cement steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cement steel
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The scheme is already in the process of expanding from the power sector to cover heavy industry including cement, steel and aluminum, and officials have signalled plans to apply it to even more sectors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
But emissions from heavy industry — like cement, steel or chemical factories — have been harder to curb and are now on pace to become by far the world’s largest source of planet-warming pollution.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
High-risk sectors such as consumer, telecom and information technology could underperform the Nifty, said Shah, continuing to favour industries with a capex upcycle such as financials, industrials, cement, steel and autos.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2023
Therefore, to truly secure the zoo would mean a return to small cement, steel, and glass boxes.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2023
He wishes to avert this consequence in China by having government control from the first of all basic raw materials and all basic industries, mines, transportation, factories for cement, steel, etc.
From China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference by John Dewey
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