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The residents labored in a lead smelter near the mountain's base and worked on the project for nearly a decade, until it was completed in 1940.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 May 2026
On a sunny morning a few weeks after Freeport received the exemption, white smoke poured from its smelter above a Baptist church and residential neighborhood.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
But the company shut down the smelter in 2012.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
At Kamoa-Kakula, Ivanhoe has started producing copper anodes from a new smelter designed to process 500,000 tonnes a year, adding a power-hungry step to an operation already underserved by DR Congo’s electricity deficit.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 May 2026
On a sunny morning a few weeks after Freeport received the exemption, white smoke poured from its smelter above a Baptist church and residential neighborhood.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
But the company shut down the smelter in 2012.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
At Kamoa-Kakula, Ivanhoe has started producing copper anodes from a new smelter designed to process 500,000 tonnes a year, adding a power-hungry step to an operation already underserved by DR Congo’s electricity deficit.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 17 May. 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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