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smelting
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 .... Read more |
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Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi , city (1984 pop. 564,830), capital of Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), near the border with Zambia. The second largest city of the country, it is a commercial and industrial center. Copper is smelted there, and textiles, food products and beverages, printed materials, and bricks... Read more |
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Cominco Ltd
Cominco Ltd. 500-200 Burrard StreetVancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L7CanadaTelephone: (604) 682-0611Fax: (604) 685-3019Web site: http://www.cominco.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1906 as Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada, LtdEmployees: 4,142Sales: C$1.64 billion... Read more |
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smelt
smelt common name for a small, slender fish of the family Osmeridae, closely allied to the grayling of the family Salmonidae ( salmon family). Most species are marine, but some ascend freshwater streams to spawn and others are landlocked in lakes. The American smelt (or icefish), Osmerus mordax, ... Read more |
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Phelps Dodge Corp
Phelps Dodge Corporation One North Central AvenuePhoenix, Arizona 85004U.S.A.Telephone: (602) 366-8100Fax: (602) 366-7329Web site: http://www.phelpsdodge.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1885 as Copper Queen Consolidated Mining CompanyEmployees: 15,500Sales: $7.09 billion (2004)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Southern Peru Copper Corp
Southern Peru Copper Corporation Avenida Caminos del Inca 171Chacarilla del EstanqueSantiago de SurcoLima 33PeruTelephone: (511) 372-1414Fax: (511) 372-0262 Public Company (54% Owned by Grupo Mexico, S.A. de C.V.)Incorporated: 1952Employees: 3,682Sales: $711.09 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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Douglas (United States)
Douglas 1 City (1990 pop. 12,822), Cochise co., SE Ariz., at the Mexican border; inc. 1905. The mining and smelting of copper have been important since 1900; the city grew around a copper smelter, now abandoned and largely dismantled. Douglas is also a ranching center and a border station, with... Read more |
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Olin Corp
Olin Corporation 190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530Clayton, Missouri 63105-3443U.S.A.Telephone: (314) 480-1400Fax: (314) 862-7406Web site: http://www.olin.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1892 as Western Powder CompanyEmployees: 5,800Sales: $1.997 billion (2004)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker... Read more |
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International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MINE, MILL, AND SMELTER WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MINE, MILL, AND SMELTER WORKERS. In its first incarnation as the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), established at a convention in Butte, Montana, on 15 May 1893, the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter... Read more |
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Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile Huerfanos 1270Casila Postal 150-DSantiagoChileTelephone: (562) 690-3000Fax: (562) 690-3059Web site: http://www.codelcochile.com Government-Owned CompanyIncorporated: 1976Employees: 17,313Sales: $2.89 billion (1999)NAIC: 212234 Copper Ore & Nickel... Read more |
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