basic steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of basic steel
First recorded in 1880–85
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The associations said that their member companies employed more than one million Americans, compared with just 80,000 jobs in basic steel production.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2018
The basic steel industry in particular has slowed down to a marked degree, and is now operating on about a 60% capacity.
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To help pay the expense, the industry forthwith upped basic steel prices $3 a ton.
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If the savings to be divided grow big enough, the union will let Kaiser store up some of them to be used to pay any future increases in basic steel wages.
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Basic Slag, the slag or refuse-matter which is got in making basic steel, and which, from the phosphate of lime it contains, is a valuable fertilizer.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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