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Iron
Iron ore is a mineral substance from which metallic iron can
be extracted. Iron ore will yield metallic iron (Fe) when
it is heated in the presence of a reductant. The iron itself
is usually found in the form of magnetite (Fe3O4) or hematite
(Fe2O3), both of which are iron oxides.
Most iron ore (98%) is used in the production of steel and
is mined in about 50 countries.
Links:
-World Bureau
of Metal Statistics - Statistics 2000 - 2003
-EUROFER-The
European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries,
-IISI-The
International Iron and Steel Institute
Iron Production
Thousand Tonnes
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Europe |
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| Albania |
4.600 |
4.500 |
4.400 |
4.300 |
3.600 |
3.600 |
| Austria |
621.363 |
679.932 |
604.614 |
665.344 |
669.438 |
688.904 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
212.114 |
126.929 |
130.000 |
1.390.000 |
1.513.000 |
1.295.000 |
| Bulgaria |
217.553 |
205.000 |
36.400 |
16.940 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
58.711 |
60.300 |
57.700 |
37.796 |
43.680 |
44.300 |
| Norway |
476.000 |
398.868 |
573.000 |
448.000 |
396.800 |
403.200 |
| Portugal |
4.500 |
4.300 |
4.200 |
4.100 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania |
80.000 |
108.286 |
99.776 |
48.500 |
46.700 |
10.922 |
| Russia (Europe) |
38.437.000 |
39.010.000 |
43.824.000 |
43.367.500 |
47.310.000 |
55.236.500 |
| Serbia & Montenegreo |
0 |
74.000 |
73.000 |
70.000 |
69.000 |
0 |
| Slovakia |
174.570 |
200.000 |
385.000 |
258.500 |
240.000 |
191.800 |
| Spain |
650.000 |
571 |
10.879 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
12.262.000 |
13.300.000 |
14.700.000 |
14.720.000 |
14.800.000 |
15.816.960 |
| Turkey |
2.600.000 |
1.885.989 |
2.265.716 |
2.529.027 |
2.081.816 |
1.946.400 |
| Ukraine |
35.580.000 |
37.500.000 |
39.600.000 |
41.673.600 |
44.400.000 |
46.740.000 |
| United Kingdom |
255 |
275 |
275 |
195 |
188 |
165 |
| Yugoslavia |
75.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| total |
91.453.666 |
93.558.950 |
102.368.960 |
105.233.802 |
111.574.222 |
122.377.751 |
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| Africa
|
|
|
|
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|
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| Algeria |
718.000 |
744.120 |
763.560 |
828.900 |
1.263.600 |
1.070.335 |
| Mauritania |
6.125.600 |
6.890.000 |
6.900.000 |
7.000.000 |
7.250.000 |
8.034.000 |
| Morocco |
5.736 |
3.400 |
5.300 |
4.400 |
4.400 |
4.000 |
| Nigeria |
63.000 |
5.526 |
5.426 |
5.426 |
5.643 |
5.760 |
| South Africa |
23.714.610 |
24.200.000 |
26.000.000 |
25.702.347 |
26.981.150 |
27.353.950 |
| Tunisia |
94.000 |
97.000 |
128.000 |
135.000 |
129.600 |
97.200 |
| Zimbabwe |
195.000 |
220.200 |
172.200 |
134.537 |
62.600 |
62.400 |
| total |
30.915.946 |
31.160.246 |
33.974.486 |
33.810.610 |
35.606.993 |
36.627.645 |
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| Asia |
|
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| Armenia |
0 |
0 |
5.784 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Azerbajian |
9.000 |
12.000 |
19.100 |
7.300 |
11.300 |
24.615 |
| China |
73.920.000 |
83.520.000 |
99.233.536 |
134.557.660 |
188.160.000 |
226.240.000 |
| DPR Korea |
2.900.000 |
1.260.000 |
1.300.000 |
1.400.000 |
1.400.000 |
1.400.000 |
| Egypt |
800.000 |
780.000 |
760.000 |
800.000 |
820.000 |
720.000 |
| India |
70.350.000 |
78.616.320 |
93.402.880 |
105.747.200 |
115.786.880 |
130.678.400 |
| Indonesia |
208.175 |
142.062 |
46.100 |
18.642 |
50.924 |
35.356 |
| Iran |
3.963.683 |
7.478.646 |
7.959.000 |
9.162.000 |
10.154.015 |
16.640.000 |
| Japan |
1.440 |
1.300 |
1.200 |
1.100 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| Kazakhstan |
11.505.000 |
10.797.360 |
11.369.680 |
10.903.760 |
12.467.280 |
10.966.032 |
| Korea |
156.800 |
97.000 |
127.00 |
119.000 |
125.090 |
159.941 |
| Malaysia |
404.350 |
596.612 |
663.732 |
598.251 |
420.262 |
505.279 |
| Pakistan |
22.000 |
23.000 |
25.000 |
33.000 |
49.000 |
49.631 |
| Russia (Asia) |
7.873.000 |
7.990.000 |
8.976.000 |
8.882.500 |
9.690.000 |
11.313.500 |
| Saudi Arabia |
224.700 |
220.000 |
268.200 |
280.000 |
290.000 |
219.000 |
| Thailand |
57.110 |
4.800 |
68.000 |
143.186 |
132.000 |
171.788 |
| total |
172.395.258 |
191.539.100 |
224.225.212 |
272.653.599 |
339.557.751 |
399.124.542 |
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| America |
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| Brazil |
148.740.000 |
154.100.000 |
163.763.000 |
163.347.960 |
184.324.000 |
205.710.920 |
| Canada |
18.891.090 |
20.103.770 |
17.159.910 |
17.289.230 |
20.797.340 |
20.226.380 |
| Chile |
4.434.090 |
4.886.710 |
4.882.135 |
4.795.820 |
5.263.200 |
5.378.797 |
| Colombia |
400.864 |
375.001 |
346.975 |
224.380 |
289.807 |
280.769 |
| Guatamala |
3.900 |
1.456 |
1.807 |
7.211 |
4.698 |
19.844 |
| Mexico |
4.772.342 |
6.759.200 |
6.889.500 |
7.012.300 |
6.589.600 |
7.323.100 |
| Peru |
3.100.000 |
3.540.658 |
2.823.552 |
3.034.530 |
3.177.900 |
3.215.266 |
| United States |
32.489.100 |
28.053.270 |
34.083.000 |
34.650.000 |
33.201.000 |
32.760.000 |
| Uruguay |
7.768 |
5.941 |
9.319 |
12.435 |
15.525 |
19.275 |
| Venezuela |
11.259.209 |
11.935.819 |
12.477.550 |
13.766.000 |
14.365.000 |
14.950.000 |
| total |
224.098.363 |
229.761.825 |
242.436.748 |
244.139.866 |
268.028.070 |
289.884.351 |
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
114.000.000 |
116.000.000 |
145.501.650 |
164.710.350 |
173.276.460 |
188.408.430 |
| New Zealand |
986.000 |
1.127.021 |
1.348.453 |
1.277.729 |
1.242.564 |
997.831 |
| total |
114.986.000 |
117.127.021 |
146.850.103 |
165.988.079 |
174.519.024 |
189.406.261 |
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
888.863.542 |
972.813.263 |
1.120.930.824 |
1.260.467.634 |
1.443.362.835 |
1.037.420.550 |
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