Chemistry:List of countries by iron ore production
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This is a list of countries by iron ore production based on U.S. Geological Survey data.[lower-alpha 1]
List
| Rank | Country | Usable iron ore production (1000 tonnes) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | 2,500,000 | 2022 | |
| 1 |  Australia |
880,000 | 2023 |
| 2 |  China |
659,000 | 2023 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
422,000 | 2023 |
| 4 |  India |
285,000 | 2023 |
| 5 |  Russia |
99,000 | 2019 |
| 6 |  South Africa |
77,000 | 2019 |
| 7 |  Ukraine |
62,000 | 2019 |
| 8 |  Canada |
54,000 | 2019 |
| 9 |  United States |
48,000 | 2019 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan |
43,000 | 2019 |
| 11 |  Iran |
38,000 | 2019 |
| 12 |  Sweden |
37,000 | 2019 |
| 13 |  Mexico |
23,000 | 2019 |
| 14 |  Peru |
15,000 | 2019 |
| 15 |  Chile |
14,000 | 2019 |
| 16 |  Mauritania |
13,300 | 2017 |
| 17 |  Venezuela |
12,000 | 2017 |
| 18 |  Vietnam |
9,570 | 2017 |
| 19 |  Mongolia |
7,695 | 2017 |
| 20 |  Turkey |
6,700 | 2017 |
| 21 |  North Korea |
5,250 | 2017 |
| 22 |  Sierra Leone |
4,720 | 2017 |
| 23 |  Malaysia |
3,920 | 2017 |
| 24 |  New Zealand |
3,490 | 2017 |
| 25 |  Austria |
2,800 | 2017 |
| 26 |  Greece |
2,284 | 2017 |
| 27 |  Liberia |
1,930 | 2017 |
| 28 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,622 | 2017 |
| 29 |  Colombia |
715 | 2017 |
| 30 |  Algeria |
600 | 2017 |
| 31 |  Pakistan |
547 | 2017 |
| 32 |  Egypt |
500 | 2017 |
| 33 |  South Korea |
310 | 2017 |
| 34 |  Tunisia |
200 | 2017 |
| 35 |  Laos |
110 | 2017 |
| 36 |  Togo |
60 | 2017 |
| 37 |  Bhutan |
28 | 2017 |
| 38 |  Morocco |
15 | 2017 |
Pig iron production
This is a list of countries by pig iron production.
| Rank | Country | 1980 | 2013 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 506 | 1,168 | 1,180 | |
| 1 | China |
38 | 709 | 710 |
| 2 |  Japan |
87 | 84 | 84 |
| 3 | India |
85 | 50 | 54 |
| 4 | Russia |
n/a | 50 | 51 |
| 5 | South Korea |
5.6 | 41 | 47 |
| 6 | Brazil |
13 | 26 | 30 |
| 7 |  Germany |
36 | 27 | 28 |
| 8 | United States |
62 | 30 | 26 |
| 9 | Ukraine |
n/a | 29 | 25 |
| 10 |  United Kingdom |
6.2 | 9.4 | 9 |
| other countries | 246 | 91 | 101 |
See also
- List of countries by steel production
- List of iron mines
- Iron-ore exports by country
Notes
- ↑ Data in the article is as of 2019, since iron ore production in many countries declined during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn't fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
References
- ↑ "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020". U.S. Geological Survey. https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-iron-ore.pdf.
- ↑ 2017 Annual Tables. USGS. 2019-11-18. https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/myb1-2017-feore-adv.xlsx.
- ↑ "Global iron ore production data; Clarification of reporting from the USGS". U.S. Geological Survey. https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/global_iron_ore_data.pdf.
- ↑ "World Steel Production 1980-2013". World Steel Association. Nov 2014. http://www.worldsteel.org/dms/internetDocumentList/statistics-archive/production-archive/steel-archive/steel-annually/steel-annually-1980-2013/document/steel%20annually%201980-2013.pdf.
- ↑ USGS 2016
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