Definition of Mineral dressing

1. Noun. Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques.

Exact synonyms: Beneficiation, Mineral Extraction, Mineral Processing, Ore Dressing, Ore Processing
Generic synonyms: Extraction
Examples of category: Activating Agent
Derivative terms: Beneficiate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mineral Dressing

mineolas
miner
miner's asthma
miner's canaries
miner's canary
miner's cat
miner's cramps
miner's disease
miner's elbow
miner's lettuce
miner's lung
miner's moss
miner's nystagmus
mineral deficiency
mineral dressing (current term)
mineral extraction
mineral fibres
mineral jelly
mineral kingdom
mineral makeup
mineral oil
mineral oils
mineral pitch
mineral processing
mineral resources
mineral right
mineral soil
mineral spirits
mineral tar

Literary usage of Mineral dressing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"E (XVIII) COAL AND mineral dressing 1. Definition, scope and limitations—Differences between mineral and ore, economic significance of dressing, ..."

2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"EDUCATION During 1948 the Council were asked by Government for their views on training in mineral dressing in Great Britain. A memorandum was submitted, ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The usefulness of such a combination will be evident, for while vegetable tanning produces fullness, plumpness and resistance to water, the mineral dressing ..."

4. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"... although a branch of mineral dressing, is omitted because it is well treated in the work by AJ Bowie. Gold milling has been less dwelt upon for two ..."

5. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"... although a branch of mineral dressing, is omitted because it is well treated in the work by AJ Bowie. Gold milling has been less dwelt upon for two ..."

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