14 December 2024
Iron and steel are essential ingredients to the modern economy. 🏭 🚢 .
Everything from bridges and cars 🚗 to zips contains iron or steel.
Who produced the world's 🌏 iron ore in the last 50 years ?
In the 1970s and 1980s the Soviet Union was the world's largest producer of iron ore.
From the 1980s China moved into #1 position, followed by Brazil.
In 2018, Australia became the largest producer and has remained in that position.
(Source :British Geological Survey)