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Production of vegetal charcoal to be used as fuel to produce pig iron - the intermediate product of smelting iron ore – increases Cerrado biome deforestation - Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-west Brazil. Modern steel mills and direct-reduction iron plants transfer the molten iron to a ladle for immediate use in the steel making furnaces.
Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos 13 Jan 2015 3613x2372 / 3.7MB
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