Importantly, they also do the boring and ore calculations based on different radiuses.
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Mastercroft, the firm that formally owns most of Evraz's steel and ore assets, has until now been registered in Cyprus.
"Co-operation between Russia and Asia is already very diverse and includes natural resources such as energy and ore, " says Alexander Abramov at the Far Eastern Centre for Economic Development.
And ore comes in a variety of flavours.
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Commodities like oil, copper and iron ore just relapsed and both metallurgical and steam coal spot prices stick in the dumps despite serious cutbacks in production, worldwide.
The Marlin mine produced quarterly record output of 95, 000 ounces of gold and 2, 291, 100 ounces of silver in the July-September period, fueled by higher ore grades and tons of ore milled.
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But he put his training to work, filling empty iron- and copper-ore ships with lime and selling it to mines that exported the ore (lime is used to neutralize acid used in mining).
State-owned companies are bargain-hunting for copper and iron ore in more stable places like Zambia and Liberia.
Paulo Roberto Costa, its downstream director, envisages trains taking soyabeans, corn and iron ore from the interior to the ports and returning with oil.
Tata, which mines all the iron ore and coal it needs, now aims to carry out primary steel production close to its iron-ore deposits, and then ship semi-finished steel for finishing close to foreign consumer markets.
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China's appetite for foodstuffs and iron ore has boosted Brazil's exports, helping growth and eliminating the balance-of-payments troubles that so often dogged the country in the past.
China is the lead consumer of Brazilian soybeans and iron ore, not to mention a new foreign direct investor in Brazilian natural resources and infrastructure.
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Lady Eboshi is the compassionate ruler of the Tatari people, who live deep inside the forest and survive by harvesting iron ore and trees.
The value was unchanged because prices for coffee, cotton, coal and iron ore fell.
There has also been a marked decline in exports of engineering goods, textiles and iron ore.
It buys enormous amounts of Australian coal and iron ore, which has fueled a natural-resources boom.
And iron ore is selling on the spot market at close to record prices.
Nearly 60% of Brazil's exports to China are primary goods, largely soya and iron ore.
Engineered products are somewhat more profitable for the company compared to selling raw metal and its ore.
Mining group Anglo American has reported a drop in fourth quarter production of platinum and iron ore.
Inventories for coal, copper and iron ore as well as oil are too high based on current consumption.
Each dot represents either a gold and precious metals project or a base metals and iron ore project.
China re-exports a lot of what it imports, turning hard drives into iPods and iron ore into steel.
ArcelorMittal continues to add value by increasing self-sufficiency and producing more of its iron ore and coal requirements in house.
Coal and iron ore producer earnings, if any, will remain in the cellar for the foreseeable future (maybe two years).
However, in the past few months, the trend has reversed and iron ore prices are slipping due to a fall in demand.
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Commodity postings for coal, steel and iron ore threaten new cyclical lows.
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China is undergoing a sweeping infrastructure build-out that has created an almost insatiable demand for coal, copper and iron ore (for steel production).
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Around a fifth of university students in Australia were born abroad, and international education is the country's third-biggest export after coal and iron ore.
The other significant industrial user is iron and steel production, though iron ore and various other metals used to make alloys are also significant costs.
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