LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 8 (Reuters) - Iron ore is probably the commodity most exposed to China and while the price of the steel raw material has eased, it has held up better than other major ...
The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...
Iron ore may not shine as brightly as gold, but it is fundamental to the modern economy. As the essential ingredient in steel, its price fluctuations reflect the cycles of global construction, ...