Find out process B in the flowchart:

Roasting

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Reduction

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Smelting

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Solution

The correct option is B Reduction
Carbonate ore is converted into oxide and then along with a suitable reducing reagent, it is converted into metal as follows:

$C a C O_{3} \to C a O + C O_{2}$
$C a O + C \to C a + C O$ reduction

Thus process B is a reduction process.

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