steel-making
Noun
Meaning
steel-making (uncountable)
Alternative form of steelmaking
Examples
In 1858, Sir Henry Bessemer developed a process of steel-making by blowing hot air through liquid pig iron to reduce the carbon content.
Needham, Volume 4, Part 1, p. 282. citation In Sri Lanka, this early steel-making method employed a unique wind furnace, driven by the monsoon winds, capable of producing high-carbon steel. citation Herbert Henery Coghlan.
The investment bank highlighted Dalrymple's reliance on the more acceptable metallurgical coal - which is a necessity for steel-making - for its business.
The process also decreased the labor requirements for steel-making.
In his public comments he usually does not put a finite year on his expectations for the life of the industry, though he tells the that he expects Australia will still be exporting steel-making coal for many decades and thermal coal for some decades.