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Labeled schematic diagram showing a modern blast furnace on the right, with sections for hoppers, stack, barrel, bosh, and hearth, and a hot-blast stove on the left, featuring checker bricks and airflow paths. Arrows indicate the movement of gases and air through each structure.

Anshan, Liaoning province, China: rolling mill

Smelting of iron ore

How iron is turned into steel

Study how iron ore is mined with explosives and crushed and concentrated with remote-controlled machines

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