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TABLE 17
IRON ORE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
 
    Gross weight3 Metal content4
Country5   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006e  
Algeria 1,202 1,378 1,554 1,536 r 2,339 6 610 700 780 e 768 r 1,170
Australia 187,198 r 212,981 r 233,994 r 261,855 r 275,042 6 116,341 r 132,257 r 145,282 r 165,621 r 170,934 6
Austriae 1,900 2,119 6 1,882 6 2,000 2,000 575 703 6 602 640 600
Azerbaijane (7) 3 6 19 6 7 6 11 6 (7) 2 10 4 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 212 127 300 e 3,300 r, e 3,300 106 63 125 r, e 1,400 r 1,400
Brazil 214,560 230,707 r 261,675 r 281,430 r 318,000 p 142,468 153,190 r 173,752 r 186,870 r 211,000 p
Bulgaria 373 466 83 -- r -- 119 127 27 -- r --
Canada8 30,902 33,322 28,596 30,387 r 33,551 p 19,684 20,993 17,801 r 19,100 r 21,100
Chile 7,269 8,011 8,003 7,862 r 8,629 6 4,398 4,865 4,850 4,707 r 5,235 6
Chinae, 9 231,000 261,000 320,000 420,000 588,000 76,200 86,000 105,000 138,000 194,000
Colombia 688 625 508 608 r 644 p 378 344 e 280 e 334 r, e 334
Egypt 2,618 2,237 2,400 e 2,600 e 2,500 1,309 1,119 1,200 e 1,300 e 1,200
Germany10 419 e 429 e 412 362 r 360 59 60 58 51 r 50
Greecee, 11 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 575 575 575 575 575
Guatemala 35 2 r 3 r 11 r 7 6 23 r 2 r 2 r 7 r 5
India 86,400 99,100 120,600 140,000 160,000 55,300 63,400 77,200 e 90,000 e 102,000
Indonesia 379 245 90 22 20 216 e 140 e 51 e 12 e 11
Iran12 16,906 18,287 18,205 19,000 e 20,000 8,000 9,000 8,900 9,000 e 10,000
Kazakhstan 15,423 19,281 18,726 16,470 18,600 8,700 10,933 10,600 9,300 e 10,500
Kenya 1 1 1 (7) r (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7)
Korea, Northe 4,100 4,430 4,580 5,000 5,000 1,150 1,260 1,300 1,400 1,400
Korea, Republic of 157 r 174 r 226 r 213 r 227 6 88 r 97 r 127 r 119 r 127 6
Macedoniae 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6
Malaysia 404 597 664 950 r 1,000 259 e 382 424 606 r 639
Mauritania 9,553 10,377 10,674 r 10,752 r 11,155 6 6,200 6,890 6,900 r 7,000 r 7,250
Mexico13 9,941 11,265 11,483 11,700 e 11,000 5,965 6,759 6,890 7,012 r 6,590 6
Morocco 9 6 10 10 e 10 5 3 e 5 e 5 5 e
New Zealande, 14 1,740 6 1,947 5 2,329 6 2,270 r, 6 2,300 520 580 e 690 654 r 680
Nigeriae 25 6 -- -- 100 r 100 9 6 -- -- 36 r 36
Norway 515 500 600 620 620 350 340 408 420 420
Pakistan 40 40 50 50 60 20 20 25 25 30
Peru 4,594 5,240 r 6,439 6,810 r 7,250 3,105 3,541 r 4,315 r 4,565 4,861 6
Portugale, 15 14 r 14 r 14 r 14 r 14 p 10 r 10 r 10 r 10 r 10
Romaniae 248 r 244 r 231 r 300 300 89 6 82 6 74 6 69 r, 6 70
Russia 84,236 91,760 96,980 96,764 102,000 6 49,000 53,000 e 56,200 e 56,100 59,100
Slovakia 326 287 305 300 e 250 114 100 e 107 e 90 r, e 89
South Africa16 36,484 38,086 39,322 39,542 41,326 6 23,350 24,000 e 24,800 e 25,000 r, e 26,100
Swedene 20,300 21,500 22,300 23,300 23,300 13,400 5 14,100 5 14,700 15,300 15,000
Thailand 570 10 136 220 264 6 285 5 e 68 e 116 132 6
Tunisia 198 164 244 206 200 105 87 e 129 110 e 105
Turkey 3,433 3,429 3,857 4,000 4,000 1,830 e 1,830 e 2,060 e 2,150 e 2,150
Ukraine 58,900 62,498 65,550 68,570 74,000 32,300 34,300 e 36,000 e 37,700 e 40,700
United Kingdome (7) r 1 1 1 1 (7) (7) (7) r (7) (7)
United States 51,600 r 48,600 r 54,700 r 54,300 r 52,700 6 32,500 r 30,600 r 34,500 r 34,200 r 33,300 6
Venezuela17 16,684 17,954 19,196 20,000 e 23,000 11,092 11,936 12,669 13,000 e 15,200
Vietnam 430 540 650 700 e 710 236 300 360 385 e 390
Zimbabwe 272 367 283 377 200 6 136 e 180 e 154 e 200 e 90
Total   1,100,000 r 1,210,000 r 1,360,000 r 1,540,000 r 1,800,000   617,000 r 675,000 r 750,000 r 834,000 r 945,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 17�Continued
IRON ORE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
 
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 16, 2007.
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.
7Less than � unit.
8Series represented gross weight and metal content of usable iron ore (including byproduct ore) actually produced, natural weight.
9China'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.
10Iron 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.
11Nickeliferous iron ore.
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.
15Includes manganiferous iron ore.
16Includes magnetite ore as follows, in thousand metric tons:� 2002�2,557; 2003�2,307; 2004�2,893; 2005�2,957; and 2006�3,830.
17Official data reported by the Ministerio de la Industria B�sica y Miner�a (formerly Ministerio de Energ�a y Minas), may differ from those published by�
Venezuela's only producer C.V.G. Ferrominera Orinoco CA.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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