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Aluminum smelters also produced record volumes during 2020, as did cement plants, with China’s production of each commodity accounting for nearly 60 percent of the global total.
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Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
While some Arizona mines use an electrolytic chemical process to distill copper and some ship to a smelter in Miami-Globe, others ship to Mexico or beyond.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Russian forces are bombing the steel smelters regularly.
—Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
If copper is selling for $4 a pound, the smelter can buy the boards for $1 and make a tidy profit.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
While some Arizona mines use an electrolytic chemical process to distill copper and some ship to a smelter in Miami-Globe, others ship to Mexico or beyond.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Russian forces are bombing the steel smelters regularly.
—Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
If copper is selling for $4 a pound, the smelter can buy the boards for $1 and make a tidy profit.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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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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