Usually means: Thermal processing of ores, metals.
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  1. pyrometallurgy: Merriam-Webster
  2. pyrometallurgy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pyrometallurgy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pyrometallurgy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pyrometallurgy: Wiktionary
  6. pyrometallurgy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. pyrometallurgy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pyrometallurgy: Dictionary.com
  9. Pyrometallurgy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. pyrometallurgy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.

Similar:
thermometallurgy, pyroelectrometallurgy, smelting, hot work, pyrosynthesis, pyrotherapy, thermochemolysis, pyrocatalysis, retort, pyrophotography, more...

Opposite:
hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, physical metallurgy

Types:
calcination, roasting, smelting, refining, more...

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Similar:
thermometallurgy, pyroelectrometallurgy, smelting, hot work, pyrosynthesis, pyrotherapy, thermochemolysis, pyrocatalysis, retort, pyrophotography, more...

Opposite:
hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, physical metallurgy

Types:
calcination, roasting, smelting, refining, more...



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