Glossary
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Iron Ore
Steel
An iron-ore is a mineral containing enough iron to be a commercially viable source of the element used in steelmaking. Except for fragments of meteorites found on earth, iron is not a free element; instead, it is trapped in the earth’s crust in its oxidized form.
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Related Terms
Grey Iron,
Merchant Pig Iron,
Hot Briquetted Iron,
Wrought Iron,
Pig Iron,
Direct Reduced Iron,
Iron and Steel,
Iron Carbide
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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