Iron ore mining | Germany – yearly data, chart and table
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Iron ore mining of Germany in 2023 amounted to 533 452 tonnes, which is 0.731% less than in 2022, when it was 537 379 tonnes. It has been falling in this country for already 2 years in a row. According to the British Geological Survey statistics, since 1991, the volume of iron ore production has increased in 4.52 times. The minimum was recorded in 1995, with a value of 68 720 tonnes. The maximum mining of iron ore in Germany was in 1999, when it reached 615 165 tonnes.
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Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite (Fe3O4), hematite Fe2O3), goethite (FeO(OH)), limonite (FeO(OH).n(H2O)) or siderite (FeCO3). Ores carrying very high quantities of hematite or magnetite (greater than ~60% iron) are known as "natural ore" or "direct shipping ore", meaning they can be fed directly into iron-making blast furnaces. most reserves of such ore have now been depleted. Iron ore is the raw material used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw materials to make steel. 98% of the mined iron ore is used to make steel.
