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| �TABLE 10 | |||||||||||
| PIG IRON AND DIRECT-REDUCED IRON: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3, 4 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Unrounded | |||||||||||
| ����������������������� Country5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | ||||||
| Albaniae | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Algeriae | 1,250,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 | 994,000 | r, 6 | 950,000 | |||||
| Argentina: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron� | 1,916,500 | r | 2,180,200 | r | 2,402,200 | r | 2,392,200 | r | 2,645,600 | 6 | |
| ���� Direct-reduced iron | 1,276,300 | r | 1,475,600 | r | 1,736,400 | r | 1,755,300 | r | 1,820,900 | 6 | |
| Australiae | 7,200,000 | 7,300,000 | 6 | 7,300,000 | 6 | 7,300,000 | 7,300,000 | ||||
| Austria | 4,300,000 | 4,300,000 | 4,300,000 | e | 4,300,000 | e | 4,300,000 | ||||
| Belgium | 7,732,000 | 8,053,000 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | e | 8,000,000 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | r | 60,000 | ||
| Brazil: | |||||||||||
| ��� Pig iron | 27,623,000 | 29,667,000 | r | 32,036,000 | r | 34,579,000 | r | 34,382,000 | p | ||
| ��� Direct-reduced irone� | 400,000 | 400,000 | 6 | 410,000 | r | 440,000 | 411,000 | ||||
| Bulgaria | 1,160,000 | 1,072,000 | 1,386,000 | 1,200,000 | r | 1,200,000 | |||||
| Burma:e�� | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron�� | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron�� | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Canada: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron | 8,780,000 | 8,800,000 | 8,800,000 | e | 8,800,000 | e | 8,800,000 | ||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron | 920,000 | 920,000 | 920,000 | e | 920,000 | e | 920,000 | ||||
| Chile | 897,000 | 933,855 | 987,869 | 1,137,000 | r | 1,100,000 | |||||
| China7 | 155,540,000 | 170,850,000 | 213,660,000 | 251,850,000 | 330,410,000 | 6 | |||||
| Colombia | 318,993 | r | 312,879 | r | 288,214 | r | 316,025 | r | 315,000 | ||
| Czech Republic� | 4,671,000 | 4,840,000 | 5,207,000 | 5,384,000 | r | 5,400,000 | |||||
| Egypt: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig irone | 1,400,000 | 1,800,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron� | 2,370,000 | 2,530,000 | 2,870,000 | 2,800,000 | e | 2,800,000 | |||||
| Finland | 2,852,000 | 2,828,000 | 6,000,000 | r | 1,000,000 | r | 2,000,000 | ||||
| France | 12,004,000 | 13,217,000 | 12,756,000 | 13,000,000 | e | 13,000,000 | |||||
| Germany: | |||||||||||
| ��� Pig iron | 29,184,000 | 29,427,000 | 29,481,000 | 30,018,000 | 28,854,000 | 6 | |||||
| ��� Direct-reduced irone� | 210,000 | r | 540,000 | r | 590,000 | r | 610,000 | r | 610,000 | ||
| Hungary� | 1,226,000 | 1,335,000 | 1,333,000 | 1,351,000 | r | 1,350,000 | |||||
| India: | |||||||||||
| �� Pig iron | 21,900,000 | 24,315,000 | 24,000,000 | 25,000,000 | e | 25,500,000 | |||||
| �� Direct-reduced iron� | 5,590,000 | 5,731,000 | 5,800,000 | 5,800,000 | e | 5,900,000 | |||||
| Indonesia, direct-reduced irone | 1,480,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,170,000 | r | 1,440,000 | r | 1,500,000 | ||||
| Iran: | |||||||||||
| �� Pig iron | 2,300,000 | 2,400,000 | 2,300,000 | e | 2,700,000 | e | 2,300,000 | ||||
| �� Direct-reduced iron | 5,000,000 | 5,280,000 | 5,620,000 | e | 6,410,000 | e | 6,850,000 | ||||
| Italy | 10,650,000 | 9,736,000 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 78,835,836 | 80,979,161 | 82,091,744 | 82,974,493 | 83,058,130 | 6 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 3,906,500 | 4,089,100 | 4,140,000 | e | 4,283,142 | r | 3,581,090 | 6 | |||
| Korea, Northe | 800,000 | 800,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 6 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | 25,898,000 | 26,570,000 | 27,314,000 | 27,556,000 | r | 27,308,000 | 6 | ||||
| Libya, direct-reduced iron� | 1,090,000 | e | 1,170,000 | 1,340,000 | e | 1,580,000 | e | 1,650,000 | |||
| Malaysia, direct-reduced iron | 1,024,000 | r | 1,061,000 | r | 1,600,000 | 1,710,000 | r | 1,750,000 | |||
| Mexico: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron | 4,373,000 | 3,996,000 | 4,183,000 | 4,278,000 | 4,047,000 | 6 | |||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron | 3,672,000 | 4,741,000 | 5,473,000 | 6,345,000 | 5,973,000 | 6 | |||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| �TABLE 10�Continued | |||||||||||
| PIG IRON AND DIRECT-REDUCED IRON: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3, 4 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Unrounded | |||||||||||
