa¹⁸	48,983		55,313		58,709		58,057	^r	63,000		30,800		34,800		36,900	^r	36,500	^r	40,500
Sweden	27,713	^r	20,389	^r	27,917	^r	22,968	^r	23,000		16,628	^r	12,233	^r	16,750	^r	15,159	^r	15,000
Thailand	2,029		1,401		970		970	^r	970		855		800		485		485	^r	485
Tunisia	211		151		181		171	^r	175		110		79		94	^r	79	^r	87
Turkey	4,697		3,855	^r	5,814	^r	6,450	^r	6,300		2,500	^e	2,000	^{r, e}	3,000	^{r, e}	3,400	^{r, e}	3,300
Ukraine	72,688		66,476		78,171		80,581		81,966	⁶	40,000	^e	36,600	^e	43,000	^e	44,300	^e	45,100
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 14-Continued
IRON ORE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	Gross weight³										Metal content⁴
Country⁵	2008		2009		2010		2011		2012^e		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012^e
United Kingdom	(11)		--		--		--		--		(11)		--		--		--		--
United States	53,600		26,700		49,900		54,700		54,000		33,800		16,600		31,300		34,300		33,400
Venezuela^e	20,650	⁶	24,100	^r	22,200	^r	27,000	^r	27,000		13,423	⁶	15,200	^r	14,000	^r	17,000	^r	17,000
Vietnam	2,588	^r	3,593	^r	3,721	^r	4,168	^r	4,170		1,372	^r	1,905	^r	1,972	^r	2,209	^r	2,210
Zimbabwe	3	^r	--		--		--		--		1	^r	--		--		--		--
Total	2,210,000	^r	2,230,000	^r	2,590,000		2,930,000	^r	2,930,000		1,130,000		1,100,000	^r	1,280,000	^r	1,370,000	^r	1,390,000
^eEstimated. ^pPreliminary. ^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Estimated data and world totals are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Table includes data available through July 21, 2014.
³Insofar as availability of sources permit, gross weight represents the nonduplicative sum of marketable direct-shipping ores and concentrates; iron agglomerates produced
from imported iron ores have been excluded under the assumption that the ore from which such materials are produced has been credited as marketable ore in the country where it was mined.
⁴Data represent actual reported weight of contained metal or are calculated from reported metal content. Estimated figures are based on latest available iron content reported, except for the
following countries for which grades are U.S. Geological Survey estimates: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, and Ukraine.
⁵In addition to the countries listed, Uganda may also produce iron ore, but definitive information on output levels, if any, is not available.
⁶Reported figure.
⁷Series represented gross weight and metal content of usable iron ore (including byproduct ore) actually produced, natural weight.
⁸Chinaʼs gross weight iron ore production figures are significantly higher than those of other countries, because China reports only crude ore production, with an average iron content of 33%,
whereas other countries report production of usable ore.
⁹Iron ore is used domestically as an additive in cement and other construction materials but is of too low a grade to use in the steel industry.
¹⁰Nickeliferous iron ore.
¹¹Less than - unit.
¹²Indiaʼs iron ore production is based on fiscal years ending March 31 of that stated.
¹³Data are for year beginning March 21 of that stated.
¹⁴Gross weight calculated from reported iron content based on grade of 60% iron.
¹⁵Concentrates from titaniferous magnetite beach sands.
¹⁶Pakistanʼs iron ore production is based on fiscal years ending June 30 of that stated.
¹⁷Includes manganiferous iron ore.
¹⁸Includes magnetite ore as follows, in thousand metric tons: 2008-3,987; 2009-4,725; 2010-5,474; 2011-5,494 (revised); and 2012-7,400.