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Ore mineral

Hematite

70% iron when pure. Direct-shipping hematite ore needs little processing, which is why it built the Pilbara and Carajás.

Pyrit-with-hematite-01 · CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

70% iron when pure. Direct-shipping hematite ore needs little processing, which is why it built the Pilbara and Carajás.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Iron Ore	Principal direct-shipping ore	58-65% Fe as mined

Iron Ore

Rust-coloured rock that is roughly one-third to two-thirds iron, and the single largest tonnage the mining industry…

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