Identifying the Linkages Between Major Mining Commodity
B. Iron Ore From 1998 through 2022, China's total demand for iron ore rose times, from 164 M. tons to 861 M. tons (Figure 3 and Table 1). Over that period, Chinese domestic output increased times (from 112 M. tons to 366 M. tons) while imports of iron ore rose times, from 52 M. tons to 444 M. tons. As a result, China's iron ore