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Various iron ores are used (e.g. magnetite, hematite, goethite, limonite, siderite) to start with.
That is mixed with limestone and coke in a blast furnace to make cast iron.
The cast iron is then put in a Basic Oxygen Process furnace to burn off the excess carbon and you get carbon steel.
There are other slightly different processes that can be used and various other alloying elements can be added to get a steel with specific desired properties.
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the same mineral that makes steel.
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What is a mineral called when it is considered valuable and can be made into something such as steel?
The answer i got for my HW for sixth grade is ore