| ����������������������� Country5 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | ||||||
| Moroccoe | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| Netherlands8������ ���� | 5,305,000 | 5,381,000 | 5,300,000 | e | 5,300,000 | e | 5,300,000 | ||||
| New Zealande | 600,000 | 600,000 | 6 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||||
| Norwaye | 60,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | ||||||
| Pakistane | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 72,000 | 87,600 | r | 98,000 | 100,000 | e | 100,000 | ||||
| Peru: | |||||||||||
| ��� Pig iron� | 330,000 | 330,000 | 330,000 | e | 330,000 | e | 330,000 | ||||
| ��� Direct-reduced irone� | 80,000 | 80,000 | 6 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | |||||
| Poland | 5,440,000 | 5,296,000 | 5,632,000 | 6,399,000 | r | 6,500,000 | |||||
| Portugal� | 82,000 | 100,000 | r | 100,000 | r | 100,000 | r | 100,000 | |||
| Qatar, direct-reduced iron� | 730,000 | 750,000 | 780,000 | e | 830,000 | e | 830,000 | ||||
| Romania | 3,243,000 | 3,979,000 | 4,101,000 | 4,344,000 | r | 4,400,000 | |||||
| Russia: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron | 44,980,000 | 46,060,000 | 48,368,000 | 50,426,700 | r | 48,419,000 | 6 | ||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron� | 2,510,000 | 2,910,000 | 2,900,000 | e | 3,140,000 | r, e | 3,340,000 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia, direct-reduced iron | 2,880,000 | 3,290,000 | 3,290,000 | 3,141,000 | r | 3,630,000 | |||||
| Serbia and Montenegro� | 461,000 | 485,000 | 635,000 | 994,000 | r | 950,000 | |||||
| Slovakia�� | 3,255,000 | 3,533,000 | 3,892,000 | 3,765,000 | r | 3,800,000 | |||||
| South Africa: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron | 5,820,000 | 5,823,000 | 6,234,000 | r | 6,011,000 | r | 6,130,000 | 6 | |||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron | 1,556,000 | 1,702,000 | 1,542,000 | 1,630,000 | e | 1,630,000 | |||||
| Spain | 4,094,000 | 3,978,000 | 4,000,000 | e | 4,000,000 | e | 4,000,000 | ||||
| Sweden | 3,614,000 | 3,703,000 | 3,700,000 | e | 3,600,000 | e | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Switzerlande | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | r | 100,000 | |||||
| Taiwan� | 10,316,000 | 10,524,000 | 10,799,000 | 10,198,000 | 10,354,000 | 6 | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago, direct-reduced iron | 2,186,382 | 2,316,300 | 2,275,000 | 2,336,500 | r | 2,340,000 | |||||
| Tunisia� | 192,000 | 152,000 | 36,000 | -- | e | -- | |||||
| Turkey�� | 247,598 | 157,622 | 181,080 | 200,000 | e | 5,950,000 | |||||
| Ukraine | 26,400,000 | 27,560,000 | 29,570,000 | 31,000,000 | 30,747,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 9,861,000 | 8,579,000 | 8,560,500 | 10,200,000 | e | 10,200,000 | |||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| ���� Pig iron | 42,125,000 | 40,217,287 | 40,635,545 | 42,283,000 | 37,214,000 | 6 | |||||
| ���� Direct-reduced iron | 120,000 | 470,000 | 210,000 | 180,000 | 220,000 | 6 | |||||
| Venezuela, direct-reduced iron | 5,903,298 | 6,824,370 | 6,645,256 | 6,800,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||
| Zimbabwee | 156,000 | 122,000 | 131,000 | 72,000 | 170,000 | ||||||
| ��� Grand total | 624,085,907 | r | 653,256,474 | r | 711,627,308 | r | 760,489,860 | r | 837,926,220 | ||
| �������� Of which: | |||||||||||
| ������������ Pig iron | 585,047,927 | r | 609,525,204 | r | 666,335,652 | r | 712,502,060 | r | 788,731,320 | ||
| ������������ Direct-reduced iron | 39,037,980 | r | 43,731,270 | r | 45,291,656 | r | 47,987,800 | r | 49,194,900 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | |||||||||||
| 2Production is pig iron unless otherwise specified. | |||||||||||
| 3Direct-reduced iron is obtained from ore by reduction of oxides to metal without melting. | |||||||||||
| 4Table excludes ferroalloy production except where otherwise noted. Table includes data available through August 10, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 5In addition to the countries listed, Vietnam has facilities to produce pig iron and may have produced limited quantities during 2001-05, but output is not� | |||||||||||
| reported and available information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 6Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 7Figures reported by State Statistical Bureau that the Chinese Government considers to be official statistical data. | |||||||||||
| 8Includes blast furnace ferroalloys. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program