ore dressing

noun

Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

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mineral extractionmineral processingmineral dressingore processingbeneficiation
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Meanings

noun
  1. Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncrushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

Similar
mineral extractionmineral processingmineral dressingore processingbeneficiation
Broader
extraction
Also see
beneficiationmineral processing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

ore dressing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ore%20dressing

MLA

“ore dressing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ore%20dressing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ore dressing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ore%20dressing.

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