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ore

[awr, ohr] / ɔr, oʊr /




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The company said the plant would be in eastern Iowa, and would transport iron ore from its mine to the steel mill by railroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Growing demand for premium steelmaking inputs, declining seaborne ore quality, and increasing blending requirements support structurally attractive economics for ultra high-grade iron ore producers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The company’s annual mineral resource and ore reserve update is positive, with resources and reserves rising after depletion, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The company said the plant would be in eastern Iowa, allowing it to use the Mississippi River to transport iron ore from its mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Then, “I don’t remember. The day ended and there was Mike and there were the ore cars, mostly empty.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

It’s about his obsession with “Minecraft,” the immensely popular video sandbox game that takes place in a world of 3D cubes representing raw materials such as wood, ores, stone and dirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Crude energy products were the main driver of the monthly increase, followed by metal ores, concentrates and scrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Africa's exports to China are dominated by minerals and raw materials, such as crude oil and metallic ores.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

“They are very complex ores with highly unusual mineralogy, and some of them have relatively high contents of the radioactive elements uranium and thorium,” Goodenough notes.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Mercury was produced in large quantities because it was used to extract gold and silver from their ores, and it was widely available because it was used in medicine, particularly to treat syphilis.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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