base metal
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The base metal had risen to around $3,500 a metric ton after news of Middle Eastern smelters shutting, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
You can call cobalt a base metal, or stick it with uranium in special metals.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Pairing these metal oxides with a conductive carbon network improves electron movement and prevents the particles from clumping together, which is a frequent issue in conventional base metal catalysts.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
The copper mining company’s stock gained ground along with prices for the base metal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
We know he was engaged in a lengthy search for the secret of how to turn base metal into gold; indeed, briefly in the 1580s, he thought he had found it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
