That equates to nine million tonnes of avoidable excess fuel and more than 28 million tonnes of CO2.
According to Citigroup, iron ore surplus is expected to reach 70 million tonnes by 2015.
Last year it produced 3 million tons (3.48 million tonnes) of cold- and hot-rolled sheet steel.
If approved the quarry would release five million tonnes of new sand and gravel reserves.
Its permit allows it to take in a million tonnes of waste a year.
The three showcase projects each dump about a million tonnes of CO2 a year.
In the 1950s, there were 607, 000 miners in almost 150 mines, producing 150 million tonnes of coal.
Sales increased with improvements in production capacity at the mines, and reached 9.3 million tonnes in 2010.
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Fifty years later, that had shrunk to just eight mines employing 33, 000 miners who cut 18 million tonnes.
The division sold 4.9 million tonnes of iron ore products in 2005 after it started operations in Western Australia.
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About 56 million tonnes of coal is estimated to remain at the site.
Half a million tonnes of sand has been pumped onto a Conwy county beach to improve sea defences and tourism.
In February, world crude steel production declined by nearly 5% to 123.3 million tonnes, according to the World Steel Association.
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The figures also show that Britain sends seven million tonnes more rubbish into landfill than any other country in Europe.
Northumberlandia, a massive outdoor artwork, is being created from 1.5 million tonnes of earth excavated from the Shotton mine, near Cramlington.
Estimates range from 155, 244 tonnes, marginally less than the GFMS figure, to about 16 times that amount - 2.5 million tonnes.
About 39 million tonnes of sewage is discharged into the river every year from 57 overflows, whenever there is heavy rainfall.
After peaking at 392 million tonnes in 1998, China's grain harvests have fallen to 350 million tonnes a year since then.
Iron ore production next year is expected to increase to 265 million tonnes from its present level of 237 million tonnes.
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Bosses at a Teesside steel plant, which reopened 10 months ago, have announced production has reached the two million tonnes mark.
The renewable energy sector said the latest figures show wind and hydro developments have displaced 8.36 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
South Korea is in second place with imports near 36 million tonnes.
About 56 million tonnes of coal is estimated to remain at the site where three miners were killed in accidents in 2006 and 2007.
It estimates the mine has workable coals reserves of 1.5 million tonnes.
Some analysts are saying the recent flooding could prove to be worse than 2008 when seven to eight million tonnes of coal was lost.
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It is expected to reduce its buying of British wheat this year to about 660, 000 tonnes from more than one million tonnes last year.
Turquoise Hill is right on the doorstep of China, which last year sucked up 2.25 million tonnes of copper, making it the world's largest consumer.
The renewal will raise the amount of ore lifted to around 5.3 million tonnes a year, a one million tonne increase on the current maximum.
Last month, Corus said it would cut production between October and December by a million tonnes of crude steel - about 20% of its output.
Most of the coal is used to generate electricity, with UK power stations consuming some 53.2 million tonnes in 2003 - the highest since 1996.
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