iron ore

collocation in English

meaningsofironandore

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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ore
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɔːr/us
/ɔːr/
rock or soil from which metal can ...
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(Definition ofironandorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This sample also has a quartz layer that lies betweenironore-rich layers.
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By the beginning of the present century, fuel had thus become a much more limited resource than wasironorein most areas.
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One could go on with further examples, such as fears of exhaustion of minerals, especiallyironore, around 1950.
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The geometry of microstructures such as quartz strain fringes around foldedironorelayers provides further information regarding the fold mechanism.
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D2 deformation resulted in the growth of strain fringes around rigid iron oxide core objects as well as adjacent to foldedironorelayers.
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Most encouraging, export growth in the colony's three main staples - wine,ironore, and phosphates - surged ahead by 64 per cent, 22 per cent, and 25 per cent respectively.
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It depends on its exports ofironoreand fishing - just two things.
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The locally mined materials were replaced by imported oil and importedironore.
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Lastly, for the large ships, whether they carryironoreor oil, the ports which we have today are becoming obsolete.
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They include the all-important imports of oil andironore, and exports of coal.
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It is startling to discover that in 1962 only one of theironoreports is capable of handling ships of that size.
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To suggest that one can drop 20 tons ofironorea minimum of 20 ft.
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These figures include reductions in grain, timber, and animal feeding-stuffs, but there are increases inironore.
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But it could not be done very well withironore.
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It should be only for the importation ofironore, and possibly some similar bulk product such as oil, hat the jetty should be used.
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The next heaviest item isironore.
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At the moment this machine is not coming into theironoreworkings as quickly as it should.
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The workers in theironoremines sometimes must suffer ready and, no doubt, those in the steel industry are, at times, affected with it.
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I imagine thatironoreis still coming from it.
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