# Iron ore and Metal products

Metal products depends on iron ore.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/iron-ore-and-metal-products/

[Iron ore](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/iron_ore/) (commodity) and [Metal products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/metal_products/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Iron ore → Metal products*

1 of the enterprise types in Metal products depend on iron ore; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Integrated steel mills and electric-arc mini-mills: main ore feed (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.