steelwork
noun
steel·work
ˈstēl-ˌwərk 
1
: work in steel
2
steelworks plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: an establishment where steel is made
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With steelworks out of operation, for example, those plants are not generating valuable byproducts, such as the neon gas used in semiconductor production.
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G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
Following the closure of one of the largest steelworks in Europe in the mid-1980s, the council demolished the site as part of a program of urban regeneration, which involved transporting waste through populated areas via open lorries.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
The closure of the last blast furnace at Port Talbot, once the largest steelworks in Europe, is the culmination of decades of decline in Britain’s steel industry, which has struggled to compete with low-cost imports.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Initial attempts at linking the birth defects to the ongoing reclamation of the steelworks were ignored by the council, who, according to the BBC, shared a 1999 Northamptonshire Health Authority study that found no cluster of birth defects.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
Following the closure of one of the largest steelworks in Europe in the mid-1980s, the council demolished the site as part of a program of urban regeneration, which involved transporting waste through populated areas via open lorries.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
The closure of the last blast furnace at Port Talbot, once the largest steelworks in Europe, is the culmination of decades of decline in Britain’s steel industry, which has struggled to compete with low-cost imports.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Initial attempts at linking the birth defects to the ongoing reclamation of the steelworks were ignored by the council, who, according to the BBC, shared a 1999 Northamptonshire Health Authority study that found no cluster of birth defects.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Steelwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelwork. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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