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Yes Iron is a reactive metal but it is not an 'energetic' metal. The energy required to get a reaction started is low compared to something like Gold, and the amount of energy you get from a reaction is also low compared to something like Aluminum or Magnesium. So it is easy to get Iron to react but because the energy you get in return from the reaction is low the reaction does not progress quickly - it doesn't feed itself so to speak.

It is relatively easy to extract iron from its ores. The Iron age was well under way by 1000BC. However it is not as easy as Copper and Tin, which is why the Bronze age preceded the Iron age.

In refining Iron from its ore you put the iron ore in an oxygen deprived environment. This is done by surrounding the ore with coal so that the Carbon in the coal 'robs' the oxygen off of the Iron to foster its own oxidation. This gives the iron not chance to re-oxidize.
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