The iron ore rocks are then loaded onto a truck and transported to the steel factory. To make steel, you need iron ore, coal, and limestone, which all come from the earth.' CURIOUS CAT:Are you ...

Smelting one’s own iron from raw ore and alloying it into steel is generally not a backyard project thanks to the high temperatures needed, a problem [Thoisoi] solved with the magic of thermite.

The molten iron could then be made into steel. The technology is the brainchild of steelmaker BlueScope and iron ore producers Rio ... "All power to them if they can make it work this time ...