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De Wendel ironworks at Hayange (1871–1914)
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1871–1914 — The de Wendel ironworks, in the part of Lorraine annexed by Germany. The basic steel process, tested at Blaenavon in Wales in 1878 and proved at Middlesbrough in 1879, turns this phosphoric minette ore into the largest iron-ore field in Europe.
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