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Kōrero: Iron and steel

Mining ironsands

Video file

This video clip shows how ironsands at Waikato North Head are mined by machine. This is the beginning of the process to produce steel at the Glenbrook steel works.

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by LEARNZ with the assistance of New Zealand Steel Ltd and the Ministry of Education

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Fleur Templeton, Iron and steel – The steel industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/5889/mining-ironsands (accessed 11 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Fleur Templeton, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

ISAAC YUSUF
01 September 2024
I have iron sand here in my place, I do the mining of the iron sand