2. Extraction of Iron and Steelmaking Doc Brown
2a. Extraction of Iron in a blast furnace. Sadly, now shut down! Raw Materials. Iron Ore haematite ore (iron(III) oxide) the source of iron.. Fe 2 O 3; or magnetite ore. Fe 3 O 4; coke (carbon, C), both fuel and reducing agent.; hot air (for the oxygen in it) to burn the coke. O 2; limestone (calcium carbonate) to remove certain impurities like silica.