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Rio Tinto, with smelters in Canada and Australia, is one of the world's major aluminum suppliers.
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CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
In the 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency collected samples from around the former Montana smelter and sent them to the Centers for Disease Control for review.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
The smelter is in a room roughly the size of a walk-in closet.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
China has sourced nickel from Indonesia for decades, but the relationship deepened after Jakarta banned raw ore exports in 2020, drawing a surge of Chinese investment into smelters.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
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CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
In the 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency collected samples from around the former Montana smelter and sent them to the Centers for Disease Control for review.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
The smelter is in a room roughly the size of a walk-in closet.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
China has sourced nickel from Indonesia for decades, but the relationship deepened after Jakarta banned raw ore exports in 2020, drawing a surge of Chinese investment into smelters.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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smelter
noun
smelt·er
ˈsmel-tər 
1
: a person whose work or business is smelting
2
or smeltery
-tə-rē
: an establishment for smelting
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