Iron Ore Company / Sudbury / Area C Joint Venture / ISG of Weirton Steel / Hebei Wenfeng Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional / Technology References Cited Excelsior Energy Inc. / JFE Steel Corp. / Arcelor Group / Mineração Brasilieras Reunidas S.A. / Northshore Mining Company / Murchison Metals Limited / Hibbing Taconite Company / Minnesota’s Iron Range Resources / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Sphere Investments Limited / Itochu / Worley Group Ltd. / Baosteel Group / Rio Tinto plc / United Steelworkers of America / China Metal Products Import / Export Corporation / Samarco Mineração S.A. / New Millennium Capital Corp. / Anglo American plc / Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp. / Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited / BHP Billiton Limited / National Steel Corp. / Wabush / Portman Limited / Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation / LNM Group / Viet Nam Steel Corporation / Kumba Resources Ltd. / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc / Kunming Steel Corporation / Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund / Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Inguletsky GOK / LNM Holdings N.V. / Mesabi Nugget LLC / International Minerals Pty Ltd. / United Taconite Company LLC / China Metallurgical Construction (Group) Corporation / Engineering Corporation / Nanjing Iron & Steel Group / International Steel Group Inc. / U.S. Steel Corporation / LTV Steel Mining Company / Minnesota Steel Industries LLC / Kobe Steel Ltd. / Lao Cai Mineral Company / Madagascar Iron Ore Company / Australian Stock Exchange / European Investment Bank / Cline Mining Corp. / Ispat International N.V. / Andrew / China MinMetals Corporation / Mitsui Iron Ore Corp. / Mittal Steel Co. N.V. / Midrex Technologies Inc. / Drewry Shipping Consultants Limited / PolyMet Mining Corp. / Fortescue Metals Group Limited / China Harbour Engineering Group / El Capitan Precious Metals Inc. / Hancock Prospecting Ltd. / Vietnam News / Miferso / ClevelandCliffs Inc / Business Wire / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / China Railway / Cliffs Michigan Mining Company / Japan Bank / Ispat Inland Inc. / ThyssenKrupp / Weirton Steel Corporation / Georgetown Steel Company LLC / Metal Bulletin / Mount Gibson Iron Limited / Asia Iron Holdings / Jiangsu Fengli Group Ltd. / Mitsubishi Corp. / Aztec Resources Limited / HIsmelt (Operations) Pty. Ltd. / Robe River Joint Venture / ABC Radio Australia / Bekisopa / Ispat Inland Mining Company / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / Bahrain / Brazil / Liberia / China / Guinea / Madagascar / Switzerland / Senegal / Netherlands / South Africa / Peru / Japan / Mauritania / Canada / Trinidad and Tobago / India / Germany / Sweden / Russia / United States / Vietnam / Ukraine / South Korea / /
Currency
Rs / USD / cent / AUD / /
Event
M&A / Business Partnership / Labor Issues / Funding / Debt Financing / Name Change / Reorganization / Earnings Announcement / Company Expansion / /
Facility
Minorca Mine / Port of Duluth / Casa de Pedra Mine / El Capitan Mine / Malmberget Mine / Sishen Mine / Saldanha Bay Port / BHP plant / HBI facility / LLC plant / BHPB’s Yandi Mine / LLC DRI plant / Pilbara Port of Dampier / ISG Indiana Harbor / HIsmelt Kwinana plant / Port of Esperance / Koolyanobbing Mine / United Taconite mine / HBI plant / DRI plant / Labrador City Mine / Keewatin Taconite plant / Port of Geraldton / Port of Buchanan / Quy Xa Mine / Steel Institute / Supreme Court / IGCC plant / Long Tan Port / ISG-Weirton facility / /
Holiday
Christmas / Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
steel industries / steel-sharing provision / precious metal development project / steel shipments / Internet References Cited / internal steel demand / steel mill / bank / proposed mining operation / steel scrap / accepted accounting practices / semifinished steel / integrated gasification / pellet chips / hot metal / steel plant data / mine management / steel industry / steel starting / steel scrap net exports / raw steel / steel producer / steel furnace slag / road-rail infrastructure / magnetite mines / Raw steel production / crude steel / steel producers / natural gas / cyclical steel industry / increased steel exports / finance / energy project / Crude steel production / gross domestic product / information technology / steel plant / steel / ore mining / imported raw steel / steel mill products / railway infrastructure / steel alloy purities / steel falls / steel production / semifinished steel products / hot-rolled steel / steel mills / mining / steel industry trends / steel plants / Internet References Cited section / /
NaturalFeature
Orinoco River channel / Mount Newman / Christmas Creek / Mt. Rio Tinto / Mt. BHP Billiton / Orinoco channel / Koolan Island / Yangtze River / Jack Hills / Hoyt Lakes / Great Lake / Lake Superior / Mt. Gibson / Mary River / Mt. Newman JV / Great Lakes / Silver Bay / Cockatoo Island / /
Organization
Information Bureau / U.S. Department of Commerce / Vietnam News Agency / Minnesota senate / China Iron & Steel Association / Revenue Minerals Tax Office / United Nations / Senegalese Government / Lake Carriers’ Association / Minnesota Department of Revenue / Steelworkers Union / Commonwealth of Independent States / Supreme Court / American Iron and Steel Institute / United States Army / European Union / 21st Century Fund / American Iron Ore Association / Although government / Department of Energy / Minnesota’s Department / /
Person
Serra Sul / Linder Roberts / Hope Downs / Pawlenty / /
Position
manager for a definitive feasibility study / leading producer / miner / steel producer / statistical assistant / international data coordinator / Governor / Analyst / Internet References Cited Analyst / /
Product
Pilbara / Christmas Creek / Mt / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Quebec / British Columbia / South Carolina / Ontario / Newfoundland / Hebei Province / Cai Province / Minnesota / Michigan / Western Australia / St. Louis County / Alberta / /
PublishedMedium
China Daily / /
RadioStation
Radio Australia / /
Region
Midwest / eastern Canada / Western Australia / northeastern Minnesota / West Africa / northwestern Western Australia / /
TVStation
KARE / /
Technology
pellet chips / Raw steel production using BOF technology / information technology / /
Iron Ore By John D. Jorgenson Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Amy C. Tolcin, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Linder Roberts, international data coordinator. U.S. iro