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  • noun Plural form of smelter.

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Examples

  • High-grade copper and nickel often are imported and bought by industrial users such as smelters and also by large trading companies.

    Thieves Strike U.K. Metals Warehouse 2010

  • In developing countries, chemical mixtures in the vicinity of small-scale enterprises, such as smelters, mines, agricultural areas and toxic waste disposal sites, are often a human health hazard [109].

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 7 2008

  • The shortages in electricity have already started to hurt big energy consumers such as smelters and metal miners.

    China Acts to Address Power Shortage 2008

  • Data on Chinese smelters which is not generally available outside China, such as net carbon consumption, power consumption per tonne of aluminium and power costs, will be presented.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

  • Power generation companies have responded to the regulations by building wind turbines in frequently remote locations that have lots of wind but are not close to large users of electricity, like big cities or heavy industry, such as smelters or steel mills.

    NYT > Home Page By EDWARD WONG and JOHN M. BRODER 2009

  • In a move that was likely to fuel Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's assault on the Government's intention to start an ETS by 2010, the Ai Group warned that industries such as smelters, manufacturers and cement makers could be forced to move offshore.

    A Western Heart 2008

  • In a move that was likely to fuel Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's assault on the Government's intention to start an ETS by 2010, the Ai Group warned that industries such as smelters, manufacturers and cement makers could be forced to move offshore.

    A Western Heart 2008

  • In a move that was likely to fuel Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's assault on the Government's intention to start an ETS by 2010, the Ai Group warned that industries such as smelters, manufacturers and cement makers could be forced to move offshore.

    A Western Heart 2008

  • In a move that was likely to fuel Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's assault on the Government's intention to start an ETS by 2010, the Ai Group warned that industries such as smelters, manufacturers and cement makers could be forced to move offshore.

    A Western Heart 2008

  • In a move that was likely to fuel Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's assault on the Government's intention to start an ETS by 2010, the Ai Group warned that industries such as smelters, manufacturers and cement makers could be forced to move offshore.

    A Western Heart 2008

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