| 单词 | blast furnace |
| 例句 | We were within sight of where the two blast furnaces and the nine open hearths had been—where the “pig iron,” a product of iron ore, was melted into steel. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The borough reached its economic peak in the 1950s and '60s but went into a steep decline in the early '80s, when the area's major blast furnaces closed. Decaying steel town gets movie star turn in 'Out of the Furnace' 2013-12-06T00:05:41Z The song's compelling fusion of blast furnace punk, whimsical melody and inscrutable lyrics was unlike anything else commercial radio had embraced up to that point. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Alternating between bites of the crispy salmon with sorrel, and the savory chicken with morels, my 6-year-old stared, rapt, out the plate glass windows at the blast furnace’s gas flares rending the nighttime sky. A Pittsburgh Area Restaurant That Trades Fussy for Fun 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s a world that still echoes dimly with the cacophonous clanging of ancient machinery and the Inferno roar of steel foundries and blast furnaces. Cleveland’s heart of darkness 2013-05-08T16:30:00Z Carol emailed to let me know Elizabeth Furnace wasn’t a person after all; it was a 19th century blast furnace in the Shenandoah Valley. Camping without the hassle: New service rents you all the gear you need, plus the car 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Another gives us 30 different views of blast furnaces, at plants across Western Europe and the United States. Photography’s Delightful Obsessives 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z When I arrived, he was loading wood into the blast furnace that he uses to boil his sap. Vermont’s maple syrup business is booming, thanks to technology and changing tastes 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z My remedy for the blast furnace outside is a serving of thin slices of raw scallops, splashed with lime juice and strewn with fennel fronds and slivered red peppers. White server jackets and signs of promise at RPM Italian 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z In 2006 the steelmaker embarked on a massive investment and construction project to build blast furnaces to produce high-quality virgin steel for cars, ships and consumer durable goods for parent Hyundai Motor and other customers. Hyundai Rolls Its Own 2011-02-23T23:00:00Z A Pittsburgh theater company is bringing Shakespeare to the site of a once mighty steel company’s blast furnace. Theater company brings Shakespeare to steel 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z She died in 1976, but I still remember sitting on her back step looking over the fiery blast furnaces of the Black Country at night. Home of Metal turns the Midlands up to 11 2011-07-10T20:30:02Z Judas Priest are the sound of the blast furnaces that once studded the Midlands. How Judas Priest invented heavy metal 2010-05-20T20:59:00Z Opera was hardly a priority in the crime-ridden city with rusting blast furnaces turned into "just scrap and rubble," in the words of Bruce Springsteen's song "Youngstown." Tenor Brownlee shows race no hurdle to his career 2010-04-30T10:39:00Z Stoddard includes a dramatic photograph of the blast furnaces in Youngstown being demolished; they look like imperial walkers from “The Empire Strikes Back” toppling to the ground. ‘Steel’ review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z In order to decarbonise its steel making processes, Tata wants to close Port Talbot's two blast furnaces, which use coal, and replace them with an electric arc furnace. Tata Steel: Steelworker fears for home as job cuts loom 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Tata announced earlier this year it would close its two blast furnaces in Port Talbot and replace them with electric arc furnaces, with an expected loss of up to 3,000 jobs. British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It's not a stretch of the imagination to think that the company's attitude to keeping the existing blast furnaces running might be different if the plant was profitable. Tata: Unite protest over treatment of Port Talbot steelworkers 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z However, the money will see new electric arc furnaces replace existing blast furnaces, reducing the number of workers needed. Tata Steel: Unions condemn plans for UK's biggest steelworks 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Steel’s blast furnaces running has won it the support of United Steelworkers. Cleveland-Cliffs clashes with U.S. Steel as sale process gets underway -sources 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The £1.2bn deal announced on Friday involves switching from using blast furnaces powered by fossil fuels to electric arc furnaces which can be powered by using renewable energy. Port Talbot: Tata Steel would have left UK without aid - Welsh secretary 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Coke-fuelled blast furnaces reach a higher temperature and can smelt iron ore directly to create steel. British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The company's plans involve switching from using blast furnaces powered by fossil fuels to electric arc furnaces which can be powered by using renewable energy. Tata jobs fears remain despite funding for Port Talbot steelworks 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Port Talbot's steelworks is one of the biggest polluters in the UK, with its two existing blast furnaces working around the clock. Tata Steel: Unions condemn plans for UK's biggest steelworks 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves has said in interviews and earnings calls that criticism of blast furnaces’ carbon emissions ignores that electric arc furnaces cannot make the steel many car makers want. Cleveland-Cliffs clashes with U.S. Steel as sale process gets underway -sources 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Tata, the Indian conglomerate that owns the steelworks, will use the funding to help switch the plant’s two coal-fired blast furnaces to electric arc versions that can run on zero-carbon electricity. Around 3,000 jobs at risk at UK’s biggest steelworks despite government-backed package of support 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The end product is not the same grade of steel that is produced in blast furnaces, and is not suitable for all industrial uses in, for example, motor manufacturing and construction. British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z This is because blast furnaces operate around the clock and need more workers. Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces smelting 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Tata Steel's parent company would agree £700m of capital expenditure, Sky News said, which would help pay for a switch away from polluting coal-fired blast furnaces. Port Talbot: UK offers Tata Steel £500m to fund green steel switch - report 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Unlike blast furnaces, EAFs do not have to be operated at constant rates, allowing them to adjust to fluctuations in steel demand. Focus: How U.S. Steel became an acquisition target 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z "Cliffs is committed to the blast furnace segment of the steel market and U.S. Steel is not," the union's international president, Thomas Conway told Reuters in an interview. Union leader: Cleveland-Cliffs is the best strategic buyer of U.S. Steel 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Government sources claim that the blast furnace plants are not economic - they are losing £1m a day, they say - and are not "green", therefore making them unsustainable on financial and environmental grounds. British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z While a few carmakers use aluminum for automotive bodies, most prefer high-grade steel from blast furnaces. Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces smelting 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The company would reportedly commit to building electric arc furnaces, which offer greener, less labour-intensive ways of producing steel than traditional blast furnaces. Port Talbot: UK offers Tata Steel £500m to fund green steel switch - report 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains. The extreme heat wave that blasted the Southwest is abating with late arriving monsoon rains 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., An explosion at a Chinese steel mill kills 4 and injures 5 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The government conceded that the plan to close the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe and Port Talbot will leave the UK without the ability to make "virgin steel". British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Cliffs' devotion to blast furnaces, which are unionized unlike some electric arc furnaces, won it the support of United Steelworkers. Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces smelting 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Green Alliance estimates that turning off two of the UK's four blast furnaces would have the equivalent impact on emissions of removing 2.4 million petrol cars from the roads. Port Talbot: Tata boss calls for subsidies to be greener 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z To cut carbon dioxide emissions, Nippon Steel is considering shifting to electric arc furnaces from blast furnaces at two of its domestic steelmaking plants. Nippon Steel still in talks with Teck as it seeks stake in coal asset 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z U.S. steelmakers are among the world's lowest carbon emitters, because of their heavy reliance on electric-arc furnaces that make steel largely from scrap, as opposed to smelting iron ore in coal-fired blast furnaces. US Commerce chief says green steel pact would combat excess Chinese output 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The firm announced in February that it was closing its coking oven, used to turn coal into fuel for the blast furnaces. British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Goncalves has said in interviews and earnings calls that criticism of blast furnaces' emissions ignores that electric arc furnaces cannot make the steel many car makers want. Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces smelting 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The company is still in talks with the UK government over grants to help pay for a switch away from coal-fired blast furnaces. Tata Steel warns of uncertainty over future of UK business 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Only two of Zaporizhstal’s four blast furnaces have since resumed operation, reflecting its diminished output since Russia’s invasion. How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z At the Zaporizhstal steel plant, life still revolves around the blast furnaces, even if only three out of four are operating. A steel plant ready for war shows hit to Ukraine’s economy 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Coking ovens turn coal into coke which burns at the higher temperature needed for blast furnaces to make steel. British Steel plans to close ovens and cut 260 jobs 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Goncalves is also betting that producing iron ore in-house for blast furnaces, rather than sourcing scrap steel for electric arc furnaces, will give Cliffs a competitive edge. Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces smelting 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z A decision on support is needed soon, as the life of Tata's blast furnaces are coming to an end and electric arc furnaces take between four and five years to build. Tata Steel warns of uncertainty over future of UK business 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Compounding matters, much of the coal used to power blast furnaces is now under Russian control or is mined close to the front line. How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Coking ovens are used to turn coal into coke which burns at the higher temperature needed for the two blast furnaces that remain in operation. British Steel to cut jobs amid fears for industry 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In the UK, the government is reported to be ready to stump up £600m to help Britain's two largest steelmakers switch away from coal-fired blast furnaces. The race across Europe to build green steel plants 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Each is expected to receive around £300m of grants to help pay for a switch away from coal-fired blast furnaces and help with energy costs. Government to offer £600m for green steel switch 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Sky said the funding would help British Steel replace blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, with electric alternatives. UK considers £300m rescue funding for British Steel 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z A steel maker guiding molten iron from a blast furnace into casts at the Zaporistahl steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia in November. How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The offers are also too small to help with the estimated £2bn cost of transitioning from blast furnaces to more energy efficient electric arc furnaces, they said. British Steel to cut jobs amid fears for industry 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z It was formerly an aqueduct to provide water to Cwmavon blast furnaces, but now a walkway which featured in a photograph of Burton that appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world. Richard Burton: Actor's home village to mark Hollywood history 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Central to the offer of support are the companies' blast furnaces. Government to offer £600m for green steel switch 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z And a fossil fuel-free steel plant is being built that will use new hydrogen technology instead of traditional blast furnaces. Reindeer herders fear Lapland wind farm boom 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The process creates coke, which is used as fuel to fire blast furnaces for metal and cement makers. Alabama plant owned by W.V. governor’s family fined $925,000 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z U.S. steelmakers claim to have the world’s lowest carbon emissions levels, in part because 70% of American steel is made from scrap iron in electric-arc furnaces rather than coal-fired blast furnaces. U.S. floats new steel, aluminum tariffs based on carbon emissions 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Okay, the dry-fried cauliflower droops by the time its lid is removed at home, but the seasoning is the blast furnace fans expect. Review | Worth the wait: Peter Chang finally opens a Chinese restaurant in D.C. