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How Iron Is Extracted From Iron Ore
· Extraction Of Metals/iron Wikiversity. · Iron is extracted from its ore, haematite, by reduction with carbon. This takes place in a blast furnace (named after blasts of air [20% oxygen], heated to 1000 °C, which are blasted into the bottom of the furnace): A mixture of crushed iron ore, coke (an almost pure form of carbon) and limestone is fed into the top of the .