High mud content in raw ore causes equipment blocking.

原矿含泥量大造成设备的堵塞。

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Actually, as raw ore, titanium is 100 times as abundant as copper.

其实，未开发的钛储量要比铜丰富一百倍。

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Raw ore cannot be used directly in blast furnace. It must be prepared beforehand.

原矿是不能直接用于高炉冶炼的，必须事先对之加工处理。

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Iron ore, the main raw material of steel, changed the lakes area and the nation.

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The government has also decided to impose a 20% levy on raw ore exports and requires companies to start smelting all ore locally by 2014.

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Engineered products are somewhat more profitable for the company compared to selling raw metal and its ore.

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Much of that can be blamed on domestic demand for imported goods and higher cost of raw materials, like iron ore.

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