1. Iron-rich deposits
1.1 Constitution of the blast furnace iron charge
The operation of modern blast furnaces cannot cope with the variability of raw materials coming directly from the mine. That's why today's iron charge is essentially made up of prepared materials, agglomerates or pellets (figure
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), obtained from mixtures of abundant fine ores. Iron ore agglomeration processes (grid or pellet agglomeration) and ore properties are described in greater detail in articles
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