0 a factory where substances in their natural state, such as oil or sugar, are made pure:
1 a factory where raw substances, such as sugar, oil, or metal, are made pure
2 a factory where different products are made from a basic product, usually oil or sugar:
Men were also hired to build a sugar refinery and access road, then gaining work as refinery operatives and small cane farmers.
Furthermore, the refineries and the steel- and metal industry received important exemptions.
These effects probably reflect the importance of the refinery industry in these countries.
The 1794 package also taxed auction sales, sugar refineries, snuff mills, and retail licenses to sell imported liquor.
The refinery also was a bone of contention.
To apply this table, let us consider three hypothetical disasters: an airplane crash, a refinery explosion, and a product-tampering incident.
The sugar refinery draws water from the western main canal, the outfall of which is used for rice irrigation beyond the sugar scheme boundary.
In this sense, the archive system acts as a knowledge refinery.