primary metal

American  

noun

1. metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.

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Example Sentences

Data showed Canadian factory sales most likely rose 0.7% in July from June due in parts to increases in the petroleum and coal product, food, and primary metal subsectors.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

Unplanned interruptions at some major primary metal manufacturers as well as concerns over a possible slowdown in the global economy impacted the industry, Statistics Canada said.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022

But that total still lags the 402,600 jobs with primary metal manufacturers at the end of 2014.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2018

Meanwhile, Arnaud Soirat currently chief executive of Rio’s aluminum primary metal business, will become head of the copper and diamonds division.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2016

Sun's primary metal holds within itself the Principle of the germ, 788-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert