iron ore

Summary

iron ore ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,431 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• iron ore is a type of ore^[2].
• iron ore is used for steelmaking^[3].
• iron ore is used for iron and steel industry^[4].
• iron ore's Commons category is recorded as Iron ores^[5].
• iron ore's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iron ores^[6].
• iron ore's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as resource=iron_ore^[7].
• iron ore's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• iron ore's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• iron ore's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[10].
• iron ore's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000096^[11].
• iron ore's contains is recorded as iron^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

iron ore is a type of ore^[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include steelmaking^[3] and iron and steel industry^[4].

Influence

Things named for iron ore include Iron Range^[13], a vernacular region^[14], in United States^[15] and Iron County^[16], a county of Missouri^[17], in United States^[18], founded in 1857^[19].

Why It Matters

iron ore ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,431 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include Iron Range^[13], a vernacular region^[14], in United States^[15] and Iron County^[16], a county of Missouri^[17], in United States^[18], founded in 1857^[19].