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Marion Rae

Australia may not be the quarry Asia requires for steel

Australia is being warned to focus on producing green iron ore and steel or lose its export markets. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

If steelmaking was a country it would be the third-biggest emitter after the United States and China, which puts Australian iron ore on notice.

A report released by WWF-Australia on Thursday urges the nation to be more than a quarry for its most valuable export commodity, iron ore, which is used to make steel and is a critical source of employment.

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