ironworks

Also known as iron works, iron manufacturer

thumb|The Iron Rolling Mill (Eisenwalzwerk), 1870s, by Adolph Menzel. thumb|Casting at an iron foundry: ''From Fra Burmeister og Wain's Iron Foundry'', 1885 by Peder Severin Krøyer

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Contents

Varieties of ironworks
Primary ironmaking
Modern steelmaking
Further processing
Manufacture
Notable ironworks
Africa
South Africa
Americas
United States
Asia
China
India
Japan
Korea
Vietnam
Europe
Czech Republic
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Sweden
Russia
Spain
Historical
References

thumb|The Iron Rolling Mill (Eisenwalzwerk), 1870s, by Adolph Menzel. thumb|Casting at an iron foundry: ''From Fra Burmeister og Wain's Iron Foundry, 1885 by Peder Severin Krøyer

An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ironworks is ironworks.

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