basic steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of basic steel
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
At the same time, steelmakers got temporary boosts of $2 to $5 a ton on five basic steel products�the first industrywide price increase since 1939.
From Time Magazine Archive
With defense orders piling up faster than the steel could be made, the need for expansion in basic steel capacity was obvious.
From Time Magazine Archive
The basic steel industry in particular has slowed down to a marked degree, and is now operating on about a 60% capacity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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