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World reserves amount to some 151 billion tonnes of crude ore. The estimated reserve base is 100 billion tonnes of contained iron (230 billion tonnes of crude ore) and resources exceed 800 billion tonnes of crude ore with an iron content of over 230 billion tonnes.
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© 1994 Phillip Crowson
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Crowson, P. (1994). Iron Ore. In: Minerals Handbook 1994–95. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13431-1_21
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