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Why is iron ore shipped?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

To turn iron ore into iron requires a fuel and a flux, frequently coal and limestone. It usually costs less money to ship the iron ore than it does the coal and the limestone, especially if those two are close together.

So shipping costs are the reason.

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