Linz / Rio de Janeiro / Hohnstadt / Wuhan / Washington / DC / Hangzhou / Baotou / Ningbo / Montreal / Kwinana / Port-Cartier / Cleveland / Butler / Kunming / London / /
Company
Baluchistan Provincial / United Taconite LLC / Iron Ore Company / National Iranian Steel Co. / Mount Newman Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. / National Mineral Development Corp. / Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional / OneSteel Limited / Hy-Grade Pellets Limited / Ericsson / JFE Steel Corp. / Mineração Brasilieras Reunidas S.A. / Chelyabinsk Integrated Iron & Steel / Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. / VoestAlpine AG / Unique Shipping / Northshore Mining Company / Shougang Corporation / Steel Dynamics / Hibbing Taconite Co. / Rio Tinto plc / United Steelworkers of America / Jiuquan Iron & Steel Company / Ennore Port Ltd. / Hangzhou Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Samarco Mineração S.A. / Hamersley Iron Ore Pty. Ltd. / Anglo American plc / Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation / BHP Billiton Limited / Metalurgia S.A. / MRS Logística S.A. / Portman Ltd. / Bethlehem Steel Corporation / Latin America Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica S.A. / U-Ming Marine Transport Corp. / Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation Ltd. / Henry Walker Eltin Ltd. / Kumba Resources Limited / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. / Nippon Steel / Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund / Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Mesabi Nugget LLC / Stelco Inc. / Valepar SA / Xilin Iron & Steel Co. / EVTAC Mines LLC / U.S. Steel Corporation / Kobe Steel Ltd. / Hamersley Iron Pty. / Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / National Steel / Anglovaal Mining Ltd. / Mormugoa Port Trust / Kunming Iron & Steel Co. / Midrex Technologies Inc. / Dofasco Inc. / Nucor Corporation / Empire / Grand Sea Trade Shipping Agencies Ltd. / Fortescue Metals Group Limited / Stemcor Minerals Ltd. / Essar Steel Ltd. / Dib Mining and Resources / Ferteco Mineração S.A. / Mineração Tacumã Ltda. / Navegação Vale do Rio Doce S.A. / Tata Iron & Steel Co. / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce S.A. / ClevelandCliffs Inc. / International Steel Group / Quebec Cartier Mining Company / Cliffs Michigan Mining Company / Japan Bank / Ispat Inland Inc. / Eveleth Mines LLC / Taishan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. / Metal Bulletin / Mount Gibson Iron Limited / Sumitomo Corp. / Valepar for US / IOC for US / Robe River Iron Associates / Aztec Resources / China Maritime Transportation Co. / Minas de Serra Geral SA / Minerals & Metals Trading Corp. / Hope Downs Management Services Pty. Ltd. / Mitsubishi Corp. / Caemi Mineração / Mitsui & Co. / Sweet River Investments Ltd. / Wabush Mines Ltd. / Industrial Development Corporation / Itochu International Inc. / Severstal Joint-Stock Company / Laiwu Steel Group Ltd. / Metalurgica S.A. / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / Pakistan / Brazil / United Kingdom / China / Gabon / Kazakhstan / Senegal / Mongolia / South Africa / Japan / Mauritania / Canada / Australia / Philippines / India / Germany / Iran / Sweden / Russia / Austria / United States / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / cent / CAD / AUD / /
Event
Force Majeure / M&A / Company Expansion / Business Partnership / Reorganization / Product Issues / Funding / Bankruptcy / Product Recall / /
Facility
Port Hedland / Northern System’s Port of Ponta / Hope Downs Mine / mine Techinskoye / Joint-Stock Company Olenegorsky Mining Beneficiation Complex / Robe’s Cape Lambert port / Port of Chennai / Robe’s West Angelas Mine / Wabush’s Scully Mine / Robe River Iron Associates’ West Angelas Mine / Yandicoogina Mine / Northern Tenement / Fabrica Nova Mine / Punta Cuchillo plant / OneSteel’s Whyalla plant / Tilden Mine / Paraburdoo Mine / Parker Point wharf / West Angelas Mine / SSGPO’s Katcharskiy Mine / Empire Mine / Beeshoek Mine / Brucutu Mine / Majishan Harbor / VoestAlpine AG’s mill / Cape Lambert Port / Gaocun Mine / Southern System’s Port of Tubarao / Robe River’s Pannawonica Mine / Steel Institute / Sishen South Mine / Channar Mine / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
satellite ore bodies / ore processing facilities / road network / steel shipments / ore subsidiary / steel long products / internal steel demand / blast furnace product / steel scrap / efficient infrastructure / crude steel capacity / cyclical steel / rail network / semifinished steel / pellet producer / pellet chips / hot metal / car dumper / iron and steel scrap / steel plant data / steel industry / steel product imports / mine site / steel producer / steel furnace slag / greenfield site / transportation infrastructure / Raw steel production / direct iron smelting technology / crude steel / steel producers / investor / increased steel exports / steel trader / Crude steel production / Steel alloy products / ore mining costs / foundry applications / ore processing capability / ore producer / steel plant / steel / iron mining / bank facility / ore mining / steel scrap exports / rail services / Steel demand / steel production / ore mining areas / steel mills / mining / steel industry trends / steel plants / Internet References Cited section / transportation system / /
NaturalFeature
Ma Ji Shan Island / Finucane Island / Upper Peninsula / lake Huron / Urals / Guaiba Island sea / Guaiba Island / Koolan Island / Yangtze River / ag Great Lakes / Cape Lambert / lake Michigan / Extension Hill / Mount Goldsworthy / Cape IRON ORE / Great Lakes / Mt. JFE / Mount Jackson / East Intercourse Island / Iron Hill / Mount Whaleback / Cockatoo Island / /
Organization
Australian Federal Government / 2004§ / Government of Russia / U.S. Department of Energy / Sokolovo-Sarbaisky Mining and Processing Industrial Association / Kazakhstan’s Sokolovo-Sarbaisky Mining and Processing Industrial Association / Australian State government / Australian Supreme Court / China Iron & Steel Association / Baluchistan Provincial government / Minnesota Taxpayers Association / United Nations / Lake Carriers’ Association / Minnesota Department of Revenue / Chinese Government / Commonwealth of Independent States / American Iron and Steel Institute / Western Australian Department of Industry and Resources / Pakistani Government / European Commission / American Iron Ore Association / Russian Government / Quebec government / /
Person
Jack Tuomi / Linder Roberts / Tom PriceDampier / William S. Kirk / John D. Jorgenson / Rupert / S. Kirk Domestic / /
Position
candidate for development / leading steel producer / producer / Contractor / leading producer / international steel trader / ore and pellet producer / steel producer / Growing forward / iron ore producer / statistical assistant / international data coordinator / second leading iron ore producer / Prince / gross tonnage producer / /
Product
ITmk3 / Southern System / Cliffs / Guaiba Island export terminal / Mt / Guaiba Island / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Quebec / British Columbia / Rio / South Australia / Minas Gerais / Heilongjiang Province / Abhui Province / Minnesota / Baluchistan / Michigan / Guangdong Province / Inner Mongolia Province / Western Australia / Orissa / Oregon / Jharkhand / /
PublishedMedium
Duluth News Tribune / the West Australian / /
Region
South Australia / southern Urals / Western Europe / eastern Canada / Western Australia / northeastern Minnesota / northwestern China / West Africa / northern Kazakhstan / central Iran / northeastern China / west coast / /
Technology
direct iron smelting technology / pellet chips / /
IRON ORE By John D. Jorgenson and William S. Kirk Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Frederic H. De Haas, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Linder Roberts, international