Blast furnaces are pretty helpful when Minecraft players need to smelt items in a hurry, but they also make excellent floor patterns for industrial and medieval builds.

Amidst the hissing hydraulics and safety beeps that announce the drill arm’s movement, Patrik Midebjörk motions me over. Midebjörk is blast furnace manager at SSAB’s steel plant in Luleå ...

Whyalla's embattled steelworks has resumed steelmaking after shutting down for four months to allow for repairs at its blast furnace, the site's operator has said.

Whyalla's embattled steelworks has resumed steelmaking after shutting down for four months to allow for repairs at its blast furnace, the site's operator says. GFG Alliance said while the furnace ...

NMDC Steel Ltd (NSL) marked a major operational milestone on June 22, 2025, by achieving record-breaking production across several units of its integrated steel plant.

PITTSBURG, July 8.--The monthly statement of the condition of the blast furnaces of the United States, which will be published to-morrow, will show 310 furnaces, with a capacity of 121,650 tons ...

The blast furnace closure could see the UK’s entire carbon emissions reduced by around 1.5 ... on the casting floor, an almost volcanic-like stream of molten iron pours from the base of the ...

Cleveland-based iron and steel company has finalized its purchase of Stelco, a blast furnace/basic oxygen steelmaker in Canada. By bringing Stelco into the Cliffs family, we are building on our ...

May 1959 - The hearth for Blast Furnace 5 is "blown-in" to begin producing molten iron; 1960 - BF5 is producing 11,800 tonnes a week, and is one of 27 blast furnaces in the UK; 1973-74 - BF5 is ...

The final blast furnace at Port Talbot's Tata steelworks will shut down today resulting in 2,800 job losses. The site in South Wales provided employment for families in the towns in the area.

An electric arc furnace melts down scrap or recycled steel rather than converting raw materials, notably iron ore, as in a blast furnace. This method can take up to 100 per cent scrap.