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BENEFICIATION ORES [4 records]

Record 1 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Processing of Mineral Products
CONT

... beneficiation will be by high-intensity magnetic separation rather than gravity (using spiral heavy media) because this technology is now available and because the latter would introduce contaminants ...

OBS

Magnetic separation : The separation of magnetic materials from nonmagnetic materials, using a magnet. This is an especially important process in the beneficiation of iron ores in which the magnetic mineral is separated from nonmagnetic material; for example, magnetite from other minerals...

Key term(s)
  • high-intensity separation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Génie chimique
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

Séparation effectuée dans un champ magnétique au-dessus de 10 000 Œrsted qui permet d'extraire les minéraux paramagnétiques.

CONT

L'évolution des techniques de séparation pneumatique jointe à l'évolution des techniques de séparation magnétique à haute intensité permet, non seulement de traiter des minerais à hématite, mais encore des minerais de manganèse, de magnésite (serpentines), d'épurer des feldspaths ferrifères [...]

Key term(s)
  • séparation à haute intensité

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
CONT

As most ores mined today are low-grade ores-that is, they contain only a small percentage of valuable metals-a large bulk of material must be treated... Therefore methods are used to... remove as much of the worthless part as possible. This is called mineral beneficiation...

Key term(s)
  • beneficiation of ores
  • ore enrichment
  • ore benefication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

Ensemble de divers procédés mécaniques, physiques ou physico-chimiques ayant pour but d'augmenter la concentration en élément utile des minerais, de rendre ceux-ci plus faciles à traiter par les processus ultérieurs des réactions métallurgiques, et enfin d'éliminer des parties stériles, telles que les gangues, avant les traitements d'élaboration.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
DEF

Treatment of ores to concentrate their valuable constituents(minerals) into products(concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material(gangue) into discardable waste(tailing). The fundamental operations of ore-dressing processes are the breaking apart of the associated constituents of the ore by mechanical means(severance) and the separation of the severed components(beneficiation) into concentrate and tailing, using mechanical or physical methods which do not effect substantial chemical changes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

Minéralurgie par séparation physique (gravité, séparation magnétique, flottation, etc.).

Key term(s)
  • préparation des minerais
  • traitement du minerai

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
Key term(s)
  • preparación mecánica
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Record 4 1990-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Processing of Mineral Products
CONT

The ore minerals at Strange Lake are amenable to acid-leach beneficiation techniques, and thus may possess a definite economic advantage over other conventional ores of zirconia(baddeleyite, zircon).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Préparation des produits miniers
OBS

Voir fiches "acid leaching" et "beneficiation" en minéralogie.

Spanish

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