Definition of "spelter" []

• Zinc, especially in the form of ingots, slabs, or plates. (noun)

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• "The major part of the zinc concentrates necessary for the making of spelter is mined in Australia, and these mines, before the war, were owned by a wonderful combination of German metal companies through direct ownership or under long contracts, and 80% of all the zinc concentrates went directly to Germany while Britain got 3%."
• ""This is what is called spelter, or the pig of zinc, and this is what is sold to refiners, who take out all the dross or impurities so it can be rolled or used for galvanizing iron, or for other purposes.""
• "Zinc (pronounced/ˈzɪŋk/, from German Zink), also known as spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30."