steelmaking

[steel-mey-king]

noun

1. the manufacture of steel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steelmaking¹

First recorded in 1805–15; steel + making

Example Sentences

Steelmaking in the US is already greener than in many countries, thanks to the popularity of electric arc furnaces there.

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Tata Steel, in Port Talbot, was given a £500m government rescue package last year to help the company move to greener forms of steelmaking.

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Reynolds described it as "great news for Welsh steelmaking", which will give "certainty to local communities and thousands of local jobs for years to come".

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Work to bring "a cleaner, greener future" to a south Wales site, where 2,800 jobs were lost when traditional steelmaking ended, will begin today.

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"It was the end of it all - the end of 100 years of steelmaking in Port Talbot," says Mr Davies, who took voluntary redundancy in November.

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