Nickname for cities known for producing steel
The Steel City is a common nickname for many cities that were once known for their production of large amounts of steel . With industrial production also in developing countries, like those in Eastern Europe and Asia, most of these cities do not produce as much steel as they used to. It is possible there will be new steel cities in those developing countries .
Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sheffield , United Kingdom; Birmingham, Alabama, United States; Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States; Gary , Indiana , United States; Lorain , Ohio , United States; Pueblo , Colorado , United States; Newcastle , New South Wales , Australia; Hamilton , Ontario , Canada; Sydney , Nova Scotia , Canada; Rourkela , Bokaro Steel City and Bhilai , India are some of the cities most commonly referred to with this name, in their respective countries.
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Anshan, China Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , United StatesBhilai , IndiaBirmingham, Alabama , United StatesBokaro Steel City , IndiaBuffalo, New York , United StatesCherepovets , RussiaChhindwara , IndiaChorzów , PolandCleveland , Ohio, United StatesDetroit , United StatesDuisburg , GermanyGary, Indiana , United StatesGwangyang , South KoreaHamilton, Ontario , CanadaJalna, Maharashtra , IndiaJamshedpur , IndiaJesenice , SloveniaJoda , IndiaJohnstown, Pennsylvania , United StatesKalinganagar , IndiaKaradeniz Ereğli , TurkeyKatowice , PolandKitakyushu , JapanKošice , SlovakiaLinz , AustriaLipetsk , RussiaLorain, Ohio , United StatesMagnitogorsk , RussiaMiddlesbrough , EnglandMiddletown, Ohio , United StatesMiskolc , Hungary[ 1] [ 2] Muroran , JapanNeuves-Maisons , FranceNewcastle, New South Wales , AustraliaNovokuznetsk , RussiaOstrava , Czech RepublicPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United StatesPohang , South KoreaPort Talbot , WalesPueblo, Colorado , United StatesRourkela , IndiaSalem, Tamil Nadu , IndiaSault Ste. Marie, Ontario , CanadaSheffield , EnglandSydney, Nova Scotia , CanadaTangshan , ChinaTerni , ItalyVijayanagara , IndiaVisakhapatnam , IndiaVölklingen , GermanyVolta Redonda , BrazilWhyalla, South Australia , AustraliaWollongong, New South Wales , AustraliaWuhan , ChinaYoungstown, Ohio , United StatesZenica , Bosnia and Herzegovina
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![Pittsburgh, United States, is the largest steel-producing city in the world. [citation needed]](File:Night_view_of_Pittsburgh,_with_fireworks_(July_22,_2005).jpg)
