Steel mill

A steel mill (British English and Australian English steelworks) is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.

Related Topics:
British English - Australian English - Steel

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Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two stage process. First, the iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or carried to the next stage as molten iron. In the second stage, known as steelmaking, impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus, and excess carbon are removed and alloying elements such as manganese, nickel, chromium and vanadium added to produce the exact steel required.

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Alloy - Iron - Carbon - Blast furnace - Pig iron - Steelmaking - Sulfur - Phosphorus - Manganese - Nickel - Chromium - Vanadium

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Steel mills turn molten steel into blooms, ingots, slabs and sheet through casting, hot rolling and cold rolling.

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Casting - Hot rolling

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