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| TABLE 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IRON ORE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross weight3 | Metal content4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country5 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009e | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009e | |||||||||||
| Algeria | 1,579 | 2,340 | 1,982 | 2,077 | 2,000 | 800 | e | 1,180 | 1,000 | e | 1,050 | 1,040 | |||||||||
| Australia | 262,000 | 275,000 | 299,000 | 342,000 | 394,000 | 163,000 | 171,000 | r | 194,000 | r | 209,000 | 228,000 | |||||||||
| Austria | 2,048 | 2,093 | r | 2,153 | 2,033 | r | 1,500 | 665 | r | 669 | r | 689 | r | 650 | r | 480 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 11 | 18 | r | 28 | r | -- | 6 | 4 | e | 6 | e | 9 | e | 14 | r, e | -- | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,177 | 3,440 | 2,944 | 2,667 | r | 2,600 | 1,500 | 1,450 | 1,240 | 1,200 | r, e | 1,100 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 281,462 | 317,800 | 354,674 | 351,246 | r | 300,000 | p, | 186,891 | 211,020 | 235,504 | r | 233,200 | r | 199,200 | p, 6 | ||||||
| Canada7 | 30,387 | 33,543 | 32,744 | 31,273 | 31,700 | 19,333 | 21,341 | 20,800 | 19,700 | e | 19,700 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 7,862 | 8,628 | 8,818 | 9,316 | 8,242 | 6 | 4,707 | 5,235 | 5,379 | 5,670 | 5,006 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chinae, 8 | 420,000 | 601,000 | 707,000 | 824,000 | 880,000 | 138,000 | 198,000 | 233,000 | 270,000 | 280,000 | |||||||||||
| Colombia | 608 | 644 | 624 | 475 | r | 500 | 325 | 351 | 350 | 200 | r | 200 | |||||||||
| Egypte | 1,590 | 1,600 | 2,185 | 6 | 1,811 | 6 | 1,800 | 800 | 800 | 1,100 | 910 | 900 | |||||||||
| Germany9 | 362 | 412 | 422 | 455 | r | 350 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 48 | r, e | 37 | |||||||||
| Greecee, 10 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 575 | 575 | 575 | 575 | 570 | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | 11 | 7 | 31 | r | (11) | r | 5 | 6 | 7 | r, e | 5 | r, e | 20 | r, e | (11) | r, e | 4 | ||||
| Indiae | 152,000 | 181,000 | 202,000 | 220,000 | 245,000 | 97,500 | 117,000 | 129,000 | 142,000 | 157,000 | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | 32 | 88 | 61 | 65 | e | 63 | 18 | 50 | 35 | 37 | e | 36 | |||||||||
| Irane, 12 | 19,000 | 26,244 | 6 | 31,538 | 6 | 32,000 | 33,000 | 9,000 | 13,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 16,000 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 19,471 | 22,263 | 23,834 | 22,700 | e | 22,290 | 6 | 11,100 | 12,700 | 13,600 | 13,000 | e | 12,800 | ||||||||
| Kenyae | (11) | 6 | (11) | (11) | (11) | (11) | (11) | 6 | (11) | (11) | (11) | (11) | |||||||||
| Korea, Northe | 5,000 | 5,040 | 5,130 | 5,136 | r, 6 | 5,000 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,488 | r, 6 | 1,400 | |||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 213 | 227 | 291 | 366 | r | 360 | 6 | 119 | 155 | 163 | 205 | r | 200 | ||||||||
| Macedoniae | 10 | 10 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | 6 | 6 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | |||||||||
| Malaysia | 950 | 667 | 802 | 982 | r | 950 | 541 | e | 380 | e | 457 | e | 560 | r, e | 532 | ||||||
| Mauritania | 11,133 | 10,658 | 11,817 | 11,200 | r | 10,400 | 6 | 7,240 | r | 7,250 | r | 7,700 | r | 7,280 | r | 6,760 | |||||
| Mexico13 | 11,687 | 10,983 | 10,916 | 11,688 | 11,600 | 7,012 | 6,590 | 6,550 | 7,013 | 7,000 | |||||||||||
| Mongolia | 168 | 180 | 265 | 1,387 | 1,000 | 109 | 116 | 170 | 888 | 600 | |||||||||||
| Moroccoe | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| New Zealand14 | 2,270 | 2,146 | 1,723 | 2,020 | r | 2,000 | 1,260 | e | 1,220 | e | 982 | e | 1,200 | r, e | 1,200 | ||||||
| Nigeriae | 60 | 88 | 6 | 58 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 50 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 16 | ||||||||
