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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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Scortecci process

Mining; General mining

A process for direct reduction of iron pyrites that depends on the dissociation of pyrites in the absence of air, and in the presence of carbon, with the formation of iron and ...

Bayer process

Mining; General mining

A process for extracting alumina from bauxite ore before the electrolytic reduction of alumina.

Mond process

Mining; General mining

A process for extracting and purifying nickel. The main features consist of forming nickel carbonyl by reaction of the finely divided reduced metal with carbon monoxide, and ...

dithionate process

Mining; General mining

A process for extracting manganese from low-grade oxide ores. The manganese ore is leached with dilute sulfur dioxide gas in the presence of calcium dithionate solution, the ...

Taylor-White process

Mining; General mining

A process for heat-treating high-speed steels.

Linz-Donawitz process

Mining; General mining

A process for making steel from cast iron; it resembles the Bessemer process except for two important differences: (1) oxygen is used rather than air and (2) instead of blowing ...

oxygen process

Mining; General mining

A process for making steel in which oxygen is blown upon or through molten pig iron, whereby most of the carbon and impurities are removed by oxidation.