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.
But, over the past few days a string of gloomy steel production and iron ore price forecasts has trimmed the share prices of all iron ore miners with the potential for worse to come if the price projections are accurate.
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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These do not quite fall into the category of entertainment, but they too depend more on human talent and ingenuity than on pig iron, steel mills or production lines and the Midwest has a good supply of them.
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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Effective July 1, 2011, this would essentially put EPA in the corporate boardrooms and boiler houses of electrical power plants, refineries, iron and steel mills, pulp and paper mills and cement production facilities.
The huge size of the Chinese industry now makes it a dominant force in both the global steel market and the market for production inputs such as iron ore and metallurgical coal.
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Included are electrical generation facilities, iron and steel mills, pulp and paper mills and cement production.
Included are electrical power generation, refineries, iron and steel mills, pulp and paper mills and cement production.
The company said it expects iron-ore production to almost double and that its steel business would improve as well.
Iron ore and coking coal are used in the production of new steel.
If there is an increase in steel production, that triggers an increased demand for iron ore, electricity, and labor.
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