les parties (des carrieres) les plus sales

English translation: dirtiest materials

08:01 Aug 13, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / aggregates
French term or phrase: les parties (des carrieres) les plus sales
les carrières seront mieux utilisées en exploitant les parties les plus fines ou les plus sales

Sorry, another one. Does 'sales' simply mean 'dirty' here, or is there a technical term for this 'part' of a quarry?

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reubenius
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:13
English translation:dirtiest materials
Explanation:
It's not so much the geographical location in the quarry that is qualified as dirty (and fine) as the materials (sand, gravel) found there.

Aggregates, Dirty Sand, Washed - Europe. ... Quarry operators. Andrew Hopkins Concrete Ltd , Yeovil , Somerset , UK Concrete , Sand and Aggregates . ...
www.kellysearch.com/qu-product-3085.html

patches of dirty gravel and generally have only a thin cover of boulder clay, ... 6.3 Sand and gravel quarries are concentrated in central Cheshire, ...
www.cheshire.gov.uk/Planning/Minerals Local Plan/FP_MLP_Cha...
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4 +3dirtiest materials
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3areas less pure
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dirtiest materials


Explanation:
It's not so much the geographical location in the quarry that is qualified as dirty (and fine) as the materials (sand, gravel) found there.

Aggregates, Dirty Sand, Washed - Europe. ... Quarry operators. Andrew Hopkins Concrete Ltd , Yeovil , Somerset , UK Concrete , Sand and Aggregates . ...
www.kellysearch.com/qu-product-3085.html

patches of dirty gravel and generally have only a thin cover of boulder clay, ... 6.3 Sand and gravel quarries are concentrated in central Cheshire, ...
www.cheshire.gov.uk/Planning/Minerals Local Plan/FP_MLP_Cha...


Bourth (X)
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areas less pure


Explanation:
I would say they can exploit areas with less pure rock. But what is plus fine? They can only extract smaller blocks of rocks than usually?

Vauwe
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