iron ore comes from western australia in australia.
where does iron ore come from in australia?
western australia
western australia's iron ore output for 2017-18 was 826 million tonnes, an increase of 8.5 percent on 2016–17. the bulk of western australian ore went to china, which imported 82% of 2017 production, followed by japan with 9% and south korea with 6%. the state has the world's largest reserves of iron ore with 29% of the world's iron ore, followed by brazil with 19%, russia with 15% and china with 12%.





















































in 2017-18 the western australian government received a$4.48 billion in royalties from the iron ore mining industry in the state.





















































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iron ore mining in western australia
in 2014 mines in the united states produced 57.5 million metric tons of iron ore with an estimated value of $5.1 billion. iron mining in the united states is estimated to have accounted for 2% of the world's iron ore output. in the united states there are twelve iron ore mines with nine being open pit mines and three being reclamation operations. there were also ten pelletizing plants, nine concentration plants, two direct-reduced iron (dri) plants and one iron nugget plant that where operating in 2014. in the united states the majority of iron ore mining is in the iron ranges around lake superior. these iron ranges occur in minnesota and michigan which combined accounted for 93% of the usable iron ore produced in the united states in 2014. seven of the nine operational open pit mines in the united states are located in minnesota as well as two of the three tailings reclamation operations. the other two active open pit mines were located in michigan, in 2016 one of the two mines shut down. there have also been iron ore mines in utah and alabama; however, the last iron ore mine in utah shut down in 2014 and the last iron ore mine in alabama shut down in 1975.
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