Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Porous iron produced in a bloomery.
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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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