The smelting industry uses high-temperature procedures to extract metal from ore to manufacture metals such as copper, aluminum, and steel.

Important sub-industries include secondary smelting, which turns scrap metal into new goods, non-ferrous metallurgy, which deals with metals like copper and aluminum, and ferrous metallurgy, which concentrates on the manufacturing of steel.

Developments in energy efficiency, environmental laws, and changes in the world market for metals all have an impact on this industry.

Key Sectors:

• Primary Smelting*
• Secondary Smelting and Refining*
• Ferrous Smelting*
• Non-Ferrous Smelting*
• Precious Metal Smelting*
• Specialty Metal Smelting*

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