What Is Ore Handling?

In the field of extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, also known as ore dressing, is the process of separating commercially valuable minerals from their ores.

What do you mean by ore processing?

ore processing - crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques. beneficiation, mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing. extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means.

How do you process ore?

Metal is extracted from the crushed ore by one of two major methods: smelting or electrolysis. Smelting uses heat to separate the valuable metal from the rest of the ore. Smelting usually requires a reduction agent, or another chemical, to separate metal from its ore.