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Tailings Pool

Spanish translation: pozo de relaves

21:09 Sep 27, 2013
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / Tailings Pool
English term or phrase: Tailings Pool
sin contexto.
francef31
Local time: 06:55
Spanish translation:pozo de relaves
Explanation:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relave‎
Los relaves (o cola) son desechos tóxicos subproductos de procesos mineros y concentración de minerales, usualmente una mezcla de tierra, minerales, agua ...

Panoramio - Photo of Pozo de relaves de minera escondida
www.panoramio.com/photo/5776541‎
Traducir esta página
07/11/2007 - Photo-sharing community. Discover the world through photos.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVoX72dy6sw
30/03/2012 - Subido por unotv59
Luego de la solidcitud de los agricultores para utilizar el agua que filtra del pozo de relaves de quebrada ...
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Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 07:55
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1pozo de relaves
Rosa Paredes
5embalse de colas / laguna de decantación
Barbara L Pavlik
5balsa de decantación
Ana Fernandez Presa
5pileta de decantación de colas
slothm
4a pond/pool full of residual material left after a mining operation
Jenni Lukac (X)


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a pond/pool full of residual material left after a mining operation


Explanation:
www.thefreedictionary.com/tailing‎
1. tailings Refuse or dross remaining after ore has been processed.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/oilsands-tailings-pon...

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-09-27 21:30:42 GMT)
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The term is an English term. Have you confused the pairs on this one? In Spanish I have heard balsa de residuos, cuenca/balsa de decantación para los residuos de extracción y balsa de estériles.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 13:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rosa Paredes: The translation requested is from EN to ES
1 day 3 hrs
  -> It was posted EN-EN when I answered, but in case of error, I also provided Spanish translations.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tailings pool
pozo de relaves


Explanation:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relave‎
Los relaves (o cola) son desechos tóxicos subproductos de procesos mineros y concentración de minerales, usualmente una mezcla de tierra, minerales, agua ...

Panoramio - Photo of Pozo de relaves de minera escondida
www.panoramio.com/photo/5776541‎
Traducir esta página
07/11/2007 - Photo-sharing community. Discover the world through photos.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVoX72dy6sw
30/03/2012 - Subido por unotv59
Luego de la solidcitud de los agricultores para utilizar el agua que filtra del pozo de relaves de quebrada ...

Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 07:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara L Pavlik
6 hrs
  -> Gracias :)
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tailings pool
embalse de colas / laguna de decantación


Explanation:
.. y varias otras opciones aqui:

http://www.infomine.com/Dictionary/HardRockMiners/spanish/we...

Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 07:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cándida Artime Peñeñori
2 hrs
disagree  Rosa Paredes: Embalse de colas, tal vez, pero laguna de decantación. ver referencias es un "settling pond"
14 hrs
  -> Pero asi es. El proposito de un tailings pond es separar los relaves del liquido: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailings
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tailings pool
balsa de decantación


Explanation:
Como todos los residuos decantan, es más específico éste término. Aquí, en España, teníamos una fábrica de Explosivos Riotinto y los ingeniero y químicos llamaban balsas a esos depósitos impermeabilizados de residuos químicos

Ana Fernandez Presa
Spain
Local time: 13:55
Specializes in field

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rosa Paredes: Tal vez, pero no es lo que se usa en Sudamérica.
7 hrs
  -> ya sé que los usos de la lengua cambian mucho, pero si traduces literalmente y al ser terminología técnica, me parece más correcta la palabra balsa que pozo.
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tailings pool
pileta de decantación de colas


Explanation:
La pileta de decantación es artificial. normalmente hecha de concreto o cemento armado a diferencia de embalse, lago, laguna, etc.
Tailings son colas siempre.
Ver algunos ejemplos en,

http://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&sour...

Una pileta de decantacion (la mas chica, a la izquierda) y el dique de colas

http://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&sour...

de una pileta de decantación

http://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&sour...

Pileta de decantación de los residuos líquidos del sistema

http://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&sour...

Impermeabilización de pileta de decantación de efluentes de planta de neutralización de Decapado


slothm
Local time: 08:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 160
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