With the spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia worldwide, the outbreak of the third batch of national epidemic cases represented by India and Brazil has brought great uncertainty to the production and transportation of iron ore. India and other countries have entered the state of closure one after another, which has caused considerable obstacles to the production and transportation of iron ore. however, due to the high degree of automation in the production of mining enterprises and the relatively sparse population in the mining area, the overall impact of the epidemic on ore production is relatively limited.