mineral processing
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- noun
- /ˈmɪnərəl ˈprɔsɛsɪŋ/
- Specialized
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procesamiento de minerales
- The environmental impact of mineral processing is a significant concern for many communities near mining operations.
Examples
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Mining, mineral processing, and transport probably consume over 50% of Australia's electricity, which is mainly coal-powered with minor gas.
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The process of mineral processing involves crushing ore to separate valuable metals from waste materials.
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Once the mineral processing plants leave, they will never come back.
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Their carbon tax will surely cause all mineral processing plants in Australia to lose value, and some will surely close.
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Sixteen cooperation agreements in nickel and mineral processing and exploration were signed during President Hu Jintao's visit to Cuba in 2004.
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Now I'm very familiar with pumping slurries around—I work in the mining/mineral processing industry.
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The news about Comstock Mining's activities to resume mining on the Comstock Lode is very exciting and speaks to the opportunities associated with using modern exploration and mineral processing technologies at historic mining districts.
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This low-cost carbon energy supported our high wages and ensured that mineral processing became a big business in Australia. Iron and steel, lead-zinc-silver, copper, nickel, aluminium, gold, uranium, limestone, coal, oil, and gas are all processed to some extent in Australia.
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New techniques in mineral processing have improved the efficiency of gold extraction from mines.
Synonyms
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Breaking and separating rock to get metals and remove waste
The process of crushing and separating ore to get useful metals
A process of crushing and separating rock to get useful minerals
To make raw materials like ore better by removing dirt and leaving the useful parts
How Intensive
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8.0
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3.8
- Specialized
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- Specialized
101
4.0
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6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the processing of minerals' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'mineral' (inorganic substance) + 'processing' (a series of systematic actions). This is a straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern used cross-linguistically for industrial processes and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Mineral processing comes from a simple picture of people crushing and washing rock to get out the useful minerals, and processing just means the steps used to do this. So mineral processing means 'the steps to extract and separate valuable parts from mined rock'.