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Iron ores - geographical and economic aspects

Author: Jacques ASTIER

Publication date: March 10, 2011 | Lire en français

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    2. Iron ore preparation

    To fully understand this operation, and its global importance, we need to :

    • recall the size of the world's iron ore reserves;

    • try to relate them to the types of ore mentioned above;

    • understand how to use these resources and ore preparation techniques to obtain the products demanded by steelmakers.

    2.1 World iron ore resources

    The best data are those provided by the U.S. Geological Survey. which, according...

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