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The nearby town of Redruth served as the beating heart of the copper business where smelters bid for copper ore.
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Some aluminum smelters, where machines separate metal from ore, have cut production or closed as electricity prices have increased, adding to the demand for copper.
—Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Many Indonesians are concerned about the negative environmental and social impact on communities in eastern Indonesia of China’s investments in nickel mining and smelters.
—Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
But alongside the mill’s furnaces and smelters, technicians have developed a machine that could soon play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Some aluminum smelters, where machines separate metal from ore, have cut production or closed as electricity prices have increased, adding to the demand for copper.
—Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Many Indonesians are concerned about the negative environmental and social impact on communities in eastern Indonesia of China’s investments in nickel mining and smelters.
—Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
But alongside the mill’s furnaces and smelters, technicians have developed a machine that could soon play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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