Did the world mine more iron ore in 2024 than they did in 2023?
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2024 report with info for 2023: https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024.pdf
Current estimate for 2023 is 2.5B tons, but it might change in the next report.
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Last years report 2022 2540,000 2023 2500,000
This years report 2023 2530,000 2024 2500,000
Looks like the latest data is simply more rounded and you can't really tell if it is up or down yet - maybe in a years time?
.https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025.pdf
https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024.pdf
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