List of countries by iron ore production

World iron ore production (thousands of tonnes):

  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 in based on U.S. Geological Survey data.

Rank	Country	Iron ore production (thousands of tonnes)	year
	World	2,400,000	2010
1	People's Republic of China	900,000	2010
2	Australia	420,000	2010
3	Brazil	370,000	2010
4	India	260,000	2010
5	Russia	100,000	2010
6	Ukraine	72,000	2010
7	South Africa	55,000	2010
8	United States	49,000	2010
9	Canada	35,000	2010
10	Iran	33,000	2010
11	Sweden	25,000	2010
12	Kazakhstan	22,000	2010
13	Venezuela	16,000	2010
14	Mexico	12,000	2010
15	Mauritania	11,000	2010
16	Chile	9,316	2008
17	Peru	7,825	2008
18	North Korea	5,000	2008
19	Turkey	4,700	2008
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,950	2008
21	Austria	2,100	2008
22	Algeria	2,077	2008
23	Egypt	1,811	2008
24	New Zealand	1,800	2008
25	Thailand	1,550	2008
26	Greece	1,500	2008
27	Mongolia	1,387	2008
28	Vietnam	1,000	2008
29	Malaysia	800	2008
30	Norway	620	2008
31	Colombia	600	2008
32	Germany	422	2008
33	Slovakia	392	2008
34	South Korea	300	2008
35	Pakistan	250	2008
36	Tunisia	200	2008
37	Indonesia	65	2008
38	Nigeria	62	2008
39	Zimbabwe	50	2008
40	Romania	40	2008
41	Azerbaijan	17	2008
42	Morocco	10	2008
43	Cuba	N/A	-
	other countries	<1 or 0

Sources: USGS 2010, USGS 2009, USGS 2008

Pig iron production

This is a list of countries by pig iron production, based on U.S. Geological Survey data in 2012.

Rank	Country	Iron ore production (thousands of tonnes)	year
	World	1,100,000	2011
1	People's Republic of China	650,000	2011
2	Japan	81,000	2011
3	Russia	48,000	2011
5	South Korea	42,000	2011
4	India	38,000	2011
6	Brazil	34,000	2011
8	United States	29,000	2011
9	Germany	29,000	2011
10	Ukraine	29,000	2011
11	France	9,000	2011
12	United Kingdom	7,000	2011
	other countries	67,000

References

• USGS 2012