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EXPLOITATION MINES [1 record]

Record 1 - external organization data 2011-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

The science, technique and business of mineral discovery and exploitation.

OBS

Strictly, the word connotes underground work directed to severance and treatment of ore or associated rock. Practically, it includes opencast work, quarrying, alluvial dredging, and combined operations, including surface and underground attack and ore treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Ensemble des sciences, des techniques et systèmes de gestion entrant dans la recherche et la mise à disposition des substances minérales aux installations de traitement, de transformation, et, plus rarement, directement aux consommateurs.

PHR

Centre de gravité de l'exploitation.

PHR

Exploitation en avalpendage, en aval-pendage, sous-jacente, sus-jacente.

PHR

Étage d'exploitation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
DEF

Actividades que se desarrollan para explotar y obtener beneficio de un depósito natural de mineral natural.

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