SMELTING

in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace.

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books on: Smelting  - 3827 results

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Asia Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
Book by A. J.H. Latham, Heita Kawakatsu; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Asia--Economic Conditions--Congresses, Pacific Area--Economic Conditions--Congresses
...rock gold ore silver ores would likely have been smelting. This was probably the earliest method of gold...Patio Process, silver was extracted at Potosi by smelting in small ovens. Smelting also persisted after amalgamation was introduced...
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From Family Firms to Corporate Capitalism: Essays in Business and Industrial History in Honour of Peter Mathias
Book by Kristine Bruland, Patrick O'Brien; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Capitalism--Great Britain--History, Corporations--Great Britain--History, Family-Owned Business Enterprises--Great Britain--History, Industries--Great Britain--Case Studies, Industries--Great Britain--History, Mathias, Peter
...no obvious advantages to be gained by smelting companies having direct control over...particular, the ability of a small number of smelting companies to exercise monopsonistic control...there were good metallurgical reasons why smelting companies might prefer to obtain a wide...
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The Political Economy of Craft Production: Crafting Empire in South India, C. 1350-1650
Book by Carla M. Sinopoli; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Artisans--India--Hamp?I--History, Hamp?I (India)--Economic Conditions, Industries--India--Hamp?I--History, Vijayanagar (Empire)
...the same individuals who engaged in smelting also mined or gath- ered ore; this...scale production facilities. Iron smelting consumes large quantities of ore and...major determinant of the location of smelting sites. As noted above, South India...
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Reframing Deforestation: Global Analyses and Local Realities; Studies in West Africa
Book by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach; Routledge, 1998
...of a large complex of iron and steel smelting, when even during its decline in the...furnaces were seen operating at a single smelting site. Her conclusions for Togo draw...concerning the deforestation effect of iron smelting more generally in West Africa. First...
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Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences - Vol. 10
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Earth Sciences--Encyclopedias, Physical Sciences--Encyclopedias
SMELTING Smelting is a high-temperature process used to obtain a metal from its ore...in Japan. CONNECTION I j MINING for metal ORES and their subsequent smelting i has taken place since . prehistoric times. . 9 The significant use...
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Smelting Iron from Laterite: Technical Possibility or Ethnographic Aberration?
Journal article by T.O. Pryce, S. Natapintu; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 48, 2009
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Thailand, Historic sites--Analysis, Historic sites--History, Iron ores--Analysis, Iron ores--Usage, Laterite--Analysis, Smelting
Smelting Iron from Laterite: Technical Possibility...ethnographically attested to have been used for the smelting of iron in the region (Abendanon 1917...iron ore source for on-site or local smelting (e.g., Bronson 1992 : 66; Freeman...
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Waste to Profits: The Case of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Ltd
Journal article by Peter N. Nemetz; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, 1999
Subjects: Cominco Ltd.--History, Metal industry--Environmental aspects, Mining industry--Environmental aspects, Smelting--Environmental aspects
...THE CASE OF CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTING LTD by Peter N. Nemetz The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (renamed Cominco in 1966) was...sulphur (anon., c.1948), their smelting produced significant quantities of sulphur...
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Childhood Lead Poisoning near Abandoned Lead Mining and Smelting Areas: A Case Study of Two Affected Households
Journal article by Anthony D. Moehr, Daryl W. Robert, Patrick E. Phillips, R. Gregory Evans; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 56, 1993
Subjects: Jasper, Missouri--Environmental aspects, Lead poisoning--Cases, Toxic torts--Reports, United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry--Services
Childhood Lead Poisoning near Abandoned Lead Mining and Smelting Areas: A Case Study of Two Affected Households. by Anthony...fuel emissions, industrial emissions (including mining and smelting operations), and lead paint particles, among other sources...
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Fumes, Forests and Further Studies: Environmental Science and Policy Inaction in Ontario
Journal article by Don Munton; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 37, 2002
Subjects: Acid rain, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Forests, Ontario Canada, Policy making, Smelting works, Sudbury Ontario Canada
...were representatives from the mining and smelting firms, the International Nickel Company...is essential to obtain data from the smelting companies on the mass rate of the emission...Coppercliff sic, Coniston, and Falconbridge smelting areas." The group recommended further...
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Blood Lead Levels and Remediation of an Abandoned Smelter Site
Journal article by Millicent Eidson, Kristine Tollestrup; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 57, 1995
Subjects: Lead in the body--Research, Smelting--Environmental aspects, Soil disinfection--Health aspects, Soil pollution--Health aspects
...communities with an inactive smelter contaminated with mining and smelting wastes (22,26-29). Health concerns have been associated...blood lead levels in residents living on or near old mining and smelting sites (22,26-29). In Telluride, Colorado, a significant...
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Gulf Diversifies into Aluminium: Aluminium Smelting Could Offer MENA Countries a Competitive Advantage with Increased Economic Diversity
Magazine article by Matthew Morgan; The Middle East, November 2010
Subjects: Aluminum (Metal)--Economic aspects, Aluminum industry--Investments, Aluminum--Economic aspects, Diversification (Investments)--Evaluation, Smelting--Economic aspects
...Diversifies into Aluminium: Aluminium Smelting Could Offer MENA Countries a Competitive...increasingly see energy-intensive aluminium smelting as offering them a competitive advantage...lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Smelting bauxite ore/alumina into aluminium...
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Smelting Gun
Magazine article by Brendan Borrell; Natural History, Vol. 116, July 2007
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Environmental science, Metallurgy, Mineral reserves, Peru
Smelting Gun by Brendan Borrell The abundance of...because they have never found remnants of smelting furnaces in the highlands of the Peruvian...that pre-Columbian civilizations were smelting there after all: metallurgists started...
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Smelting in a Microwave Our Scientist Zaps Tin and Silver, Shatters Glass, and Arcs His Oven to Prove a Point
Magazine article by Theodore Gray; Popular Science, Vol. 263, September 2003
Subjects: Melting, Metals, Microwaves
Smelting in a Microwave Our Scientist Zaps Tin and Silver, Shatters Glass, and Arcs His Oven to Prove a Point.; by Theodore Gray There...
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Breathable Jackets Protect Workers, Provide Comfort at Smelting Operation
Magazine article by Bill Bennett; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 69, July 2007
Subjects: Paper industry, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Breathable Jackets Protect Workers, Provide Comfort at Smelting Operation. by Bill Bennett Industry statistics show the average industrial accident can cost more than $10,000. Managers at...
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Assault with Lead Dust
Magazine article by Russell Mokhiber; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 19, March 1998
Subjects: Fiengold, Lowell, Hazardous substances, Lead, Litigation, Occupational safety, Worchester & Consolidated Smelting & Refining Co
...Massachusetts-based Worcester and Consolidated Smelting and Refining Company and its CEO Lowell...fumes to escape from the plants metal smelting operations and to in filtrate the building...secretary. The other victim conducted smelting work and deliveries for the company from...
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newspaper articles on: Smelting  - 474 results

