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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Australia — 35.8%          
29Metals Ltd.(a)   229,341   $426,698 
Alumina Ltd.   2,354,535    2,993,077 
Australian Strategic Materials Ltd.(a)   84,597    803,262 
AVZ Minerals Ltd.(a)   2,261,625    1,112,417 
BHP Group Ltd.   2,815,173    78,863,589 
BHP Group PLC   2,017,125    55,120,049 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   481,665    6,694,795 
Chalice Mining Ltd.(a)   304,647    2,138,756 
Champion Iron Ltd.(a)(b)   313,449    992,554 
Deterra Royalties Ltd.   409,782    1,197,458 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   1,616,145    19,407,893 
Glencore PLC   9,535,500    45,272,573 
IGO Ltd.   651,837    4,827,443 
Iluka Resources Ltd.   403,914    2,456,683 
Imdex Ltd.   356,970    712,505 
IONEER Ltd.(a)   1,334,970    632,836 
Liontown Resources Ltd.(a)   1,263,087    1,728,751 
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd.(a)   861,129    5,394,452 
Mineral Resources Ltd.   153,057    4,912,034 
Nickel Mines Ltd.   978,489    978,884 
Orocobre Ltd.(a)   549,147    3,946,725 
OZ Minerals Ltd.   318,339    5,854,424 
Perenti Global Ltd.   580,608    337,550 
Pilbara Minerals Ltd.(a)   2,245,488    4,104,533 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   354,525    23,523,701 
Rio Tinto PLC   1,072,734    65,763,001 
Sandfire Resources Ltd.   367,239    1,560,723 
Sayona Mining Ltd.(a)   3,940,461    421,344 
Sims Ltd.   165,771    1,655,185 
South32 Ltd.   4,465,548    11,158,828 
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.(a)   81,174    638,250 
Western Areas Ltd.(a)   311,004    626,035 
         356,257,008 
Austria — 0.4%          
voestalpine AG   111,003    3,746,075 
           
Belgium — 0.1%          
Bekaert SA   34,719    1,397,623 
           
Brazil — 5.0%          
Cia. Siderurgica Nacional SA   661,617    2,560,862 
Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio(a)   130,563    277,994 
Vale SA   3,782,415    47,062,787 
         49,901,643 
Canada — 4.7%          
Altius Minerals Corp.   39,120    493,957 
Capstone Mining Corp.(a)   295,356    1,449,671 
ERO Copper Corp.(a)   63,081    1,021,187 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.   560,394    11,945,304 
Hudbay Minerals Inc.   212,715    1,435,362 
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A(a)   577,998    4,587,968 
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.(b)   54,768    1,555,001 
Largo Inc.(a)   34,230    331,193 
Lithium Americas Corp.(a)(b)   91,932    3,627,048 
Lundin Mining Corp.   631,788    4,960,534 
New Pacific Metals Corp.(a)   85,575    263,267 
Solaris Resources Inc.(a)   52,812    564,315 
Stelco Holdings Inc.   29,829    956,433 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Canada (continued)          
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B   450,858   $11,957,469 
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.(a)   95,844    1,424,774 
Wallbridge Mining Co. Ltd.(a)   620,541    206,450 
         46,779,933 
Chile — 0.1%          
CAP SA   63,570    573,792 
           
China — 3.2%          
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A(a)   782,365    640,511 
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H(a)   3,798,000    1,854,153 
Anhui Honglu Steel Construction Group Co. Ltd., Class A   35,500    283,694 
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   1,266,793    1,287,668 
Chengtun Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A   146,700    267,293 
China Hongqiao Group Ltd.   2,200,500    2,130,126 
China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd.(c)   132,000     
China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd., Class A   48,900    342,104 
China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A   1,026,900    950,385 
China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class H   3,264,000    2,002,424 
China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech Co. Ltd., Class A   195,670    1,647,297 
China Oriental Group Co. Ltd.   1,456,000    384,829 
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)   1,552,000    281,667 
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class A   65,300    1,737,454 
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(d)   249,200    4,816,366 
GEM Co. Ltd., Class A   308,517    548,166 
Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A   635,700    231,686 
Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   391,200    306,722 
Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   2,591,721    1,171,354 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class A   146,700    525,552 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H   1,108,000    1,780,546 
Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd.   2,934,000    441,735 
MMG Ltd.(a)   2,990,000    1,082,906 
Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   489,000    289,913 
Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. Ltd., Class A   684,600    472,465 
Shanxi Meijin Energy Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   247,200    524,263 
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   342,300    382,201 
Shenghe Resources Holding Co. Ltd., Class A   97,800    341,046 
Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.   1,956,000    507,496 
Tiangong International Co. Ltd.   978,000    572,790 
Tianshan Aluminum Group Co. Ltd., Class A   244,500    314,146 
Tibet Summit Resources Co. Ltd.   48,900    292,716 
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd., Class A   635,700    342,716 
Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A   25,428    387,820 
Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd., Class A   97,899    400,980 
Yintai Gold Co. Ltd., Class A   151,340    214,802 
YongXing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A   21,100    479,734 
Yunnan Aluminium Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   195,600    328,701 
Yunnan Tin Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   97,800    284,652 
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A   68,000    1,389,421 
         32,240,500 
Cyprus — 0.0%          
Atalaya Mining PLC   66,015    359,088 
           
