steel used as framing in the construction
industry. There were 1.3 million homes
started in the United States in 1993.
According to the AISI, 15,000 of the
houses were steel framed, up from 500 in
1992. The AISI predicts that 75,000 will
be built in 1994. If that growth rate
continues, it could have a positive effect
on iron ore consumption.
OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Bureau of Mines Publications
Iron Ore. Ch. in Mineral Commodity
Summaries, annual.
Iron Ore. Reported monthly in Mineral
Industry Surveys.
Other Sources
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,
and  Petroleum  Engineers,  section
proceedings.
American  Iron  and   Steel  Institute
(Washington, DC).


American Iron Ore Association (Cleyeland,
OH).
American Metal Market (New York daily
paper).
Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
(Pittsburgh, PA).
Company annual reports to stockholders and
10-K reports to Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Engineering and Mining Journal.
Institute on Lake Superior Geology
(Houghton, MI).
International Iron and Steel Institute
(Brussels).
Iron and Steel Society (Warrendale, PA).
Lake Carriers' Association (Cleveland, OH).
Metal Bulletin (London) and Iron Ore
Databook.
Mining Journal (London) and Mining
Annual Review.
Natural Resources Canada.
Roskill Information Services Ltd. Reports
(London).
Skillings' Mining Review.


State of Minnesota:
Mining Tax Guide, annual.
Minnesota Mining Directory, annual.
The TEX Report (Tokyo daily bulletin) and
Iron Ore Manual, annual.
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (Geneva):
Intergovernmental Group of Experts on
Iron Ore.
Trust Fund Project on Iron Ore
Information.
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy
Information Administration.
U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and
Health Administration.
U.S. Department of State, unclassified
dispatches.


TABLE 1
SALIENT IRON ORE STATISTICS
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)


1989             1990            1991             1992             1993
United States:
Iron ore (usable,' less than 5 % manganese):
Production                                        59,032          56,408
          56,761           55,593           55,661
Shipments                                         58,299          57,010
          56,775           55,569           56,251
Value                                       $1,939,873      $1,740,925  
   $1,674,100       $1,732,416       $1,642,841
Average value at mines, dollars per ton         33.27           30.54   
        29.49            31.18            29.21
Exports                                            5,365           3,199
           4,045           5,055             5,061
Value                                        $192,796         $124,076  
     $156,242         $186,864         $166,904
Inports for consumption                           19,596           18,054
         13,335           12,504           14,097
Value                                        $522,262         $559,525  
     $436,777         $395,791         $420,799
Consumption (iron ore and agglomerates)           80,447          76,855
          66,366           75,067           76,793
Stocks, Dec. 31:
At mines, plants and loading docks2            '4,575          '4,795   
       '4,853           '3,783            2,504
At receiving docks3                            15,730         '15,911   
      '17,612          '16,093           16,548
At consuming plants                             2,171          '2,273   
       '2,981           '2,981            2,288
Total                                      '22,476         '22,979      
   '25,446          '22,857           21,340
World: Production                                   '1,013,383        '984,048
        '955,552        '963,159          '988,797
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IRON ORE-1993


Tqtmatd. Hteisd.
Direct-shpping ore, concentrates, agglomerates, and byproduct ore.
2Excludes byproductore.
3Transfer and/or receiving docks of Lower IAke ports.






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