It is called Spong Iron also as Direct Reduced Iron (DRI)
The ore of iron is called hematite.
Land with rich deposits of iron ore is called an iron ore reserve or iron ore deposit.
hematite, taconite, and ferrite
Iron ores most often contain iron combined with oxygen. The carbon comes from a material called coke, which is made from coal. When heated, the carbon reacts with oxygen in the ore, leaving the purified iron metal behind.
Cast iron is fabricated in blast furnaces where iron ore is reduced by coke to cast iron, according to Wikipedia.
Perhaps the most common iron ore is taconite.
No, iron is a chemical element, while iron ore is a rock containing iron minerals that can be extracted and processed to obtain metallic iron. Iron ore is a primary source of iron, which is used in various industries for making steel and other products.
Iron ore is commonly referred to as hematite, magnetite, or taconite, depending on its composition and characteristics.
Examples of iron minerals: magnetite, hematite, goethite, siderite, limonite etc.
Iron is primarily extracted from iron ore in a blast furnace at an iron and steel plant. The iron ore is first processed into iron oxide, which is then reduced to metallic iron using carbon as a reducing agent in the blast furnace.
No, the process of removing iron from ore is called extracting or refining. Smelting is a different process that involves heating the ore to extract metal from it.
A waste product from iron ore processing is called tailings. Tailings are a mixture of finely-ground rock, water, and other residues that are left over after the iron ore has been extracted and processed.