Finland — 0.2%          
Outokumpu OYJ(a)   349,635    2,038,536 
           
France — 0.3%          
APERAM SA   45,477    2,185,096 


 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
France (continued)          
Eramet SA(a)   8,802   $686,905 
         2,872,001 
Germany — 0.8%          
Aurubis AG   30,318    2,597,699 
Salzgitter AG(a)   34,230    1,012,379 
thyssenkrupp AG(a)   386,310    4,235,802 
         7,845,880 
India — 3.5%          
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.(a)   108,069    1,334,564 
Hindalco Industries Ltd.   1,511,010    8,290,809 
Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd.(a)   79,707    320,832 
Jindal Stainless Ltd.(a)   156,969    344,944 
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.(a)   393,645    1,791,763 
JSW Steel Ltd.   807,339    6,511,041 
National Aluminium Co. Ltd.   798,537    936,487 
Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd.   16,137    472,932 
Tata Steel Ltd.   548,658    7,785,034 
Tata Steel Ltd., GDR(e)   141,810    1,971,159 
Vedanta Ltd.   1,069,932    4,791,750 
         34,551,315 
Indonesia — 0.3%          
Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT(a)   10,904,700    2,782,139 
Timah Tbk PT(a)   2,493,900    274,604 
         3,056,743 
Japan — 4.4%          
Daido Steel Co. Ltd.   25,300    869,371 
Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.   48,900    1,806,282 
Hitachi Metals Ltd.(a)   203,100    3,770,795 
JFE Holdings Inc.   489,100    5,574,666 
Kobe Steel Ltd.   293,400    1,399,604 
Kyoei Steel Ltd.   18,400    202,022 
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.   51,000    1,087,409 
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.   105,200    1,801,994 
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.   51,700    1,322,624 
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. Ltd.   53,540    786,005 
Nippon Steel Corp.   816,305    12,035,339 
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.   238,300    8,807,913 
Toho Titanium Co. Ltd.   48,900    404,557 
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   97,800    1,028,902 
UACJ Corp.(a)   28,638    577,447 
Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.   48,900    1,493,246 
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd.   19,600    392,958 
         43,361,134 
Malaysia — 0.4%          
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd   3,080,700    3,913,509 
           
Mexico — 1.3%          
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B   2,982,900    12,481,091 
           
Netherlands — 1.8%          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV(b)   29,829    831,202 
ArcelorMittal SA   640,590    17,390,639 
         18,221,841 
Norway — 0.8%          
Norsk Hydro ASA   1,284,603    8,319,199 
           
Peru — 0.5%          
Southern Copper Corp.   81,174    4,748,679 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Poland — 0.5%          
Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA(a)   50,367   $503,458 
KGHM Polska Miedz SA   133,497    4,583,022 
         5,086,480 
Qatar — 0.1%          
Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Co.   2,625,441    1,296,037 
           
Russia — 3.3%          
Alrosa PJSC   2,464,562    4,284,414 
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC   60,636    17,573,359 
Novolipetsk Steel PJSC   1,422,990    4,144,233 
Severstal PAO   198,534    4,209,795 
United Co. RUSAL International PJSC(a)   2,889,990    2,699,324 
         32,911,125 
Saudi Arabia — 0.8%          
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a)   412,716    7,865,762 
           
South Africa — 3.3%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   107,580    1,393,433 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   50,367    5,342,565 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   778,977    9,756,202 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   61,125    1,730,505 
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a)   340,833    4,761,161 
Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd.   165,282    1,523,442 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   2,643,045    8,241,762 
         32,749,070 
South Korea — 2.3%          
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd.   59,169    704,025 
Hyundai Steel Co.   82,641    2,572,237 
KG Dongbu Steel Co. Ltd.   16,626    134,223 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   8,313    3,462,379 
Namsun Aluminum Co. Ltd.(a)   11,175    21,915 
Poongsan Corp.   17,115    411,684 
POSCO   70,416    15,460,205 
Seah Besteel Corp.   13,692    210,364 
SeAH Steel Holdings Corp.   1    83 
Young Poong Corp.   489    260,627 
         23,237,742 
Spain — 0.2%          
Acerinox SA   155,502    1,737,681 
           
