Definition of "mothballing" [mothballing]

• Present participle of mothball. (verb)

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• "Tata said the mothballing was a result of "continuing poor UK steel demand" amid a deteriorating European economic outlook, and was not connected to the effects on primary steelmaking of UK or EU environmental legislation."
• "The mothballing is a result of continuing poor UK steel demand amid a deteriorating European economic outlook."
• ""We have to make sure the mothballing is a success so we can come back on if a buyer comes in to take over.""