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11th Hour Deal May Save 250 Smelting Jobs; Metal Firm Enter into Negotiations
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 23, 2009
Subjects: Metal industries, Metal industry
11th Hour Deal May Save 250 Smelting Jobs; Metal Firm Enter into Negotiations...Government rescue package to keep smelting at Holyhead. Yesterday afternoon...staff, had planned to close its smelting operation in September after failing...
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Hain: There's Hope for Smelting Jobs
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 3, 2009
Hain: Theres Hope for Smelting Jobs. Byline: ERYL CRUMP CRUCIAL talks to try and rescue hundreds...Anglesey Aluminium a pounds 48m four-year rescue package to keep smelting operations active. Last week the company came back with a counter...
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Nippon Mining Sets Record Smelting Fees
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 3, 2005
Nippon Mining Sets Record Smelting Fees. Byline: MIHO YOSHIKAWA TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) Nippon...Pan Pacific Copper Co. Ltd., together with Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. . On Thursday, Mitsubishi Materials Corp., also a...
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Aborgine Rights Put RTZ Mine Plan in Smelting Pot
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 8, 1996
Aborgine Rights Put RTZ Mine Plan in Smelting Pot. Byline: MICHAEL BAWS AN AUSTRALIAN High Court decision is threatening a pounds sterling550m zinc mine planned by the worlds...
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The Tough Times Are Not over Yet; Feeling the Heat: Smelting Operations at a Kazakhmys Plant and (below) Investors' UK Losses
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 25, 2007
The Tough Times Are Not over Yet; Feeling the Heat: Smelting Operations at a Kazakhmys Plant and (below) Investors UK Losses. Byline: Brian OConnor MARKETS have slumped since I took a...
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encyclopedia articles on: Smelting  - 65 results

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1.
Smelting
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMELTING in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast...
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LuleÅ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Although its harbor is icebound most of the winter, large quantities of iron ore and timber are exported. The city has a large smelting plant, in addition to railroad shops and lumber mills. Lulea was chartered by Gustavus II in 1621. It was destroyed by fire...
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Kettering , Town, England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is a road and rail center that manufactures footwear, leather products, and textiles. Industries include iron mining and smelting, cardboard and brush making, and engineering. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Flin Flon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city (1991 pop. in Manitoba, 7,119; in Saskatchewan, 330), on the Man.-Sask. border, Canada. It is a mining and smelting center in a region producing copper, zinc, silver, gold, and cadmium; it also serves a lumbering and fishing area...
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Changsha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...machinery, transport equipment, electric equipment and appliances, electronics, textiles, chemicals, plastics, and metal smelting. It also has lumber mills. Changsha was founded in the early 3d cent. b.c. and has long been noted as a literary and...
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