Direct reduced iron (DRI) production

The figures below are in thousand tonnes.

(e) - estimated figures
(d) - the 12 countries included in this table accounted for approximately 83% of total world direct reduced iron production in 2012.

The 2012 table has been moved to this page: Iron production 2012. Data for previous years is now available in PDF format from the statistics archive.

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