Iron ore: Relationships

Every element and industry that Iron ore is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Steel: Iron ore exists almost only to make steel: a blast furnace tonne needs about 1.4 tonnes of ore, scrap-based arc furnaces need very little, and India both feeds its own mills and exports low-grade fines mostly to China. (researched)
• Metal-air batteries: Metal-air batteries needs iron ore; their prices have moved together.
• Water treatment chemicals: Iron ore is a raw material for water treatment chemicals; their prices have moved together.
• Battery cathode materials: Iron ore is a raw material for battery cathode materials.
• Building materials: Building materials depends on iron ore.
• Coking coal: Their prices have moved together.
• Construction and infrastructure: Construction and infrastructure depends on iron ore.
• Copper: Their prices have moved together.
• Flow batteries: Their prices have moved together.
• Hydrogen: Their prices have moved together.
• Kaolin & clays: Their prices have moved together.
• Machinery and equipment: Machinery and equipment depends on iron ore.
• Metal products: Metal products depends on iron ore.
• Tankers, barges and fuel trucks: Their prices have moved together.
• Water and sanitation: Water and sanitation depends on iron ore.