Iron Production per country 1936-1948 (Fe content of ore)
Source: BR Mitchell.
Numbers are 1000s of metric tons
1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | |
Algeria | 1010 | 1285 | 1655 | 1605 | 877 | 179 | 180 | 94 | 413 | 628 | 912 | 851 | 1021 |
Argentina | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
Australia | 1267 | 1255 | 1509 | 1727 | 1585 | 1514 | 1422 | 1473 | 1372 | 1026 | 1229 | 1445 | 1356 |
Austria | 500 | 850 | 1350 | 1500 | 1600 | 1450 | 1500 | 1600 | 1500 | 150 | 250 | 450 | 600 |
Brazil | 75 | 164 | 330 | 246 | 274 | 569 | 477 | 550 | 522 | 442 | 396 | 415 | 1069 |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 201 | 250 | 264 | 293 | 276 | 567 | 773 | 958 | 667 |
Chile | 815 | 916 | 950 | 995 | 1061 | 1011 | 245 | 3 | 11 | 173 | 738 | 1084 | 1681 |
China | 1466 | 1705 | 1652 | 2195 | 3407 | 3906 | 4726 | 5065 | 3793 | 223 | 147 | 71 | 75 |
Cuba | 224 | 70 | 81 | 26 | 54 | 32 | 56 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 |
France | 16670 | 18900 | 16500 | 16500 | 6350 | 5300 | 6400 | 8450 | 4700 | 3850 | 8100 | 19350 | 11500 |
French Morocco | 0 | 33 | 131 | 210 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 70 | 137 |
Germany | 3350 | 4250 | 5500 | 6600 | 8600 | 7800 | 6850 | 6300 | 5150 | ? | 1950 | 2200 | 3850 |
India | 1649 | 1870 | 1788 | 1930 | 2032 | 2063 | 2083 | 1727 | 1524 | 1494 | 1565 | 1625 | 1483 |
Italy | 400 | 500 | 500 | 450 | 600 | 650 | 550 | 400 | 200 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 250 |
Japan | 303 | 294 | 343 | 429 | 496 | 762 | 1067 | 1403 | 1718 | 935 | 287 | 255 | 297 |
Korea | 98 | 86 | 323 | 357 | 480 | 552 | 769 | 958 | 1348 | 337 | ? | ? | ? |
Luxembourg | 2450 | 3900 | 2550 | 2950 | 2450 | 3450 | 2550 | 2650 | 1450 | 700 | 1100 | 1000 | 1700 |
Malaya | 1076 | 1015 | 1051 | 1263 | 1276 | 747 | 59 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mexico | 79 | 90 | 99 | 111 | 70 | 72 | 103 | 138 | 187 | 175 | 171 | 226 | 227 |
Newfoundland | 471 | 850 | 887 | 874 | 798 | 508 | 630 | 284 | 244 | 511 | 648 | 763 | 789 |
Norway | 400 | 500 | 700 | 650 | 300 | 300 | 150 | 100 | 150 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100 |
Philippines | 403 | 370 | 565 | 653 | 692 | 468 | 45 | 92 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Poland | 250 | 400 | 450 | ? | 400 | 450 | 400 | 350 | 350 | ? | 200 | 250 | 350 |
Romania | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100 |
Sierra Leone | 315 | 386 | 525 | 505 | 420 | 622 | 380 | 339 | 277 | 504 | 495 | 512 | 567 |
South Africa | 235 | 295 | 320 | 312 | 396 | 504 | 432 | 449 | 464 | 540 | 656 | 724 | 691 |
Spain | 1150 | 650 | 1250 | 1800 | 1300 | 1150 | 1100 | 1050 | 1100 | 850 | 1200 | 1200 | 1250 |
Spanish Morocco | 636 | 854 | 805 | 691 | 242 | 350 | 344 | 346 | 438 | 472 | 483 | 533 | 543 |
Sweden | 6720 | 9000 | 8340 | 8280 | 6780 | 6300 | 5820 | 6480 | 4380 | 2340 | 4140 | 5340 | 7980 |
Tunisia | 387 | 478 | 424 | 420 | 190 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 69 | 96 | 203 | 380 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 50 | 155 | 85 | 38 | 12 | 59 | 59 | 82 | 73 | 95 | 121 |
UK | 6450 | 7200 | 6000 | 7650 | 9000 | 9650 | 10100 | 9400 | 7850 | 7200 | 6200 | 5650 | 6650 |
USA | 25078 | 36991 | 14322 | 26423 | 37918 | 47819 | 54767 | 52127 | 48653 | 45882 | 36154 | 47709 | 50891 |
USSR | 13900 | 13900 | 13300 | 13450 | 14950 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7950 | 9650 | 11650 | 14000 |
Yugoslavia | 250 | 300 | 300 | 350 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 200 | 350 | 450 |