Meanings
nounsteelmaking (uncountable)
alternative steel-making
- uncountableThe manufacture of steel.
The principal raw material in steelmaking is iron ore.
1963 June 28, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 4092 more examples
Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.
2009 February 4, Ben Sharples, “Rebound is close: Forrest”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2009We look forward to putting our commitments into action to make American steelmaking and manufacturing great again.”
2025 June 13, “President Trump Approves Historic Partnership between U. S. Steel and Nippon Steel”, in Business Wire
Origin
Translations
Catalan aceració, aceratge
- aceraciómanufacture of steel
- aceratgemanufacture of steel
Chinese Mandarin 煉鋼 /炼钢
- 煉鋼 /炼钢 (liàngāng)manufacture of steel
Finnish teräksen valmistus
- teräksen valmistusmanufacture of steel
French aciérage, aciération
- aciéragemanufacture of steel
- aciérationmanufacture of steel
Hungarian acélgyártás
- acélgyártásmanufacture of steel
Japanese 製鋼
- 製鋼 (seikō)manufacture of steel
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APA
steelmaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steelmaking
MLA
“steelmaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steelmaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steelmaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steelmaking.
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