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Iron ore rate

Iron Ore Monthly Price in US Dollars per Dry Metric Ton

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Source: The World Bank

Producers of iron ore in the world

Rank Country Production by country in 2017 (Thousand metric tons)
1 Australia 883,357
2 Brazil 425,000
3 China 360,000
4 India 201,815
5 Russia 94,967
6 South Africa 81,068
7 Ukraine 60,498
8 Canada 49,009
9 United States 47,900
10 Iran 40,100
11 Kazakhstan 39,085
12 Sweden 27,200
13 Chile 15,426
14 Mauritania 13,300
15 Peru 13,121
16 Mexico 12,100
17 Venezuela 12,000
18 Vietnam 9,570
19 Mongolia 7,695
20 Turkey 6,700
21 North Korea 5,250
22 Sierra Leone 4,720
23 Malaysia 3,920
24 New Zealand 3,490
25 Austria 2,800
26 Greece 2,284
27 Liberia 1,930
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,622
29 Colombia 715
30 Algeria 600
31 Pakistan 547
32 Egypt 500
33 South Korea 310
34 Tunisia 200
35 Laos 110
36 Togo 60
37 Bhutan 28
38 Morocco 15
39 Uruguay 3
40 Nigeria 2
41 Uganda 2
42 Nepal <0.5

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

Map with the producer of iron ore in the world

map of the largest producer countries of iron ore

Map with the major iron deposits in the world

map with the major iron ore deposits in the world