Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity iron and steel
The element iron (Fe) is one of the most abundant on earth, but it does not occur in nature in useful metallic form. Iron ore is the term applied to a natural iron-bearing mineral in which the content of iron is sufficient to be commercially usable. Metallic iron, from which steel is derived, must be extracted from iron ore. By definition, steel is a combination of iron with a small amount of carbon. Thousands of products having various chemical composition, forms, and sizes are made of iron and steel by casting, forging, and rolling processes. Iron and steel comprise about 95 percent of all the tonnage of metal produced annually in the United States and the world. On the average, iron and steel are by far the least expensive of the world's metals. In some applications no other materials are suitable, such as steel framing for large buildings, because of strength requirements.
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Annual Publications
- Iron and Steel
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| 1932-1993 | - Recycling-Metals
Special Publications
- Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, and Steel Commodity Price Influences
Open-File Report 2007-1257 - Flow Studies for Recycling Metal Commodities in the United States
C-1196-A-M - Historical Global Statistics (Data Series 896)
- Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
Data Series 140 - Materials in Use in U.S. Interstate Highways
FS-2006-3127 - Metal Prices in the United States through 2010
Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188 - Mineral Commodity Profiles -- Iron and Steel
Open-File Report 2005-1254 - Review of selected global mineral industries in 2011 and an outlook to 2017
Open-File Report 2013-1091 - Statistical Compendium
- Steel Stocks in Use in Automobiles in the United States
Fact Sheet 2005-3144 - U.S. Mineral Dependence-Statistical Compilation of U.S. and World Mineral Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1990-2010
Open-File Report 2013-1184