In March 2005, Brazilian miner Vale secured an exploration contract and began work on feasibility studies for an iron ore mine — a complex undertaking due to environmental concerns.

2005年3月，巴西矿业公司淡水河谷获得了一份开采合同，并开始为这家铁矿石公司提供可行性报告研究，因为环境原因这项工作很复杂。

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In addition to being an important partner in the venture, Vale is responsible for supplying the iron ore to be used by the steel mill complex, through a 15-year contract signed with ThyssenKrupp.

除了身为合资企业的重要合作伙伴，淡水河谷还和蒂森克虏伯签署了15年的合同，负责向这家综合钢铁厂供应铁矿石。

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Ore minerals are very complex in their compositions.

矿石的矿物成分十分复杂。

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The plaintiffs claim that 11 defendants, Evraz being one, by dubious means deprived them of their majority stake in a big iron-ore complex now part of the Evraz empire.

ECONOMIST: Russian steel

The deal digs Mr Albanese out of a hole the size of Tom Price, the huge iron-ore complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia in which Chinalco stands to take a stake.

ECONOMIST: Face value

Indeed US politicians took no notice of the development of the ORE-STEM complex that Seaborg and others supported as our only way to continual increase our living standards and wealth.

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