ore processing
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- noun
- Specialized
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procesamiento de minerales
- Environmental regulations are crucial in ore processing to ensure that toxic waste is safely managed.
- ore processing plant
- ore processing center
- Ore Processing Unit
Examples
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Even in Cuba, a good deal of his visit was devoted to reinvigorating Russian participation in the Las Camaricas nickel-ore processing plant, two oil refineries, and the Juragua nuclear plant.
Academic text (2001) -
During ore processing, machines crush the rocks to extract precious metals like gold and silver.
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Consider: extraction, ore processing.
Blog text (11) -
In fact, it would largely be passed over in silence except that radioactive gases from thorium are a health hazard for miners and ore processing workers.
Blog text (32) -
A banking interest in Boston bought up the mining claims, financed the mine's operation, and constructed a large ore-processing plant only two miles above the more famous mining town of Telluride.
Fiction book (2001) -
In addition, he is recognized for his expertise in finite element analysis of large grinding mills for the ore processing industry and for the development of a multipad bearing design for such mills.
Academic text (2001) -
The company is investing in new technologies to improve ore processing efficiency and reduce waste.
Synonyms
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Crushing and separating mined rock to get useful minerals and remove waste
A process of crushing and separating rock to get useful minerals
The process of crushing and separating ore to get useful metals
To make raw materials like ore better by removing dirt and leaving the useful parts
How Processed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably derived from the constituents: 'ore' (rock/mineral from which metals are extracted) and 'processing' (a series of systematic actions). A B1 learner who knows both words can infer this refers to the industrial processing of ore to extract valuable substances, and the compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Ore processing paints a simple picture: the word ore is the raw rock that holds metal, and processing is the crushing, washing and sorting that free the metal. So ore processing refers to the steps a mine or plant uses 'to extract' the valuable materials from the waste rock.