Beneficiation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit,
     to work mines.] (Mining)
     To reduce (ores). -- {Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion} (?), n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  beneficiation
       n : crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or
           waste by any of a variety of techniques [syn: {mineral
           extraction}, {mineral processing}, {mineral dressing}, {ore
           processing}, {ore dressing}]