Mining

Mining

Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.

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compensation method

Mining; General mining

A procedure for determining the voltage difference between two points in the ground by balancing against a voltage that is adjusted in phase and amplitude to effect the ...

Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller method

Mining; General mining

A procedure for the determination of the total surface area of a powder or of a porous solid by measurement of the volume of gas (usually N 2 ) adsorbed on the surface of a known ...

overcasting

Mining; General mining

A procedure used in certain mining activities including strip mining and in some heavy construction work such as channel excavation. Overcasting may be performed in a simple ...

trace-by-trace plotting

Mining; General mining

A procedure used in seismic reflection where reflection times from all traces, or sometimes alternate traces, are plotted at the reflecting point positions (midway between 3343 ...

Belgian process

Mining; General mining

A process (no longer used) to smelt zinc in which roasted zinc ore is mixed with a reducing material, such as coal or coke, placed in cylindrical retorts, and heated in a furnace, ...