Introduction: Overview of the global iron ore industry
Turning to iron ore exports and imports, the tonnages are summarized in Table for 2012 and 2018 (Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, 2021; US Geological Survey, 2020; United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2021).As shown in Fig., China is the largest iron ore importing country and imported about 69% of the world's seaborne iron ore ...