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—Ferrous Metals —Ferrous Metals

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  1. (a)

    Roasting or sintering metal ore, including sulphide ore, or any mixture of iron ore with or without other materials.

  2. (b)

    Producing, melting or refining iron or steel or any ferrous alloy, including continuous casting, except where the only furnaces used are—

    1. (i)

      electric arc furnaces with a designated holding capacity of less than 7 tonnes, or

    2. (ii)

      cupola, crucible, reverbatory, rotary, induction or resistance furnaces.

  3. (c)

    Processing ferrous metals and their alloys by using hot-rolling mills with a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour.

  4. (d)

    Loading, unloading or otherwise handling or storing more than 500,000 tonnes in total in any period of 12 months of iron ore, except in the course of mining operations, or burnt pyrites.