About the Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan Market Research Report
Definition of the Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan?
Companies in this industry smelt or refine nonferrous metals other than aluminum (IBISWorld report 33131). The smelting or refining process includes the use of both electrolytic and traditional furnace-based procedures. Some operators may provide their services on a fee-for-service basis, more commonly known as toll refining. This industry does not include secondary smelting or refining (IBISWorld reports 33142 and 33149).
What’s included in the Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan?
The Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan includes copper, zinc, gold, silver, platinum group metals, magnesium metal, silicon and other. Related terms covered in the Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan industry report includes a process that involves melting ore to separate out the metallic content from the waste material, a process that takes smelted ore and further reduces the level of impurities, typically by oxidizing them, a process that involves passing an electrical current through a liquid bleach solution containing dissolved metal to extract the metal, any material from which a desirable metal or other mineral can be extracted, any metal that does not contain iron, any metal other than steel, iron and the precious metals, a group of metals that includes gold, silver and the platinum group, the process of adding one metal to another to form a blend sharing some of the properties of each component, production of metals in their most basic form by processing mined ores and reprocessing of usable metal recovered from recycled scrap.
Industry Performance of the Nonferrous Metal Refining industry in Michigan
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Nonferrous Metal Refining in Michigan
#18 in Highest Revenue 0.8% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
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Nonferrous Metal Refining in the US
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Key Drivers of the Nonferrous Metal Refining industry in Michigan
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US Key External Drivers
World price of copper
Producer Price Index: Nonferrous metals
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County Data of the Nonferrous Metal Refining industry in Michigan
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Key Statistics of the Nonferrous Metal Refining industry in Michigan
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