Also means
steel mill
Usage Note
aciérie is the industrial facility where steel (acier) is produced. The suffix -erie is productive in French for denoting a place where something is made or sold. A worker in an aciérie is an aciériste.
Examples
"L'aciérie emploie des centaines d'ouvriers."
Natural Translation
The steelworks employs hundreds of workers.

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