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z This follows a request by British Steel, which is owned by Chinese company Jingye, for hundreds of millions of pounds of grants to prevent the closure of its blast furnace at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. Government to offer £600m for green steel switch 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Every hour of the day and night, at this steel plant in Sweden’s far north, the metal pours out of a hole at the bottom of a massive, 90-metre-tall blast furnace. How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—and How It Can’t 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z A 250-metre exclusion zone has been put in place for the levelling of the Redcar blast furnace, the casting houses, the dust catcher and conveyors. Redcar blast furnace demolition set for go ahead 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “When you went under those bridges where the trains were hauling coke from the blast furnaces, you had to watch for cinders and debris falling off.” Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The report said Tata wants to close two blast furnaces at Port Talbot and build two electric arc furnaces that will be less carbon intensive, at a cost of about £3bn. Port Talbot: Liz Truss promises talks with Tata on steelworks' future 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Take, for example, an electrical element on a stove, which glows from red to orange, while the higher-temperature steel in a blast furnace glows from yellow to white. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The CO2 is a waste product of the coal that the blast furnace devours. How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—and How It Can’t 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The following reactions all occur in a blast furnace. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The director, Enver Tskitishvili, went on a war footing, deciding to power down the blast furnaces and cease operations for the first time since World War II. Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z The report says Tata wants to close two blast furnaces at Port Talbot and build two electric arc furnaces, that will be less carbon intensive. Port Talbot: Tata steelworks could close without subsidy deal 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Similar techniques can be used to detect heat leaks in homes Figure 14.27, optimize performance of blast furnaces, improve comfort levels in work environments, and even remotely map the Earth’s temperature profile. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The world has hundreds of similar blast furnaces, most of them with larger emissions. How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—and How It Can’t 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The surrounding site is darkened by ashes from the old blast furnace, where iron ore was reduced into pure, molten iron using vast amounts of coking coal. The green revolution sweeping Sweden One film can reject 97 percent of the IR light that’s trying to transform the inside of your house into a blast furnace. Perspective | What to consider before replacing the windows on your home 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “Global demand for electric furnaces is increasing as they emit less carbon than blast furnaces,” she told Reuters. S.Korea plans to manage steel scrap as strategic asset as prices surge 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Circling its star only once every 18 hours, the planet has blast furnace surface temperatures above the melting point of most types of rocks. James Webb Space Telescope Set to Study Two Strange Super-Earths 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z In a blast furnace, oxygen atoms are stripped from this rust, leaving liquid iron behind. How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—and How It Can’t 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The blast furnace in Lulea has been replaced with technology that uses hydrogen produced with renewable electricity. The green revolution sweeping Sweden The ore and coke are then mixed with limestone and fed into a large blast furnace where a flow of extremely hot air is introduced from the bottom. The race to produce green steel 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z It contained a coking plant, a lime shop, a blast furnace, a converter shop and a powerful rolling mill. Inside Mariupol’s besieged steel plant, a symbol of bravery and terror 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z According to staff, the last time the over-80-year-old plant shut down all blast furnaces was during World War Two, when the plant was destroyed. Major Ukraine steel plant ramps back up - but Russian troops are close 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “There’s no space in the carbon budget for new blast furnaces,” says Rebecca Dell, head of the industry programme at the ClimateWorks foundation, a grant-making organization in San Francisco, California. How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—and How It Can’t 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The plant stretches across four square miles, a complex of buildings, smokestacks, blast furnaces and stacks of coiled and plate steel, and it has its own port facilities on the Sea of Azov. Despair in Mariupol’s last stronghold: ‘They’re bombing us with everything’ 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z First, the chemical reactions in the blast furnace result in emissions, as carbon trapped in coke and limestone binds with oxygen in the air to create carbon dioxide as a byproduct. The race to produce green steel 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Video and audio footage showed explosions rumbling and smoke rising from the steelworks, which contain myriad buildings, blast furnaces and rail tracks. Ukraine says Russia launches new eastern offensive with blasts all along front 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z "In the 1950s there were 80 blast furnaces here. 100,000 workers. There were factories all along this valley - chimneys everywhere." Will France's 'forgotten' workers get what they want? 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Its battery draws on renewable energy to heat up a sort of brick that’s similar to refractory bricks already used in blast furnaces for steel. How a high-tech twist on a 19th-century process could clean up steel and cement making 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z One of the blast furnaces was given a face lift and turned into a steampunk-style event space with shops, commercial offices and a museum. Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers – not smoke – skyward 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z In addition, fossil fuels are typically burned to heat the blast furnace and to power sintering and pelletizing plants, as well as coke ovens, emitting carbon dioxide in the process. The race to produce green steel 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Though steel firms, for example, have been encouraged to switch from blast furnaces to cleaner electric arc furnace technology in order to slash pollution, they are still forced to rely on coal-fired electricity. China's giant state-owned companies struggle to align climate rhetoric with reality 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z But two years later, the blast furnaces closed for good. Will France's 'forgotten' workers get what they want? 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Nearly 90 percent of the carbon released by the steel-making process comes from reducing it to “pig iron” in a blast furnace or smelter powered by fossil fuels. Can a Carbon-Emitting Iron Ore Tycoon Save the Planet? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Chinese steel companies still rely on coal-fired blast furnaces that melt mostly iron ore to make steel. China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The remaining 30 percent is almost all made through electric arc furnaces, which use an electrical current to melt steel — largely recycled scrap — and have far lower CO2 emissions than blast furnaces. The race to produce green steel 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air seen by the BBC indicates that "a total of 18 new blast furnace projects... and 43 new coal-fired power plant units were announced." Climate change: Tracking China's steel addiction in one city 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z It is made up of iron ore and a technological binder solution which includes sand from the treatment of mining tailings in its composition, and is capable of resisting high blast furnace temperatures without disintegrating. Dam disasters were wake up call for Brazil's Vale, CEO says 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The canyons stitched up the sides of the range function like blast furnaces when a fire catches, especially in the months when the Jarbo winds howl west to east. Review | An idyllic California town and the wildfire everyone should have expected 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Thijs Vandenbussche, climate policy analyst at think tank the European Policy Centre, points to possible substitutes, such as fuel ash or blast furnace slag, for cement, which may not be subject to carbon charges. Analysis-Europe faces sceptical globe with carbon border levy 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest roadblock is China, where about 90 percent of steel production is achieved using blast furnaces. The race to produce green steel 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Pyrometallurgy refers to the extraction of metals using high heat in blast furnaces, which analysts say is not economic. New recycling techniques set to make electric vehicles greener 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “Building new coal blast furnaces is a bad bet for steel producers and a bad bet for the planet,” said Christine Shearer, GEM’s coal programme director. Steel sector may be saddled with up to $70 billion stranded assets - report 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z But nothing like the freak east wind that Labor Day weekend, that turned the blaze into a blast furnace. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Last year, Cleveland-Cliffs purchased a majority of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal’s American mills, after buying the struggling producer AK Steel, to create an integrated steel company that owns iron mines and blast furnaces. Soaring Prices Herald Boom Time for Steel Makers 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z But the future costs of converting a string of blast furnaces into climate-friendly operations are likely to run into tens of billions in Europe alone, the company says. How to Clean Up Steel? Bacteria, Hydrogen and a Lot of Cash. 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The company would close a blast furnace in each of the two plants and build electric arc furnaces for scrap smelting. ArcelorMittal looking for partners, subsidies for cleaner steelmaking in Germany 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z In steelmaking, hydrogen sets off a chemical reaction that removes oxygen from iron ore, eliminating the need for purified coal in the blast furnace. How steel might finally kick its coal habit 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The AK Steel deal also created a continuous flow of pellets, from Cliffs-owned mining operations in Minnesota to blast furnaces involved in the purchase. 2020 has been transformational year for Iron Range mining 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z But the hiring renaissance was short-lived as lower prices caused some closures, including one of two blast furnace at Granite City, where Trump heralded the industry's renaissance in July 2018. Analysis: Trump changed how the U.S. trades - not necessarily as intended 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Roughly two tons of carbon dioxide rises into the atmosphere for every ton of steel made using blast furnaces. How to Clean Up Steel? Bacteria, Hydrogen and a Lot of Cash. 