Iron ore Wikipedia
Ores containing very high quantities of hematite or magnetite are known as quot;natural orequot; or quot;direct shipping orequot;, meaning they can be fed directly into ironmaking blast furnaces. Iron ore is the raw material used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw materials to make steel98% of the mined iron ore is used to make steel. In 2011 the Financial Times has speculated that iron ore is quot;more