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Using energy-intensive smelters, recycling facilities process e-waste with punishing heat.
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Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Power outages in even a single region can move global markets—as European carmakers discovered in late 2021 when power shortages curtailed magnesium smelter operations in Shaanxi Province, responsible for about 50 percent of global output.
—Gabriel Collins, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2022
Molten copper pours into ceramic molds to form plates at the Southern Copper Corp. smelter facility in Ilo, Peru, on Jan. 30, 2017.
—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
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Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Power outages in even a single region can move global markets—as European carmakers discovered in late 2021 when power shortages curtailed magnesium smelter operations in Shaanxi Province, responsible for about 50 percent of global output.
—Gabriel Collins, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2022
Molten copper pours into ceramic molds to form plates at the Southern Copper Corp. smelter facility in Ilo, Peru, on Jan. 30, 2017.
—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
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 16 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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