How to Use nonferrous in a Sentence

nonferrous

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• The state has a history of iron ore and taconite mining, but not nonferrous mining.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Schnitzer Steel Industries is one of the largest ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal recyclers in the U.S.
  — Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• Most nonferrous leases are terminated after a few years, and few ever even reach the drilling stage, according to the DNR.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• The rules would apply to nonferrous mining for minerals other than iron, such as copper, nickel, gold, silver, zinc and lead.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
• Prices for nonferrous metals, such as aluminum, logged the biggest price hike for goods, while margins of car retailers contributed the biggest jump for services.
  — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 15 June 2021
• China’s production of a basket of metals such as aluminum, copper, lead and zinc, known as base or nonferrous metals, has soared as the country has become the world’s factory floor.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2019
• The new nonferrous mining regulations are not connected to that bill.
  — Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
• Across the year, Trafigura traded 22.8 million metric tons of nonferrous metals including copper and aluminum, up 9%.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
• The record increase was due mainly to rising prices of coal and some energy-intensive products such as nonferrous metals, steel and chemicals, said Dong Lijuan, a spokeswoman for the statistics bureau, on Thursday.
  — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• Steel Dynamics, which has facilities located in the U.S. and in Mexico, produces steel products, liquid pig iron, and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.
  — Aisha Al-Muslim, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• The rest of the stream then passes under overhead magnets, which collect items made of ferrous metals, and an eddy-current-inducing machine, which jolts nonferrous metals to another collection area.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2022
• Minnesota’s 29-year-old nonferrous mining siting rules prohibit mines in the Boundary Waters but allow them along waters that flow into the popular outdoors getaway.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
• These materials include polyurethane and polypropylene from boot shells, ferrous and nonferrous metals from buckles, and other materials from boot liners.
  — Jiakai Chang, Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2021
• When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Potanin created his financial holding company Interros, which began as a trader of nonferrous metals.
  — John Hyatt, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Over the next three to five years, the market is set to expand to seven more high-emissions industries in China: petrochemicals, chemicals, building materials, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, paper and domestic aviation.
  — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 15 July 2021
• And other heavy industrial sectors like nonferrous metals, cement, glass and chemicals—which, like steel, tend to follow housing demand—together account for around a quarter of energy consumption.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 21 May 2021
• Metals, mining, precious metals, and nonferrous metals were strong outperformers.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• The nonferrous metals producer-price index remains in negative territory.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
• The rules increase the cost of permits and licenses for nonferrous mining exploration and operation, and require applicants to provide substantially greater detail in their feasibility reports, operational plans and construction documentation.
  — Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
• Companies in seven industrial sectors will be affected: steel, building materials, petrochemicals, nonferrous metals, consumer goods, equipment manufacturing, and electronics.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024