EXTRACTING IRON FROM IRON ORE USING BLAST FURNACE Extracting iron from its ore requires a series of steps to be followed and is considered as the penultimate process in metallurgy. The steps need the ore to be concentrated first, followed by the extraction of the metal from the concentrated ore after which the metal is purified. A.10 Iron ore mining MFP Impact of capital effects 122 A.11 Iron ore mining Contributions to MFP changes, 2000-01 to 2006-07 122 A.12 Gross value of production shares within Other metal ore mining 123 A.13 Other metal ore mining Inputs, outputs and MFP 124 A.14 Other metal ore mining MFP Impact of resource depletion and Bessemer - An iron ore with a very low phosphorus content. ... produced in a smelter, which requires further refining before being used for industrial purposes. Block caving - An inexpensive method of mining in which large blocks of ore are ... Continuous miner - A piece of mining equipment which produces a continuous flow of ore from the ...