mini-milln.
/ˈmɪnɪmɪl/, U.S. /ˈmɪniˌmɪl/ A relatively small mill or factory, esp. one in which sheet steel is manufactured from scrap metal.
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1973 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 June 38/1 The $18 million plant, including an electric furnace, modern continuous-casting machinery and rolling mill..will be a ‘mini-mill’.
1993 Washington Post 28 July d1/5 Facing a worldwide glut of steel products and intense competition from imports and small domestic ‘mini-mills’, the big companies had hoped to have the ITC slam the door on a large portion of foreign steel.
2000 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 4 May Co-Steel Inc. is one of the world's largest minimill steel producers with an annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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