In the following table is shown the exportation of iron ore from the United States, by customs districts, from 1910 to 1913. The data regarding exports are furnished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. Quantity and value of iron ore exported from the United States in the calendar years 1910– 1913, by customs districts, in long tons. Total.. 748,875 2,474, 164 768,386 2,653,448 1, 195, 742 3,537,289 1,042, 151 3, 513, 419 The quantity of iron ore exported from the United States, so far as recorded, is shown in the following table: Exports of iron ore from the United States, 1899-1913, in long tons. The iron ore shipped from Cuba in 1913 amounted to 1,582,431 long tons, valued at $4,505,504, compared with 1,397,797 long tons, valued at $3,968,516, in 1912, an increase in quantity of 184,634 tons, or more than 13 per cent, and in value of $536,988, or 13.5 per cent. The shipments in 1913 exceeded the record shipments of 1910, which were 1,462,498 long tons. The 1913 shipments consisted of 69 per cent of hematite, including a little magnetite, and 31 per cent of brown ore. The iron content of the hematite, dried at 212° F., ranged from 56.65 per cent to 58.35 per cent; the magnetic hematite carried about 57 per cent and the brown ore about 55.5 per cent of iron. The total stock of ore reported as on hand at the close of 1913 was 564,772 long tons, compared with 696,068 long tons at the close of 1912. This included both natural and nodulized ore. The following table shows the shipments of iron ore from Cuba since the opening of the mines in 1884. The statistics of the Cuban iron-ore shipments are collected by the United States Geological Survey. Shipments of iron ore from mines in the Province of Oriente (Santiago), Cuba, 1884–1913, in long tons. PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. The latest available statistics of production of iron ore in the principal producing countries since 1900 are given in the accompanying table. Figures for all foreign countries, except Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, France, German Empire and Luxemburg, Italy, Spain, and Tunis, are taken from Mines and Quarries, London For the abovenamed countries, except Algeria, Cuba, and Tunis, the figures are taken from the official statistical reports published by the several Governments The figures for Algeria and Tunis are taken from the official statistical report of the French Government, the figures for Cuban shipments are collected by the United States Geological Survey, and the figures for the Philippine Islands are derived from the report of the Bureau of Mines, Manila, P. I. In the original publication the statistics of many of the countries are given in metric tons, but these have for the sake of comparison been reduced to long tons. Production of iron ore in principal countries, 1910–1913, in long tons. e Russia produced 2,936,024 long tons of pig iron in 1910, and 3,536,417 tons in 1911. d Exports. e Japan produced 66,131 long tons of pig iron in 1910, and 52,223 tons in 1911. f Nearly 8 tons of iron (metal) produced in 1910, and 1.5 tons in 1911. IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES.1 PRODUCTION, SALES, AND VALUE OF PIG IRON, BY STATES. According to the Bureau of Statistics of the American Iron and Steel Institute, which is continuing the statistical work of the former American Iron and Steel Association, the production of all kinds of pig iron, including such ferro-alloys as spiegeleisen, ferromanganese, ferrosilicon, and ferrophosphorus, in 1913 was 30,966,152 long tons, compared with 29,726,937 tons produced in 1912, an increase of 1,239,215 tons, or 4.17 per cent. The following table gives the production of all kinds of pig iron, by States, in 1912 and 1913, according to their rank in each year: 1 The statistics for all steel production and the pig iron statistics prior to 1912, except those of marketed production, were published in the annual reports of the American Iron and Steel Association; beginning with 1912, they are according to the Bureau of Statistics of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Production of pig iron in 1912 and 1913, by States, in long tons.a The United States Geological Survey accepts as official the statistics of production of pig iron and ferro-alloys heretofore collected by the American Iron and Steel Asscoiation and, beginning with the last half of 1912, by the American Iron and Steel Institute, but it has been found necessary for the Survey also to make a statistical canvass of the pig-iron manufacturing industry in order to obtain the value of the product, the data for which can be obtained in no other way. It should be explained here that the only common term in which the production of diversified mineral products may be expressed is that of value-at mine, quarry, or manufacturing plant-and in order that the mineral production of the United States may be summarized the value of each product must be obtained. It has been found more accurate and convenient to obtain the value of the pig iron corresponding to the tonnage sold or used rather than that corresponding to the actual production in a given year, and thus in collecting and publishing the statistics of quantity and value of marketed production of pig iron the Survey is not duplicating the labors of the American Iron and Steel Institute but, instead, is presenting additional data to the iron trade-data that are available only to the Survey. According to reports made to the United States Geological Survey by the manufacturers the marketed production of pig iron in 1913 amounted to 30,388,935 long tons, valued f. o. b. at the furnaces at $458,342,345, as compared with 30,180,969 long tons, valued at $420,563,388, in 1912, an increase in quantity of 207,966 tons, or 0.69 per cent, and in value of $37,778,957, or 8.98 per cent. The average price per ton in 1913 was $15.08, and in 1912 it was $13.93, an advance in 1913 of $1.15 a ton. These values represent the approximate price per ton f. o. b. at the furnaces; this approximate price eliminates freight costs, selling commissions, and other items, which are included in the market prices of certain grades of pig iron as published in the trade journals. The marketed production of pig iron includes the metal produced from foreign as well as domestic ore. The quantity and value of pig iron derived from ore imported from Cuba, Sweden, Newfoundland, Spain, Nova Scotia, Canada, Venezuela, Africa, Greece, Brazil, and Russia (arranged in order of quantity), although it constitutes a very small percentage of the total production, is considerable, as the sales of this metal, derived from foreign ore, amounted in 1913 to 1,243,901 long tons, valued at $18,708,589, as compared with 1,199,774 long tons, valued at $18,184,935, in 1912. In the manufacture in 1913 of the 1,243,901 long tons of pig iron, 2,197,878 long tons of foreign iron ore was reported to have been used, thus indicating an average pigiron yield of 56.60 per cent as compared with the tonnage of imported ore. The pig iron containing no foreign ore, made in 1913, represents 49.64 per cent of the tonnage of the available supply of domestic ore and zinc residuum. The following table shows the quantity and value of pig iron, exclusive of ferro-alloys, marketed in the United States in 1912 and 1913, by States, together with the increase or decrease and percentage of increase or decrease in 1913: Quantity and value of pig iron marketed in the United States in 1912 and 1913, by States, with increase or decrease and percentage of increase or decrease in 1913, in long tons. State. Alabama.. Kentucky. Pennsylvania.. Other States a. Total. 30, 180, 969 420, 563, 388 30, 388, 935 458, 342, 345 +207,966 +37,778,957 + .698.98 a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, and West Virginia. The following table gives the annual average price per long ton of pig iron in the United States for the years 1889 to 1913. The prices prior to 1907 include the cost of transportation from blast furnaces to markets. Prior to 1910 the values of ferro-alloys are included. The extreme range in prices, from $9.76 in 1894 to $20.92 in 1902, is of interest. The lowest prices occurred in the years 1894 to 1898, and the highest range was in the years 1902 to 1907. |