They struck a rich seam of iron ore.

他们开出一个富铁矿层。

Steam became the motive force of the Industrial Revolution as coal and iron ore were the raw materials.

因为煤和铁矿石是原材料，蒸汽成为了工业革命的动力。

International commerce was therefore dominated by raw materials, such as wheat, wood and iron ore, or processed commodities, such as meat and steel.

因此，国际贸易以原材料（如小麦、木材和铁矿石）和加工商品（如肉类和钢铁）为主。

It does not cost much to scrape it up, and the expense comes in moving costs from mine to market. Even so, Australia can produce iron ore for $25 a tonne.

开采成本本身不高，而且外部投资正在将成本从矿山转移到市场。即便如此，澳大利亚可以以每吨25澳元的价格成本生产铁矿石。

Smaller mills buy iron ore on the spot market.

较小的钢厂在当地市场上购买铁矿石。

Iron ore is used in steelmaking.

铁矿用于生产钢铁。

All will need iron ore.

这些都需要铁矿石。

Coal seams intermixed with iron ore.

煤层和铁矿混杂在一起。

Iron ore is largely a logistics business.

铁矿石在很大程度上是物流业务。

China is Australia's biggest iron ore customer.

中国是澳大利亚铁矿石最大的客户。

Vale relies on iron ore for 65% of its revenues.

淡水河谷65%的收入依靠铁矿石。

Vale is the world's leading iron ore exporter.

淡水河谷是世界上领先的铁矿出口巨头。

Unlike gas, iron ore is plentiful: most countries have it.

与天然气不同，许多国家都有铁矿石。

Undeterred, he spotted a chance to make a fortune from iron ore.

他并未因而退缩，他发现了一个从铁矿石中攫取财富的机会。

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

万物都有极限——铁矿石不可能打造成黄金。

A new iron-ore mine isn't going to produce iron ore tomorrow.

新铁矿不会明天就投产。

It has oil, gold, chromium, iron ore and a host of other minerals.

拥有石油、黄金、铬、铁矿石和大量的其他矿产。

The detentions have overshadowed this year's price talks on iron ore.

力拓拘留案给今年的铁矿石价格谈判罩上了阴影。

And iron ore is selling on the spot market at close to record prices.

而且铁矿在现货市场的价格正接近历史最高水平。

In 2009 China nabbed fully 67% of all internationally traded iron ore.

2009年中国购买了全球交易铁矿石总量的足足67%。