List of countries by iron ore production - wikipedia List of countries by iron ore production World iron ore production ( thousands of tonnes ) in 2013 / 2015 : 500,000 + 100,000 -- 500,000 10,000 -- 99,999 1,000 -- 9,999 0 -- 999 This is a list of countries by iron ore production based on U.S. Geological Survey data. The mine production estimates for China are estimated from the National Bureau of Statistics China 's crude ore statistics, rather than usable ore as reported for the other countries. Contents 1 List 2 Pig iron production 3 See also 4 References List Rank Country Usable iron ore production ( thousand tonnes ) Year World 2,280,000 2015 Australia 817,000 2015 Brazil 397,000 2015 China 375,000 ( estimate ) 2015 India 156,000 2015 5 Russia 101,000 2015 6 South Africa 73,000 2015 7 Ukraine 67,000 2015 8 United States 46,000 2015 9 Canada 46,000 2015 10 Iran 27,000 2015 11 Sweden 25,000 2015 12 Kazakhstan 21,000 2015 13 Mexico 18,840 2013 14 Chile 17,109 2013 15 Venezuela 16,800 2013 16 Mauritania 13,400 2013 17 Sierra Leone 11,895 2013 18 Malaysia 11,588 2013 19 Peru 10,126 2013 20 Turkey 8,589 2013 21 Mongolia 6,736 2013 22 Liberia 5,103 2013 23 Vietnam 4,708 2013 24 Indonesia 4,000 2013 25 Norway 3,409 2013 26 Egypt 3,320 2013 27 New Zealand 3,157 2013 28 North Korea 3,054 2013 29 Austria 2,320 2013 30 Greece 2,221 2013 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,122 2013 32 Laos 1,459 2013 33 Algeria 1,067 2013 34 Philippines 1,057 2013 35 Colombia 710 2013 36 South Korea 663 2013 37 Thailand 334 2013 38 Morocco 301 2013 39 Tunisia 244 2013 40 Pakistan 193 2013 41 Azerbaijan 141 2013 other countries 147 2013 Pig iron production This is a list of countries by pig iron production. Iron ore production ( million metric tons ) : Rank Country 1980 2013 2015 World 506 1,168 1,180 China 38 709 710 Japan 87 84 84 India 8.5 50 54 Russia n / a 50 51 5 South Korea 5.6 41 47 6 Brazil 13 26 30 7 Germany 36 27 28 8 United States 62 30 26 9 Ukraine n / a 29 25 10 United Kingdom 6.2 9.4 9 other countries 246 91 101 See also List of countries by steel production References ^ Jump up to : `` Mineral Commodity Summaries 2017 '' ( PDF ). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 21. ^ Jump up to : `` Global iron ore production data ; Clarification of reporting from the USGS '' ( PDF ). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 21. Jump up ^ USGS, Iron Ore 2014 Jump up ^ `` World Steel Production 1980 - 2013 '' ( PDF ). World Steel Association. Nov 2014. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015. Jump up ^ USGS 2016 Lists of countries by industrial output rankings Metallurgy Aluminium Al O Bauxite Bismuth Copper smelter Gold Iron ore Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury Palladium Platinum Silver Steel Tin Titanium Uranium reserves Zinc Mineral Antimony Bentonite Feldspar Fluorite Silicon Salt Emissions CO 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 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_iron_ore_production&oldid=842140047 '' Categories : Lists of countries by mineral production Iron mining Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Português Русский Slovenščina தமிழ் ไทย Українська اردو 中文 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 20 May 2018, at 14 : 09. About Wikipedia

Question: where is most of the world's iron mined
Answer: Australia