Global iron ore mine production 2023, by country

The mine production of usable iron ore in Australia reached approximately 960 million metric tons in 2023. Australia is by far the world's largest iron ore mining country.Iron ore mine productionIron ore are rocks and minerals that can be heated in the presence of a reductant to extract metallic iron. Iron and steel industries worldwide are reliant on these sources for primary iron material. A large majority of mined iron ore is then used in steelmaking. Iron ore minerals are mostly found as hematite and magnetite. The world's leading iron ore miners Australia and Brazil are among the world’s largest iron ore mine producers, producing 960 million metric tons and 440 million metric tons, respectively, in 2023. Accordingly, iron ore reserves are the highest in Australia, with 58 billion metric tons of crude ore in 2023. Over 90 percent of Australia’s identified resources are situated in Western Australia. Hamersley Province contains a large portion of these resources and is considered one of the world’s largest iron ore reserves. The Pilbara region in Western Australia has two major producers, including BHP and Rio Tinto Ltd. Pilbara Iron is a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto group and has about 15 sites in the region.

2023年，澳大利亚可利用铁矿石的产量达到了约9.6亿吨。澳大利亚无疑是世界上最大的铁矿石开采国。铁矿石是一种岩石和矿物，在还原剂的存在下可以加热以提取金属铁。全球的钢铁工业对这类初级铁材料高度依赖。大部分开采的铁矿石随后被用于钢铁制造。铁矿石矿物主要分为赤铁矿和磁铁矿。在2023年，世界领先的铁矿石开采国澳大利亚和巴西分别生产了9.6亿吨和4.4亿吨，位居全球最大铁矿石矿产国之列。因此，澳大利亚的铁矿石储备量位居世界首位，2023年共有580亿吨原矿。超过90%的澳大利亚已识别资源位于西澳大利亚州。哈默斯利省拥有这些资源的大部分，被认为是世界上最大的铁矿石储备地之一。西澳大利亚州的皮尔巴拉地区拥有两大主要生产商，包括必和必拓公司（BHP）和力拓公司（Rio Tinto Ltd）。皮尔巴拉铁矿石有限公司是力拓集团的一家子公司，在该地区拥有约15个矿点。