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steelmaking

steelmaking

1 3.4
Making steel from iron and carbon in factories
  • noun
  • /ˈstiːlˌmeɪkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : producción de acero
  • Many innovations in technology have greatly improved the safety standards in steelmaking.
  • steelmaking industry

It's like harnessing water and, you know, military tactics and and, you know, improving steelmaking and all this sort of stuff.

Examples

  • Sean Safford contrasts the experiences of Youngstown and Allentown, both small steelmaking cities.

    Blog text (6)
  • NW Indiana remains North America's largest steelmaking region.

    Blog text (30)
  • Those workers still engaged in steelmaking are well paid relative to industry averages.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Steelmaking was a prime catalyst for economic and industrial growth in the 19th century.

    Academic text (2006)
  • While working on steelmaking at China Steel Corp. in Taiwan, he gained broad engineering experience through building an integrated steel mill.

    Academic text (2004)
  • As Director of Technology and Industry Research for PMPA, I bring 38 years of hands-on experience in areas of manufacturing, quality, and steelmaking.

    Blog text (19)
  • Because of steelmaking's high temperatures, fabricators often use non-contact optical pyrometers to measure temperature.

    Academic text (1998)
  • But the great industries of the last century—steelmaking, motor manufacturing, and plastics—are all relatively energy intensive, as are the concrete, heavy machinery, and electrical hardware needed to build the national energy infrastructure.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The steelmaking process converts iron ore and carbon into high-quality steel products.

  • Modern steelmaking techniques often involve the use of electric arc furnaces for efficiency.

Synonyms

steel industry
vssteelmaking
8 2.8

Companies and factories that make steel and things from steel

focuses specifically on producing metal from raw materials rather than the whole sector
steel production
vssteelmaking
1 3.7

Making steel from iron in large factories

focuses on producing metal directly from raw materials like ore and carbon
steelworking
vssteelmaking
1 3.9

An industry that makes and shapes steel products

focuses on the earlier industrial production of metal from basic raw materials

Surface Forms

steelmaking singular
steelmakings plural

Morphology

steelmaking = steel + making (transparent) = steel + making

The compound directly denotes the process or industry of making steel and is a clear combination of 'steel' + 'making'.

Etymology

Steelmaking is simply steel + making. Steel comes from an old German word for the hard 'strong metal', like German Stahl, and making means 'to make', so steelmaking is the process of making that strong metal.