Middle East DRI Production by Country

million tons

MENA Region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Bahrain - - - 0.78 1.44 - - -
Egypt 2.86 2.97 2.84 3.43 2.88 2.45 2.61 4.66
Iran 9.35 10.37 11.58 14.46 14.55 14.62 16.01 20.54
Libya 1.27 .30 .51 0.95 1.00 0.45 0.7 0.56
Oman - 1.11 1.46 1.47 1.45 - - -
Qatar 2.16 2.23 2.42 2.39 2.64 2.63 2.5 2.55
Saudi Arabia 5.51 5.81 5.66 6.07 6.46 5.39 5.12 4.81
UAE 1.18 2.25 2.72 3.07 2.41 3.19 3.48 3.6

MENA Region 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Egypt 2.11 2.37 2.53 2.87 3.02 2.90 3.10 2.79 2.64 2.91
Iran 4.74 5 5.28 5.62 6.41 6.85 6.92 7.49 7.39 8.09
Libya 1.50 1.09 1.17 1.34 1.58 1.65 1.63 1.64 1.57 1.11
Qatar 0.62 0.73 0.75 0.78 0.83 0.82 0.88 1.30 1.68 2.10
Saudi Arabia 3.09 2.88 3.29 3.29 3.41 3.63 3.58 4.34 4.97 5.03

MENA Region 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Egypt 0.71 0.62 0.85 0.85 0.78 0.85 0.83 1.19 1.61 1.67
Iran 0.29 0.7 0.83 1.65 2.63 3.23 3.81 4.38 3.69 4.12
Iraq 0.17 - - - - - - - - -
Libya 0.5 0.78 0.85 0.94 0.85 0.97 0.83 0.99 1.01 1.33
Qatar 0.58 0.55 0.62 0.56 0.6 0.63 0.64 0.57 0.71 0.67
Saudi Arabia 1.09 1.12 1.61 2.01 2.11 2.13 2.3 2.11 2.27 2.36

World DRI / HBI Production (1970-2015)

Updated Jan-2018