MINERAL PROCESSING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

Synonyms:

beneficiation; mineral dressing; mineral extraction; mineral processing; ore dressing; ore processing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("mineral processing" is a kind of...):

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Domain member category:

activating agent ((mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral)

Credits