Definition of "steelmaking"

The principal raw material in steelmaking is iron ore.

1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409

Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.

2009 February 4, Ben Sharples, “Rebound is close: Forrest”, in Herald Sun‎, archived from the original on 5 February 2009