Which is the cheapest and most abundant agent employed in the extraction of metals?

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The reduction of metal oxide to metal is one of the important steps in metallurgy.
Out of various substances which can be used as reducing agents, carbon in the form of coal is the cheapest and most abundantly used reducing agent.

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