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A smelter is a (coal) mine with an attached coking plant , smelting of iron ore and, in some cases, further processing of the iron products into steel and rolled steel products .
One of the first integrated smelter mines of this type in Germany was the Oberhausen colliery , which belonged to the Gutehoffnungshütte group and started mining in 1857. Another example was the Duisburg- based union of German emperors , which was part of the Thyssen group for most of its existence .
Individual proof
- ↑ Johannes Bähr u. a .: The MAN. A German company history , Munich 2008, p. 75 ff.