steelmaker

Produces structural alloys

A steelmaker is a company or person that manufactures steel.

The term usually refers to industrial producers—large corporations operating mills and foundries: The steelmakers lobbied against import tariffs.

It can also mean an individual worker in steel production, though this sense is less common.

production

blast furnace

Ore-to-metal converter

ladle · mold · pig iron · slag · coke · refractory · ingot · hot metal · tapping · continuous casting

industry

mill

Grain-crushing facility

union · labor · automation · heavy industry · industrialization · production · corporation · scale · infrastructure · manufacturing

metallurgy

tempering

Controlled heating and cooling

tensile strength · ductility · malleability · hardness · corrosion resistance · metallurgist · ferrous · heat treatment · microstructure · normalizing

forge

anvil

Metal-shaping block

quench · bellows · hearth · charcoal · heat · shaping · tempering · welding · metalwork · craftsmanship

materials

iron ore

Extractable metallic mineral deposit

limestone · carbon · ferrite · pearlite · pellets · flux · dolomite · scrap metal · recycling · raw materials

alloys

chromium

Element twenty-four

tungsten · cobalt · manganese · corrosion-resistant · high-strength

business

magnate

Wealthy business leader

Carnegie · entrepreneur · executive · corporation · conglomerate · merger · acquisition · market share · consolidation

Categories
Opposites
material produced

steelmakerglassmaker

Silica craftsperson

woodworker · ceramicist · papermaker

industrial role

steelmakerscrap dealer

Seller of salvaged materials

automaker · construction company

scale and method

steelmakerblacksmith

Iron-shaping craftsperson

metalsmith · artisan · craftsman · bladesmith · swordsmith

Family

steelmakers, steelmaking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G