can be classified into two types depending on their business model; custom smelters and integrated smelters. A custom smelter is a smelter that treats ore on behalf of customers or buys ore for treatment. Custom smelters obtain ore concentrates from mines of different ownership. Integrated smelters depend directly on a specific mining operation and tend to be located next to a mine.

Process

Smelting involves more than just melting the metal out of its ore. Most ores comprise chemical compounds of the metal and other elements,

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