General mining

General mining

General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.

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emerald

Mining; General mining

A transparent, green form of the mineral beryl. It is valued as a gem and used as an ornament.

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)

A strategy aimed at substantially increasing participation by HDP at all levels in the economy of South Africa. BEE is aimed at redressing the imbalances of the past caused by the Apartheid system in ...

Bushveld Igneous Complex,

Mining; General mining

Extending over 66,000 square kilometres, the Bushveld Igneous Complex is the world’s largest known deposit of platinum group metals (PGMs). The PGMs – namely platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, ...

oxide ore

Mining; General mining

Mineralized rock in which some of the original minerals, usually sulphide, have been oxidized. Oxidation tends to make the ore more porous and permits a more complete permeation of cyanide solutions ...

open-pit mine

Mining; General mining

An excavation for removing minerals which is open to the surface.

norite

Mining; General mining

A coarse-grained plutonic rock that is made up primarily from plagioclase feldspar (labradorite) with orthopyroxene (hypersthene) as the dominant mafic mineral.