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| Author: | Everett, J. |
| Title: | Iron ore handling procedures enhance export quality |
| Journal: | Interfaces
1996 : NOV-DEC, VOL. 26:6, p. 82-94 |
| Index terms: | EXPORTING NATURAL RESOURCES QUALITY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Iron ore is a major Australia export into a highly competitive market. Customers feed the iron ore into blast furnaces that are turned to ore of particular composition. They are therefore displeased if successive shipments differ in their percentage content of any element, such as iron, phosphorus, silicon, aluminum, or calcium. Producers need low variability to compete against other Australian suppliers or other sources, such as South Africa or Brazil. They can plan mine production to average a desired composition over a year, but in mining through an actual ore body, short-term fluctuations in composition are inevitable. |
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