Smelting definition

Smelting means the chemical reduction of lead compounds to elemental lead or lead alloys through processing in high-temperature furnaces at a temperature of greater than nine hundred eighty (980) degrees Celsius, including, but not limited to, the following:
Smelting means processing techniques for the smelting of a copper sulfide ore concentrate or calcine charge leading to the formation of separate layers of molten slag, molten copper, or copper matte.
Smelting means any metallurgical operation in which metal is separated by fusion from those impurities with which it may be chemically combined or physically mixed such as in ores.

Examples of Smelting in a sentence

  • The Company invested in Yongning Smelting through its subsidiary Henan Found.

  • You process hazardous wastes in a smelting, melting, or refining furnace solely for metals recovery, as described in 40 CFR 266.100(d), or to recover economically significant amounts of precious metals, as described in 40 CFR 266.100(g), or if you process hazardous wastes in a lead recovery furnace to recover lead, as described in 40 CFR 266.100(h), place an “X’ in the box to indicate that you qualify for the Smelting, Melting, and Refining Furnace Exemption.

  • Smelting, melting and refining furnaces (including pyrometallurgical devices such as cupolas, reverberator furnaces, sintering machine, roasters, and foundry furnaces).

  • He was instrumental in transforming iron ore business of the associate Essel Mining to a mechanised mining & setting up a new SME business.In 1996, he moved to Birla Copper, a greenfield Copper Smelting project, to lead its Finance and Commercial areas.

  • Humon Smelting is mainly engaged in the exploration, mining, dressing, smelting and chemical production of gold.


More Definitions of Smelting

Smelting means Our smelting service for precious metal scrap as described on the Website or in Our literature, as provided to You by Us.
Smelting means any metallurgical operation in which nonferrous
Smelting means to separate metals by melting.
Smelting means thermal processing whereby molten metal is liberated from beneficiated ore or concentrate with impurities separating as lighter slag;
Smelting means “melting or fusing a metalliferous mineral, often with an accompanying chemical change, usually to separate the metal.”
Smelting means the extraction of metal from its ore by a process involving heating and melting;
Smelting means any processing of an ore or concentrate in the course of which the charge is melted and chemically converted to produce a slag and a matte or metal containing impurities;”;