steel industry

collocation in English

meaningsofsteelandindustry

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steel
noun[U]
uk
/stiːl/us
/stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofsteelandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The actions of thesteelindustryand private terminal owners in the case of port reform illustrate the above points.
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But control over thesteelindustryremained a zonal matter.
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Industrialisation had progressed much further, with the mining industry and thesteelindustryas the most important growth poles.
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From secure employment to labour market insecurity : the impact of redundancy on older workers in thesteelindustry.
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The water pollution intensity of the pulp and paper industry is 6,585,007 kilograms per thousand employees, which ranks second to the iron andsteelindustry.
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Then the domesticsteelindustry, for example, suffers from a competitive disadvantage against the steel producers abroad, if these need not apply the same strict standards.
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Thesteelindustrywas mentioned, not without reason.
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The problem is not only confined to thesteelindustry.
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I know that the problem is not only with thesteelindustry.
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Many sectors are affected by this, particularly thesteelindustry.
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A resolution on thesteelindustrywill be adopted soon.
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No one ever thought, for example, that thesteelindustrywould suddenly boom again.
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We need a new approach to partnership in manufacturing industry, particularly in thesteelindustry.
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The real problem does not involve thesteelindustryalone.
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Heavy engineering firms have added to their plant and factory space and there have been major schemes of expansion in the iron andsteelindustry.
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Then came the period of recession in the worldsteelindustry.
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Most of the problems in thesteelindustrywere caused by the steel companies being directed to go to certain parts of the country.
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Has he any knowledge of how thesteelindustrywill be affected?
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No industry can stand still, and the iron andsteelindustryleast of all.
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The law of the jungle is very much operative in thesteelindustry.
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