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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Every ten to twenty years, a blast furnace must be relined, which costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
What People Are Saying U.S. Steel cautioned that without financial backing from Nippon Steel, the company may pivot production from blast furnaces to more cost-effective, non-union electric arc furnaces and relocate its headquarters from Pittsburgh.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
But McCall accused the Japanese company of planning to shift jobs from U.S. Steel's unionized blast furnaces in Pennsylvania and Indiana to nonunion facilities in Arkansas, which Nippon Steel denies.
—Jeff Stein and David J. Lynch The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Nippon Steel pledged a $2.7 billion investment to modernize U.S. Steel's aging blast furnaces in Gary, Indiana, and Pennsylvania's Mon Valley.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
What People Are Saying U.S. Steel cautioned that without financial backing from Nippon Steel, the company may pivot production from blast furnaces to more cost-effective, non-union electric arc furnaces and relocate its headquarters from Pittsburgh.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
But McCall accused the Japanese company of planning to shift jobs from U.S. Steel's unionized blast furnaces in Pennsylvania and Indiana to nonunion facilities in Arkansas, which Nippon Steel denies.
—Jeff Stein and David J. Lynch The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Nippon Steel pledged a $2.7 billion investment to modernize U.S. Steel's aging blast furnaces in Gary, Indiana, and Pennsylvania's Mon Valley.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Blast furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blast%20furnace. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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