by Fleur Templeton
Steel is made from iron ore, and New Zealand has a unique source of it: the black, iron-rich sands on the North Island’s west coast. Engineers struggled for years to find a way to smelt this tricky substance first into molten iron, and then into steel. The country’s thriving steel industry is testament to their ingenuity.
Main image: Inside an iron smelter
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