as a by-product
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The government has provided funding to reactivate the Ensus bioethanol plant, which makes CO2 as a by-product, in order to shore up supplies of the gas.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
“Silver supply is structurally inelastic, with around 70-80% of global silver output coming as a by-product from mines that primarily produce lead, zinc, copper or gold,” Manthey said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Once renewable energy is stored as hydrogen, to use it as electricity again it needs to be converted using fuel cells, which produce water vapour as a by-product of an oxygen-splitting reaction.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
Germanium ores are rare and most germanium is produced as a by-product of zinc production and from coal fly ash.
From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023
She and her generation were the first in the history of the world to come of age with the possibility of human extinction as a by-product of human ingenuity.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
