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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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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008 |
| Europe |
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| Albania |
4.400 |
4.300 |
3.600 |
3.600 |
4.766 |
| Austria |
604.614 |
665.344 |
669.438 |
688.904 |
650.455 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
130.000 |
1.390.000 |
1.513.000 |
1.295.000 |
749.460 |
| Bulgaria |
36.400 |
16.940 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
57.700 |
37.796 |
43.680 |
44.300 |
47.785 |
| Norway |
573.000 |
448.000 |
396.800 |
403.200 |
477.440 |
| Portugal |
4.200 |
4.100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania |
99.776 |
48.500 |
46.700 |
10.922 |
0 |
| Russia (Europe) |
43.824.000 |
43.367.500 |
47.310.000 |
47.932.500 |
45.604.350 |
| Serbia &
Montenegreo |
73.000 |
70.000 |
69.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Slovakia |
385.000 |
258.500 |
240.000 |
191.800 |
237.433 |
| Spain |
10.879 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
14.700.000 |
14.720.000 |
14.800.000 |
15.816.960 |
15.116.800 |
| Turkey |
2.265.716 |
2.529.027 |
2.081.816 |
1.946.400 |
2.673.374 |
| Ukraine |
39.600.000 |
41.673.600 |
44.400.000 |
46.740.000 |
46.302.256 |
| United Kingdom |
275 |
195 |
188 |
165 |
145 |
| Yugoslavia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| total |
102.368.960 |
105.233.802 |
111.574.222 |
115.073.751 |
111.864.264 |
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| Africa
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|
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Algeria
|
763.560 |
828.900 |
1.263.600 |
1.070.335 |
1.121.580 |
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Mauritania
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6.900.000 |
7.000.000 |
7.250.000 |
8.034.000 |
7.129.200 |
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Morocco
|
5.300 |
4.228 |
4.585 |
4.680 |
4.680 |
| Nigeria |
5.426 |
5.426 |
5.643 |
5.760 |
5.760 |
| South Africa |
26.000.000 |
25.702.347 |
26.981.150 |
27.353.950 |
31.838.560 |
| Tunisia |
128.000 |
135.000 |
129.600 |
97.200 |
58.482 |
| Zimbabwe |
172.200 |
134.537 |
62.600 |
62.400 |
62.400 |
| total |
33.974.486 |
33.810.438 |
35.607.178 |
36.628.325 |
40.220.662 |
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| Asia |
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|
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| Armenia |
5.784 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Azerbajian |
19.100 |
7.300 |
11.300 |
24.615 |
25.000 |
| China |
99.233.536 |
134.557.660 |
188.160.000 |
226.240.000 |
263.680.000 |
| DPR Korea |
1.300.000 |
1.400.000 |
1.400.000 |
1.400.000 |
1.200.000 |
| Egypt |
760.000 |
800.000 |
820.000 |
720.000 |
814.773 |
| India |
93.402.880 |
105.747.200 |
115.786.880 |
130.678.400 |
146.431.180 |
| Indonesia |
46.100 |
18.642 |
50.924 |
35.356 |
30.000 |
| Iran |
7.959.000 |
9.162.000 |
10.154.015 |
16.640.000 |
17.000.000 |
| Japan |
1.200 |
1.100 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
900 |
| Kazakhstan |
11.369.680 |
10.903.760 |
12.467.280 |
15.492.165 |
13.966.095 |
| Korea |
127.00 |
119.000 |
125.090 |
159.941 |
204.894 |
| Malaysia |
663.732 |
598.251 |
420.262 |
505.279 |
618.617 |
| Pakistan |
25.000 |
33.000 |
49.000 |
48.000 |
49.900 |
| Russia (Asia) |
8.976.000 |
8.882.500 |
9.690.000 |
9.775.000 |
9.340.650 |
| Saudi Arabia |
268.200 |
280.000 |
290.000 |
219.000 |
209.160 |
| Thailand |
68.000 |
143.186 |
132.000 |
892.000 |
1.060.045 |
| total |
224.225.212 |
272.653.599 |
339.557.751 |
399.124.542 |
454.631.214 |
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| America |
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| Brazil |
163.763.000 |
163.347.960 |
184.324.000 |
205.710.920 |
213.904.000 |
| Canada |
17.159.910 |
17.289.230 |
20.797.340 |
20.226.380 |
20.640.180 |
| Chile |
4.882.135 |
4.795.820 |
5.263.200 |
5.378.797 |
5.682.504 |
| Colombia |
346.975 |
224.380 |
289.807 |
280.769 |
213.873 |
| Guatamala |
1.807 |
7.211 |
3.083 |
13.023 |
190 |
| Mexico |
6.889.500 |
7.012.300 |
6.589.600 |
7.323.100 |
6.700.000 |
| Peru |
2.823.552 |
3.034.530 |
3.177.900 |
3.215.266 |
3.494.728 |
| United States |
34.083.000 |
34.650.000 |
33.201.000 |
32.760.000 |
33.769.000 |
| Uruguay |
9.319 |
12.435 |
15.525 |
19.275 |
15.525 |
| Venezuela |
12.477.550 |
13.766.000 |
14.365.000 |
13.422.500 |
13.000.000 |
| total |
242.436.748 |
244.139.866 |
268.026.455 |
288.350.030 |
297.420.000 |
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
145.501.650 |
164.710.350 |
173.276.460 |
188.408.430 |
214.889.850 |
| New Zealand |
1.348.453 |
1.277.729 |
1.242.564 |
997.831 |
1.171.732 |
| total |
146.850.103 |
165.988.079 |
174.519.024 |
189.406.261 |
216.061.582 |
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
1.120.930.824 |
1.260.467.462 |
1.443.361.405 |
1.032.289.123 |
1.120.197.722 |
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