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  • noun A place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped.

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  • noun a factory where steel is made

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Examples

  • 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.

    Nine Cities, Nine Ideas 2008

  • A yellowish, foul-smelling exhaust poured from the chimney stacks of the steelworks, which is now privately owned by Mittal, an international steel conglomerate.

    Sultan of the Steppes 2005

  • A yellowish, foul-smelling exhaust poured from the chimney stacks of the steelworks, which is now privately owned by Mittal, an international steel conglomerate.

    Sultan of the Steppes 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    The school that is open for business 2012

  • Happily, the steelworks will reopen under new owners in January – but the lesson of its closure has been learned.

    The school that is open for business 2012

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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