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In each case, 50-mile-an-hour gusts wailed through the treetops, fanning flames like a blast furnace and urging the inferno on. ‘This season is off the charts’: Colorado fights the worst wildfires in its recent history 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Harris, 47, remembers when the Mahoning Valley, with iconic companies like Youngstown Sheet and Tube, was teeming with blast furnaces, rolling mills and coke batteries. ‘I regret voting for him': Ohioans hit by GM plant closure reflect on Trump 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Steel companies rely on coal for heating their blast furnaces but face pressure to shift toward renewable energy sources such as hydrogen as a way to cut their carbon emissions. Salzgitter CEO rejects idea of steel alliance with Thyssenkrupp 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z On a cold morning in February 1880, eight men ventured to a prairie south of what was to become the town of South Pueblo and began excavating for the foundation of a blast furnace. Rail mill project solidifies Pueblo’s ‘Steel City’ moniker 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said reported plans to shut two blast furnaces and replace them with electric arc furnaces raised "massive questions" about the future of the steel industry. 'Thousands' of jobs fears over reported Tata plans 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Steel mills are allowed to operate, but not some critical suppliers such as metal fabricators and producers of limestone used in blast furnaces. U.S. industries scramble for exemptions as state shutdown orders grow 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Outside, a towering smoke stack loomed above a landscape of blast furnaces and stockpiles of dangerous minerals. Troubles at an Aging Steel Mill Mirror Italy’s Own 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance described the forecast conditions as a "blast furnace". 'You need to leave': Australians warned over fires 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “The blast furnace was christened ‘Betsy’ in honor of the superintendent’s daughter,” Miller explained. Rail mill project solidifies Pueblo’s ‘Steel City’ moniker 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s going to be a blast furnace,” Andrew Constance, the transport minister of New South Wales, told The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia Fires Intensify: ‘It’s Going to Be a Blast Furnace’ 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Steel CEO David Burritt praised Trump’s tariffs on imported steel after the company announced it would rehire workers and restart two blast furnaces last year. US Steel to shutter Detroit plant and lay off 1,545 workers after Trump brags he “saved” industry 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z “They encountered a lot of heat ... It was very similar to a blast furnace.” 'It was absolutely gutted': five dead after fire in Minneapolis high-rise 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z United States Steel Corp. even fired up a pair of long-idled blast furnaces in Granite City, Ill., and Trump seized the occasion to deliver a rousing speech at the plant about the industry’s resurgence. Trump's steel tariffs were supposed to save the industry. They made things worse 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The plant expanded to encompass more than 700 acres, the bright flame from its blast furnace — nicknamed “Amanda” — visible far down the highway. As a Kentucky mill shutters, steelworkers see the limits of Trump’s intervention 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The ministry will also encourage the use of cement kilns or blast furnaces at steel plants to dispose of hazardous chemical waste. China plans to end illegal hazardous chemical dumping by 2025 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The weekly utilization rate at blast furnaces in steel mills across the country plunged in late September, falling to 56.2% in the week ended Oct. China September steel output skids to six-month low on anti-pollution curbs 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z I grew up in Warren, Ohio, a blue-collar town of blast furnaces, Friday night fish fries at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and serious high school football. Behind the Story: How I learned to love 'rez golf' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The South Bank coke ovens were part of the SSI complex, which had offices and a blast furnace in nearby Redcar. Tributes paid to men killed at former SSI site 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The company announced it would restart an idled blast furnace in Granite City, Ill., and Trump attended an event to celebrate the reopening. As a Kentucky mill shutters, steelworkers see the limits of Trump’s intervention 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Steel restarted two blast furnaces and hired back about 800 workers at its Granite City plant in Illinois. In Michigan steel towns, tariffs meant to revive industry cost jobs 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z ArcelorMittal issued an apology Aug. 16 for the cyanide and ammonia spill that occurred after its Burns Harbor mill had a failure at a blast furnace water recirculation system. Boaters slow to return Indiana beaches after cyanide spill 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z In mid-June, the company said it would idle two blast furnaces at its Great lakes and Gary Works plants, citing lower steel prices and softening demand. U.S. Steel plans to lay off hundreds of workers in Michigan 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z That contrasts with traditional taconite pellets from Minnesota’s Iron Range, which feed older blast furnace steel mills around the Great Lakes. Cliffs celebrates $100M upgrade to Minnesota iron ore plant 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Suppliers to blast furnaces are sounding the alarm. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z It said the blast furnace at the Great Lakes Works plant will remain idled through at least the end of the year. In Michigan steel towns, tariffs meant to revive industry cost jobs 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “We are idling two blast furnaces in the United States and one blast furnace in Europe,” the company said. Opinion | The Trump economy house of cards collapses 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z They will impact nearly every area of the facility, from blast furnace to finishing operations, a company spokeswoman told Reuters. U.S. Steel plans to lay off hundreds of workers in Michigan 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z You can’t go wrong with any of them, but the marinated lamb chops, crusty and hot, are irresistible, their spicing perhaps a notch or two below the typical blast furnace of a Pakistani curry. The 25 best casual restaurants in the D.C. area 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Many “blast furnaces will shut down,” he added. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Steel said it would temporarily halt operations at a blast furnace near Detroit as well as one in Gary, Ind., on the shore of Lake Michigan. Steel industry begins to idle plants, shows signs of weakness — despite Trump’s support 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The steel producer took action to offset lower prices and weaker demand by idling three blast furnaces. Adobe and Viacom rise while NCR and Rio Tinto fall 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The process creates pitch-black coke that is used to fuel the blast furnaces of nearby steel, cement and aluminum manufacturers. The betrayal: How a lawyer, a lobbyist and a legislator waged war on an Alabama Superfund cleanup 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Trained as a mechanical engineer, Mr. Sanna began his career maintaining blast furnaces and coke ovens for U.S. Charles Sanna, creator of Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix, dies at 101 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Steel Corp., with more costly legacy blast furnaces. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Steel restart two blast furnaces and rehire 800 workers at its Granite City, Illinois mill last year, made clear that he was focused on rebuilding steelmaking capacity in the United States, not Canada. 'Don't blink' on Trump tariffs, steel CEOs tell U.S. lawmakers 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Now, the company is thinking about reinvesting in its workforce more like it does reinvesting in its blast furnaces or other facilities. Why US Steel and other traditional companies are rolling out new benefits | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Adding to this barrage, MacPherson cites possible sources including high-speed traffic on highways, mining, air traffic, electrical substations and industrial machinery – especially blast furnaces and large air ducts. What is the mysterious 'global Hum' – and is it simply noise pollution? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The move should extend the life of blast furnace 5 in Port Talbot by seven years and ease concerns about Tata's commitment to Europe's steel sector. £70m fresh start for Tata steel plant 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Steel is trying to show investors it can move past its legacy blast furnaces. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z It merely stated that it would restart two blast furnaces at the company’s Granite City Works integrated plant in Illinois, creating 800 jobs. Analysis | Meet the Bottomless Pinocchio, a new rating for a false claim repeated over and over again 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The company credits tariffs for its decision to add 800 jobs by restarting two blast furnaces it had idled in 2015. Trump's steel tariffs create big profits but few new jobs 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Steel said this year that it is restarting two blast furnaces at its existing Granite City, Ill., plant and would spend $750 million to revitalize its existing Gary, Ind., plant. President Trump boasts he's turned around American industry. With the election at hand, here are the facts - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z "What you see today in the blast furnace investment, we are committed to build on our future for the UK," said Hans Fischer, chief executive of Tata Steel's European operations. £70m fresh start for Tata steel plant 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z At that point, the company had already restarted one of two blast furnaces at Granite City, and vowed the second would soon be brought online. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z After Mr. Trump announced 25% tariffs on imported steel, the company said it would restart two blast furnaces to meet projected demand. A GOP Lawmaker’s Battle to Turn Growth and Jobs Into Votes 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Nucor has led the sector’s transformation to labor-saving plants since the 1970s, replacing older blast furnaces with more efficient modern electric arc furnaces. Trump's steel tariffs create big profits but few new jobs 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But a company spokeswoman said its expansion plans - it has already restarted one blast furnace and is preparing to restart another - showed it had the ability to meet US demand. The manufacturers fighting Trump's tariffs 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z If we identify St. Louis in August as a blast furnace disguised as a city, might not Long Island in May be a gathering gloom of icy rain? A move from August May be the right call after all - Golf Digest 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z With the stronger steelmakers aggressively boosting capacity to grab market share, a dip in demand has left older, more costly blast furnaces at U.S. The Trump tariff twist that’s cost U.S. Steel $5.5 billion 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Weekly utilization rates at steel mills’ blast furnaces across the country slipped last week to the lowest since mid-April, according to the Mysteel consultancy. China's iron ore imports rise in July despite pollution curbs 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He said he would be happy to be working beside them at the blast furnace. Donald Trump touts European soybean deal during speech in Illinois 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Granite City Works is now near its 2015 employment level of 2,100, with a second blast furnace to be operating by this fall. Trump touts trade win in Illinois steel town as others lose 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The company started in March restarting two blast furnaces at the Granite City Works that were shut down in 2015, costing 2,000 jobs. Trump traveling to Illinois steel mill amid tariffs dispute 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z A blast furnace recently came back online in Granite City, Illinois, creating 300 jobs. Portrait of a steel town: where others fear a trade war, Coatesville sees hope 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Steel Corp. says it will restart the second of two shuttered blast furnaces at a southwestern Illinois mill and bring back about 300 workers. US Steel plans restarted more idled parts of Illinois mill 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Businesses granted government protection, such as the steel industry, have added jobs at blast furnaces in Illinois and mills in Ohio. Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the E.U., Canada and Mexico 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Part of the reason that coal has been resurgent is that it is used to fuel blast furnaces in which steel is made. Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The action plan also targets installing dust collection equipment at blast furnaces by the end of July and desulfurisation equipment for pelleting processing units at all steel mills by the end of October. China's Xuzhou begins environmental checks to meet 2018 clean air... 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Steel said it would restart one of two blast furnaces and bring back 500 workers. Ohio workers love Trump’s tariffs, and that’s making trouble for the GOP 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The decision by the Pittsburgh-based company follows a March announcement that it would restart the other blast furnace at the Granite City Works near St. Louis and recall 500 workers. US Steel plans restarted more idled parts of Illinois mill 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Among the largest idle sources of steel is an AK Steel Holding Corp. blast furnace in Ashland, Ky. Blast furnaces are the preferred method for making slabs because of their high-volume capacity. Why One Slice of the U.S. Steel Industry Welcomes Trump’s Tariff Exemptions 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Last week, United States Steel Corp. said it would fire up a blast furnace in Granite City, Ill., and call back 500 workers. Nucor to Build New Florida Steel Mill as Domestic Producers Study Tariff Impact 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Steel said it would restart one of two idled blast furnaces at an Illinois steel plant, creating up to 500 jobs. Trump steel tariffs may leave these U.S. steelworkers jobless 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Steel announced Wednesday it will restart a blast furnace next month in Granite City. Granite City residents celebrate return of 500 steel jobs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z And on Wednesday, United States Steel said it would restart a blast furnace in Granite City, Ill., bringing back 500 workers to help meet additional orders that it expected as a result of the tariffs. Trump Authorizes Tariffs, Defying Allies at Home and Abroad 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z United States Steel Corp. plans to relight one of two idle blast furnaces at its Granite City, Ill., mill, adding more than 1 million tons of raw steel annually to the market annually. Why One Slice of the U.S. Steel Industry Welcomes Trump’s Tariff Exemptions 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Steel said it would restart a blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois, bringing back 500 workers to help meet additional orders that it expected as a result of the tariffs. Trump forges ahead on tariffs despite criticisms and caveats at home and abroad 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Steel said it would restart one of two idled blast furnaces at an Illinois steel plant, creating up to 500 jobs. Trump steel tariffs may leave these U.S. steelworkers jobless 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Steel Corp. says it will restart one of two blast furnaces along with steel-making facilities in Illinois after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports. US Steel Illinois plant to restart after tariff announcement 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Steel idled its blast furnaces there two years ago as a flood of cheap imports pushed down domestic steel prices. U.S. Steel to Restart Illinois Plant Operations Amid Trump’s Tariff Plans 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z One big disadvantage for U.S. steelmakers that still rely on blast furnaces—as opposed to scrap—is expensive domestic iron ore, often from their own mines. Does American Steel Need More Protection? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The University of Windsor report said the hum’s likely source was blast furnace operations on Zug Island on the Detroit River, which is densely packed with manufacturing. There’s a Persistent Hum in This Canadian City, and No One Knows Why 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z But four industry sources told Reuters those concerns were receding now Tata was looking to repair blast furnace five and after a top level management change at its Indian parent firm last year. Tata 'to invest £75m in blast furnace' 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Essentially, it involves cranking up a forehand forged in a blast furnace and burning the felt off the ball. Tennis: Steely Edmund keeps it simple as final beckons 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Steel said firing up the Granite City blast furnace would take about four months. U.S. Steel to Restart Illinois Plant Operations Amid Trump’s Tariff Plans 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z While drawing blast furnaces, coal tipples, coke ovens and other industrial structures, the 41-year-old artist suffered chilblains, a condition that causes hands and feet to itch and turn red or blue. Artist’s wintry muse was Pennsylvania industrial landscape 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Digital SLR and iPhone cameras snapped as it was placed into a new steel capsule, forged, just like the one before, inside the searing blast furnaces of Severstal, the city’s steel plant. In Russian City, a Time Capsule to Comrades of the Future 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Union Community, which represents workers at Port Talbot, said it would continue to push for a full reline of blast furnace five. Tata 'to invest £75m in blast furnace' 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Essentially, it involves cranking up a forehand forged in a blast furnace and burning the felt off the ball. Tennis: Steely Edmund keeps it simple as final beckons 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The mill also has another idle blast furnace with a capacity of 1.4 million tons that could be restarted later. U.S. Steel to Restart Illinois Plant Operations Amid Trump’s Tariff Plans 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “The old blast furnaces weren’t replaced with new technology as fast as in China, Korea and India, and the U.S. industry became less competitive.” These young ironworkers are betting on new technology — and traditional unions — to achieve their American Dream 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province and south of Hebei, ordered blast furnaces to cut production by 50 percent during the heating season and put restrictions on other types of steel furnaces. China's early winter smelter cuts boost prospects for "blue sky" Congress 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z And Mr Zhang went to the mill-run school, graduating to a job in its foundry, where, in the heat of the blast furnace, he rolled metal into thin bars for construction. Capacity cuts in China fuel a commodity rally and a debate 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The bulk of China's steel is produced via blast furnaces where iron ore is melted and later mixed with steel scrap. Getting scrappy: China iron ore demand may falter as steel recycling grows 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z X 4.78% said it would restart a blast furnace in Illinois to handle the higher demand it expects from President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on foreign steel. U.S. Steel to Restart Illinois Plant Operations Amid Trump’s Tariff Plans 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Later that year, ArcelorMittal closed two blast furnaces, eliminating more than six hundred jobs. The Future of Europe Hinges on a Face-Off in France 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The city of Handan in Hebei, a top steel-making province, ordered 50 percent restrictions on blast furnaces to begin on Oct. China's early winter smelter cuts boost prospects for "blue sky" Congress 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Depending on the results of the current inspection, the government will decide whether to allow Formosa to begin test runs at its first blast furnace. Vietnam examining Formosa to decide trial-runs 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Eighty miles west of Manhattan, on the night of Trump’s election, the blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel sat silent, as they have for 20 years. Can Trump really make America great again? 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z And on this plane, notably in movies, the working man is cast against the shadow of coal tipples, smokestacks, blast furnaces or other emblems of industry to suggest his ultimate fate is controlled by others. Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z These include wheelbarrows, blast furnaces and social inventions such as suburbia: it was from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries that networks of small and medium-sized towns first began to appear in Europe. Arts: Hot tickets 2017 : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province and south of Hebei, ordered blast furnaces to cut production by 50 percent during the heating season and put restrictions on other types of steel furnaces. China's early winter smelter cuts boost prospects for "blue sky" Congress 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z For its part, Tata is promising to keep the two blast furnaces at Port Talbot open for another five years and to seek to avoid any compulsory redundancies for the same period of time. Tata Steel forges a deal at Port Talbot 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Details of the deal are not known, but is understood unions insisted on maintaining the site's two blast furnaces in talks with Tata last week. Tata Steel: Unions to discuss deal to keep Port Talbot open - BBC News 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The towers of blast furnaces rise from the east at Port Talbot’s struggling steel plant, where workers worry about the fate of their jobs. For a Welsh City, the Tides Offer Renewal 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “It’s big things like blast furnaces and buildings — things that have a really long life and aren’t easy to reverse,” he said. The Election’s Effect on the Economy? Doughnut Sales Are Probably Safe 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The city of Handan in Hebei, a top steel-making province, ordered 50 percent restrictions on blast furnaces to begin on Oct. China's early winter smelter cuts boost prospects for "blue sky" Congress 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Decades ago, blacks, Irish, Italians and Eastern Europeans came to work among the great blast furnaces of the old mills. Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z German authorities say a steel mill sustained massive damage to its blast furnace in 2014 after hackers took control of its industrial control systems, though details on the incident remain few. Iran oil industry fires, blasts raise suspicions of hacking 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z While many are native species, some are invasive that took root between the rail tracks, blast furnaces other structures when Steel began shutting down its hometown plant in 1995. Nurturing nature at Bethlehem’s Hoover-Mason Trestle 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z In the days before the summit, China started dismantling one of its largest blast furnaces. G-20 Closes With Call for More Efforts to Boost Global Growth 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Brown water fills potholes in the street, and when it rains, water pours down the side of ruffled roofs into hollowed-out blast furnaces. Why these diehard Democrats are rooting for Trump 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Democrats, he said, “failed Youngstown”: During the steel days, they were the party of overbearing regulations, the ones who told management that they couldn’t open a second blast furnace. Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Four decades ago, its blast furnaces lit up the sky. James Naughtie: The rusty road to Cleveland - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Ministers will do "everything to keep the blast furnaces" open, she said. Tata Steel: Minister still 'confident' on Port Talbot rescue - BBC News 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z “I remember when they tore the blast furnaces down,” he said. A Town’s Past and Its Future Rest in the Husk of an Industry Long Gone 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Six or seven workers at one point manned each blast furnace in Weirton. Why these diehard Democrats are rooting for Trump 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z If they did, they would not do so in the blast furnace of Globe Life Park on a searing Texas afternoon. Rangers’ Ian Desmond Switches to the Outfield, and Doesn’t Look Back 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Since their inception in 2007, the trio have managed to sound likethe audio equivalent of shoving your face into a blast furnace. Hard as Nails: getting hammered by the harshest band in America 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Come Sunday, Johnson stepped into the blast furnace and, by day’s end, emerged, soot-covered but standing as others melted away. You knew Oakmont would get its revenge at the U.S. Open, and Sunday was the day - Golf Digest 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z A recent price rally in the domestic market is reported to have led to the restarting of more than 40 blast furnaces this year. China re-opens steel mills despite pledge to cut production - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z However, its plan will be to move away from producing steel from scratch in the blast furnaces to recycling it in arc furnaces. Tata deadline for steel bidders, with seven in the running - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z But steel needs huge investments in blast furnaces and rolling mills to create an industry, and once erected they churn out more mass-produced steel than a developing country can cope with. The rise and fall of Britain's steel industry - BBC News 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z But that will be nothing like late July last season, when walking outside felt like entering a blast furnace. Yankees Return to Site Where a Downward Spiral Began 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In the two decades since the blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel went silent, the local economy did not follow the once-mighty company into decline. Once a symbol of decline, Pennsylvania tests limits of Trump's appeal 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Carnegie owned iron-ore deposits and rail carriages as well as blast furnaces. Keeping it under your hat 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z "In the short term, probably we might only close the old blast furnace and keep the other one going and optimise it," he said. Tata Steel UK sale: Who is Sanjeev Gupta? - BBC News 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The tycoon said his plan would be to transition Port Talbot from blast furnaces to arc furnaces over time, using domestically available scrap instead of imported raw material. Tidal lagoon could make Tata plant 'more competitive' - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z "The biggest problem we see is the blast furnaces because they are importing all their raw material to smelt steel." Tata Steel: Sajid Javid to meet potential buyer Sanjeev Gupta - BBC News 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “We would be making the same steel,” he said, but more efficiently without costly blast furnaces that depend on imported materials. U.K. in Talks With Liberty House to Buy Much of Tata Steel’s British Operations 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Oxygen is blown through liquid iron from the blast furnaces, which lowers the carbon content of the alloy and changes it into low-carbon steel. Steel's global role in industry over the decades - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Within five years, the Buckeye Mine was well on its way to supremacy, producing nearly a million tons of coal each year to produce coke, a material thrown into blast furnaces at steel mills. The boom and bust of Pennsylvania’s coal towns 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z One option being considered by ministers is to "mothball" the blast furnace at Port Talbot. Tata Steel UK: What are the options? - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z However, he reiterated his doubts about the viability of the blast furnaces. Tata Steel: Sajid Javid to meet potential buyer Sanjeev Gupta - BBC News 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Initially working in the blast furnace, it was not that long before he found himself operating cranes down by the docks on Aberavon Beach. Blood, sweat and steel: Life in and out of the steel works - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z "I've spent so many years here that I just pray that it will start working again," Taqi said, next to silent, towering blast furnaces. Slumbering Pakistani steel giant shows why state sell-offs are stalled 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The pellets are the region’s signature innovation — its creator is celebrated in an annual festival here — designed for maximum efficiency in the blast furnaces of U.S. steel mills. Financial turmoil half a world away is melting Minnesota’s iron country 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Over 50 years, the duo captured water towers, silos, coal bunkers, blast furnaces and gas tanks. In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2015 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Last winter, the German government said in a report that hackers broke into the control system at a domestic steel plant and caused “massive” damage to a blast furnace. Iranian Hackers Infiltrated New York Dam in 2013 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Coal is relatively cheap, generating roughly 40% of the world’s electricity and fueling many blast furnaces. Coal Miners Feel the Burn 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z MS 1.50 % The standard product, fines, requires compacting into lumps or pellets before going into blast furnaces. Is This a Tell on the State of Chinese Steel? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z With the blast furnaces turned off at U.S. steel mills, there’s little demand for the taconite pellets that are the crux of the local economy. Financial turmoil half a world away is melting Minnesota’s iron country 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The drilling rigs, with their deep underground pipes, once consumed much of the steel that Granite City’s blast furnaces could produce, while the mines supplied the raw material. A Global Chill in Commodity Demand Hits America’s Heartland 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The steel industry was recently hit by SSI's decision to close its blast furnace and coke ovens in Redcar, with the loss of 2,200 jobs. Tata Steel job cuts: Another blow for UK steel industry - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The blast furnaces tower over the North Lincolnshire town. What is the outlook for Britain's steel industry? - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Coke is a form of baked coal that steel producers use in blast furnaces. ArcelorMittal sued over soot from Pennsylvania coke plant 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Managers were unable to operate an on-off switch to shut down the blast furnace. Insurance requirements can drive stronger cybersecurity, Treasury official says 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z With only one of Granite City’s blast furnaces operating, the plant is running at about half of its normal capacity of 2.8 million tons of steel a year. A Global Chill in Commodity Demand Hits America’s Heartland 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Concrete is made of cement, water, tiny air bubbles and coarse materials such as sand, gravel, fly ash or blast furnace slag, which is a byproduct of steel production. New sidewalks are crumbling and flaking 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Some union leaders say they still believe the company could have kept the Florange blast furnaces. ArcelorMittal Finds Unlikely Success in French Rust Belt 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z It was no surprise, then, that Roseboro was in the middle of the blast furnace that was the weekend series finale between the Dodgers and Giants on Aug. 22, 1965, at Candlestick Park. Fifty years after Giants' Juan Marichal hit Dodgers' John Roseboro with a bat, all is forgiven 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Steel said it plans to close its Fairfield Works blast furnace and finishing operations at the plant on or after Nov. 17. U.S. Steel to Close Some Alabama Steel Ops, Cut 1,100 Jobs 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But the blast furnace and other operations at Fairfield Works will close around Nov. 17. US Steel idling Alabama mill; about 1,100 jobs affected 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Central planners poured substantial resources into steel mills, with a special emphasis on giant blast furnaces. Upsides for Steel Industry in a Russian Downturn, Despite Sanctions 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In addition, because the U.S. still has considerable iron-ore mines in the Midwest, it doesn’t need to place a blast furnace mill on the coast like it does in Europe. ArcelorMittal Finds Unlikely Success in French Rust Belt 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Steel won’t temporarily shut down its Granite City mill as planned but will keep one of two blast furnaces operating and idle only 80 workers. Official: US Steel not idling Granite City mill as planned 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In two generations the carefully twisted turrets of giant blast furnaces rose to forge the steel that built bridges, ships, and skyscrapers. Opportunity at the Intersection: My Message for the Class of 2015 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Dr Jones believes the attackers got in through the regular corporate infrastructure, although it is not clear how far they deliberately targeted the control systems for the blast furnace that was damaged. Rapid escalation of the cyber-arms race - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The company is in the midst of investing tens of millions of dollars refurbishing blast furnaces in Russia. Upsides for Steel Industry in a Russian Downturn, Despite Sanctions 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The raw steel for Florange would come from a mill in coastal Dunkirk, which has three blast furnaces and can produce 6.6 million tons a year of steel. ArcelorMittal Finds Unlikely Success in French Rust Belt 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z On hot days, the place becomes a blast furnace. Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s old Vegas gym is itching for his next big fight 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Scrap is best suited for electric arc-furnaces rather than blast furnaces, and the most convenient ones are in southern Europe. The death and rebirth of Hyundai Trajet Y264 TKP 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z A blast furnace at a German steel mill suffered "massive damage" following a cyber attack on the plant's network, says a report. Hack causes 'damage' at steel works 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z At the research and development center near the company’s giant blast furnaces at Duisburg, one of the managers, Lutz Kessler, showed off a prototype of a partly plastic car door panel the company has developed. ThyssenKrupp, an Old European Conglomerate, Tries to Learn a New Business Style 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The workers arrived with flatbed trucks carrying steel slabs, yellow backhoes and mobile cranes to hoist over the tops of bunkers gigantic 22-foot-long and 7-foot-wide slabs of raw steel fresh from the blast furnaces. Putin Calls for Talks on ‘Statehood’ for Eastern Ukraine 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The water-powered blast furnace is seen by some as the greatest technological development of the epoch; since it enabled iron to smelt at higher temperatures and much faster and more cheaply than any previous technology. Tech Lessons From The 'Dark Ages' 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z One of the other projects, Karara, is similar in concept to Sino Iron, taking a low-grade ore and turning it into high-grade blast furnace feed. China's Direct Losses In The Australian Iron Ore Industry Hit $10 billion 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z That business declined over the years, though; the mighty blast furnaces shut down in 1982. How not to shut down coal plants Montebourg failed last year to keep open blast furnaces in eastern France which steel group ArcelorMittal wanted to shut down, threatening at one point to nationalize them. French politics trump business over Alstom 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Lead smelters, which mostly closed down in the United States by the 1980s, processed ore in a blast furnace to extract the metal. Extreme Weather Stirs Up Forgotten Lead from Old Smelters 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Montebourg, who threatened to nationalise blast furnaces belonging to steelmaker ArcelorMittal when its owner tried to shut them down, said the Siemens proposal would create "two European and global champions". UPDATE 1-French president, GE boss to meet over Alstom's future 2014-04-28T07:09:53Z After sporadic shutdowns during the recession to cope with a lack of orders, all three blast furnaces at Dunkirk are running at full capacity. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z Mr. Grebey began his management career in labor relations at Inland Steel Corporation, where a strike forced him to work at the blast furnace as a laborer. Ray Grebey, Who Represented Baseball in 1981 Labor Dispute, Dies at 85 2013-09-04T00:30:31Z After Kaiser decided to close the Fontana plant in 1983, workers were told to toss all demolition debris into the blast furnace. Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell 2013-08-17T17:47:59Z A French minister recently threatened to nationalise ArcelorMittal’s Florange plant if it pursued plans to cut jobs and close two blast furnaces. Steel: An inferno of unprofitability 2013-07-04T15:04:16Z "An atmospheric blast furnace will be at full throttle heading into the weekend over the interior West with heat reaching dangerous levels," said AccuWeather.com senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. 'Blast furnace' heat engulfs U.S. West into weekend 2013-06-28T23:32:15Z The blast furnaces, towerlike structures where iron ore is converted to molten iron, are big and efficient. