ocr: IRON KEY FACTS MAJOR Brasil, Australia, PRODUCERS China, Ukraine IMPORIANT Hard, malleable PROPERTIES USES Widely used in modern industry to make cast trom, wrought tron, and steel ANNUAL 960 million connes WORLDWIDE (1,060 million tons) of PRODUCIION tron ore COMMENT Most ofthe Earth's tron 15 present - tn ats core. COTO EARTH GALLERY