During the metallurgy process, the concentrated ore is converted into and on further reduction we obtain .

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Metal Oxide

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Solution

The correct option is B Metal Oxide
The concentrated ore is converted to metal oxides. As metals can be easily extracted from it's oxide.
The metal oxides are further reduced to metals using reducing agents like C, CO and $H_{2}$

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