Recent Examples on the WebOnce operational, the smelter will annually produce up to 222,000 tonnes of copper cathode, 830,000 tonnes of sulfuric acid, 18 tonnes of gold bars, 55 tonnes of silver bars, and 70 tonnes of selenium.—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Opponents said Hudbay is likely to ship the copper out of the country anyway, because of limited capacity at U.S. smelters.—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 Excellent location in a world-class mining jurisdiction, close to a zinc smelter and port.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024 House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a Springfield Democrat, criticized Parson in a statement, arguing that he should be focused on issues in Missouri such as the hundreds of jobs lost after an aluminum smelter recently closed in the southeastern part of the state.—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024 It has been widely reported that one facility in Texas—the one at the former aluminum smelter site—earned over $30 million by shutting down during a heat wave in 2023.—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024 Early this year, roughly 3,000 workers staged a protest at a smelter in Central Sulawesi owned by PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry, a subsidiary of a Chinese company, Jiangsu Delong Group.—Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023 Companies are investing in smelters producing nickel pig iron, used in stainless steel, according to a report from Oxford Economics.—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2023 In communities near new smelters, many celebrate an infusion of new jobs, even as people denounce horrific pollution.—Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
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