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z But blast furnaces require a lot of coal, which means greenhouse gas pollution. Moon Base Work Yields Clean Steel Process 2013-05-13T14:15:00.527Z But it was especially appealing from a business point of view because it relied on a proven technology and used materials in wide abundance: blast furnaces being abandoned as the American steel industry was collapsing. Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell 2013-08-17T17:47:59Z It ships in about 2.5m tonnes a year which is turned into coke and then used in the blast furnace. Future hopes for North East coal 2013-05-09T01:40:41Z Rowecord made the roof of the Olympic aquatics building and a new blast furnace for the Tata steel plant in Port Talbot. Minister's pledge to steel workers 2013-04-30T19:02:22Z Part of the reason Dunkirk is going flat out is that the company has already shut down other operations, including blast furnaces elsewhere in France and in Belgium. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z Which doesn’t sound cool at all, really, but is considerably better than over twice that, a relative spring breeze compared to a blast furnace. Interlude: What Vehicles Say About Temperatures Within a Volcanic Blast 2013-02-14T15:15:16.670Z Mr. Kasten came to the competition with an idea to use a modified blast furnace to turn waste into fuel. Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell 2013-08-17T17:47:59Z A new piece of kit has been installed at the plant that will blow ground coal into the blast furnace, replacing the need for much of the more expensive coke. Future hopes for North East coal 2013-05-09T01:40:41Z ArcelorMittal agreed to invest €180 million, or $234 million, in the site but indicated that the two blast furnaces would remain closed. ArcelorMittal, Announcing Loss, Indicates No Further Plant Closures in Europe 2013-02-06T12:21:17Z “It is a passion,” he said on a recent day, walking past rivulets of molten slag streaming from a blast furnace. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z Late last year, a succession of ministers attacked a decision by the steel maker Arcelor Mittal to lay off workers at a blast furnace in a case that dominated the headlines for weeks. Goodyear’s French Nightmare 2013-02-01T08:00:54Z Like all blast furnaces, Kaiser’s emitted a flue gas out of the top. Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell 2013-08-17T17:47:59Z We still have a dream that we're going to take North Eastern coal and stick it in a North East-based blast furnace. Future hopes for North East coal 2013-05-09T01:40:41Z Mr. Mittal ran afoul of the French government in the autumn during a dispute over the company’s plans to close to blast furnaces at a plant in Florange, in eastern France. ArcelorMittal to Close Parts of Belgium Plant 2013-01-24T20:28:53Z Smaller inland blast furnaces, like those at Florange and Liège in Belgium, are doomed. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z The company denied those accusations, saying that its blast furnaces are in compliance with environmental codes. Brazil probe seeks to shut down Thyssen's CSA blast furnace 2013-01-18T10:59:59Z The move provoked an angry reaction from the French government, which accused the firm of breaking a 2006 commitment to keep the blast furnaces running, a claim denied by ArcelorMittal. European downturn hits steelmaker 2012-12-21T12:35:33Z ArcelorMittal, whose output is more than double that of its nearest rival, has already announced the closure of blast furnaces in France and Belgium, with other operations temporarily idled due to overcapacity. ArcelorMittal takes $4.3 billion write-down on weak Europe 2012-12-21T11:38:46Z Europe's steel industry is struggling with long-term excess production capacity, while the economic downturn has hit demand, and ArcelorMittal has closed blast furnaces in France and Belgium. ArcelorMittal writes down Europe business by about $4.3 billion 2012-12-21T07:48:04Z Dunkirk is the ArcelorMittal site left in this part of Europe where iron from blast furnaces is blended with a leavening of molten scrap and alloys and then poured into long, glowing slabs of steel. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z He promised to find a buyer for the blast furnaces and denounced the company, declaring “we don’t want Mittal in France any more”. France’s industry minister: Enfant terrible 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z But unions and local politicians reacted angrily, with metalworkers threatening to occupy the blast furnaces if the government did not revise its deal with ArcelorMittal, and other employees staging sympathy actions elsewhere. ArcelorMittal pulls French bid for EU steel project 2012-12-06T16:21:39Z It wants to close two uneconomic blast furnaces at Florange in Lorraine and concentrate its French steelmaking at its coastal sites at Dunkirk, on the English Channel, and Fos-Sur-Mer, on the Mediterranean. ArcelorMittal: Blast from the past 2012-11-29T17:39:56Z But no investor is thought likely to want only the blast furnaces, which transform iron ore into slab steel. Talk of Nationalization Gets New Life in France 2012-11-30T05:41:02Z The company says it will reline one of the blast furnaces next year, a necessary but expensive — €90 million — project. Busy, but Wary, in Europe’s Steel Industry 2014-03-11T02:17:28Z On November 30th Jean-Marc Ayrault, the prime minister, announced that the blast furnaces would not be restarted, and that talk of nationalisation was off the agenda. France’s industry minister: Enfant terrible 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z At this point in his career, the 63-year-old also designs his own blast furnaces and tools. Artist Josh Simpson Makes Giant, Fiery Glass Planets, Coronas and Meteorites [Slide Show] 2012-11-29T19:15:04.993Z Magistrates placed the plant's blast furnaces under special administration in July. Storm Adds to Chaos at Troubled Italy Steel Plant 2012-11-28T21:15:02.873Z ArcelorMittal wants to close two blast furnaces at Florange that are already idle, while continuing to operate other factories at the site. France's Nationalization Threat Ignores Steel Glut 2012-11-28T18:42:43Z For the first we use a blast furnace, the second a rolling mill. Who killed the Florange blast furnaces? The hippies 2012-11-28T17:14:50Z The crisis first erupted in July, when magistrates ordered the closure of blast furnaces at the Taranto plant. Showdown at Italian Steel Plant Is Test of Monti and Economy 2012-11-27T22:15:08Z The company wants to close two mothballed blast furnaces at the Florange plant, cutting 629 jobs, while continuing to operate a part of the facility that processes steel for the car industry. Labor Dispute Pits France Against ArcelorMittal 2012-11-27T20:55:07Z Tata, which employs 19,000 people in its UK steel business, also announced that it would restart one of two blast furnaces at Port Talbot early next year as part of a £250m investment programme. Tata Steel job cuts 'devastating' 2012-11-24T12:28:10Z Tata also announced that it would re-start one of two blast furnaces at Port Talbot early next year as part of a £250m investment programme. Tata Steel cuts 600 jobs in Wales 2012-11-23T10:30:43Z It's a standard assumption in the metals world that no one will ever again build a new blast furnace in the rich, industrialised countries. Who killed the Florange blast furnaces? The hippies 2012-11-28T17:14:50Z In a blog post titled “Cooking Lawyers Alive,” Ron Coleman, a New York lawyer, wrote after a summer visit that the atrium “seems only briefly preferable to the blast furnace outside.” Where Indoors Can Become Too Much Like Outdoors 2012-08-04T16:35:55Z His visit marks the start of work on the Number 4 blast furnace at Port Talbot, with completion due in November. Tata Steel's warning over economy 2012-07-26T05:53:34Z In Europe, he has idled about 16 of 25 of his blast furnaces, the huge facilities that transform iron ore into liquid metal. ArcelorMittal, a Global Steel Giant, Scales Back 2012-07-25T20:52:12Z In June, Tata Steel announced it may delay the start of production at one of its rebuilt blast furnaces in Port Talbot if the steel market remains subdued. Reduced hours plan for Tata staff 2012-07-11T17:37:06Z There is no possible technological substitution for a rolling mill but there is for a blast furnace. Who killed the Florange blast furnaces? The hippies 2012-11-28T17:14:50Z But just because our contemporary moguls don't gouge minerals from the earth, run blast furnaces or operate oil refineries doesn't mean that their growing empires aren't real. New-tech moguls: the modern robber barons? 2012-06-30T23:04:09Z With the blast furnaces shut, steel slabs are shipped inland from the company’s coastal furnaces at Dunkirk. Steelmaking in France: Cross over Lorraine 2012-06-14T15:06:54Z It was the German, for example, who taught us how to use the by-products of the blast furnace. 50 Years Ago: From Babbage to Google 2012-06-01T11:15:10.590Z Pig iron blast furnaces in Pará state, Brazil, contribute to deforestation in the Amazon. Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil 2012-05-17T14:21:41Z Its mineral wealth was unknown; its blast furnaces had not been lighted, its coal seams undiscovered. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A herdsman on the mountain saw the pastures rent, and the sweet herbage turned into a raging blast furnace. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z It was largely due to the enterprise of this pioneer of Jefferson County that mines and blast furnaces sprang up, not only at Keene’s but at Sterlingville and Lewisburgh as well. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, announced last week its decision to maintain the temporary closure of the second blast furnace at its site in Florange. Day in pictures: 20 February 2012 2012-02-20T15:01:23Z ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest producer, said in October it would idle plants in France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Luxembourg and permanently shut its blast furnaces in Liege, Belgium, as demand wanes. Steel Slows With Europe Setting Back ArcelorMittal: Commodities 2012-02-01T01:14:24Z One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z That has also fed back into lost business at Antwerp port, where imports of iron ore that fed the blast furnaces in Liege have fallen and reduced dry bulk traffic by 6.5 percent in 2011. Crisis kills revival in Europe microcosm Belgium 2012-01-16T11:44:08Z BlueScope Steel Ltd., the country’s biggest steelmaker, said in August it would stop exports, shut a mill and a blast furnace, and fire 1,000 workers. Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid Chinese Imports 2012-01-04T16:39:07Z Since the development of munitions production it has become almost a commonplace, and from December 1, 1917, its provision has been obligatory in blast furnaces, foundries, copper-mills, iron-mills, and metal works. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z He gives the barest description of a blast furnace, but adds an interesting account of a reverbero furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Of flourishing industries may be mentioned breweries, tobacco factories, blast furnaces and fruit canning. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Bedlington blast furnace, for smelting iron, was some years since taken down. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Huge blast furnaces are in constant activity, and the output of rolled iron and steel is constantly increasing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Moreover, in the crucible when metals are tested, be they gold, silver, copper, or lead, they are mixed in precisely the same way as they are mixed in the blast furnace when they are smelted. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z He roars like a blast furnace, but his wind is all right, nevertheless. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z The company also said it would close a blast furnace at Port Kembla, south of Sydney, and would lose half its production capacity to 2.6m tonnes a year. Currency war feared if nations move to defend industry 2011-08-29T16:13:03Z All the machinery in this great plant is driven by electricity from generators whose motive power is supplied by the combustion of gases from the blast furnaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Australia’s biggest steelmaker, sank 5.7 percent after it swung to a full-year loss, forcing the company to stop exports and shut down a blast furnace. Stocks Drop as Gold Gains to Record; Yen, Franc, Oil Decline 2011-08-22T07:32:04Z The ladle is exactly similar to that which is used in pouring out the metals that are melted in the blast furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The company also said it would close a blast furnace at Port Kembla, south of Sydney, and would lose half its production capacity to 2.6 million tonnes a year. Soaring Australian dollar claims manufacturing victims 2011-08-22T06:36:34Z The development of blast furnaces is practically the development of iron-smelting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z At 112 degrees I was extremely pleased that we had an air-conditioned car; ventures into the sunshine were like tiptoeing through a blast furnace. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z "It's high time the big blast furnace steelmakers restructured troubled construction steel businesses," said an official of a big construction steel distributor. Analysis: Japan's reconstruction steel demand to fall short 2011-08-11T07:04:12Z The process, as here described, falls into six stages. 