List of countries by iron ore production

World iron ore production (thousands of tonnes) in 2008:

  500,000+

  100,000–500,000

  10,000–99,999

  1,000–9,999

  0–999

This is a list of countries by iron ore production based on U.S. Geological Survey data.

Iron Ore

Rank	Country	Iron ore production (thousands of tonnes)	year
	World	2,950,000	2013
1	China	1,320,000[1]	2013
2	Australia	530,000	2013
3	Brazil	398,000	2013
4	India	150,000	2013
5	Russia	102,000	2013
6	Ukraine	80,000	2013
7	South Africa	67,000	2013
8	United States	52,000	2013
9	Canada	40,000	2013
10	Iran	37,000	2013
11	Venezuela	30,000	2013
12	Sweden	26,000	2013
13	Kazakhstan	25,000	2013
14	Mexico	14,482	2011
15	Chile	12,624	2011
16	Mauritania	12,000	2011
17	Peru	10,459	2011
18	Malaysia	7,696	2011
19	North Korea	5,300	2011
20	Turkey	4,500	2011
21	Mongolia	3,000	2011
22	New Zealand	2,300	2011
23	Austria	2,050	2011
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,850	2011
25	Algeria	1,500	2011
26	Greece	1,200	2011
27	Thailand	1,000	2011
28	Vietnam	1,000	2011
29	Norway	700	2011
30	South Korea	510	2011
31	Germany	400	2011
32	Egypt	300	2011
33	Pakistan	300	2011
34	Tunisia	175	2011
35	Colombia	174	2011
36	Azerbaijan	60	2011
37	Indonesia	46	2011
38	Morocco	45	2011
39	Portugal	14	2011
40	Kenya	11	2011
	other countries	<10 or 0

^[2][3]

Pig iron production

This is a list of countries by pig iron production, based on World Steel Association's 1980-2013 statistics.^[4]

Iron ore production (million metric tons):

Rank	Country	1980	2013
	World	506	1,168
1	People's Republic of China	38	709
2	Japan	87	84
3	Russia	n/a	50
4	India	8.5	50
5	South Korea	5.6	41
6	United States	62	30
7	Ukraine	n/a	29
8	Germany	36	27
9	Brazil	13	26
10	Taiwan	1.7	13.3
11	United Kingdom	6.2	9.4
12	Turkey	2	9
	other countries	246	91

^[5]

See also

• List of countries by steel production

References

1. ↑ based on crude ore
2. ↑ USGS 2014
3. ↑ USGS 2011
4. ↑ "World Steel Production 1980-2013". World Steel Association. Nov 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015. 
5. ↑ USGS 2014