steelmaker

noun
steel·​mak·​er | \ ˈstēl-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce steelmaker (audio) \

Definition of steelmaker

: a manufacturer of steel

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steelmaking \ ˈstēl-​ˌmā-​kiŋ How to pronounce steelmaking (audio) \ noun

Examples of steelmaker in a Sentence

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That, in turn, lowered output all along the manufacturing supply chain, from steelmakers to heavy equipment companies such as Caterpillar. Washington Post, "US factories shrink for 1st time in 3 years amid trade war," 4 Sep. 2019 Petróleos Mexicanos invested $475 million to acquire a fertilizer plant from steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico and to rehabilitate the plant. WSJ, "Corrections & Amplifications," 29 May 2019 NotPetya even spread back to Russia, inflicting further collateral damage on victims like the state oil company Rosneft, steelmaker Evraz, medical technology firm Invitro, and Sberbank. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, "The WIRED Guide to Cyberwar," 23 Aug. 2019 In 2005 Aditya Mittal, now president of ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, mused that companies would need to smelt at least 100m tonnes a year to survive. The Economist, "The European steel industry is being clobbered," 28 June 2019 Depending on what happens to U.S. negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement, Japan’s steelmakers could also suffer further setbacks. Yuko Takeo, Bloomberg.com, "From Exemption to Escalation: Japan's Options on U.S. Tariffs," 19 Mar. 2018 On May 22nd, British Steel, which is the United Kingdom’s second-largest steelmaker, went into liquidation. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, "The Death of British Steel and the Myth of the Good Brexit," 10 July 2019 These would hit bigger steelmakers, which use more carbon-intensive methods. The Economist, "The European steel industry is being clobbered," 28 June 2019 ArcelorMittal SA, the world’s largest steelmaker, posted its highest annual profit in almost decade on Thursday, helped by the U.S. steel tariffs that boosted revenue in the company’s large North American business. Alistair Macdonald, WSJ, "U.S. Tariffs Power World’s Biggest Steelmaker," 7 Feb. 2019

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First Known Use of steelmaker

1774, in the meaning defined above

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