Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Porous iron produced in a bloomery.
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Examples
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								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. 
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								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. 
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								Prakash Industries, a medium-sized Delhi-based sponge-iron maker, is in talks to buy Nova 
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								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 
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								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 
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								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 
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								"Prakash has two sponge-iron units each in Champa (Chhattisgarh) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh). 
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								"Nagarik Mancha works on the arsenic level in the water and the pollution caused by the sponge-iron factories. Top Headlines 2010 
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								"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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