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ley de alimentación

English translation: feed grade, head grade


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Spanish term or phrase:ley de alimentación
English translation:feed grade, head grade
Entered by: Deborah Lockett
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13:26 Apr 26, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Geology
Spanish term or phrase: ley de alimentación
Es en el contexto de un informe de producción de minas.

En la planta se procesaron xxx toneladas de mineral de mina subterránea y del tajo abierto con una ley de alimentación de xx% de Pb.
Rosaluz Vieira
Local time: 21:26
feed grade
Explanation:
In the mining context, "ley" means "grade" (of ore...)

From a bilingual text:

Los análisis químicos indicaron que la ***ley de alimentación*** es de 1,8% TiO2.

The chemical analysis, on the other hand, indicated that the ***feed grade*** is 1.8% of TiO2.

http://www.revistaingenieria.uda.cl/Publicaciones/190006.pdf

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dictionary reference:

ley (geol) (min), grade, tenor, la cantidad relativa o el porcentaje de contenido del metal en su yacimiento
http://www.infomine.com/Dictionary/HardRockMiners/english/We...
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Deborah Lockett
Local time: 03:26
Grading comment
Gracias a ustedes he podido terminar mi trabajo.
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Summary of answers provided
5power-lawConstantinos Faridis
3 +1head gradeliz askew
4with an input/feed lead/Pb content (of xx%)xxxFVS
3 +1feed grade
Deborah Lockett


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
power-law


Explanation:
Investigation of stress exponent in the power-law creep of Pb–Sb ...

R Mahmudi - 2004 -
The power-law creep behavior of Pb–1.25 Sb and Pb–4.5 Sb alloys was investigated at room temperature. Stress exponent values for these alloys were ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921509304007567

Phys. Rev. B 46, 5024 (1992): Anomalous power-law ordering ...

VOLUME 46, NUMBER 8 Anomalous power-law ordering kinetics of Pb on Ni(OO1) Peter J. Eng,* Peter W. Stephens, and Teddy Tse Department of Physics, ...
link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.5024

Constantinos Faridis
Greece
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Greek
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with an input/feed lead/Pb content (of xx%)


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is what it means.





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See.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&rls=en&q="ley de...

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The Universidad de Atacama document.

xxxFVS
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
feed grade


Explanation:
In the mining context, "ley" means "grade" (of ore...)

From a bilingual text:

Los análisis químicos indicaron que la ***ley de alimentación*** es de 1,8% TiO2.

The chemical analysis, on the other hand, indicated that the ***feed grade*** is 1.8% of TiO2.

http://www.revistaingenieria.uda.cl/Publicaciones/190006.pdf

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Note added at 1 hora (2011-04-26 14:48:49 GMT)
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dictionary reference:

ley (geol) (min), grade, tenor, la cantidad relativa o el porcentaje de contenido del metal en su yacimiento
http://www.infomine.com/Dictionary/HardRockMiners/english/We...

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 85
Grading comment
Gracias a ustedes he podido terminar mi trabajo.
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergio Campo: IMO, both feed grade and head grade are valid.
7 days
  -> thanks Sergio, so helpful as usual. Kind regards - Deborah
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
head grade


Explanation:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qhDH3ge...

Ley de Alimentación a planta de cobre igual a 1,0%
VAN MMUS$ 557




Pregunta 3
Ley de Alimentación a planta de oro igual a 9,5%
VAN MMUS$ 537




ley promedio de alimentación > average head grade
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18 Ene 2006 ... La ley promedio de alimentación de la planta de procesos será: ... (a) doré (aleación de oro y plata) con un alto contenido de plata (b) concentrado de cobre, con un bajo contenido de cobre y alto contenido de arsénico ...
www.proz.com › ... › Spanish to English › Mining & Minerals / Gems - Cached



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Deeper Inside Malartic Gold Deposit Mining Process
Gold recovery: 85.9% (estimated) based on an average head grade of 1.07 g/t Au. Malartic Mine Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ...
mining.about.com/.../Deeper-Inside-Malartic-Gold-Deposit-Mining-Process.htm - Cached
Avnel Gold Mining Limited
Underground grades decreased to 22.25g/t Au, although the mill head grade was 24.21g/t. The mine call factor was 111% for the year. The average head grade ...
www.avnelgold.com/mining_ops/current.../current_ops.html - Cached - Similar
Iberian Minerals Corp. - Nuestros Inversionistas - Noticias - Noticias
20 Jan 2011 ... Copper production for 2010 was 98% of previously issued guidance due to ... The average copper ore head grade for 2010 was 1.16% versus a ...
www.iberianminerals.com/Spanish/Our.../News/.../default.asp... - Cached

liz askew
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergio Campo
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May 5, 2011 - Changes made by Deborah Lockett:
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