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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Waelz process
Mining; General mining
A process by which low-grade ores, slags, or residues from retorts may be treated either for the recovery of zinc alone or for the recovery of zinc, lead, and tin. It employs a rotary kiln, and the ...
Pull the tank
Mining; General mining
Tank, part of the water circuit for sludge or small carbon settles and has been continuously using the Scraper chain or Scraper buckets.
drillhole
Mining; Gold mining
A hole that is drilled into the earth, as in exploratory well drilling or in building construction.
reflected wave
Mining; General mining
A (gaseous) pressure wave resulting from a direct wave striking an obstacle or an opposing surface and being reflected backwards.
dibutyl carbinol
Mining; General mining
2-methyl-l-butanol; a frother used in the flotation process.
Platinum-group metal
Mining; General mining
Any of the minerals native platinum, osmium, iridium, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and their alloys, such as osmiridium (Ir,Os) , ruthenosmiridium (Ir,Os,Ru) , rutheniridosmine (Os,Ir,Ru) , and ...
Inhabited building
Mining; General mining
A building regularly used in whole or in part as a habitation for human beings, or any church, schoolhouse, railroad station, store, or other structure where people are accustomed to assemble, except ...
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