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Molten copper pours into ceramic molds to form plates at the Southern Copper Corp. smelter facility in Ilo, Peru, on Jan. 30, 2017.
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Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Douglas was founded in 1901 as a smelter site for nearby copper mines in Bisbee.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
Lately, Chiang has been thinking a lot about critical minerals — the mines from which they are gathered and the smelters that heat ore to high temperature in order to extract metals.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
An aluminum smelter project with a capacity of 1.5 to 2 million tons per year will be constructed in the industrial park in three phases.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Douglas was founded in 1901 as a smelter site for nearby copper mines in Bisbee.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
Lately, Chiang has been thinking a lot about critical minerals — the mines from which they are gathered and the smelters that heat ore to high temperature in order to extract metals.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
An aluminum smelter project with a capacity of 1.5 to 2 million tons per year will be constructed in the industrial park in three phases.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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smelter
noun
smelt·er
ˈsmel-tər 
1
: a person whose work or business is smelting
2
or smeltery
-tə-rē
: an establishment for smelting
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