Industrial Standard of Iron Ores

Industrial Standard of Iron Ores in China

1.       Iron ores for Steel-making

Iron Ores	TFe (%)	Max. content of impurities (%)			Other impurities (%)
		SiO2	S	P
Magnetite	≥56	≤13	≤0.15	≤0.15	Cu≤0.2 Ag≤0.1
Hematite

2.       Iron ores for iron-making

Iron Ores	TFe (%)	Max. content of impurities (%)			Other impurities (%)
		SiO2	S	P
Magnetite	≥50	18	≤0.30	≤0.25	Cu≤0.2 Pb≤0.1 Zn≤0.1 Sn≤0.08 Ag≤0.07 F≤1.0
Hematite
limonite
Ilmenite