製鉄(せいてつ)

せいてつ
noun
ironmaking; iron manufacturing
business
1. ironmaking; iron manufacturing
The industrial process of producing iron from ore, or the iron and steel manufacturing industry in general.
製鉄(せいてつ)所(しょ)を見学(けんがく)した。
I visited an ironworks.
この地域(ちいき)は製鉄(せいてつ)業(ぎょう)で栄(さか)えた。
This region prospered through the iron manufacturing industry.
日本(にほん)の製鉄(せいてつ)技術(ぎじゅつ)は世界的(せかいてき)に高(たか)い水準(すいじゅん)にある。
Japan's ironmaking technology is at a high level internationally.

Refers to the production of iron from ore, and more broadly to the steel and iron manufacturing industry. Japan has a major steel industry, and names like 新日鉄(しんにってつ) (Nippon Steel) are widely known. The word appears in discussions of industrial history, economics, and manufacturing.

Common collocations

  • 製鉄(せいてつ)所(しょ): ironworks; steel mill
  • 製鉄(せいてつ)業(ぎょう): iron/steel manufacturing industry
  • 製鉄(せいてつ)技術(ぎじゅつ): ironmaking technology
  • 製鉄(せいてつ)会社(かいしゃ): steel company

Similar words

  • 製鋼(せいこう): steelmaking — specifically producing steel, a step after ironmaking
  • 鉄鋼(てっこう): iron and steel — the materials themselves or the industry as a whole
  • 鋳造(ちゅうぞう): casting — shaping metal by pouring into molds

Related Words

Compare: 鉄鋼(てっこう) (iron and steel)
Compare: 鋳造(ちゅうぞう) (casting)
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