TABLE 21-Continued
IRON ORE: WORLD PELLETIZING CAPACITY,
BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY IN 1993
Number                       Rated capacity
(million metric tons),
Sites      Plants1     Units           gross weight)
Oceania:    Australian                       2            2        6    
                4.00
World total                              58          82       NA        
          271.54
NA Not available.
'Staged additions are treated at some minin complexes as if they were separate
plants. Site data exchlde plants that
have had no production since 1982. Plants that produce after 1979, but have
been continuously idle since 1982, are
cited in the footnotes because they could be reactivated at some reasonable
coat.
2The total for the United States includes the newer part of the E. W. Davis
Works at Silver Bay, MN, but not the idled
plant owned by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. at Republic, MU. Cyprus Minerals Co.
acquired the cannibalized Silver Bay
facilily in Aug. 1989 and resumed production in Jan. 1990. Cleveland-Cliffs
has been considering reopening its 1.3-
million-metric-ton-per-year (Mmt/yr) Republic plant, which has been on care
and maitenance snce 1981.
VPellets produced from imported direct-shipping ores and/or concentrates.
4The older of the two plants operated by A/S Sydvaranger at Kirkenes has
been idle since 1986. In addition, 0.50-
Mint/yr plant operated by Norsk Jemvei at Mo-i-Rana was shut down in Jan.
1987 for an indefinite period, leaving
only one plant in Norway on-line.
'In early 1988, the capacity of the Svappavaara plant was upgraded from 2.8
to 3.5 Mint/yr. The 0.3-Mint/yr steel
belt plant at Maimberget is used for both research and development pubposes
as well as ordinary production.
'Dissolved in Dec. 1991; however, information is inadequate to formulate
reliable estimates for individual countries.
7The Skopje plant operated by Rudnici i Zelezara was recently idled.
'Ecludes the No. 1 pelletizing plant (capacity of 2.4 Mmt/yr) of the Bong
Mining Co. The No. 1 plant has been idle
since 1980.
'Ihe Nador plant operated by Socidtd d'Exploitationdes Mines du Rif (SEFERI)
has been idle for several years.
"Based on incomplete information.
"IThere is an additional plant with a capacity of 1.8 Mit/yr at
Mandovi
in Goa, but it has been closed since 1982.
The owner was planning to reopen the facility using high-grade blue dust
from the Bellary Hospet area of Karnataka as
feed.
1There is an additional plant with a capacity of 3 Mit/yr at Dampier in Western
Australia, but it has been closed since
1980.
Sources: Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (Geneva, Switizerland),
Commodities Research Unit Ltd.
(London, United Kingdom), International Iron and Steel Institute (Brussels,
Belgium), Metal Bulletin Books Lid.
(Surrey, United Kingdom), Roskill Information Services Ltd. (London, United
Kingdom), United Nations Commission
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD Trut Fund Project on Iron Ore Information,
and U.S. Bureau of
mines.


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