Kobe / Santa Barbara / Yantai / Rio de Janeiro / Yichun / Anshan / Shekou / Beilun / Xingang / Keewatin / Perth / Riverdale / Sept-Iles / Melbourne / Qingdao / Ishpeming / London / Nashwauk / /
Company
Pasminco Ltd. / Iron Ore Company / National Iranian Steel Co. / Mount Newman Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. / Ispat Tébessa / Pilbara Rail Co. / North Ltd. / National Mineral Development Corp. / EVTAC Mining LLC / Iscor Ltd. / Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. / Mt. Goldsworthy Mining Associates / Robe River / LTV Steel Co. Inc. / Mineração Socoimex S.A. / Northshore Mining Co. / Shougang Corp. / Algoma Steel Co. / Hibbing Taconite Co. / Docenave / Sphere Investments Ltd. / Ferteco Mineração (Ferteco) SA / United Steelworkers of America / Government Programs Minnesota Taconite Economic Development Fund. / ABM Mining Ltd. / Iron Range Resources / Samarco Mineração S.A. / Bethlehem Steel Co. / Hamersley Iron Ore Pty. Ltd. / Kobe Steel Co. / Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation / Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd. / National Steel Corporation / Acme Steel Inc. / Portman Ltd. / Technical Services Group / BHP Billiton / LOI / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. / Kumba Resources Ltd. / USX Corp. / Inland Steel Mining Co. / Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund / Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Ispat Inland Steel Co. / Mesabi Nugget LLC / Minnesota Power / U.S. Steel Corporation / LTV Steel Mining Co. / LTV Corp. / Mitsui & Co. Ltd. / Ispat International NV / Rio Tinto / CI Minerals Australia Pty. Ltd. / Broken Hill Pty / Mitsui Iron Ore Corporation / Billiton PLC / Dow Jones Newswires / Dofasco Inc. / Shanghai Baosteel (officially Baogang) Group Corporation / Baovale Mineracao S.A. / Algoma Steel Inc. / Mineraçoes Brasileiras Reunidas S.A. / Ferrometrics Inc. / Labrador Mining Co. / Nippon Steel Corp. / Tilden Mining Co. LC / Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. / Steel Dynamics Inc. / Quebec Cartier Mining Co. / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Gohar Iron Ore Co. / Pea Ridge Iron Ore Company / China Metallurgical Import & Export Corp. / National Steel Pellet Co. / Duferco Clabecq S.A. / Metal Bulletin / Empreendimentos Brasileiros de Mineracao SA. / Cox / Mineração Brasileiras Reunidas SA / BHP Limited / Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG / Hope Downs Management Services Pty. Ltd. / Mitsubishi Corp. / Caemi Mineração / Sumitomo Metal Industries / Metalurgica SA / /
Continent
Asia / Europe / North America / /
Country
Bahrain / Brazil / United Kingdom / China / South Africa / Peru / Japan / Mauritania / Canada / Australia / India / Algeria / Iran / Belgium / Russia / United States / South Korea / /
Port Hedland / Wabush Mine / port of São Luis / Marcona Mine / Tamanduá Mine / Alegria Iron Ore Complex / MBR’s port / Capão Mine / port of Ponta de Madeira / Mount Wright Mine / Mato Mine / Carajás mine / Tilden Mine / Hoyt Lakes plant / Paraburdoo Mine / Taconite Harbor / Gongo Soco Mine / Port Esperance / port of Esperance / Koolyanobbing Mine / Empire Mine / Natural Resources Research Institute / terminal Guaíba / One U.S. mine / BHP Billiton’s Yandi Mine / Panama Canal / Chinese Institute of Geology / Robe River’s port / Steel Institute / Supreme Court / Andaime terminal / Mutuca Mine / Channar Mine / Alegria Complex / port of Tubarão / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
electricity-generating sector / energy / ironmaking technology / taconite producer / rail network / power generation equipment / metal content / waterway systems / mine site / fire insurance essential / hydroelectric energy-generating facilities / rail car dumper / ore trader / property insurance / state law / owned subsidiary / natural gas / ore transporting subsidiary / ore miner / gold mining / iron-mining / ore producer / ore mining industry / rail infrastructure / natural gas price levels / steel / ore mining / taconite mining operations / fire insurance / Energy prices / mine-to-market transportation / ore mining capacity / iron oxide products / minimal processing / insurance policy / mining / direct reduction and smelting equipment / Internet References Cited Section / /
NaturalFeature
Panama Canal / Mt. Japan / Yangtze / Majishan Island / Savage River / lake Lake Huron / Guiaba Island / Yangtze River / Cape Lambert / lake Michigan / Hoyt Lakes / Lake Superior / Mt. Chinese / peninsula of Michigan / Great Lakes / Cockatoo Island / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Commerce / Bureau of Export Administration / U.S. Congress / Indian Government / Minnesota Department of Commerce / Minnesota Taconite Economic Development Fund / U.S. International Trade Commission / Chinese Institute of Geology and Minerals Resources Information / Rehabilitation Board of Minnesota / Natural Resources Research Institute / United Nations / Steelworkers Union / Commonwealth of Independent States / Supreme Court / State Administration for the Metallurgical Industry / American Iron and Steel Institute / European Commission / American Iron Ore Association / Organization for Cooperation and Development / Federal Court / Legislation and Government Programs Minnesota Taconite Economic Development Fund / Congress / Federal Government / Minnesota Executive Council / /
Person
Linder Roberts / William S. Kirk / S. Kirk Domestic / S.A. Mineração Trinidade-Samitri / /
Position
producer / U.S. District judge / Trade Representative / representative / Economist / iron ore trader / owned 40% / manager / iron ore producer / independent iron ore miner / President / Butler / statistical assistant / taconite producer / pig iron producer / international data coordinator / Singer / worker / /
Product
Yandi / Hill Pty / /
ProvinceOrState
Quebec / Bellary Hospet / Illinois / Newfoundland / Minnesota / Heilongjiang / Lake Superior / Michigan / Missouri / Guangdong Province / Western Australia / Tasmania / /
PublishedMedium
the AISI annual / /
Region
Western Europe / eastern Canada / Western Australia / northeastern Minnesota / northern Brazil / Russian Far East / /
IRON ORE By William S. Kirk Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Heather Geissler, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Linder Roberts, international data coordinator. Iron or