List of countries by iron-ore exports

The following is a list of countries by iron ore exports. Data is for 2012, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top twenty countries are listed.

#	Country	Value
1	Australia	54,397
2	Brazil	32,738
3	South Africa	5,580
4	Canada	4,569
5	India	3,212
6	Ukraine	3,170
7	Sweden	3,076
8	Russia	2,813
9	Kazakhstan	2,362
10	Mauritania	1,583
11	United States	1,534
12	Iran	1,499
13	Chile	1,389
14	Peru	889
15	Venezuela	730
16	Indonesia	684
17	Oman	547
18	Malaysia	516
19	Mongolia	514
20	Norway	473

References

atlas.media.mit.edu - Observatory of Economic complexity - Countries that export Iron Ore (2012)

Iron and steel production

History of ferrous metallurgy

Iron production
(Ironworks)

Smelting	Bloomery (produces sponge iron) Blast furnace (Cold blast • Hot blast) (produces pig iron)

Secondary	Wrought iron (via Finery forge or Puddling furnace) Cast iron (via Cupola furnace or Induction furnace)

Steelmaking
(Steel mill)

Primary (Pre-1850)	Pattern welding (Damascus steel) Crucible steel Tatara furnace Cementation process

Primary (Post-1850)	Bessemer process Open hearth furnace Electric arc furnace Basic oxygen process HIsarna process

Secondary	Electro-slag remelting Vacuum arc remelting Argon oxygen decarburization

Lists of countries by industrial output rankings

Metallurgy	Aluminium Al₂O₃ Bauxite Bismuth Copper smelter Gold Iron ore Lithium Magnesium Manganese Platinum Silver Steel Tin Titanium Uranium reserves Zinc

Mineral	Antimony Bentonite Feldspar Fluorite Silicon Salt

Emissions	CO₂ per capita GDP per Greenhouse gas per capita

Others	Manufacturing Cement Motor vehicles Paper Refrigerators Washing machines

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International trade

Terminology	Absolute advantage Balance of payments Balance of trade Capital account Comparative advantage Current account Export-oriented industrialization Fair trade Foreign exchange reserves Globalization Import substitution industrialization Net capital outflow Outsourcing Tariff Trade justice Trade war Trading nation

Organizations and policies	International Monetary Fund (IMF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Bank Group World Trade Organization (WTO) International Trade Centre Bilateral investment treaty Economic integration Free trade zone Special economic zone Trade agreement Trade barrier Trade bloc

Political economy	Free trade (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Repeal of the Corn Laws) Mercantilism Protectionism (Economic nationalism, Autarky)

Regional organizations	ACU ASEAN CACM CAN CARICOM CEMAC CUBKR EAC EAU EU GCC Mercosur RCEP SAARC SACU WAEMU

Trading partners	Argentina Canada China European Union Germany India Japan Netherlands Pakistan Russia United States South Korea

Exports by country	Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Poland Russia South Korea United Kingdom United States

Exports by product	Aircraft & Spacecraft Aircraft parts Aluminium Cars Car parts Coal Coffee Computers Copper Corn Cotton Diamonds Electricity Engines Gas turbines Gold Integrated circuits Iron ore Natural gas Oil Petrol Pharmaceuticals Ships Steel Telecommunications equipment Telephones Trucks Wheat Wine

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