Methods for producing an iron core, comprising: a step for the preparation of a
raw material powder comprising a coated pure
iron powder formed from a variety of pure iron particles, each having an insulating
coating layer, a coated iron
alloy powder formed from a variety of iron
alloy particles, each having an insulating
coating layer, and a
metal soap; a step towards the production of a molded part by
compression molding of the
raw material powder filled into a mold; and a step to carry out a heat treatment of the molded part in order to eliminate deformations in the coated pure
iron powder and in the coated iron
alloy powder, wherein a difference Tm-Td between a
melting point Tm of the
metal soap and a temperature Td of the mold in the step to produce the molded part is greater than or equal to 90 °C, the temperature Td of the mold is equal to the temperature of a
raw material powder contact section of the mold immediately before the raw material powder is poured in, a proportion of
metal soap in the raw material powder is greater than or equal to 0.02% by
mass and less than or equal to 0.80% by
mass, Each of the iron alloy particles contains at least one additional element, selected from Si and Al, the insulating
coating layer contains a
phosphoric acid compound which contains a
phosphate salt as its main component, the metal soap contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of
lithium stearate,
barium stearate,
sodium stearate,
zinc stearate and
aluminium stearate, a
forming pressure of the
compression molding process is greater than or equal to 500 MPa and less than or equal to 3000 MPa, the temperature Td of the mold is higher than or equal to 60 °C and lower than or equal to 130 °C and The step involves carrying out a heat treatment of the molded part in an
atmosphere with an
oxygen concentration greater than 0 volume ppm and less than or equal to 10,000 volume ppm at a temperature greater than or equal to 400 °C and less than or equal to 1,000 °C and with a
residence time greater than or equal to 10 minutes and less than or equal to 60 minutes.