Definitions
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- noun A place where
steel is manufactured and/or shaped.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a factory where steel is made
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Examples
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A major employer in the city, the steelworks has been a source of civic pride for decades despite its inefficiency and the smoke emitted from its chimneys.
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A yellowish, foul-smelling exhaust poured from the chimney stacks of the steelworks, which is now privately owned by Mittal, an international steel conglomerate.
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A yellowish, foul-smelling exhaust poured from the chimney stacks of the steelworks, which is now privately owned by Mittal, an international steel conglomerate.
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Labour politicians have argued that Lady Thatcher's willingness to see the closure of large industrial installations such as steelworks left Britain with an imbalanced economy.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Heavy industry such as steelworks, power and petrochemical plants, which generate 40 percent of the EU's emissions each year, will have to carry a particularly heavy burden.
EUnews 2008
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But when a local Corus steelworks closed last year, causing 1,600 job losses, principal Michael Hutton says he realised it wasn't enough to make students employable.
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Happily, the steelworks will reopen under new owners in January – but the lesson of its closure has been learned.
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Mr. Park lived at the construction site in Pohang and was occasionally visited by President Park, who stayed at a guesthouse on a hill above the steelworks.
Posco Founder Park Tae-Joon Passes Away Evan Ramstad 2011
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Next year the company will reach self-sufficiency in iron ore, with output of around 7.5 million tons a year, which is sufficient for the total iron-ore needs of Gerdau's nearby integrated Acominas steelworks at Ouro Branco.
Brazil's Gerdau Plans New Business Model in Iron Ore Diana Kinch 2011
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At the start of the month Port Talbot, south Wales was affected by pollution from the nearby steelworks.
Pollutionwatch: Battle of Britain as Atlantic air takes on continental air 2011
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