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151: 133: 161: 22: 71: 53: 568: 279: 243: 458:"Beneficiation," defined by 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 261.4, means the following as applied to iron ore: milling (crushing and grinding); washing; filtration; sorting; sizing; gravity concentration; magnetic separation; flotation; and agglomeration (pelletizing, sintering, briquetting, or nodulizing). 437:
So what's the definition of beneficiation then? "Separating an ore stream into two: one more valuable and one less valuable" would have a nice sense of unambiguous definition and consistency about it. Except that the South African source already listed is far broader, and specifically includes
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Any proof that this is a valid alternative spelling? It is not in the OED, either as "benefication" or "to beneficate". Websites using it tend to use "beneficiation" later on in same article. Looks more like a common misspelling.
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No, smelting is definitely not the process. This is a simple heating, not a specifically reducing atmosphere to produce metallic iron. Maybe there should be an article on
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on 16 December 2023 and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see
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involves a chemical change of the ore mineral to an oxide or other form more easily processed to a metallic form.
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Ndokumbirawo mubatsire Mercy CALA yake iyo, Part A (1)State differences between value addition and beneficiation.
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and mineral industries. If you would like to participate, you can edit the attached redirect, or visit the
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Is roasting considered to be a beneficiation process, or something else? I'm thinking particularly of
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I've no expertise here, but beneficiation involves physical separation of ore from gangue - whereas
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The South African reference seems much more inclusive than others. The US EPA document states:
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is the process for that and would follow physical separation processes.
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State differences between value addition and beneficiation
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Yes, that's the process. Is it considered as a form of
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