base metal
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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
A proposed $53 billion merger between Anglo American and Teck Resources, the mining sector’s biggest deal for a decade, amounts to a giant play on future demand for the base metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2025
The copper producer rose along with prices for the base metal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Gogol has a room of his own, a bed with a built-in drawer in its base, metal shelves that hold Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, a View-Master, an Etch-A- Sketch.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
