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Kōrero: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries

Oxygen lancing

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This video shows the process of ‘oxygen lancing’ in steel making. A pipe pumping pure oxygen is used to clear slag (waste) near the outlet of the smelter vessel, so that liquid iron can flow freely.

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by LEARNZ with the assistance of New Zealand Steel Ltd and the Ministry of Education

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Megan Cook, Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries – Steel, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/21192/oxygen-lancing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 21 January 2010.