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primary metal

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noun

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


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"Obviously, the 800-pound gorilla from a primary metal demand perspective is China," Peter Mallin-Jones, mining analyst at UK investment bank Peel Hunt, said.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

"It's really about understanding which type of scrap we can use, as the material has to comply with primary metal standards," Kallevik said.

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 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