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  • noun A mass or region of ore.

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Examples

  • PolyMet controls 100% of the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals orebody in Minnesota and owns the Erie iron ore processing plant.

    Glencore Buys Peruvian Copper Stake Andrea Hotter 2011

  • BHP Billiton Olympic Dam in South Australia is a multi-mineral orebody producing copper, gold, silver and uranium.

    Australia Seeks End of India Uranium Ban David Fickling 2011

  • The decision as to which mining method to use for a particular deposit is governed by the nature of the orebody, and safety and economic considerations.

    Nuclear fuel cycle 2009

  • An increasing proportion of the world's uranium now comes from in situ leaching (ISL), where oxygenated groundwater is circulated through a very porous orebody to dissolve the uranium and bring it to the surface.

    Nuclear fuel cycle 2009

  • During this long reaction period, about 5.4 tonnes of fission products as well as 1.5 tonnes of plutonium together with other transuranic elements were generated in the orebody.

    Nuclear power reactor 2009

  • The leach solution is pumped from the orebody underground to the processing plant, and ion exchange separates the uranium from the solution. it is then purified and dried.

    Nuclear fuel cycle 2009

  • Meanwhile, at the surface, for the past 75 years, our two companies have been building fences, parallel roads, side-by-side mines, and separate processing facilities to mine and treat this one great orebody.

    Canadian Competitiveness in the Global Economy 2005

  • To explain it simply, think of the Sudbury basin as one enormous continuous orebody running beneath the earth.

    Canadian Competitiveness in the Global Economy 2005

  • "As the orebody is just a few metres from the surface we will have no difficulty accessing the orebody in preparation for commissioning in mid-2008," the statement said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Mind you even exploration types sometimes tend to have an almost religious attitude to pet projects were they “know” there is a monster orebody hidden “out there”.

    Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006

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