Sweden — 1.4%          
Boliden AB   260,637    8,984,950 
Granges AB   101,712    1,060,817 
SSAB AB, Class A(a)   244,500    1,203,586 
SSAB AB, Class B(a)   555,993    2,415,851 
         13,665,204 
Switzerland — 0.0%          
Swiss Steel Holding AG, Registered(a)   687,401    263,564 
           
Taiwan — 2.2%          
Century Iron & Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.   115,000    461,747 
China Metal Products   208,011    239,659 
China Steel Corp.   11,123,612    12,977,625 
Chun Yuan Steel Industry Co. Ltd.   475,000    377,712 
Chung Hung Steel Corp.   966,000    1,208,156 
Feng Hsin Steel Co. Ltd.   489,000    1,365,401 
Hsin Kuang Steel Co. Ltd.   200,000    410,114 
TA Chen Stainless Pipe   1,266,005    2,084,789 
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.   710,000    1,081,512 
YC INOX Co. Ltd.   370,263    416,535 


 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Taiwan (continued)          
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co. Ltd.(a)   978,644   $837,671 
         21,460,921 
Turkey — 0.3%          
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS   1,333,992    2,196,642 
Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class D(a)   700,248    437,391 
Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS(a)   190,710    276,495 
         2,910,528 
United Kingdom — 6.0%          
Anglo American PLC   1,233,747    45,414,034 
Antofagasta PLC   377,019    6,892,961 
Central Asia Metals PLC   163,574    528,635 
Eurasia Mining PLC(a)   1,787,295    537,205 
Evraz PLC   488,511    3,724,076 
Ferrexpo PLC   281,664    1,082,630 
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC   77,751    1,745,475 
         59,925,016 
United States — 15.0%          
Alcoa Corp.   178,485    8,304,907 
Allegheny Technologies Inc.(a)(b)   121,272    1,726,913 
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.(a)   15,159    706,258 
Arconic Corp.(a)   99,267    2,652,414 
Carpenter Technology Corp.   45,966    1,263,146 
Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b)   51,834    685,764 
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)   453,303    9,224,716 
Commercial Metals Co.   115,404    3,565,983 
Compass Minerals International Inc.   32,763    1,593,920 
Coronado Global Resources Inc.(a)(d)   724,209    566,059 
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.   1,401,474    51,966,656 
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   15,159    1,352,637 
Materion Corp.   19,560    1,655,950 
MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)   59,169    2,599,886 
Nucor Corp.   280,197    29,773,733 
Piedmont Lithium Inc.(a)(b)   15,159    909,540 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   60,636    9,012,329 
Ryerson Holding Corp.   16,137    378,090 
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Class A   24,939    1,199,566 
Steel Dynamics Inc.   195,111    11,667,638 
SunCoke Energy Inc.   80,196    488,394 
United States Steel Corp.   257,703    5,826,665 
Warrior Met Coal Inc.   48,900    1,050,861 
Worthington Industries Inc.   32,274    1,548,506 
         149,720,531 
Total Common Stocks — 99.0%          
(Cost: $1,017,206,167)   .    985,495,251 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Brazil — 0.9%          
Bradespar SA, Preference Shares, NVS   243,521   $2,155,015 
Cia. Ferro Ligas da Bahia-Ferbasa, Preference  Shares, NVS   37,653    291,078 
Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS   1,094,382    5,022,378 
Metalurgica Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS   695,358    1,317,282 
         8,785,753 
Russia — 0.0%          
Mechel PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS   68,460    240,331 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.9%          
(Cost: $7,318,219)        9,026,084 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.4%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(f)(g)(h)   3,323,738    3,325,068 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(f)(g)   300,000    300,000 
         3,625,068 
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.4%          
(Cost: $3,624,677)        3,625,068 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 100.3%          
(Cost: $1,028,149,063)        998,146,403 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)%        (2,547,966)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $995,598,437 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(e)This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(f)Affiliate of the Fund.

(g)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(h)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
November 30, 2021

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at 08/31/21   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
   Net Realized Gain (Loss)   Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   Value at 11/30/21   Shares
Held at 11/30/21
   Income   Capital
Gain Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $6,852,782   $   $(3,526,924)(a)  $(626)  $(164)  $3,325,068    3,323,738   $11,658(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares       300,000(a)               300,000    300,000    18     
                  $(626)  $(164)  $3,625,068        $11,676   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b)All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

  

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index   8   12/17/21  $453   $(4,416)
MSCI Emerging Markets Index   12   12/17/21   727    (8,791)
                $(13,207)

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows: 

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

  

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
November 30, 2021

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

  

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                    
Assets                    
Common Stocks  $303,665,672   $681,547,912   $281,667   $985,495,251 
Preferred Stocks   9,026,084            9,026,084 
Money Market Funds   3,625,068            3,625,068 
   $316,316,824   $681,547,912   $281,667   $998,146,403 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $(13,207)  $   $   $(13,207)

 

(a) Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NVS Non-Voting Shares
PJSC Public Joint Stock Company

 

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