Mineral processing. Foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy / Переработка полезных ископаемых. Основы теории и практики минералургии

Mineral processing is a branch of science and technology dealing with processing of natural and synthetic mineral materials as well as accompanying liquids, solutions and gases to provide them with desired properties. It is a part of technical sciences, although it contains elements originating from other fields of knowledge, especially natural sciences. Mineral processing is based on separation processes and is involved in performing and description of separations, as well as their analysis, evaluation, and comparison.
Various terms are used in different countries for mineral processing. In English speaking countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc.) it is also termed, dressing, preparation, beneficiation, and recently mineralurgy or minerallurgy. The Poles mostly use przeróbka kopalin, the Russians obogashchenie poleznykh iskopaemykh, the Germans Die Aufberaitung, and the Spanish Procesamiento de minerals <...>