beneficiate an ore

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• ore dressing — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral processing, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore processing, ↑beneficiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate …   Useful english dictionary

• ore processing — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral processing, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore dressing, ↑beneficiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate …   Useful english dictionary

• beneficiate — beneficiation, n. /ben euh fish ee ayt /, v.t., beneficiated, beneficiating. Metall. to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting. [1870 75, Amer.; < Sp benefici(ar) to benefit, profit from (especially mining or farming) (v. deriv. of… …   Universalium

• Iron ore — Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the …   Wikipedia

• beneficiation — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral processing, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore processing, ↑ore dressing • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate …   Useful english dictionary

• mineral dressing — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral processing, ↑ore processing, ↑ore dressing, ↑beneficiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• mineral processing — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore processing, ↑ore dressing, ↑beneficiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• mineral extraction — noun crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques • Syn: ↑mineral processing, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore processing, ↑ore dressing, ↑beneficiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑beneficiate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• beneficiation — noun Date: 1871 the treatment of raw material (as iron ore) to improve physical or chemical properties especially in preparation for smelting • beneficiate transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary