How to Use nonferrous in a Sentence

nonferrous

adjective
  • The state has a history of iron ore and taconite mining, but not nonferrous mining.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The new nonferrous mining regulations are not connected to that bill.
    — Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The rules would apply to nonferrous mining for minerals other than iron, such as copper, nickel, gold, silver, zinc and lead.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Prices for nonferrous metals, such as aluminum, logged the biggest price hike for goods, while margins of car retailers contributed the biggest jump for services.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 15 June 2021
  • The company does have one steel mill, in Oregon, but most of the revenue comes from the recycling and processing of ferrous and nonferrous metals.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Most nonferrous leases are terminated after a few years, and few ever even reach the drilling stage, according to the DNR.
    — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
  • China’s production of a basket of metals such as aluminum, copper, lead and zinc, known as base or nonferrous metals, has soared as the country has become the world’s factory floor.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2019
  • These materials include polyurethane and polypropylene from boot shells, ferrous and nonferrous metals from buckles, and other materials from boot liners.
    — Jiakai Chang, Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Metals, mining, precious metals, and nonferrous metals were strong outperformers.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • Meanwhile, the worst-performing subsectors were nonferrous metals, household and personal products, and food & beverage.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The rest of the stream then passes under overhead magnets, which collect items made of ferrous metals, and an eddy-current-inducing machine, which jolts nonferrous metals to another collection area.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2022
  • Crafted out of iron and nonferrous metal, the prosthetic was relatively simple, not featuring any mechanical components.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The nonferrous metals producer-price index remains in negative territory.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • And other heavy industrial sectors like nonferrous metals, cement, glass and chemicals—which, like steel, tend to follow housing demand—together account for around a quarter of energy consumption.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • Ferrous metals can be magnetically separated from other materials; magnetism can also be induced in nonferrous items, like aluminum, using a large eddy current.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2022
  • Most recoveries were of large, nonferrous cargoes sunk during the First and Second World Wars—tin, copper, gold, and silver—and very few were lifted from more than a few hundred metres of water.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Minnesota’s 29-year-old nonferrous mining siting rules prohibit mines in the Boundary Waters but allow them along waters that flow into the popular outdoors getaway.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Induction Heaters The industrial processes that heat aluminum ingots, forge nonferrous metals, and smelt high-end alloys are extremely energy intensive.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The record increase was due mainly to rising prices of coal and some energy-intensive products such as nonferrous metals, steel and chemicals, said Dong Lijuan, a spokeswoman for the statistics bureau, on Thursday.
    — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In addition to the rules for oil refineries and chemical plants, the lawsuit also targets EPA rules for industrial plants that make plastics, fertilizers, pesticides and nonferrous metals.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Potanin created his financial holding company Interros, which began as a trader of nonferrous metals.
    — John Hyatt, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Radius continues to focus on optimizing its operations and managing costs amid challenging market conditions, with an emphasis on nonferrous metal recovery and environmental compliance.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The rules increase the cost of permits and licenses for nonferrous mining exploration and operation, and require applicants to provide substantially greater detail in their feasibility reports, operational plans and construction documentation.
    — Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021

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