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beneficiation

Treatment of raw material (such as pulverized ore) to improve physical or chemical properties in preparation for further processing. Beneficiation techniques include washing, sizing of particulates, and concentration (which involves the separation of valuable minerals from the other raw materials received from a grinding mill). In large-scale operations, various distinguishing properties of the minerals to be separated (e.g., magnetism, wettability, density) are exploited to concentrate the desirable components. Beneficiation also is used in the ceramics and clay industries. See also flotation; mining; mineral processing.

beneficiation [‚ben·ə‚fish·ē′ā·shən]
(metallurgy)
Improving the chemical or physical properties of an ore so that metal can be recovered at a profit. Also known as mineral dressing.
beneficiation
The improvement in the physical or chemical properties of a material by the removal or modification of undesirable components or impurities which it contains.
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