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| TABLE 18 | ||||
| IRON ORE:� WORLD PELLETIZING CAPACITY,� | ||||
| BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY IN 20061 | ||||
| �Rated capacity, | ||||
| gross weight | ||||
| (million metric tons) | ||||
| North America: | � | |||
| Canada | 27.5 | e | ||
| Mexico | 15.0 | e | ||
| United States | 55.8 | |||
| Total | 98.3 | |||
| South America: | ||||
| Brazil | 75.0 | e | ||
| Chile | 5.3 | |||
| Peru | 3.5 | |||
| Venezuela | 10.8 | e | ||
| Total | 94.6 | |||
| Europe: | ||||
| Netherlands | 4.4 | e | ||
| Russia2 | 73.3 | e | ||
| Slovakia | 0.5 | e | ||
| Sweden | 16.9 | |||
| Turkey | 1.5 | |||
| Total | 96.6 | |||
| Asia: | ||||
| Bahrain | 4.0 | |||
| China | 45.0 | e | ||
| India | 13.0 | |||
| Iran | 10.5 | e | ||
| Japan | 4.0 | e | ||
| Total | 76.5 | |||
| Oceania, Australia | 4.2 | e | ||
| Grand total | 370.2 | |||
| eEstimated. | ||||
| 1Data may not add to totals shown because of | ||||
| independent rounding. | ||||
| 2Includes Kazakhstan and Ukraine. | ||||
| 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