slag

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Copper, steel, aluminum and precious metals can be recovered, but rare-earth metals typically fuse with other byproducts in waste called slag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Nearby, excavators found iron slag - some of it fused to the furnace wall - hinting at advanced metalworking techniques.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Bryan had told his son he would train by running up and down the slag heaps behind his house.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

"And if you get the balance right and cool the slag quickly enough, you end up with reactivated cement, without adding any cost to the steelmaking process."

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Smithy and Mara were busy sorting the metal slag that they would have to leave behind and the tools they could pack onto the camels.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri