steelmaker

noun

steel·​mak·​er ˈstēl-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce steelmaker (audio)
: a manufacturer of steel
steelmaking noun

Examples of steelmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Japanese steelmaker, which operates 11 blast furnaces, expects to improve the efficiency of U.S. Steel’s furnaces while also reducing their carbon footprint, the person said. David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024 Now the third-largest steelmaker in the nation by revenue, trailing Cleveland-Cliffs and Nucor, U.S. Steel employs 22,740 workers, less than half as many as 20 years ago. David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024 The iconic 122-year old U.S. Steel parent plant headquartered on the East Coast — which owns the California UPI mill — is now being sold to Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker. Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024 Cleveland Cliffs, another U.S.-based steelmaker, offered to buy U.S. Steel at $35 a share earlier this year. Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Dec. 2023 And the ownership of Nucor, Cleveland-Cliffs, and numerous other smaller steelmakers is unaffected by this deal. Dominic Pino, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023 The United States Steel Corporation is being purchased by the Nippon Steel Corporation, the largest steelmaker in Japan. Mike Darnay, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023 Japan’s largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel, won its bid to purchase U.S. Steel, a deal valued at $14.1 billion that will put the legacy American company in the hands of a foreign firm. Eli Tan, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023 Cleveland-Cliffs and US Steel are the two US steelmakers that make most of their steel from raw materials, while Nucor makes its steel primarily from melting steel scrap to produce steel. Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of steelmaker was in 1774

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“Steelmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelmaker. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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