Which flux is used to remove $SiO_2$ impurity?

Tin is obtained from cassiterite by reduction with coke. Use the data given below to determine the minimum temperature (in $K$) at which the reduction of cassiterite by coke would take place.
At $298 \ K$: $\Delta_{f}H^{\circ}(SnO_{2(s)}) = -581.0 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$,$\Delta_{f}H^{\circ}(CO_{2(g)}) = -394.0 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$
$S^{\circ}(SnO_{2(s)}) = 56.0 \ J \ K^{-1} \ mol^{-1}$,$S^{\circ}(Sn_{(s)}) = 52.0 \ J \ K^{-1} \ mol^{-1}$
$S^{\circ}(C_{(s)}) = 6.0 \ J \ K^{-1} \ mol^{-1}$,$S^{\circ}(CO_{2(g)}) = 210.0 \ J \ K^{-1} \ mol^{-1}$
Assume that the enthalpies and the entropies are temperature independent.

In the extraction of iron from its ore,the slag produced in the blast furnace is a mixture of......?

Which one of the following metals is extracted by thermal reduction process?

Explain the hydrometallurgical process with a suitable example.

Which one of the following organizations' iron and steel plant was built to use charcoal as a source of power,to start with,but later switched over to hydroelectricity?