steelmaking

See also: steel-making

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Etymology

steel +‎ making

Noun

steelmaking (uncountable)

  1. The manufacture of steel.
    • 1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409:
      The principal raw material in steelmaking is iron ore.
    • 2009 February 4, Ben Sharples, “Rebound is close: Forrest”, in Herald Sun‎, archived from the original on 5 February 2009:
      Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.

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