mineral processing

English Thesaurus

1. crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques (noun.process)

hypernym	:	extraction,
definition	:	the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means (noun.process)

domain member category	:	activating agent,
definition	:	(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral (noun.substance)

derivation	:	beneficiate,
definition	:	process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction (verb.change)

derivation	:	beneficiate,
definition	:	process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction (verb.change)