Canadian iron ore production down 15.7 percent in February

Monday, 20 April 2026 20:21:54 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego

According to Statistics Canada, Canada produced 4,622,257 mt of iron ore concentrates in February 2026, down 15.7 percent from January 2026 and down 8.2 percent from February 2025.

Canadian iron ore producers shipped 2,835,633 mt of iron ore concentrates in February, down 3.4 percent from January and down 2.7 percent from February 2025.

Closing inventories of iron ore concentrates at Canadian producers totaled 7,346,953 mt in February, up 3.1 percent from January and down 35.6 percent from February 2025.

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I graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Finance, and also have Masters degree from Northeastern Illinois University in Bilingual Bicultural Education and a Masters from Moody Bible Institute in Divinity. I have been in the steel industry since 2019, focusing on long products.  I now write on finished longs in Mexico, and cover market analysis and dynamics in North America.

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