San Francisco / Albany / Buffalo / Houston / Santa Barbara / Philadelphia / Laredo / Cleveland / Detroit / New York City / Nogales / Galveston / Boston / Houston-Galveston / Baltimore / New Orleans / Los Angeles / Miami / Mobile / Tampa / Charleston / Chicago / /
Company
PIG IRON AND RAW STEEL / Andrew / Arcelor Group / Palladon Ventures Ltd. / Nippon Steel Corporation / Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. / BHP Billiton Limited / MRS Logística S.A. / Portman Limited / Wall Street Journal / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Grange Resources Ltd. / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. / Stemcor Holdings Limited / Iron Ore / Rio Tinto Limited / Kohler / Blast Furnace Production of Hot Metal / Admiralty / Compañía Minera Santa Barbara / Southdown / Cleveland-Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd / Dow Jones Newswires / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / South Africa / Peru / Brazil / Canada / Australia / North Korea / Slovakia / United Kingdom / China / Trinidad and Tobago / Finland / India / Italy / Mexico / Chile / United States / Paraguay / Singapore / Yugoslavia / Bolivia / /
Currency
USD / AUD / / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / /
Facility
Saldhana Port / Geneva Steel Company’s plant / Port of Albany / Center Reston / Steel Institute / Port of Septiba / Savage River Mine / / /
IndustryTerm
Internet References Cited Australasian Investment Review / rail car tippler / insurance charges / steel plant / steel production figures / rail network / atolcin@usgs.gov Internet / ore mining / steel production / less efficient steel producers / steel manufacturers / raw steel production / Internet References Cited section / /
NaturalFeature
Silver Bay / /
Organization
21st Century Minerals Fund / Steel Institute / Australian Federal Court / U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey / Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica / National Competition Council / Justice Ministry / Brazil’s Department for Economic Rights / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Amy Tolcin / John D. Jorgenson / / /
Position
remaining director / Commodity Specialist U.S. Geological Survey / Governor / /
ProvinceOrState
Minnesota / Michigan / Western Australia / Iron County / Tasmania / /
PublishedMedium
Wall Street Journal / The Sydney Morning Herald / the Mining Journal / Business Line / /
Mineral Industry Surveys For information, contact: John D. Jorgenson, Iron Ore Commodity Specialist