In the Mid-West, iron is strip mined. This means that the earth is dug away and sifted through. Beacause iron is found as tiny particles, it is not your traditional tunnel mining. Through this process so many cubic feet of land are cut away. Then miners find so many ounces of iron per cubic yard. The iron is refined through chemical and mechanical processes.
where and how iron is mined
Iron ore is mined.
it is mined so that people can make steel
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It is mined. Then a blast furnace separates the iron.
No. Iron is a ore and has to be mined.
Yes. Iron is found underground in the form of iron ore which is mined. But I think you should already know this by now.
Iron ore is mined in many places around the world. South America, Australia, and Asia have some of the largest iron ore mines.
Iron Ore
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