Canadian iron ore production up 3.5 percent in May

Wednesday, 12 August 2026 00:26:12 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego

According to Statistics Canada, Canada produced 5,176,223 mt of iron ore concentrates in May 2026, up 3.5 percent from April 2026 and down 14.8 percent from May 2025.

Canadian iron ore producers shipped 3,463,954 mt of iron ore concentrates in May, up 7 percent from April and down 29.4 percent from May 2025.

Closing inventories of iron ore concentrates at Canadian producers totaled 7,505,774 mt in May, up 5.1 percent from April and down 22.5 percent from May 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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