iron industry
Metalworks economic sector
The iron industry encompasses the mining, smelting, and processing of iron ore into usable metal.
It formed the backbone of the Industrial Revolution and remains fundamental to modern manufacturing.
The iron industry transformed the region's economy.
The term often appears in historical contexts discussing industrialization and economic development.
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- hematiteIron oxide ore
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