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10 Interesting Facts about Iron Ore 10 Interesting Facts
Jul 27, 2017 Interesting Facts about Iron Ore 8: The production of Iron ore. The averages of irone ore production are around 2 billion tons of raw ore annually. Iron ore production Interesting Facts about Iron Ore 9: The history. Australia is the first country where iron ore was deposited in 1880. Whereas small scale mining was begun early 1900s.
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Iron ore facts nrcan.gc.ca
Uses. The primary use of iron ore (98%) is to make steel. The remaining 2% is used in various other applications, such as: powdered iron—for certain types of steels, magnets, auto parts and catalysts; radioactive iron (iron 59)—for medicine and as a tracer element in biochemical and metallurgical research; iron blue—in paints, printing ink, plastics, cosmetics (e.g., eye shadow), artist
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Iron Ore Facts Softschools
Interesting Iron Ore Facts: 98% of the entire world's iron ore is made into steel which accounts for over 90% of all metals used in the world. Once iron ore is made into steel, it is used to create machinery, nails, bolts, engines, ships, cars, tools, and pipes to name a few items.
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Iron Ore Department for Energy and Mining
The world's resources are dominated by low-grade ore, though current world production of iron ore is largely by supply from deposits of high-grade ore composed of either rocks of massive hematite or pisolitic goethite. World iron ore production in 2013 was 2.95 billion tonne, with the major producers being China, Australia, and Brazil.
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Mineral Resource of the Month: Iron Ore EARTH Magazine
FUN FACTS. Every time a metric ton of steel is recycled from scrap, more than a metric ton of iron ore will not have to be mined. In Lake Superior’s western basin, magnetic attraction due to iron ore deposits on the lake bottom causes ships’ compasses to be extremely unreliable. Alabama’s state mineral is
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Fast Facts Iron Mining In Minnesota 1800s-1900s
Minnesota's state geologist first reporter finding iron ore in the northeastern part of the state in 1865, but it wasn't until the 1990s that was true magnitude of Minnesota's iron wealth became clear. In 1890, brothers Leonidas and Alfred Merritt discovered that parts of the Mesabi Hills, north of Duluth, were covered in soft, granular iron
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Alabama State Mineral: Red Iron Ore (Hematite)
The industry expanded dramatically with the discovery of red ore (hematite) at Red Mountain near Birmingham. Until the nineteenth century, iron-ore mining was one of the most important components of the state's economy, but competition from imports, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, gradually eclipsed Alabama's mining industry.
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WVGES Geology: History of West Virginia Iron Industry
Jul 19, 2004 In 1880, rich, thick, iron ore beds were found in the Mesabi Range in Minnesota and Michigan. A better railroad system made transportation of this ore economical, and the small iron ore furnaces of West Virginia could not compete. By World War I, only one iron mine, near Harpers Ferry, was still in operation.
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