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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The company idled operations on the blast furnace, the basic oxygen furnace steel shop and continuous casting, blaming a weak auto market for the decision to idle.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Steel worker at the blast furnace tap of the at the Salzgitter AG steelworks on March 02, 2020 in Salzgitter, Germany.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The only way to undo the carbon legacy of 1960s blast furnaces is to transform core processes, a task made urgent by new carbon taxes, investor mandates, and customer demands.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
However, the blast furnaces were shut down again in 2019 and 2023, and the remaining processing of steel from steel slabs is being terminated.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Steel worker at the blast furnace tap of the at the Salzgitter AG steelworks on March 02, 2020 in Salzgitter, Germany.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The only way to undo the carbon legacy of 1960s blast furnaces is to transform core processes, a task made urgent by new carbon taxes, investor mandates, and customer demands.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
However, the blast furnaces were shut down again in 2019 and 2023, and the remaining processing of steel from steel slabs is being terminated.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Blast furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blast%20furnace. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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