blast furnace
noun
: a furnace in which combustion is forced by a current of air under pressure
especially
: one for the reduction of iron ore
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With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away.
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Earlier this year, the government was forced to step in and take over operational control of British Steel, which owns the UK’s last remaining blast furnace.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
But critics have pointed out that concerns about job losses did not prompt the government to save Britain’s other large steel mill, at Port Talbot in Wales, where the blast furnaces closed last year, costing some 2,800 jobs.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
And on Saturday, the government took control of British Steel, the country’s last large plant producing crude steel, from its Chinese owner, Jingye, to protect jobs and make sure the blast furnaces keep operating.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Earlier this year, the government was forced to step in and take over operational control of British Steel, which owns the UK’s last remaining blast furnace.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
But critics have pointed out that concerns about job losses did not prompt the government to save Britain’s other large steel mill, at Port Talbot in Wales, where the blast furnaces closed last year, costing some 2,800 jobs.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
And on Saturday, the government took control of British Steel, the country’s last large plant producing crude steel, from its Chinese owner, Jingye, to protect jobs and make sure the blast furnaces keep operating.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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