1st, Melting the copper and lead in a blast furnace to form "liquation cakes"—that is, the "leading." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Once let the fire get into it, it would burn with the intense heat of a blast furnace. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Laboratory and Portable Furnaces.—Small air-furnaces with hot plates or sand bath flues were formerly much employed in chemical laboratories, as well as small blast furnaces for crucibles heated with charcoal or coke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The blast furnace at the plant is expected to be fired up again before the end of the year. Firm recruits 1,000 steel workers 2011-08-07T12:26:48Z A faint relief might have been found for the primitive mind in the numberless blast furnaces to be detected on almost every hand by their shooting tongues of flame. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z They do not place these pots in the blast furnace, but arrange them in the assay furnace into which the draught of the air blows through small holes. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It seems to have been common in some parts of Europe during the seventeenth century to use a blast of steam to improve the draft of chimneys and of blast furnaces. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Sefstrom’s blast furnace, used in Sweden for the assay of iron ores, is a convenient form of portable furnace applied to melting in crucibles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Belle said it reminded her of a deep, heavy sound, such as she had once heard in a blast furnace. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z ArcelorMittal said its blast furnaces would be running at 80 percent of capacity in the second quarter, up from 75 percent in the first three months. ArcelorMittal forecast post-crisis peak in Q2 2011-05-11T05:56:57Z Except in one or two cases, where there is some doubt as to whether the author may not refer to the second variety of blast furnace, we have used "cupellation furnace." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The whole territory is an amazing and bewildering network of gigantic steel mills, blast furnaces and fabricating shops. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z The firm is also rebuilding the plant's No 4 blast furnace. Tata ?53m in steel 'steam' power 2011-04-26T12:17:48Z What had murdered her was her mind, a madness factory full of blast furnaces and smokestacks. Sam Lipsyte: “Deniers.” 2011-04-25T04:00:00Z It can be fed directly into blast furnaces without processing. Rio Tinto Profits Signal No Boon for Shipping: Freight Markets 2011-04-12T02:34:00Z The cement which has absorbed silver or copper, after water has been poured over it, is dried and crushed, and when mixed with hearth-lead and de-silverized lead, is smelted in the blast furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Wheeling and Steubenville districts' steel mills and blast furnaces were abandoned altogether by their crews. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z At this epoch, coke was introduced into blast furnaces, and in eight years the whole quantity produced by both methods had mounted up to 150,000 tons, or increased more than tenfold. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The company said it restarted the No. 1 blast furnace at its Kashima works, which was halted after the earthquake and tsunami. Japanese Stocks Fluctuate; Tokyo Electric Tumbles to 1977 Low 2011-03-28T03:05:01Z Japan's two largest steelmakers, said blast furnaces temporarily closed by the earthquake are back in operation. Japan Quake: The Business Aftershocks 2011-03-25T01:35:34Z The crowbar is somewhat similar to those generally used to chip off the accretions that adhere to the walls of the blast furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z They work mostly at hard, rough, unskilled labor, especially in the blast furnace department. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z In England, as in other countries, charcoal was the only fuel at first used; and after bloomeries had been in vogue for centuries, the blast furnace was introduced from the shores of the Rhine. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The inhabitants are employed chiefly in the iron mines, at forges and blast furnaces, and in charcoal burning and the manufacture of blacking from firewood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Its chief importance is as a coal and lumber centre; among its manufacturing establishments are blast furnaces, iron works, machine shops, railway repair shops, tanneries, planing mills, flour mills, locomotive works and a glass factory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The second process is of considerable interest, for it marks one of the earliest descriptions of working iron in "a furnace similar to a blast furnace, but much wider and higher." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The same thing done in the rod and wire mills should have been done in all the important sections of the industry, blast furnaces, open hearths, sheet, tin, rail, plate, tube mills, etc. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z Chemists and metallurgists, have endeavoured to determine the degree of fusibility of the earths when mixed with each other; but their researches have shed but little light upon the management of blast furnaces. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z If the blast furnace conditions in Russia were centered on the American heartland, would that shift the situation? The Worst Ethics Scandal on Capitol Hill? 2010-08-11T18:56:00Z Turner says his tolerance for heat dates from his college days at Indiana State, when he worked at a blast furnace of a steel mill to help pay his way through school. Old Hand Guides Redskins? Stable of Old Backs 2010-08-07T20:09:00Z The second wall is carried further when the rooms for the cupellation furnaces, or any other building, adjoin the rooms for the blast furnaces, these buildings being only divided by a partition. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In the mill and blast furnace departments, the response was among the rollers, heaters, and highly skilled men generally, which led to the complete shut-down of these departments. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z Such at least is the shape of the blast furnaces in common use, and which will suffice for our present purpose. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Turner says his tolerance for heat dates from his college days at Indiana State, when he would work in the blast furnace of a steel mill to help pay his way through school. Old school: Redskins RB coach gets Portis duty 2010-08-06T19:31:00Z Steel complained of slower order rates with lower shipments in the third quarter and it idled a blast furnace in Serbia and has begun maintenance work on another in Slovakia. Global steelmakers paint gloomy picture 2010-07-28T09:10:00Z By these and similar methods concentrates containing gold, if there be a small quantity of them or if they are very rich, can be smelted outside the blast furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z But insufficient resources compelled the modification of this program, and forced the unions to confine their work principally to the blast furnaces and rolling mills. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z To supply an establishment of this magnitude with pig, would employ three blast furnaces working with coke, or six with charcoal, the cost of which would reach at least $120,000. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The steel was made of 87 percent recycled material, and the concrete from 45 percent recycled content -- in this case, blast furnace slag. NY skyscraper wins highest "green" certification 2010-05-20T13:11:00Z One of its four blast furnaces in Gary, Indiana, is down for maintenance and U.S. Global steelmakers paint gloomy picture 2010-07-28T09:10:00Z Clad in a flame-retardant black jacket, hard hat and goggles, Obama toured the factory's belching blast furnaces. Obama rebukes Republicans for trying to block him 2010-05-18T19:16:00Z Even the strategic city of Duquesne, with its enormous mills and blast furnaces, could not be started until three weeks before the strike. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z More than 150 years of steelmaking in the area ended on Friday when the giant Redcar blast furnace was shut down. Corus decommissioning under way 2010-02-20T01:09:00Z Production is due to end on Friday, when the blast furnace is closed down. Buyer hope for Redcar Corus plant 2010-02-17T19:52:00Z It is not an exaggeration to say that the blast furnace here is the heart pumping the blood through the veins of the wider economy. 2010-01-14T00:02:00Z Cast-iron pipes must not be laid in contact with cinders from a blast furnace with which roads are sometimes made, because these corrode the metal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Its sound was that of many trains, and its wind hot as the breath of a blast furnace. Unexplored! Then holes will be drilled into the hearth to remove all residual metal from the blast furnace - a process called tapping the salamander. Corus decommissioning under way 2010-02-20T01:09:00Z There are very extensive iron and steel works, with blast furnaces and rolling mills in the district, which employ the large industrial population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" I have known men with lungs big enough to work a blast furnace who yet had little bits of voices, so small that they were ridiculous. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Another method of making Portland cement which has been proposed and tried with some success consists in fusing the raw materials together in an apparatus of the type of a blast furnace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" I can distinctly remember when the big blast furnaces around this man’s town were cussed right along for dumping slag and cinders into the local river as waste material. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York For this last operation some kinds of raw coal are unsuitable, and such coal is converted into coke before being used in the blast furnace. Coal and What We Get from It This method is adopted for getting stone cheaply, as for building macadamized roads, dams and breakwaters, obtaining limestone for blast furnace flux, and occasionally in excavating large railway cuttings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" This is what is called a "blast furnace," because the draught for the fires is made artificially by the forcing in of a strong current of air. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 It is made by granulating blast furnace slag of suitable composition and finely grinding the product, either alone or with an admixture of about 10% of Portland cement clinker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Consideration has been given to the recovery of nonferrous metals from industrial wastes, such as blast furnace slag and metallurgical dross. Area Handbook for Romania They looked like two blast furnaces that had somehow wandered into a space ship by mistake and hadn't been able to find their way out again. Planet of the Gods I felt as though my head and face had been passed across the open door of a blast furnace. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Its heat was like that of an open blast furnace. The Old Martians Then sky, and water again, and a blast furnace sun that seemed to pierce the top of their heads and burn their brains to a crisp. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal It was as though he had walked out of a dark room straight into the open mouth of a blast furnace. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk The fires of hell, hotter than any blast furnace had ever been, seethed within them. Planet of the Gods Another kind of elevator, known as a lift or hoist, is used in mines and quarries and in serving blast furnaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" In a moment, the room was like the inside of a blast furnace. Diplomatic Immunity Thane paused in his thoughts as he saw flames leaping into the night sky from a blast furnace, producing some of the finest alloys in the Galaxy. Evil Out of Onzar With less than 25% the gas is not sufficient to effect the coking completely, and when there is a higher percentage the coke is brittle and spongy and unsuited for blast furnace or foundry use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The material for filling may be the waste from earlier workings stored in the spoil banks at the surface; where there are blast furnaces in the neighbourhood, granulated slag mixed with earth affords excellent packing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The “American process” or “Pyritic smelting” consists in the direct smelting of raw ores to matte in blast furnaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The mining of these, together with blast furnaces and engineering works, occupies the large industrial population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" It is said that your present survey is being made with the purpose of condemning all of Phobos, the dead and the living alike, to the blast furnaces and the metal shops of Earth. B-12's Moon Glow In one instance the coke was found to be about 5% less efficient in the blast furnace, while the yield on the coal charged was increased 10%. