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

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

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

“There were high concentrations of slag in these, which is a glass-like material that makes them maybe a little bit more brittle in the cold,” she says.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

"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

“The slag heap next to the east entrance,” says Prim patiently.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins