Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Porous iron produced in a bloomery.

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Examples

  • The plant, scheduled to commence operations in April 2001, will produce 4.2 million tons of sponge-iron a year, most of which will be converted into sheet steel.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - February 1999 1999

  • The plant, scheduled to commence operations in April 2001, will produce 4.2 million tons of sponge-iron a year, most of which will be converted into sheet steel.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - February 1999 1999

  • Prakash Industries, a medium-sized Delhi-based sponge-iron maker, is in talks to buy Nova

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Over the past five years or so, the governments of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal have signed hundreds of memorandums of understanding - all of them secret - with corporate houses worth several billion dollars, for steel plants, sponge-iron factories, power plants, aluminum refineries, dams and mines.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010

  • Over the past five years or so, the governments of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal have signed hundreds of memorandums of understanding - all of them secret - with corporate houses worth several billion dollars, for steel plants, sponge-iron factories, power plants, aluminum refineries, dams and mines.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010

  • Coal Impactors, Iron Jaw Crushers, Vibratory Screens and Conveyor End Rollers are some of the other applications areas for Molykote in a sponge-iron industry.

    Press Releases | Press Release Distribution | Submit Press Release 2009

  • "Prakash has two sponge-iron units each in Champa (Chhattisgarh) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh).

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • "Nagarik Mancha works on the arsenic level in the water and the pollution caused by the sponge-iron factories.

    Top Headlines 2010

  • "Dutta's name was mentioned in the FIR, which was lodged at the the Jhargram police station after the PCAPA went on a rampage in a sponge-iron factory at Jitushol village.

    Top Headlines 2010

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