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le debourbage

English translation: scrubing or cleaning of ore.

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French term or phrase:le debourbage
English translation:scrubing or cleaning of ore.
Entered by: Drmanu49

20:24 May 21, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / mining
French term or phrase: le debourbage
here is the context:

la préparation de ce mineral a la concentration peut s'orienter vers deux voies: le broyage ou *le débourbage*
RProsser
Local time: 22:21
scrubing or cleaning of ore.
Explanation:
GDT.

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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-21 20:32:58 GMT)
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The cleaning of ore by the removal of certain valueless portions, such as by jigging, cobbing, vanning, etc. See also:concentration; ...
www.maden.hacettepe.edu.tr/dmmrt/dmmrt815.html - 7k

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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-21 20:33:20 GMT)
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A method of cleaning a raw ore product such as coal is disclosed wherein the ore product temperature is increased up to about 200.degree.-212.degree.
www.freepatentsonline.com/4072539.html - 25k
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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 23:21
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4 +1scrubing or cleaning of ore.
Drmanu49


  

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scrubing or cleaning of ore.


Explanation:
GDT.

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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-21 20:32:58 GMT)
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The cleaning of ore by the removal of certain valueless portions, such as by jigging, cobbing, vanning, etc. See also:concentration; ...
www.maden.hacettepe.edu.tr/dmmrt/dmmrt815.html - 7k

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Note added at 8 minutes (2007-05-21 20:33:20 GMT)
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A method of cleaning a raw ore product such as coal is disclosed wherein the ore product temperature is increased up to about 200.degree.-212.degree.
www.freepatentsonline.com/4072539.html - 25k

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 23:21
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Guy Bray: in mineral processing one would normally say scrubbing, I think. A little further clarification: scrubbing is usually for minerals (in a scrubber!), and washing for coal, but in gold/diamond alluvial mining it would be washing, to separate the fines.
21 mins
  -> Thank you Guy for the specific lexi. But in this case, we don't know what the ore is but with "broyage" mentioned I would tend to think about minerals.
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