steel industry
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2.8
- noun
- /stiːl ˈɪndəstri/
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industria del acero
- The U.S. structural steel industry fabricates approximately five million tons of steel each year.
- U.S. steel industry
- iron and steel industry
- Canadian steel industry
Speaker, the UK steel industry can have no greater champion than my honourable friend.
- Speaker, the UK steel industry can have no greater champion than my honourable friend.
- So one example is in the basement of the Shard, we used GGBS, which is ground granulated blast furnace slag, which is a waste product from the steel industry.
Examples
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Speaker, the UK steel industry can have no greater champion than my honourable friend.
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But a very interesting example that is worth studying is to look at the steel industry in Hamilton, Ontario.
Academic text (1996) -
And while we were setting out plans to save jobs in the steel industry, he was he was trying to save just one job.
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The labor adjustment program in the Canadian steel industry is an example.
Academic text (1990) -
In the 1990s, China developed its steel industry to become the primary producer of crude steel in 1996.
Academic text (2003) -
Not surprisingly, the U.S. steel industry has entered the vacuum to seek widespread relief.
Academic text (1999) -
The report then stressed the need to deepen common understanding of problems surrounding the steel industry.
Academic text (2003) -
Thus, protectionism has been the rule rather than the exception in the U.S. steel industry since the late 1960s.
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Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was once home to a booming steel industry.
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The steel industry employs thousands of workers in Pennsylvania every year.
Synonyms
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Making steel from iron in large factories
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Making steel from iron and carbon in factories
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An industry that makes and shapes steel products
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Morphology
The meaning 'the sector involved in production of steel' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'steel' (the material) with 'industry' (a sector producing goods). This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found in English and many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Steel industry comes from the hard metal steel and the word industry, which means 'businesses' that make things. Think of long factories and hot furnaces where metal is made, so steel industry means the companies and the work that make and sell steel products.