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The 1970s steel crisis not only caused the closure of the Athus steelworks in 1977, but also all mining, casting and steel making activities were ended in Rodange in 1978; the steel mill now being supplied by torpedo wagon from other ARBED steel plants.[1] In the 1980s the plant became a re-roller of steel, specialising in railway rails.[2]

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During the Second World War the plant was operated under German control, in 1944 it regain its independence. After the war blast furnace 1 was rebuilt to a 5m diameter by 1949 (operational 1954); in 1949 the plant had five blast furnaces, four converters, two cupola furnaces for cast iron and two for ferromanganese, medium (600mm) and small (~350mm) rolling trains, a casting foundry, a mill for the processing of slag and various workshops in an area of ~300 ha (3,000,000 m2).[1]

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A Gilchrist-Thomas converter was added in 1907, and in 1911 a plant was created for the milling of phosphate slag by Antwerp firm Totte, Milch & Cie; in 1919 this mill was acquired by the Steelworks of Rodange.[1]

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The Société Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux de Rodange was founded in 1872 by the brothers Charles and Jules Collart and Thomas Byrne with a capital of 2.5million Luxembourgish francs.[1] Initially the works produced only pig iron.[2] The first blast furnace began operation in 1878. In 1879 a 1.7 km ropeway conveyor was opened between the iron works and the Doihl mine.[3] and in 1880 a second furnace began production.[1] In the 1880s the company obtained concessions in the Walert Mine (Rumelange)[4] and a mine at Ottange in Moselle, France. In 1897 the third blast furnace began operation.[1]

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As of 2010, the remains of the company is known as ArcelorMittal Rodange & Schifflange S.A., part of the ArcelorMittal group.