ore dressing
Concentrating raw minerals
Ore dressing is the process of separating valuable minerals from worthless rock after extraction from the earth.
The ore is crushed, ground, and subjected to techniques like flotation or magnetic separation to concentrate the desired material before smelting.
Also called mineral processing or beneficiation.
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- extractionAct of removing
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
jigging · classifier · cassiterite · magnetic separation · mineralogy · liberation · ball mill · gangue · thickener · metallurgy · tailings · concentration · slurry · assaying · gravity · magnetic · copper · washing
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- platinum miningflotation, smelting, refining, extraction, recovery
- grindinggrinding, milling, crushing, pulverizing, granulation
processing stage
ore dressingmining
Extracting earth's resources
smelting · excavation · refining · quarrying · metal casting
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