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General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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total cash costs
Mining; General mining
It includes all direct and indirect operating cash costs related directly to the physical activities of producing metals, including mining, processing and other plant costs, third-party refining and ...
total production costs per ounce
Mining; General mining
Calculated based upon total production costs by dividing the net of by-product revenues earned from all metals other than the primary metal produced at each unit with the total ounces of the primary ...
mineral reserve
Mining; General mining
That portion of a measured or indicated mineral resource which can potentially be economically mined. It's usually proven by at least a preliminary feasibility study that includes adequate ...
mineral resource
Mining; General mining
A concentration or deposit of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic material in the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable economic ...
autoclave
Mining; General mining
The equipment used in an oxidation process in which high temperatures and pressures are applied to convert refractory sulphide mineralization into amenable oxide ore.
banded iron formation
Mining; General mining
A rock formation that shows pronounced banding of iron rich minerals and fine grained quartz. Where mineralized the formation contains sulfide and carbonate mineral.
diamond drill
Mining; General mining
A type of rotary drill that performs cutting by abrasion rather than percussion. The cutting bit is set with diamonds and is attached to the end of long hollow rods through which water is pumped to ...
