Tailings

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005856",
  "term": "Tailings",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The waste material remaining after the valuable minerals have been extracted from ore during the mining and milling process. These finely ground rock particles are suspended in water and stored in impoundments called tailings dams or ponds. The composition of tailings varies widely depending on the ore body and extraction methods used.",
  "synonyms": [
    "mullock",
    "culm"
  ],
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "see_also": [
    "mullock"
  ],
  "references": [
    "What are tailings? (Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Aufbereitungsrückstände",
    "es": "relaves",
    "fr": "stériles"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/tailings/"
}