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

Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

He has spent time exploring and photographing the area's trails and hillsides dotted with slag heaps of slate spoils, its old quarry sites and abandoned machinery.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

Among the many sounds and smells of the steelworks, Steve's most notable memory is the smell of "rotten eggs", which comes from the slag that's formed during the steel-making process.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024

So we decided to tie all those bits of twisted slag metal to ropes and drag them behind the sheep like little plows.

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