Notable pusher applications include inorganics like ammonium sulphate, soda ash, potash, sodium bicarbonate, sulphates and sulphides, borax, borates, chlorates and chromates.
Major products include aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium-dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore.
Some of the earliest known fluxes were carbonate of soda, potash, charcoal, coke, borax, lime, lead sulfide and certain minerals containing phosphorus.
