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Work out

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006650

To extract all economically viable ore or mineral from a specific section or deposit within a mine. This process involves systematically mining the available resources until depletion or until further extraction becomes uneconomical. Once worked out, the area is often abandoned or prepared for backfilling.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006650
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Abbau abschließen; Spanish: explotar; French: exploiter à fond
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006650",
  "term": "Work out",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "To extract all economically viable ore or mineral from a specific section or deposit within a mine. This process involves systematically mining the available resources until depletion or until further extraction becomes uneconomical. Once worked out, the area is often abandoned or prepared for backfilling.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Abbau abschließen",
    "es": "explotar",
    "fr": "exploiter à fond"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/work-out/"
}

Record 7,266 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.