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| TABLE 18 | |||||
| IRON ORE: WORLD PELLETIZING CAPACITY,- | |||||
| BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY IN 20091 | |||||
| -Rated capacity, | |||||
| gross weight | |||||
| (million metric tons) | |||||
| North America: | - | ||||
| Canada | 27.5 | ||||
| Mexico | 15.0 | e | |||
| United States | 56.6 | ||||
| Total | 99.1 | ||||
| South America: | |||||
| Brazil | 56.0 | e | |||
| Chile | 5.3 | r | |||
| 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 | 21.0 | ||||
| Turkey | 1.5 | ||||
| Ukraine | 33.5 | e | |||
| Total | 100.6 | ||||
| Asia: | |||||
| Bahrain | 4.0 | ||||
| China | 45.0 | e | |||
| India | 26.7 | r | |||
| Iran | 12.3 | e | |||
| Japan | 3.0 | ||||
| Total | 91.0 | ||||
| Oceania, Australia | 4.3 | ||||
| Grand total | 371.6 | ||||
| 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
