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| TABLE 15 | |||
| IRON ORE: WORLD PELLETIZING CAPACITY,- | |||
| BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY IN 20101 | |||
| -Rated capacity, | |||
| gross weight | |||
| (million metric tons) | |||
| North America: | - | ||
| Canada | 27.5 | e | |
| Mexico | 15.0 | e | |
| United States | 57.4 | r | |
| Total | 99.9 | ||
| South America: | |||
| Brazil | 56.0 | e | |
| Chile | 5.3 | ||
| Peru | 3.5 | ||
| Venezuela | 11.8 | e | |
| Total | 76.6 | ||
| Europe and Central Eurasia: | |||
| Kazakhstan | 8.4 | e | |
| Netherlands | 4.4 | e | |
| Russia | 31.4 | e | |
| Slovakia | 0.4 | ||
| Sweden | 24.2 | r | |
| Turkey | 1.5 | e | |
| Ukraine | 33.5 | e | |
| Total | 103.8 | ||
| Asia: | |||
| Bahrain | 11.0 | r | |
| China | 110.0 | e, r | |
| India | 20.7 | r | |
| Iran | 12.3 | e | |
| Japan | 3.0 | e | |
| Total | 157.0 | ||
| Oceania, Australia | 4.3 | e | |
| Grand total | 441.6 | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised.- | |||
| 1Data may not add to totals shown because of- | |||
| independent rounding. | |||
| Sources: International Iron and Steel Institute; United | |||
| Nations Commission on Trade and Development, Trust | |||
| Fund on Iron Ore Information; U.S. Geological Survey. | |||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
