mineral extraction

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mineral extraction - crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniquesbeneficiation, mineral dressing, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processingextraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical meansactivating agent - (mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral