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General mining
General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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prospectus
Mining; General mining
A preliminary printed statement describing a business or other enterprise, and distributed to prospective buyers, investors, or participants, giving detailed information concerning the company's ...
ring-roll press
Mining; General mining
A press consisting of rolls of unequal diameter, revolving one within the other and in the same direction.
gunpowder press
Mining; General mining
A press for compacting meal powder before granulating into gunpowder.
double-action press
Mining; General mining
A press handling two operations each revolution. It carries two rams, one inside the other, so actuated that one motion immediately follows the other.
double-roll press
Mining; General mining
A press in which pressure is applied by the mating of one or more pairs of indented rolls of equal diameter, revolving in opposite directions.
Belgian press
Mining; General mining
A press in which pressure is applied by the mating of one or more pairs of indented rolls of equal diameter, revolving in opposite directions.
plunger press
Mining; General mining
A press in which the pressure is applied by a plunger, with a reciprocating motion, to charges of feed contained in molds in a vertical or horizontal table.
