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