Across
- 6. – all parties affected by mining activities (employees, community, government, etc.)
- 7. – increasing metal content in ore
- 8. – a process for separating minerals from ore
- 11. – an accounting term for asset value reduction (relevant in asset-heavy mining ops)
- 12. – searching for mineral deposits
- 13. – the waste rock overlying an ore body
- 14. – process of minerals forming in a geological setting
Down
- 1. – restoring land post-mining
- 2. – studying the Earth using physics, often for exploration
- 3. – turning raw ore into usable product
- 4. – transport of ore and waste materials
- 5. – the science of extracting metals from ore
- 6. – key principle in modern mining
- 9. – common leadership title on site
- 10. – meeting regulatory and safety requirements