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Oxygen is removed from iron ore to produce iron which is then refined and alloyed with other metals and constituents to form steel.

The oxygen is removed from the iron ore by heating it to a high temperature in the presence of carbon (and other materials) as a reducing agent.

Indeed, once iron is produced in this way some processes actually blow oxygen through the iron to burn away impurities. My point here is that most steel production does not involve removal of oxygen once iron has been smelted.

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