Using Grok to trace the full taconite-to-steel chain from a shipwreck song
tristanbob · x · 2026-11-14
After hearing 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' about the 1975 Lake Superior shipwreck that killed all 29 crew, the author used Grok to dig into the iron industry behind it: blasting taconite ore, milling, magnetic separation, bentonite pelletizing, and blast-furnace reduction into pig iron. A casual showcase of AI as an on-demand learning companion for unplanned deep dives.
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