copper smelter

collocation in English

meaningsofcopperandsmelter

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copper
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒp.ər/us
/ˈkɑː.pɚ/
made of or relating to the ...
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smelter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsmel.tər/us
/ˈsmel.tɚ/
a factory or machine in which metal ...
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(Definition ofcopperandsmelterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The prehispanic furnace built over 800 years ago, was used forcoppersmelter.
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There is a smallcoppersmelternear the village.
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Mitchell was unsuccessful with only his request to use coal as fuel in acoppersmelter.
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In 1960, two large roasters and a second, larger, reverberatory furnace were constructed to expand thecoppersmeltercapacity to 70,000 t of blister copper per year.
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I am thinking of copper smelters and refiners, and bronze and brass ingot manufacturers.
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A railway had been opened to the town and copper smelters were operating by 1917, and by 1918 the population was recorded as 750 people.
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Flash smelters account for over 50% of the world's copper smelters.
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By 1800 nine copper smelters were in production in the valley.
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He faced a cartel of copper smelters whose aim was to buy cheap and sell dear.
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The speiss and the matte are usually sold to copper smelters where they are refined for copper processing.
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Free miners owned shares of the operation, proportional to their ownership of copper smelters.
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Two copper smelters operated at the site.
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