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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British Steel, which is owned by Jingye, the Chinese steel group, announced plans to close its two blast furnaces in England, The Telegraph reported.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The process allows companies to ship the pellets to blast furnaces further down the Great Lakes where they are made into steel.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
One technique uses electrolysis to replace the blast furnaces and create a zero carbon form of material.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Another chapter in Britain’s carbon-burning industrial heritage ends Sept. 30 with the closure of the last blast furnace at one of the world’s biggest steelworks, in Port Talbot, Wales.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The process allows companies to ship the pellets to blast furnaces further down the Great Lakes where they are made into steel.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
One technique uses electrolysis to replace the blast furnaces and create a zero carbon form of material.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Another chapter in Britain’s carbon-burning industrial heritage ends Sept. 30 with the closure of the last blast furnace at one of the world’s biggest steelworks, in Port Talbot, Wales.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Blast furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blast%20furnace. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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