Rio de Janeiro / Lorain / Cleveland / Perth / New York / Bandar Abbas / Kunming / London / Dortmund / /
Company
Natural Resources Research Institute’s Coleraine Laboratory / Mount Newman Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. / National Mineral Development Corp. / Portnet / Johannesburg Securities Exchange / Transnet Ltd. / Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional / AK Steel / Tallering Peak / Glencore International AG / Mineração Brasilieras Reunidas S.A. / Northshore Mining Co. / Shougang Corporation / Algoma Steel Co. / Hibbing Taconite Co. / Shougang Hierro Peru S.A. / Miniére / Ferronomics Inc. / Rio Tinto plc / Cliffs / Spoornet / Apollo Management L.P. / Ennore Port Ltd. / Kingstream Steel Ltd. / Samarco Mineração S.A. / Hamersley Iron Ore Pty. Ltd. / Anglo American Plc. / Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp. / National Steel Corp. / Portman Ltd. / Bethlehem Steel Corp. / Industrial Co. / Tilden / Samitri / Hierro Patagónico Rionegrino SA / BHP Billiton / EVTAC Mining Co. / Handan Steel / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. / Kumba Resources Ltd. / Southern Cross / Bhushan Steel / Inland Steel Mining Co. / Mining Journal / Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Inguletsky GOK / ABM Mining / Ispat Inland Steel Company / Mesabi Nugget LLC / Channar Mine / CADE / Orex / International Steel Group Inc. / U.S. Steel Corp. / Mineração Socoimex / HImet Corporation / Kobe Steel Ltd. / LTV Corporation / Gulf Industrial Investment Co. / Assmang Ltd. / Jiangsu Shagang Group Co. / Ispat International N.V. / CI Minerals Australia Pty Ltd / Anglovaal Mining Ltd. / Mitsui Iron Ore Corporation / Midrex Technologies Inc. / Dofasco Inc. / Nucor Corp. / Empire / Caemi / Rouge Industries / Hibtac / Algoma Steel Inc. / Mineraçoes Brasileiras Reunidas S.A. / Ferteco Mineração S.A. / Leighton Contractors Pty. Ltd. / Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. / ClevelandCliffs Inc. / Steel Dynamics Inc. / Quebec Cartier Mining Co. / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Gohar Iron Ore Co. / National Steel Pellet Co. / Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico / Public Enterprises / ThyssenKrupp / Imidro / Metal Bulletin / Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS / Robe River Iron Associates / The Iron Ore Company / Henry Walker Eltin / Mitsubishi Corporation / Total capital / Sesa Goa / Ispat Inland Mining Co. / Metalurgica S.A. / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / Bahrain / Norway / Brazil / Republic of South Korea / China / Kazakhstan / Guinea / Argentina / South Africa / Peru / Japan / Mauritania / Canada / Australia / India / Germany / Iran / Sweden / Russia / United States / Ukraine / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / cent / AUD / /
Event
Company Expansion / Layoffs / Business Partnership / M&A / Security Buyback / Reorganization / Bankruptcy / Funding / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Wabush Mine / Minntac Mine / Steel’s Minntac Mine / Port Authority / Marcona Mine / Tamanduá Mine / Port of Ponta / Timbopeba Mine plant / Mariana complex / Aguas Claras mine / BHP Billiton Yandi Mine / Sishen Mine / Saldanha steelworks / Yarrie-Nimingarra Mine / Fazendão Mine / New plant / Tilden Mine / Paraburdoo mine / Samitri Mine / The Yandi Mine / CVRD’s Carajás mine / West Angelas Mine / Gongo Soco Mine / Port of Esperance / Minas Centrais complex / Ponta Ubu port / Chennai Port / Empire Mine / Natural Resources Research Institute’s Coleraine Laboratory / Port Hedland port / Brucutu Mine / Chinese Port of Qingdao IRON ORE / Yandi mine / Septiba port / Parker Point port / Itabira complex / Longqiao Mine / Capanema Mine / U.S. steelworks / HIsmelt plant / The plant / Jalahuri Mine / Port of Paradeep / Port Headland / Port of Geraldton / Michigan mine / Brockman Mine / Sydvaranger Mine / Steel Institute / CVRD’s Itabira complex / Chador Malu Mine / University of Minnesota / Alegria complex / Sierra Grande Mine / Orissa mine / /
IndustryTerm
ore processing equipment / state-sector mining / lump pisolite product / electricity consumption / efficient dust suppression systems / ore mining projects / contract-mining / dust suppression systems / conveyor systems / private sector producer / ore products / mine site / development bank / stand-alone product / direct iron smelting technology / transportation costs / ore miner / site infrastructure / gold mining / ore product / joint-venture mining agreement / less energy / ore producer / satellite operation / steel / alloy products / ore mining / taconite mining operations / mine-to-market transportation / energy costs / state-owned port operator / minimal processing / mining / Internet References Cited section / ore processing plant / /
NaturalFeature
Northern Cape / Saldanha Bay / Ma Ji Shan Island / Savage River / Yangtze River / Cape Lambert / Kalahari / Peninsula of Michigan / Great Lakes / Mount Jackson / Guaíba Island / /
Organization
Conseiho Administrativo de Defesa Economia / Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association / U.S. Department of Energy / Western Australia Supreme Court / Geraldton Port Authority / Rio Negro Province government / Port Authority / Federal agency in Brazil / Guinean Government / Natural Resources Research Institute / United Nations / Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority / American Iron and Steel Institute / South African Government / American Iron Ore Association / Environmental Protection Authority / Orissa’s Government / Ministry of Finance / University of Minnesota / Brazilian Government / /
Person
Stelco / Linder Roberts / William S. Kirk / Hope Downs / Tom Price / S. Kirk Domestic / Serra Geral / /
Position
producer / private sector producer / iron ore producer / iron ore miner / statistical assistant / head / international data coordinator / mine manager / /
Jharsuguda District / Ohio / Hebei Province / Anhui Province / Karnataka / Minnesota / New York / Michigan / Lake Superior District / Western Australia / Rio Negro Province / Orissa / Oregon / Tasmania / Goa / /
PublishedMedium
Duluth News Tribune / the AISI annual / the Outlook / /
Region
northeast China / Western Australia / northeastern Minnesota / northeastern Canada / South Korea / /
Technology
direct iron smelting technology / Lurgi technology / simulation / HIsmelt technology / /
IRON ORE By William S. Kirk Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Jim Peang, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Linder Roberts, international data coordinator. Iron ore produ