Editing Iron ore (section)

=== United States ===
In 2014, mines in the [[United States]] produced {{convert|57500000|t|abbr=on}} of iron ore with an estimated value of $5.1&nbsp;billion.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/iron_ore/|title=USGS Minerals Information: Iron Ore|website=minerals.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref> [[Iron mining in the United States]] is estimated to have accounted for 2% of the world's iron ore output. In the United States there are twelve iron ore mines, with nine being [[Open-pit mining|open pit mines]] and three being reclamation operations. There were also ten pelletizing plants, nine concentration plants, two direct-reduced iron (DRI) plants, and one iron nugget plant that were operating in 2014.<ref name=":1" /> In the United States the majority of iron ore mining is in the [[Iron Range|iron ranges]] around [[Lake Superior]]. These iron ranges occur in [[Minnesota]] and Michigan, which combined accounted for 93% of the usable iron ore produced in the United States in 2014. Seven of the nine operational open pit mines in the United States are located in Minnesota as well as two of the three tailings reclamation operations. The other two active open pit mines were located in [[Michigan]].  In 2016, one of the two mines shut down.<ref name=":1" /> There have also been iron ore mines in [[Utah]] and [[Alabama]]; however, the last iron ore mine in Utah shut down in 2014<ref name=":1" /> and the last iron ore mine in Alabama shut down in 1975.<ref>Lewis S. Dean, Minerals in the economy of Alabama 2007Archived 2015-09-24 at the [[Wayback Machine]], Alabama Geological Survey, 2008</ref>