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Glossary

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - Z

A

     Aluminum
     Annual rates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

B

     Balance of trade
     Bank rate
     Barren rock
     Blasting
     Bulk sampling

C

     Cadmium
     Cage
     Capacity utilization rate
     Capital expenditures
     Chained dollars
     Chartered bank
     Chrysotile
     Claim
     Coal
     Commercial pape
     Concentrates
     Constant dollars
     Consumer Price Index (CPI)
     Containment pond
     Contaminant
     Copper
     Core sample
     Cross-cut
     Crown or surface pillar
     Current dollars

D

     Deposit appraisal
     Development
     Diamond
     Domestic exports
     Drift (tunnel)
     Drilling
     Dyke

E

     Economic indicators
     Erosion
     Exchange rate
     Exploration
     Exports
     Extraction

F

     Federal funds rate
     Flotation
     Foundry/smelter

G

     Gangue
     Geochemistry
     Geology
     Geophysics
     Gold
     Grinding
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at basic prices
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market value
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP) implicit chain price

H

     Hazardous waste
     Head frame
     Hematite

I

     Ilmenite
     Imports
     Infrastructure
     Interest rate or nominal interest rate
     Iron

L

     Leaching
     Lead

M

     Magma
     Magnesium
     Magnetism
     Metamorphism
     Mill/concentrator or processing plant
     Mine
     Mine complex development
     Mine site
     Mineral
     Mineral deposit
     Mineral processing
     Mining

N

     Nickel
     Niobium
     North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

O

     Off-Mine-Site
     On-Mine-Site
     Ore reserves
     Orebody
     Ores

P

     Panning
     Possible reserve
     Potash
     Price index
     Primary crushing
     Prime rate
     Probable reserve
     Processing
     Prospecting
     Proven reserve

Q

     Quarry

R

     Raise/Chute
     Re-export
     Refining
     Rehabilitation

S

     Salt
     Seasonally adjusted (SA)
     Seasonally adjusted at annual rates (SAAR)
     Sedimentation
     Settling pond
     Showing
     Silver
     Skip
     Slag
     Stages
     Stages - Stage I - Primary
     Stages - Stage II - Smelting and Refining
     Stages - Stage III - Semi-Fabricated
     Stages - Stage IV - Fabricated
     Stope
     Sulphur

T

     Tailings
     Tailings dam
     Tailings pond
     Tellurium
     Titanium
     Tonnage
     Total export
     Trade Retrieval and Aggregation System (TRAGS)
     Treasury bill (T-bill)

U

     Unemployment rate

V

     Vein

Z

     Zinc

  Last Updated 2007-3-29

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