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Topic: Iron Ore

Related:
  Ore    Iron  
  Cast Iron    Iron Age  
  Iron Man    Wrought Iron  
  Iron Works    Iron Horse  
  Iron Gate    Iron Maiden  
  Iron Oxide    Iron Beds  

 
 
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Favorite era(s):Jurassic times
Favorite explorer(s):James Cook
Favorite great thinker(s):Marie Curie
Interest(s):Chemistry,  Caving
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

The new pier was to load ores, mineral products, pig iron and grain and unload coal and coke fines.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Coal mines and Iron Ore mines are located near and within the mountian range, farms and cattle are located in more level plains areas.
Iron ore was extracted from deposits within the local limestone, and salt was produced from tidal fenland rivers.
Narrow gauge railways and suspended transporters for coal and extracted iron ore were built in the XVIII and XIX century and the Iron Works extended further.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

It also encloses ores of vanadium, iron, titanium, copper, nickel and fluorspar.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Vanadium is also found in phosphate rock and certain iron ores, and is present in some crude oils in the form of organic complexes.
Abstract: The origin of apatite iron ores of the Kiruna type remains controversial, especially the formation of almost pure magnetite that constitutes large parts of major deposits.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Availability of coal, iron ore and limestone and a major transportation link contributed to make Johnstown one of the largest producers of steel in the United States.
The county is rich in minerals, and abounds in coal and iron ore; and mining will be extensively prosecuted whenever communication is had with navigable waters by railroads.
Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer

Acute deficit of iron ores in Uzbekistan made specialists of that country to look at dumps of mining and metallurgical production.
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

PELLETS Iron ore or limestone particles are rolled into little balls in a balling drum and hardened by heat.
Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran

Domestic supplies of iron-rich ores (greater than 50% iron) were largely depleted in the 1940s, so integrated steel companies now process the lower-grade taconite to make it useful.
 
 
 User Talk
Comments from our users:
From:
Brett G
2004-12-13 22:26:02
How long did it take from the mining of iron ore to a finished Model T Ford
From:
steve
2005-01-31 17:11:16
Is Iron ore reneable or non- renewable
From:
cynthia
2005-02-27 11:38:06
I have a cabin in northern wisconsin and my cell phones' battery goes dead in a very short time when I'm there. Could it be from iron ore? or what?
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