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.

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Iron and steel production

Iron production
(Ironworks)

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

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

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 Palladium 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

List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country

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

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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