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Noun Concept
Categories: Waste, Environmental issues with mining, Metallurgical processes
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tailings  tailings pond  culm bank  culm dump  Deep Sea Tailings Disposal
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In mining, tailings or tails are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore. Wikipedia
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mining
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In mining, tailings or tails are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore. Wikipedia
The material left over after the extraction of ore from its host material Wikipedia Disambiguation
Mining waste Wikidata
Any collection of liquid effluents or wastewater drained or separated out during the processing of crops or mineral ores. OmegaWiki
The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes. Wiktionary
Waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore. Wiktionary (translation)