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Record 1 2003-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
DEF

Ferruginous rock containing one or more distinct natural chemical compounds from which metallic iron may be profitably extracted.

CONT

Compared with the present enormous demand for iron ore ..., the reserves of mineable ore in the banded iron formations are very large indeed ...

OBS

The chief ores of iron consist mainly of the oxides: hematite ...; goethite ...; magnetite ...; and the carbonate, siderite or chalybite ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
CONT

Oxydes et hydroxydes sont les principaux minerais de fer, chrome, manganèse, uranium, étain, aluminium, niobium, tantale.

Spanish

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