extractive metallurgy

noun

the technology of extracting metal from ore.

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"The West dropped the ball – that's the reality. And China was in for the long run – it saw the benefit and was willing to invest in it," says Jacques Eksteen, chair for extractive metallurgy at Curtin University.

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exˈtractive extractor

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