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<strong>Production</strong> of iron ore tonnes<br />

Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />

Austria (a) 1 941 759 2 124 787 1 889 419 2 047 950 2 091 995<br />

Azerbaijan 4 000 3 100 19 100 7 300 11 300<br />

Bosnia & Herzegovina 212 000 126 929 280 596 3 045 654 3 439 587<br />

Bulgaria 373 000 466 100 82 700 — —<br />

France 21 367 — — — —<br />

Germany (f) (b) 419 371 429 170 412 238 362 106 411 973<br />

Norway 490 000 410 000 586 100 713 000 620 000<br />

Romania 248 000 244 000 231 417 220 788 ...<br />

Russia 85 964 300 92 604 600 94 894 600 96 828 000 104 000 000<br />

Slovakia 326 300 287 000 305 072 258 500 ...<br />

Spain 24 489 571 10 879 — —<br />

Sweden 20 281 000 21 498 000 22 272 000 23 255 000 23 302 000<br />

Turkey 3 432 775 3 429 070 3 856 536 3 889 934 3 251 968<br />

Ukraine 59 300 000 62 500 000 66 000 000 69 456 000 74 000 000<br />

United Kingdom 464 *500 *500 354 341<br />

Algeria 1 162 000 1 426 200 1 754 300 1 878 800 2 339 637<br />

Egypt (d) 2 618 065 *2 900 000 2 237 475 *2 500 000 *2 500 000<br />

Mauritania 9 554 000 10 153 000 10 674 000 10 752 000 11 155 000<br />

Morocco 8 736 4 019 ... ... ...<br />

Nigeria 7 850 8 635 8 479 *8 000 *8 000<br />

South Africa (c) 36 484 015 38 085 855 39 322 048 39 542 072 41 326 036<br />

Tunisia 202 000 160 300 256 000 206 400 217 300<br />

Zimbabwe 271 812 411 044 228 731 224 229 104 459<br />

Canada (g) 28 704 000 33 013 000 28 596 000 28 343 000 34 094 000<br />

Cuba 19 400 18 400 19 700 18 900 7 800<br />

Mexico 9 966 000 12 398 000 13 369 000 14 468 000 14 568 000<br />

USA 51 570 000 48 554 000 54 724 000 54 300 000 52 900 000<br />

Brazil 214 560 000 234 478 000 261 696 128 281 462 088 317 800 229<br />

Chile 7 268 803 8 011 023 8 003 491 7 862 000 8 629 000<br />

Colombia 688 106 625 002 507 711 607 559 644 015<br />

Peru 4 566 000 5 228 804 5 228 800 5 614 900 5 885 000<br />

Venezuela 16 595 634 17 954 495 19 196 231 21 179 000 *21 000 000<br />

Bhutan — — — 5 679 *5 300<br />

China 232 619 000 261 084 600 310 104 800 420 492 700 588 171 400<br />

India (h) 99 072 000 122 838 000 145 942 000 154 436 000 173 976 000<br />

Indonesia 378 587 245 409 89 664 32 203 10 936<br />

Iran (e) 16 906 035 18 287 228 18 204 658 22 327 000 *22 000 000<br />

Kazakhstan 17 675 100 19 364 600 20 302 500 19 471 100 *20 000 000<br />

Korea, Dem. P.R. of *1 000 000 *1 100 000 *1 100 000 *1 200 000 *1 200 000<br />

Korea, Republic of 156 774 174 009 226 287 212 971 227 437<br />

Malaysia (g) 404 350 596 612 663 732 949 605 667 082<br />

Pakistan (d) 6 562 11 773 84 946 104 278 131 259<br />

Thailand 570 110 9 675 135 580 230 946 264 289<br />

Vietnam 533 800 711 900 1 205 400 1 435 000 *1 500 000<br />

Australia 188 760 000 212 881 000 234 002 000 261 796 000 275 042 000<br />

New Zealand 1 739 950 1 946 913 2 329 417 2 207 244 2 146 496<br />

<strong>World</strong> Total 1 117 000 000 1 237 000 000 1 371 000 000 1 554 000 000 1 810 000 000<br />

Note(s):-<br />

(a) Including micaceous iron oxide<br />

(b) Used as aggregate in the construction industry<br />

(c) Including by-product magnetite<br />

(d) Years ended 30 June of that stated<br />

(e) Years ended 20 March following that stated<br />

(f) Including manganiferous iron ore<br />

(g) Including by-product iron ore<br />

(h) Years ended 31 March following that stated<br />

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