| Norway | 620 | 620 | 620 | 668 | r | 711 | 6 | 420 | 420 | 400 | e | 430 | e | 460 | |||||||
| Pakistan15 | 50 | 130 | 207 | 250 | 270 | 25 | 65 | 104 | 125 | e | 135 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 6,810 | 7,138 | r | 7,614 | r | 7,823 | r | 6,698 | 6 | 4,638 | r | 4,862 | r | 5,186 | r | 5,244 | r | 4,490 | 6 | ||
| Portugale, 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | r | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | r | 10 | |||||||||
| Romania | 265 | 123 | 45 | -- | r | -- | 69 | 40 | 11 | -- | r | -- | |||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 17-Continued | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IRON ORE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross weight3 | Metal content4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country5 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009e | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009e | |||||||||||
| Russia | 96,764 | 102,000 | 105,000 | 99,900 | 92,000 | 6 | 56,100 | e | 59,100 | e | 60,800 | e | 57,800 | e | 53,200 | ||||||
| Slovakia | 534 | 583 | 570 | 392 | 390 | 182 | 198 | 194 | 133 | 130 | |||||||||||
| South Africa17 | 39,542 | 41,326 | 42,083 | r | 48,983 | 55,313 | 6 | 25,000 | e | 26,100 | e | 26,600 | e | 31,000 | e | 35,600 | |||||
| Swedene | 23,300 | 23,300 | 24,700 | 23,800 | 6 | 17,700 | 15,300 | 15,000 | 16,000 | 14,280 | r, 6 | 11,500 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 231 | 264 | 1,555 | 1,710 | r | 1,700 | 116 | 132 | 779 | r | 855 | r | 855 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | 206 | 214 | 180 | r | 108 | r | 110 | 108 | e | 112 | e | 94 | 56 | r | 57 | ||||||
| Turkey | 4,598 | 3,785 | 4,849 | 4,700 | e | 4,000 | 2,450 | 2,000 | e | 2,600 | 2,500 | e | 2,100 | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 68,570 | 74,000 | 77,900 | 72,700 | e | 66,476 | 6 | 37,700 | e | 40,700 | e | 42,800 | e | 40,000 | r, e | 36,500 | |||||
| United Kingdom | (11) | (11) | (11) | e | (11) | -- | (11) | (11) | (11) | e | (11) | -- | |||||||||
| United States | 54,329 | 52,749 | 52,489 | 53,560 | 26,696 | 6 | 34,202 | 33,274 | 33,068 | 33,769 | 16,550 | 6 | |||||||||
| Venezuelae | 21,200 | 22,100 | 20,700 | 20,650 | 6 | 14,900 | 14,000 | 14,500 | 13,600 | 13,600 | 9,800 | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1,009 | 1,020 | 1,060 | e | 1,000 | e | 1,000 | 505 | 510 | 530 | e | 530 | e | 530 | |||||||
| Zimbabwe | 377 | 104 | 100 | e | 50 | e | -- | 200 | e | 52 | e | 50 | e | 25 | e | -- | |||||
| Total | 1,550,000 | 1,840,000 | 2,040,000 | 2,210,000 | r | 2,240,000 | 843,000 | 969,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,110,000 | ||||||||||
| 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 22, 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Insofar as availability of sources permit, gross weight in this table represent the nonduplicative sum of marketable direct-shipping iron ores and iron ore 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, Cuba 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8China-s gross weight iron ore production figures are significantly higher than that of other countries, because China reports crude ore production only 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12Data are for year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13Gross weight calculated from reported iron content based on grade of 60% iron. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14Concentrates from titaniferous magnetite beach sands. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15Pakistan iron ore is based on a July-to-July fiscal year and 50% of production is used from each reported year. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16Includes manganiferous iron ore. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17Includes magnetite ore as follows, in thousand metric tons: 2005-2,957; 2006-3,830; 2007-3,781; 2008-3,987; and 2009-4,725. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
