US iron ore production in August this year amounted to 3.81 million mt, decreasing by 9.5 percent compared to July and increasing 22.9 percent year on year, according to figures from the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Meanwhile, US iron ore export shipments in August this year totaled 5.21 million mt, decreasing by 0.6 percent compared to the previous month and up 22 percent compared to August 2016.
In the January-August period of this year, US iron ore production totaled 30.3 million mt, rising by 16.5 percent compared to the January-August period of 2016, while US iron ore export shipments amounted to 27.9 million mt, up 10.7 percent year on year.