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Just, Evan Department of Mining and Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Stout, Koehler Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor, Butte, Montana.
Steele, John P. H. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.
Antonides, Lloyd E. International Minerals Division, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Ramani, Raja V. Department of Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Wane, Malcolm T. Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Bise, Christopher J. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Boshkov, Stefan H. Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Snyder, Katherine Mine Safety and Health News, Washington, DC.
Rabb, David D. Mining Engineer-Metallurgist, Tucson, Arizona.
Doggett, Michael D. Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Gibbs, Elizabeth L. Gibbs Associates, Boulder, Colorado.
Filas, Barbara A. Knight Piesold LLC, Denver, Colorado.
Last reviewed:June 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.426500
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The taking of minerals from the earth, including production from surface waters and from wells. Usually the oil and gas industries are regarded as separate from the mining industry. The term mining industry commonly includes such functions as exploration, mineral separation, hydrometallurgy, electrolytic reduction, and smelting and refining, even though these are not actually mining operations. See also: Hydrometallurgy; Metallurgy; Ore dressing
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