Iron Ore: World Production, By Country

TABLE 9
IRON ORE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	Usable ore, unless otherwise specified										Iron content
Country	2010		2011		2012		2013		2014^e		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014^e
Algeria	1,469		1,320		1,784		1,067		911		771		693		937	^r	560	^r	478
Australia	433,000		488,000		555,500	^r	682,700	^r	774,200	³	271,000		277,000		336,000	^r	413,000	^r	468,000
Austria	2,070	^r	2,210	^r	2,140	^r	2,320	^r	2,300		1,293	^r	1,379	^r	1,339	^r	1,452	^r	1,438	³
Azerbaijan	58		214		207	^r	141	^r	91		36	^r	134	^r	129	^r	88	^r	57
Bosnia and-	1,401		1,891		2,076		2,122	^r	2,128	³	876	^r	1,180	^r	1,300	^r	1,330	^r	1,330
Herzegovina
Brazil	372,120		398,131		400,822		386,270		411,183	³	248,000	^r	265,000	^r	258,000	^r	246,000	^r	262,000
Canada	36,178	^r	35,705	^r	38,892	^r	42,063	^r	44,196	³	23,300		21,000		25,000	^r	26,000		27,300
Chile	9,130	^r	12,624	^r	17,330		17,109		18,866	³	5,850	^r	7,750	^r	9,430	^r	9,090	^r	10,100
China, crude ore⁴	1,080,000	^r	1,340,000	^r	1,330,000		1,450,000		1,510,000		XX		XX		XX		XX		XX
China, usable ore⁴	371,231		442,179		420,206		417,287		410,000		230,000	^r	274,000	^r	261,000	^r	259,000	^r	254,000
Colombia	77		174		809	^r	710		676	³	48	^r	109	^r	506	^r	444	^r	423
Egypt	2,314	^r	3,321	^r	3,930	^r	3,320	^r	3,300		1,660	^r	1,960	^r	2,320	^r	1,960	^r	1,950
Greece⁵	2,200	^{r, e}	2,250	^r	2,306	^r	2,221	^r	2,380		1,030	^r	1,060	^r	1,080	^r	1,040		1,120
India⁶	207,157	^r	168,582	^r	136,618	^r	152,433	^r	129,103	³	128,000	^r	104,000	^r	84,000	^r	94,000	^r	80,000
Indonesia	4,600	^r	4,475	^r	4,800	^r	4,000	^r	3,013	³	2,830	^r	2,750	^r	2,950	^r	2,460	^r	1,850
Iran⁶	35,000		44,335		36,000	^r	38,000	^r	33,000		16,500		20,900		17,000	^r	17,900	^r	15,600
Kazakhstan	24,016	^r	24,736	^r	25,889	^r	25,228	^r	24,561	³	13,700	^r	14,100		14,800	^r	14,400	^r	14,100
Korea, North	2,097	^r	2,508	^r	2,412	^r	3,054	^r	4,500	³	1,220	^r	1,460	^r	1,400	^r	1,770	^r	2,610
Korea, Republic of	513		542		593		663	^r	660		287	^r	303	^r	332		371	^r	369
Laos	51		43		316		1,459		1,850		32		26		196		561		712
Liberia	--		1,300	^r	3,300	^r	5,103	^r	5,740		--		780	^r	1,980	^r	3,110	^r	3,500
Malaysia	3,558	^r	8,078		12,144	^r	11,588	^r	11,900		2,220	^r	5,050	^r	7,590	^r	7,240	^r	7,440
Mauritania	11,534		11,160		11,200		13,400	^r	14,000		7,500		7,250		7,280		8,380	^r	8,780
Mexico	13,998		12,806		14,915		18,840	^r	16,600		8,750	^r	8,000	^r	9,320	^r	11,800	^r	10,400
Mongolia	3,203		5,678		7,561		6,736	^r	6,390		2,050		3,630	^r	4,760		4,120	^r	3,890
Morocco	45		79		261		301	^r	300		24		43		141	^r	163	^r	162
New Zealand⁵	2,439		2,357		2,395		3,157	^r	2,400		1,400		1,300		1,320		1,740	^r	1,320
Norway	3,292		3,427		3,911		3,409	^r	3,850		1,930	^r	2,050	^r	2,410	^r	2,320	^r	2,620
Pakistan⁶	418		430		412	^r	193	^r	255		253	^r	260	^r	249	^r	117	^r	154
Peru	9,160	^r	10,626	^r	10,132	^r	10,126	^r	10,731	³	6,140	^r	7,120	^r	6,790	^r	6,790	^r	7,190
Philippines	--		468		1,800	^e	1,057		827	³	--		293		1,150		793		517
Russia	95,272	^r	103,607	^r	104,010	^r	102,156	^r	102,019	³	57,600	^r	62,700	^r	62,900	^r	61,800	^r	61,700
Sierra Leone	--		339	^r	5,203	^r	11,895	^r	12,000		--		195	^r	2,990	^r	6,840	^r	6,900
South Africa	58,709		58,057		67,100		71,645	^r	80,759	³	36,900		36,500		42,900		45,700		51,500
Sweden	28,797	^r	30,840	^r	25,927	^r	37,411	^r	37,400	³	17,400	^r	18,700	^r	15,700	^r	22,600	^r	22,600
Thailand	904	^r	489	^r	256	^r	334	^r	532		547	^r	296	^r	155	^r	202	^r	322
Tunisia	180	^r	172	^r	223	^r	244	^r	240	³	109	^r	103	^r	135	^r	148	^r	145
Turkey	5,378	^r	6,661	^r	8,102	^r	8,589	^r	7,790		3,250	^r	4,030	^r	4,900	^r	5,200	^r	4,710
Ukraine	63,773	^r	65,807	^r	66,379	^r	67,020	^r	67,874	³	38,600	^r	39,800	^r	40,200	^r	40,500	^r	41,100
United States	49,900		56,200	^r	54,700	^r	52,800	^r	56,100		31,300		34,300		33,400		33,000	^r	35,500
Venezuela	14,004		17,037		15,124		16,800	^r	18,000	³	8,700	^r	10,600	^r	9,400		10,400	^r	11,200
Vietnam	3,721		4,474		2,870		4,708	^r	4,355		1,970	^r	2,370	^r	1,520	^r	2,500	^r	2,310
Other^{e, 7}	93		139		203		147		147		57		85		120		91		91
Total	1,870,000	^r	2,030,000	^r	2,070,000	^r	2,230,000	^r	2,330,000		1,170,000	^r	1,240,000	^r	1,280,000	^r	1,370,000	^r	1,430,000
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. -- Zero. XX Not applicable.
¹World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. Includes data available through
December 15, 2015.
²Production of usable ore represents total for all iron ore products used in steelmaking, unless otherwise noted, produced in the country, excluding agglomerates produced-
from imported iron ore. Iron content indicates either reported weight of contained iron ore or metal content as calculated based on surveyed and reported figures-
or estimates.
³Reported figure.
⁴Data for China are for reported usable ore and crude ore, as opposed to only crude ore used in prior reports. China-s crude ore production is not included in -Total.-
⁵Production includes alternative iron ore source as follows: Greece (nickeliferous iron ore) and New Zealand (titaniferous magnetite beach sands).
⁶Production is based on fiscal year, with starting dates as follows: India, April 1; Iran, March 21; and Pakistan, July 1.
⁷Includes the following countries for which inadequate information is available: Bhutan, Guatemala, Kenya, Nigeria, Portugal (manganiferous iron ore), Togo, and Uganda.