nope the vanadium is not a contaminant in the iron ore, it is a...

nope the vanadium is not a contaminant in the iron ore, it is a bonus. the steelmaker can readily recover the vanadium to a high grade slag that is the basis of most of the vanadium industry in china, russia and south africa. this is well established technology, and in addition to producing very good iron, there is also this valuable by product.

in fact the amount of vanadium that the customers will recover via steelmaking from balla balla ore will control the vanadium market, before the stage two vanadium-only operation is even constructed.