Huangshi

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 黃石黄石 (Huángshí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhwɑŋ ʃi/, /-ʃə/

Proper noun

Huangshi

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
    • [1969, Gardner, John, “Urban Bureaucratic Elite in Communist China”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 221:
      Supported by the rich supply of iron ore and coal from the neighboring towns of Tayeh and Huangshih, a major industrial complex had grown up by the 1930's.]
    • 2011, OECD, Developments in Steelmaking Capacity of Non-OECD Economies 2010, OECD Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 180:
      Hubei Xinyegang Steel (Xinyegang), a subsidiary of one of China's largest specialty steel makers, CITIC Pacific, officially launched two new specialty seamless pipe plants on 11 December 2009. This boosts Xinyegang's seamless pipe capacity to 1.1m tonnes/year. Located in Huangshi city in central China's Hubei province, the two new plants are one 460mm medium- and thick-walled Assel mill with a design capacity of 300,000 t/y and one 273mm Assel mill with a design capacity of 230,000 t/y.

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