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It is especially used for drying hops and malt, and in blast furnaces where a high temperature is required, but it is not suited for reverberatory furnaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" They are round stacks, designed on the model of iron blast furnaces, 29 ft. high, fed mechanically, and provided with stoves to heat the blast by the furnace gases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Waves of light flush the dark vault above like the night sky over South Chicago's blast furnaces. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It’s hotter out there than a blast furnace, and our one-story brick shack is like an oven, and we haven’t one-tenth of the comforts that people have here, but it’s–home!” The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars A gentleman with a complexion like a blast furnace, and a facial expression which looked like a wholesale infraction of the Ten Commandments, was smoking moodily on the steps. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There are iron mines, blast furnaces, and iron smelters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Men are secured to work long hours in the presence of red-hot blast furnaces and in the lowest depths of the holds of ships. Rural Life and the Rural School His lungs felt like a blast furnace and his left side seemed to be sewed together with red-hot wire. Forever In putting the blast furnace into operation, the first step is to heat it for some time with coal only. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements There were the blast furnace and reduction plant on the one side and the convicts' huts and more pretentious houses of the guards on the other. Vulcan's Workshop Just the gas from the blast furnace—regular Fourth of July fireworks, isn't it? Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Farms, factories, and even the steel rails of the railroads were consumed and burned into the ground as if by the breath of some tremendous blast furnace. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Five hours later Tripoli and the whole desert country south, suddenly and without warning, became a blast furnace of heat and a place of dust and torture. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The causes that render necessary the great heat of the blast furnace. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements “My! but the stack pulls like a blast furnace.” Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer He waited while his visitors stared for a few minutes at the fiery clouds, then led the way to the blast furnaces. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Now touch off the shaved sticks, and in a moment you will have a small blast furnace under the pot. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Through the gaps of the hills here and there could be seen the mounting flames of great blast furnaces. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders By the other method, the ore is fused in a blast furnace, when wood fuel or charcoal is used. The Mines and its Wonders The residue from the roasting of pyrite is a high-grade iron ore material frequently very low in phosphorus, which is desirable in making up mixtures for iron blast furnaces. The Economic Aspect of Geology The rolling and wire mills and the six blast furnaces were not much damaged. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin It was during his reign that Belgian collieries began considerably to increase their production and that the first blast furnaces were erected near Li�ge and Charleroi. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day He engraved his blast furnace, and the casting of a beam of a steam engine. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving In the late afternoon the train passed through Essen, the blast furnaces casting a lurid light on the surrounding country. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany They grew quickly larger, and as the heat increased in intensity there shone from the two great bulbs of metal sheathing an iridescence that blinded like a sight into a blast furnace. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Well, where could we set up a blast furnace with not a dollar in the party? The Grain Ship At the beginning of the reign of Charles V, a great number of forges and blast furnaces heated with wood were installed in Namurois. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day In making fire-proof bricks for the inner lining of blast furnaces, put in an extra proportion of tar so that they will wear out quickly and necessitate constant re-lining. Simple Sabotage Field Manual Sometimes, in a fit of contrariness, it persists in blazing like a blast furnace on muggy days until its sides are nearly red-hot and the heat of the wardroom is well-nigh intolerable. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Right and left there was continual firing going on, as the giant planes wheeled and circled, shooting out flaming tongues like so many blast furnaces in action. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold "No blast furnaces," he went on almost inaudibly. The Rapids Practically the entire traffic went by lake vessels to ports on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan whence it was taken by rail to the blast furnaces of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Illinois. Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 Hence his whole soul had now the temperature of a blast furnace. The Goose Man The product as it comes from the blast furnace is called pig-iron. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The sand and aggregate, consisting of blast furnace slag, were unloaded from cars to platforms on a level with the top of rail, placed about 100 ft. south from the south end of the bridge. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Up at the works the blast furnaces were vomiting flame and smoke, and the rail mill was nearly completed. The Rapids The man who makes iron in these days must have an immense "blast furnace," perhaps one hundred feet high, a real "pillar of fire." Diggers in the Earth The metal is molten as it runs out of the blast furnace, but it soon cools and hardens. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Eight blast furnaces were at work in the Forest in the year 1856, and produced upwards of 24,132 tons of iron of the best quality. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Slag cement is made by grinding together slaked lime and granulated blast furnace slag. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The message was from Clark, who now asked that serious consideration be given to the building of blast furnaces at St. Marys. The Rapids In the centre rose a great, black, rounded cone, like the cupola of an immense blast furnace. Rollo in Naples Put a pen into his hand, and it is like tapping a blast furnace; and out rushes a fiery stream at white heat. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The scheme comprehended two blast furnaces, a powerful blast engine still at work, finery, forge, and rolling-mill, designed to furnish about forty tons of tinplate per week with collieries and mine work. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account In 1837 they were raised to the dignity of blast furnaces by having two of them erected of the usual size, by Edward Protheroe, Esq., and worked by him for four years. Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean In imagination he was putting up blast furnaces. The Rapids Other plants were built or purchased, rolling mills and blast furnaces established, and a great impetus given to this branch of manufacture. American Men of Mind The heat struck the dumfounded scientist and young rancher like the suddenly-opened door of a blast furnace. Make Mine Homogenized Mrs. Toomey had the physical sensation of shrivelling: as though she were standing naked before the withering heat of a blast furnace. The Fighting Shepherdess The scheme comprehended two blast furnaces, a powerful blast engine still at work, finery, forge, and rolling-mill, designed to furnish about forty tons of tin-plate per week, with collieries and mine work. Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean "Yes," he said half aloud, "you get your blast furnace." The Rapids It was as if a blast furnace had suddenly opened beside him; sweat popped out on his brow and filmed his eyes. Stairway to the Stars Even in 1873 the Lake Superior ores furnished a quarter of the total production of American blast furnaces. The Frontier in American History Her hair was as red as the inside of a blast furnace, and had about the same effect on Forrester's pulse rate. Pagan Passions The bounty system was instituted in 1883, chiefly for the benefit of a blast furnace of 100 tons capacity at Londonderry, Nova Scotia, which was then in difficulties. Canada Here were the Poles and Hungarians and Swedes, with large and constantly increasing families, and to them the sun rose and set in pulp mills and machine shops, blast furnaces and the like. The Rapids There are now in operation at Marquette three Iron Mining Companies, and two blast furnaces for making charcoal pig iron, the Pioneer and Meigs. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings And in the distance blast furnaces gutted the night with pink and orange flares. Erik Dorn Then came that roaring column of flame from out the crater, and the weird fluttering thing whose intense heat radiated across the intervening space like the breath of a blast furnace. Creatures of Vibration On a closer examination, some of the rocks appeared to be rough bits of unfinished worlds still retaining the form they had when poured from the mighty blast furnaces of the Creator. The Black Wolf Pack There was where the soot in the McCulloch's funnel had suddenly blazed up like the chimney of a blast furnace. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The reduction of iron is carried out in large towers called blast furnaces. An Elementary Study of Chemistry There had been mines, and smelters, and blast furnaces and steel mills. The Cosmic Computer These must all be removed, some by washing, but most of them by roasting, or "smelting," in blast furnaces, after which it is called pig iron. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation There are no blast furnaces at the works. A Journey Through France in War Time Pig iron—the product of the blast furnace—therefore contains from 1 to 3 per cent of silicon, and some silicon remains in the metal after it has been purified and converted into steel. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel A rich alloy of iron with manganese or silicon can be prepared directly in a blast furnace, and is called ferromanganese or ferrosilicon. An Elementary Study of Chemistry On the southern horizon the chimneys of a blast furnace belched their red flames high into the darkness. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs Simultaneously with his work on cacodyl, he was studying the composition of the gases given off from blast furnaces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" About the close of the Civil War in 1865, I paid a visit to a younger brother who was managing a small charcoal blast furnace in Tennessee. A Journey Through France in War Time He also built a large blast furnace, and steel and wire works in different parts of Pennsylvania. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison The product of the blast furnace is cast iron; that of the puddling furnace is wrought iron; that of the Bessemer and open-hearth methods is steel. An Elementary Study of Chemistry We believe that Mr. Baird was the very first to introduce the modern shape of the blast furnace. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities At some blast furnaces a slide rule has been used for determining the amount of coke and flux required for any weight of ore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" This plant contains four blast furnaces of very small capacity, making special grades of pig iron. A Journey Through France in War Time A molten globe dropped through the branches of the poplar, and striking the hard surface of the road at a distance of fifty yards scattered itself like a huge ingot dropped from a blast furnace. The Man Who Rocked the Earth The product of the blast furnace, prepared as just described, is called cast iron. An Elementary Study of Chemistry So late as the year 1830, the total number of blast furnaces in Scotland was only seven, and their capacity of production did not exceed 10,000 tons per annum. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities At Hanyang he has erected magnificent iron-works and blast furnaces which cover many acres and are provided with all the latest machinery. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma With red-rimmed eyes, cracked, parched lips and swollen tongues, they looked as if they had been dragged through a blast furnace. The Border Boys Across the Frontier "Except that there's less glare from the blast furnaces, of course." The Belgians to the Front When the melted metal from the blast furnace is allowed to cool rapidly most of the carbon remains in chemical combination with the iron, and the product is called white cast iron. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Six years later they acquired the Blair Ironworks, with five blast furnaces. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities But the bulk of the ammonia of commerce is prepared from the ammoniacal liquors obtained as bye-products in the working of certain forms of blast furnaces and coke ovens, and more especially in gas-making. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. |
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