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  2. Marquette Iron Range - Wikipedia

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    The Marquette Iron Range is a deposit of iron ore located in Marquette County, Michigan in the United States. The towns of Ishpeming and Negaunee developed as a result of mining this deposit. A smaller counterpart of Minnesota's Mesabi Range , this is one of two iron ranges in the Lake Superior basin that are in active production as of 2018.

  3. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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    High-purity scrap copper is melted in a furnace and then reduced and cast into billets and ingots. [18] Lower-purity scrap is melted to form black copper (70–90% pure, containing impurities such as iron, zinc, tin, and nickel), followed by oxidation of impurities in a converter to form blister copper (96–98% pure), which is then refined as ...

  4. Iron and steel industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Iron source Iron and steel scrap 104,100,000 Iron source Coke 9,490,000 Reducing agent Lime 5,730,000 Flux Fluorspar 47,800 Flux Manganese 382,000 Alloy Chromium 251,000 Alloy Nickel 194,000 Alloy Molybdenum 11,800 Alloy Vanadium 2,500 Alloy Tungsten 123 Alloy Source: US Geological Survey, Minerals Yearbooks, 2012 and 2013. [14]

  5. Scrap - Wikipedia

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    Scrap metal rusts in the snow (Finland) The metal recycling industry encompasses a wide range of metals. The more frequently recycled metals are scrap steel, iron (ISS), lead, aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and zinc. Steel [10] is the most recycled due to its sustainable properties. There are two main categories of metals: ferrous and non ...

  6. American Metal Market - Wikipedia

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    American Metal Market (AMM) is an online provider of industry news and metal pricing information for the U.S. steel, nonferrous and scrap markets. Products include a daily publication available electronically, live news on the publication's website, a hard-copy magazine and a series of weekly newsletters covering niche markets.

  7. List of Michigan State Historic Sites - Wikipedia

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    Location of Michigan within the United States. The following is a List of Michigan State Historic Sites.The register is maintained by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, which was established in the late 1960s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. [1]

  8. Tin mining - Wikipedia

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    Tin foil was once a common wrapping material for foods and drugs; replaced in the early 20th century by the use of aluminium foil, which is now commonly referred to as tin foil, hence one use of the slang term "tinnie" or "tinny" for a small aluminium open boat, a small pipe for use of a drug such as cannabis, or for a can of beer. Today, the ...

  9. Tin sources and trade during antiquity - Wikipedia

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    This created the demand for rare tin metal and formed a trade network that linked the distant sources of tin to the markets of Bronze Age cultures. Cassiterite (SnO 2 ), oxidized tin, most likely was the original source of tin in ancient times.