print email comment close Iron Ore Statistics and Information URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/ Description: Statistical publications on iron ore, "a mineral substance which, when heated in the presence of a reductant, will yield metallic iron (Fe). ... Iron ore is the source of primary iron for the world's iron and steel industries." Includes links to statistics about iron and steel scrap (recycled into new steel and cast-iron products) and slag (nonmetallic byproducts of iron and steel manufacturing). From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) LII Database Information: Record 22785 created by Jennifer English on 10/23/2006 Last modification on 10/23/2006 Published: 10/26/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22785