Iron Ore (tons, base price $120) is extractable ore — raw input for steel and heavy manufacturing, gated by per-state capacity ceilings.
Market behaviour
Prices blend 75% global supply/demand with 25% regional pressure and drift toward equilibrium at 6% per turn. Shortages compress downstream margins logarithmically; surpluses hand sellers a premium on the same curve.
Because Iron Ore is an extractable resource, per-state output is capped by state resource capacity. The live distribution below shows each country's current capacity alongside supply and demand.
Who supplies it
Sectors that produce Iron Ore as output, with per-revenue supply rates:
- Extraction & Mining — 25% of sector revenue
Who demands it
Sectors that consume Iron Ore as an input, with per-revenue demand rates:
- Manufacturing — 15% of sector revenue
- Automobiles — 10% of sector revenue
- Defense — 10% of sector revenue
Live distribution
Per-country totals below are pulled live from the current turn's market snapshot. Countries with positive net are exporters on balance; negative nets are importers.