This statistic displays the gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019. In 2019, a gross weight of some 2.5 billion metric tons of iron ore was produced globally. In 2016, approximately 44 countries worldwide produced iron ore.
Gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
* Gross weight: represents total for all iron ore products used in steelmaking, unless otherwise noted, produced in the country, excluding agglomerates produced from imported iron ore.
** Estimated.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the mineral yearbook.
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US Geological Survey. (February 7, 2020). Gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/589945/iron-ore-production-gross-weight-worldwide/
US Geological Survey. "Gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)*." Chart. February 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/589945/iron-ore-production-gross-weight-worldwide/
US Geological Survey. (2020). Gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/589945/iron-ore-production-gross-weight-worldwide/
US Geological Survey. "Gross Weight of The Iron Ore Production Worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/589945/iron-ore-production-gross-weight-worldwide/
US Geological Survey, Gross weight of the iron ore production worldwide from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/589945/iron-ore-production-gross-weight-worldwide/ (last visited August 13, 2020)
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