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The ore will supply a nickel smelter operated by Vale and its partner, located in the southeastern part of Morowali.
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Glencore, a commodities giant, suspended production at one of its copper smelters in Chile this month, creating a lull in supply that is also contributing to higher prices, according to Reuters.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Factories, industrial smelters, and dumps were likewise relegated to places where Black and brown people in the Americas, or the Roma in Europe, or Dalits in India, were legally or economically compelled to live.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Even if new mines can be opened, the U.S. only has two operating copper smelters to handle the raw ore — one in Arizona and another in Utah.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Mar. 2025
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Glencore, a commodities giant, suspended production at one of its copper smelters in Chile this month, creating a lull in supply that is also contributing to higher prices, according to Reuters.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Factories, industrial smelters, and dumps were likewise relegated to places where Black and brown people in the Americas, or the Roma in Europe, or Dalits in India, were legally or economically compelled to live.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Even if new mines can be opened, the U.S. only has two operating copper smelters to handle the raw ore — one in Arizona and another in Utah.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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