US iron ore production in June this year amounted to 4.05 million mt, increasing by 5.5 percent compared to May and up 8.3 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 June this year totaled 5.12 million mt, increasing by 6.2 percent compared to the previous month and up 12.8 percent compared to June 2016.
In the first half of this year, US iron ore production totaled 22.3 million mt, rising by 16.1 percent compared to the January-June period of 2016, while US iron ore export shipments amounted to 17.4 million mt, up 5.4 percent year on year.