experimental

Name	Notation	Description	Types	Status
abrasion	abrasion	Abrasion is a a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by frictio...	Concept	experimental
acid tank leach	acidtankleach	Acid leaching is commonly performed by agitating an ore-leach...	Concept	experimental
agglomeration	agglomeration	Agglomeration: process designed to bind together finely groun...	Concept	experimental
autoclave leaching	autoclaveLeaching	autoclave leaching	Concept	experimental
automatic sorting	automaticsorting	Automated sorting of material on the basis of physical charac...	Concept	experimental
base metal refining	basemetalRefining	There are several different methods that can be used for refi...	Concept	experimental
bio-heap leaching	bioheapLeaching	The catalytic action of bacteria, such as Thiobacillus ferrox...	Concept	experimental
blast furnace	blastfurnace	A shaft furnace in which solid fuel is burned with an airblas...	Concept	experimental
calcination	calcination	Calcination (also referred to as calcining) is a thermal trea...	Concept	experimental
cementation	cementation	In metallurgy, cementation is a process in which ions are red...	Concept	experimental
centrifugal gravity separation	centrifugalgravityseparation	Particulate material is introduced into a fluid medium that i...	Concept	experimental
coagulation	coagulation	In a dispersed system, particles of all species can be aggreg...	Concept	experimental
comminution	comminution	Breaking solid particles to reduce their sizes, general term ...	Concept	experimental
concentration	concentration	Technique designed to raise an ore grade by removing some of ...	Concept	experimental
crushing	crushing	Coarse comminution, down to a few centimeters.	Concept	experimental
crystallization	crystallization	Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of for...	Concept	experimental
cyanide heap leaching	cyanideheapLeaching	Cyaniding is the process of treating finely ground gold and s...	Concept	experimental
cyanide tank leaching	cyanidetankLeaching	Cyanide leaching is most common in processing gold (and silve...	Concept	experimental
desliming	desliming	The removal of slimes from coal or a mixture of coal and wate...	Concept	experimental
direct reduction	directreduction	Direct reduction processes can be divided roughly into two ca...	Concept	experimental
distillation	distillation	Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on diff...	Concept	experimental
dry sieving	drysieving	Sieving is the sizing of particules by means of screens or si...	Concept	experimental
eddy current separator	eddycurrentseparator	Uses an electric current induced into a conductor by changes ...	Concept	experimental
electrolysis	electrolysis	Electrolysis: Electrowinning and electrorefining respectively...	Concept	experimental
electromagnetic methods	electromagneticMethods	A process of removing magnetic materials from relatively nonm...	Concept	experimental
electrostatic separation	electrostaticseparation	Separation process based on the difference in electrical cond...	Concept	experimental
electrowinning	electrowinning	An electrochemical process in which a metal dissolved within ...	Concept	experimental
evaporation	evaporation	Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs...	Concept	experimental
finishing	finishing	Finishing only concerns dimension stones. The surface of a st...	Concept	experimental
flocculation	flocculation	Flocculation is the coagulation between particles induced by ...	Concept	experimental
flotation	flotation	Process in which particles are separated according to their t...	Concept	experimental
gravimetric methods	gravimetricMethods	Separation of mineral particles, with the aid of water or air...	Concept	experimental
gravimetric sorting	gravimetricsorting	Process in which the valuable particles are separated from th...	Concept	experimental
gravity separation table	gravityseparationtable	Gravity concentration consisting of an inclined planar surfac...	Concept	experimental
grinding	grinding	Grinding is the size reduction of particles by a combination ...	Concept	experimental
heap leaching	heapLeaching	A process used for the recovery of copper, uranium, and preci...	Concept	experimental
heavy medium separation	heavymediumseparation	A gravity process by using a heavy medium with specific gravi...	Concept	experimental
HPAL	hpal	HPAL	Concept	experimental
hydrometallurgy	hydrometallurgy	Hydrometallurgy is part of the field of extractive metallurgy...	Concept	experimental
intermediates	intermediates	Intermediate stages of the ore treatment	Concept	experimental
leachate precipitation	leachatePrecipitation	Operations carried out for the leachate precipitation	Concept	experimental
leaching	leaching	Action of chemical reagents on a material resulting in the di...	Concept	experimental
liquid solid separation	liquidSolidSeparation	Separation of suspended material by concentrating of pulp and...	Concept	experimental
magnetic electromagnetic separation	magneticelectromagneticseparation	Separation process based on the difference in magnetic suscep...	Concept	experimental
magnetic methods	magneticmethods	Magnetic separation is a process used to separate materials f...	Concept	experimental
magnetic sorting	magneticsorting	magnetic sorting	Concept	experimental
manual sorting	manualsorting	Sorting a coarse material into two or more classes on the bas...	Concept	experimental
metal production	metalProduction	Operations carried out for metal production from concentrates...	Concept	experimental
metal refining	metalRefining	In metallurgy, refining consists of purifying an impure metal...	Concept	experimental
NaOH-leaching-Bayer process	naohleachingbayerprocess	NaOH-leaching-Bayer process	Concept	experimental
particle sizing	particleSizing	Separation of particles of a fragmented material into several...	Concept	experimental
pelletization	pelletization	A method in which finely divided material is rolled in a drum...	Concept	experimental
post-concentration	postConcentration	Operations carried out after the ore concentration	Concept	experimental
pre-leaching treatment	preLeachingTreatment	pre-leaching treatment	Concept	experimental
precious metal refining	preciousmetalRefining	Precious metal refining is the separation of precious metals ...	Concept	experimental
precipitation	precipitation	Precipitation in hydrometallurgy involves the chemical precip...	Concept	experimental
pyrometallurgy	pyrometallurgy	Pyrometallurgy is a branch of extractive metallurgy. It consi...	Concept	experimental
roasting	roasting	Roasting is a step in the processing of certain ores. More sp...	Concept	experimental
sluice concentration	sluiceconcentration	A slanting trough fitted with riffles or with moquette along ...	Concept	experimental
smelting	smelting	Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy, its main use is ...	Concept	experimental
solvent extraction	solventextraction	Extraction with a solvent. This may be achieved on: (1) the s...	Concept	experimental
sorting	sorting	Processes that operate on particulate material to concentrate...	Concept	experimental
steel works	steelworks	An establishment where steel is made and often manufactured i...	Concept	experimental
stratification jig	stratificationjig	The principle of the jig is the action of pulsed vertical mov...	Concept	experimental
sulfuric acid heap leaching	sulfuricacidheapLeaching	Metallurgical process for dissolution of metals by means of a...	Concept	experimental
sulfuric acid tank leaching	sulfuricacidtankLeaching	The dissolution of metals from solid ore into liquid phase, a...	Concept	experimental
tank leaching	tankLeaching	Tank leaching, also known as reactor leaching, is dissolving ...	Concept	experimental
thickening	thickening	Realized with a machine for removing the maximum amount of li...	Concept	experimental
washing	washing	Upgrading a material through a wet process, usually gravimetr...	Concept	experimental
wet sieving	wetsieving	Sieving is the sizing of particules by means of screens or si...	Concept	experimental