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General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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Ore
Mining; General mining
A natural aggregate of one or more minerals which may be mined and sold at a profit, or from which some part may be profitably separated.
Mineralization
Mining; General mining
Rock containing minerals or metals of potential economic interest.
Bushveld Igneous Complex,
Mining; General mining
Extending over 66,000 square kilometres, the Bushveld Igneous Complex is the world's largest known deposit of platinum group metals (PGMs). The PGMs – namely platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, ...
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)
Mining; General mining
A strategy aimed at substantially increasing participation by HDP at all levels in the economy of South Africa. BEE is aimed at redressing the imbalances of the past caused by the Apartheid system in ...
Oxide ore
Mining; General mining
Mineralized rock in which some of the original minerals, usually sulphide, have been oxidized. Oxidation tends to make the ore more porous and permits a more complete permeation of cyanide solutions ...
Norite
Mining; General mining
A coarse-grained plutonic rock that is made up primarily from plagioclase feldspar (labradorite) with orthopyroxene (hypersthene) as the dominant mafic mineral.
Pyroxenite
Mining; General mining
A medium or coarse-grained rock consisting essentially of pyroxene, a common rock-forming mineral.
