Metal ore’s processed to get chemical (9)
I believe the answer is:
elastomer
'chemical' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'metal ore's processed' is the wordplay.
'processed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'metal'+'ores'='metalores'
'metalores' anagrammed gives 'ELASTOMER'.
'to get' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elastomer that I've seen before include "Rubbery substance" , "flexible material" , "rubber-like substance" , "Stretchy polymer such as rubber" .)